Sentences with phrase «international agreements»

But I wanted to start a discussion here about the relative importance of forging legislation to cap and trade carbon, negotiating international agreements, or pursuing an energy - technology quest as a way of attacking the many energy - related issues confronting the planet in the next few decades, including climate.

These market forces will ultimately prove more important than policy, international agreements, or the inertia of those with old ideas and trapped equity.

Some sort of «cap and trade» has to be used with governments and international agreements, e.g. post-Kyoto, setting the caps, while the markets adjust to the pricing.

Because of great benefits to the nation, humanity and nature, this approach soon would be adopted by other nations, providing an obvious path toward international agreements.

For policy makers and in international agreements where people have to deal with what is actionable, setting objectives in terms of GHG emissions is the only option available.

Now consider this: to deal with greenhouse gas emissions, international agreements and national government policies and regulations are being proposed and enacted (at least in Europe and Canada).

Carbon trading — or whatever, in way of international agreements — appears to me to be of limited value, if any at all.

The new U.S. Directive highlights the possibility of several areas where initiatives may be warranted, such as international agreements or arrangements on issues such as Arctic tourism, fisheries management, and shipping in an ice - diminished Arctic Ocean.

Solving this problem is not really going to require international agreements so much as it'll be driven by the private sector and civil society in co-evolution, sped by military innovation — in other words spread by effective institutions and end - running the ineffective ones....

I have a, perhaps overly pessimistic, feeling that national energy interest and the mantra of ever - continuing economic growth will trump international agreements unless there are enforcable and painful penalties for non-compliance.

I also support active intervention of the navies of the US and its allies to interdict Japanese whaling boats to enforce international law concern species protected under various international agreements.

The target is 1,5 degC above pre-industrial, written into the major international agreements signed and approved by 199 countries» governments as well as all relevant scientific societies.

Every nation has an Attorney General and whole Justice Department of Lawyers working for them — first order of business with international agreements of all kinds and in the UN.

The resistance likely reflects the views of those lawmakers in Congress who retain Jesse Helms» dislike for any international agreements limiting United States hegemony or discretion.

What kinds of international agreements could effectively limit risks related to human - driven global warming, either by blunting human contributions to climate change or building resilience to hazards related to changing conditions?

© Farah Al Qasimi, United States Treaties and Other International Agreements, 2017, Inkjet print, Edition 1 of 5 35 x 29 inches

The seals are further protected by international agreements, and fur seal populations are recovering.

Many agencies lie IFAW are famous in researching about these issues and making some international agreements based on the need of animals in the society.

Years ago I tried to study and make sense of the international agreements drawn up initially in the Buenos Aires Convention and then the Berne Convention.

Also uncertain at this point is whether Kobo plans to launch the ebooks of traditionally published writers whose works are currently unavailable to those readers without Kindle store or Nook access due to international agreements.

It should be debated intensely and settle by legislation in the short - term and international agreements shortly afterward.

Responding to legislation, executive action, and international agreements on climate change, DOT aims to secure economic and social benefits of transportation while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Projects have included research and analysis of the law of executive agreements, treaty denunciation, and dispute resolution clauses in international agreements, writing international technical cooperation agreements, review of legislation affecting international transportation, and review of orders granting license authority to U.S. and foreign air carriers in contested adjudicatory cases.

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16.10 ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements

Now, they have both imposed exit bans, in apparent violation of international agreements

I am also unsure how it complies with «provisions of the Bulgarian and European Law and international agreements and treaties», mentioned on the same page.

I have been told that unless Kefir is made from cows milk it is illegal under American and International agreements.

Thus BiK - F is helping to implement international agreements, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the EU Habitats Directive, the EU Water Framework Directive and the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive, through the provision of scientific services and expert opinions to various stakeholders in society.

Until the 2000s, when emissions started to rise again, sulfur dioxide emissions had generally declined since the 1970's because of emission controls spurred by national regulation and international agreements.

Other lessons from the Tiksi success include the value of formal international agreements, which can ease visa and import issues, and documentation requirements so that it is clear to both Russian and Western negotiators that there is full governmental support.

As a small nation competing in an international playing field, she says, Australia needs a strong IP system that is consistent with obligations under international agreements.

«The ability to accurately estimate greenhouse gas sources and sinks is a prerequisite for international agreements or national emission reduction programs to be effective,» the academies said in a joint statement.

In part, that's because international agreements, such as one known as the Madrid Protocol, rule out commercial activities such as mineral resource extraction in the Antarctic.

There are already international agreements in place that provide cash in exchange for forest conservation projects in developing countries.

They find that even if ozone - damaging chemicals (chiefly CFCs) are phased out in line with current international agreements, the amount of chlorine - bearing material in the stratosphere will continue to increase for several decades.

«The Arctic is governed by international agreements, but now that the ice is retreating it's getting a lot more interesting,» says APL field engineer Keith Magness (observing, second from right).

The lesson is clear: Lawmakers don't like to commit the United States to international agreements.

Overfishing and pollution have decimated once abundant stocks of fish and other marine life, and the damaging practices continue to this day despite international agreements outlawing them.

«We need international agreements and an entity that can develop and oversee deep - ocean stewardship,» said Levin, «We also need multiple sources of research funding that can help provide the scientific information that we need to manage the deep sea.

Although there's little that scientists and wildlife managers working in Gorongosa can do to eliminate the threats that any one bird might face outside the protections of the park, the information they gather can be used to inform international agreements around the availability of toxins and other hazards.

It won't be easy for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D — NV) to get to 60 members to pass a floor vote, let alone the 67 senators he'd need to ratify whatever international agreements negotiators hammer out in Copenhagen or next year.

The production of these substances has been regulated and largely prohibited already for more than 20 years by the Montreal Protocol and further international agreements on the protection of the ozone layer.

In the field of forest governance, many international agreements and varied stakeholders have come into play amidst the emerging scene of climate change mitigation.

The committee is considering Russia's part in international agreements to destroy chemical weapons.

There is precedent for this, but only on much more limited international agreements.

Under U.S. law, international agreements only require Senate approval if they force changes to domestic laws.

«More than 90 percent of international agreements the U.S. has joined have followed the same executive process the president just completed for the Paris Agreement, and did not require a trip through the Senate,» said Alex Hanafi, an attorney at the nonprofit Environmental Defense Fund.

The U.K. accepted that statement, but the SPICE experiment does not violate any international agreements due to its small scale, says Jason Blackstock, a physicist at Canada's Center for International Governance Innovation.

Several of these are expected to «go dark» in the next two years, robbing scientists of critical data needed for monitoring climate change and verifying international agreements, just as a critical mass of global players is agreeing that such agreements are essential to the future health of the world's people and economies.