Sentences with phrase «new climate economy»

The New Climate Economy Report provides an overview of compelling studies and examples showing why mitigating climate change would be good for economic growth and general human well - being.

According to a report by New Climate Economy, most future global air traffic will come from Latin America and Asia.

From 400,000 people marching in New York to the New Climate Economy report, 2014 was a year to build momentum for a climate deal.

Michael Jacobs is Senior Adviser to the New Climate Economy, responsible for supporting the Program Director and management team on overall strategy.

Christoph Mazur is a researcher working on the Transformation of Transport within the Innovation Workstream at the New Climate Economy.

Nobody will ever be accountable for decisions informed by the New Climate Economy.

I awake this morning to find my timeline awash with spam from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, furiously retweeting the launch of a report by the New Climate Economy group, a group of green - minded economists headed by Lord Stern and including such eco-figureheads as Ottmar Edenhofer.

The New Climate Economy report, co-authored by Nicholas Stern, is published on Tuesday but it echoes the warnings first set out in stark terms in his landmark review of the economics of climate change in 2006.

Ben Combes is a co-principal on the New Climate Economy with John Llewellyn, working on the macroeconomic programme.

Daniele Viappiani is Senior Programme Officer at the New Climate Economy, where he is contributing directly to the research on Drivers of Growth while also helping to ensure the overall research programe is sound, relevant and communicated clearly.

As part of its long - standing partnership with the World Resources Institute and the New Climate Economy, HabitatSeven helped build and launch the 2015 version of the report online.

It featured Ban Ki - moon, Secretary - General of the United Nations, Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico and Chair of the Global Commission and Jeremy Oppenheim, Program Director of the New Climate Economy project.

The World Resources Institute along with its global partners have launched the 2015 New Climate Economy report.

Today, the high powered Global Commission on the Climate and Economy released its flagship report on global coal use and the economy: The New Climate Economy.

Their first prominent emergence is with, «The New Climate Economy.»

Similarly, the old argument that it is going to be too costly has been chipped away, thanks in no small part to the New Climate Economy, which has found conclusively that action is affordable and in many cases even economically beneficial.

On 6 June the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) will join the Hungarian Meteorological Service at their climate change workshop in Budapest where Western and Eastern Europe will come together to build a new climate economy.

WRI announced 25 new partners to the Building Efficiency Accelerator as part of the UN SE4All initiative and presented the New Climate Economy message of better transport, better climate.

The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), Tsinghua University and the New Climate Economy recently brought together a group of high - level experts to discuss the development pathways of both countries.

The coal exit plea comes from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate «s New Climate Economy report.

So the UK is preparing for closures but is not pushing for the accelerated shut - downs the New Climate Economy report recommends.

London and Washington, D.C.: New Climate Economy, 2015.

She underscored that the effects of climate change can already be seen in the Nordic countries, and announced the launch of «The New Climate Economy» initiative on 24 September 2013 in New York.

Earlier this month, it was the main message of a report, «Better Climate, Better Growth: The New Climate Economy,» from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

The level of investment needed was highlighted this week by the New Climate Economy report, which said over US$ 90 trillion will be invested in infrastructure in the world's cities, agriculture and energy in the next 15 years.

Like we mentioned in last year's Seeing is Believing: Creating a New Climate Economy in the United States, this action will help capture, reclaim and recycle more HFCs from existing equipment to reduce the amount of new HFCs produced.

In 2014 alone, reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency, the UN Sustainable Solutions Network and the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate argued for a doubling or trebling of nuclear energy — requiring as many as 1,000 new reactors or more in view of scheduled retirements — to stabilize carbon emissions e.g. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III — Mitigation of Climate Change, http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg3/, Presentation, slides 32 - 33; International Energy Agency, World Energy Outlook 2014, p. 396; UN Sustainable Solutions Network, «Pathways to Deep Decarbonization» (July 2014), at page 33; Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, «Better Growth, Better Climate: The New Climate Economy Report» (September 2014), Figure 5 at page 26.

Since 2014, the New Climate Economy (NCE) project, of which WRI is the managing partner, has developed agenda - setting analyses, drawing on research from its network of over 100 partners, showing that economic growth and climate action can be mutually reinforcing.

Last week's New Climate Economy report was a good example of giving a sober assessment of the challenges (rapid urbanisation, growing populations, resource constraints, climate change), accompanied by a positive story that cutting greenhouse emissions can be low cost and improve people's lives.

A New Climate Economy contributing paper for Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate.

Recent cancellations of Alberta tar sands / oil sands projects point to the uphill battle the industry will face as innovation transforms the global energy economy, Jerry Oppenheim of the New Climate Economy project told an event last month hosted by Corporate Knights and Sustainable Prosperity.

C40 cites a recent report by the New Climate Economy, a research organization, which estimates there is a $ 17 trillion opportunity worldwide by 2050 from investments in smarter, low - emission cities.

Not exact matches

These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet global challenges, ranging from climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.

In BCBC's critique of our latest report, A Clean Economy and Jobs Plan for British Columbia, BCBC argues there are three main reasons the province should not adopt new climate policy:

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated Friday during a tour of eastern Ontario that he wants climate change, reducing emissions and moving to a low - carbon economy to be written into the new NAFTA when Canada, the U.S. and Mexico begin renegotiating the deal later this month.

VICTORIA — Taking meaningful action on climate change to protect British Columbia's environment and the economy from its effects doesn't matter to Christy Clark, says New Democrat environment spokesperson George Heyman.

New research shows Canada has the tools in place to meet its climate commitment at a relatively modest cost to the economy, but the provinces could do more

We will intensify efforts to meet each of our cities» current climate goals, push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create a 21st century clean energy economy,» they wrote.

However, in May 2010, the new Coalition government announced that, as part of a programme of measures to tackle climate change and promote a low carbon economy, the third runway would now be cancelled and permission also refused for additional runways at Gatwick and Stansted.

«Along with our communities, Leonardo DiCaprio recognizes the unique responsibility New York has to divest from climate destruction and reinvest in a sustainable economy that works for New Yorkers,» said Beta Coronel, 350.org Reinvestment Coordinator.

«Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface are key drivers of their local tourism economies, and with this commitment they are joining New York's nation - leading efforts to fight climate change, reduce our carbon footprint and foster the development of renewal resources,» Cuomo said in the release.

Grasso said Gibson, if elected, would unify the fractured politics in New York and work hard to lower taxes, boost the business climate and expand the economy, while being responsive to his upstate constituents.

About Reforming the Energy Vision: Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) is Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's strategy to lead on climate change and grow New York's economy.

«New York faces serious fiscal challenges in 2018 and beyond, but the last thing Upstate's economy, its employers or its residents can endure are any additions to our already suffocating tax climate.»

There are no doubts that New York needs to improve its business climate and jumpstart the economy, but this program has shown it won't do that,» said Majority Leader Lorigo.

Lower Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Cap by 30 Percent Between 2020 and 2030 - Cuomo «has called upon RGGI states to join New York in an effort to continue to lead the fight against climate change and drive the nation's transition toward a clean energy economy.»

If implemented, the governor's commitments will put New York on the map as a national leader — reducing dangerous climate pollution while advancing opportunities to harness the environmental and economic benefits provided by a forward - thinking renewable energy economy.

On Sandy Anniversary, the Green Party calls for Full Employment through Climate Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 years.

Reforming the Energy Vision is Governor Andrew M. Cuomo's strategy to lead on climate change and grow New York's economy.