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More of Obama's speech: White House Blog Climate Change, Fuel Efficiency Standards, Energy Obama Administration Will Let States Set Auto Emissions Standards The US Will Have a New Special Envoy for Climate Change: Todd Stern Official White House Policy on Energy & The Environment Spelled Out On New Website

Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, one of U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon's three new special envoys on climate change, also headed up the 1987 U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development where the concept of sustainable development was first floated.

Not exact matches

In my new role as the UN Secretary - General's Special Envoy for Financing the Health MDGs, I have been charged with formulating a business plan to ensure that resources are secured to meet the malaria goal of near zero deaths, as well as the other maternal, child, AIDS and TB goals by the end of 2015, the internationally agreed deadline.

So soon after the latest cash for access scandal involving Jack Straw and Malcolm Rifkind, is it really sensible to take cash from the former politician who «enjoys the best contacts that money can buy — as do those willing to pay him for access to those contacts» and is the subject of a new book designed to expose «the private dealings of this very public figure ``, who's made his fortune selling his soul to the oil - rich potentates he mixes with as special envoy in the Middle East and brutal dictators like those of Burma and Kazakhstan?

That was the message from James Steinberg, the United States's new deputy secretary of state, and Shyam Saran, the Indian Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Nuclear Issues and Climate Change, at an event at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., today.

«Parties understood exactly what was going on in the discussions in Durban about this new legal agreement,» said Todd Stern, the United States» special envoy for climate change.

Before the summit, Secretary - General Ban inaugurated Gujarat's first 10 MW solar power plant and announced he would be sending former New York Mayor and now U.N. Special Envoy for Climate Change Michael Bloomberg to a major renewable energy summit in New Delhi next month.

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The lawyer representing Brown's suit in New York pro bono is Jay Lefkowitz, a senior partner at the law firm Kirkland & Ellis who previously worked as former President George W. Bush's deputy assistant for domestic policy and special envoy for human rights in North Korea.

, Tinsel Tussle, and If You're Good... (no end date)- new set of Winter's Envoy Special Quests is now available, allows you to get some bonus Orbs (available until January 1)- to celebrate the latest Summoning Focus, a new Log - in Bonus is now live: «Special Heroes».

Features various Christmas - themed Special Heroes: Lissa (Pure Joy), Chrom (Gifted Leader), (Male) Robin (Festive Tactician), and Tharja (Normal Girl)(available until January 1)- new Winter's Envoy Paralogue Story is now available.

Todd Stern, the new United States special envoy on climate change, clearly understands the «bathtub effect» that experts say makes the rising human contribution to the atmosphere's greenhouse effect such a thorny challenge.

New Report from Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance This week in Washington, DC, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is organizing the Ministerial Meeting on Mobilizing Climate Finance.

«On top of this, you have voluntary markets doing something totally different involving the private sector, and California is doing something in another zone, also in the private sector,» says Kevin Conrad, Papua New Guinea's Special Envoy and Ambassador for Environment & Climate Change and executive director of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations.

America's Pledge Launch Event Saturday, November 11th 10:30 - 12:00 Fiji Dome Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown will release a new America's Pledge report detailing U.S. states, cities, and businesses» climate - related actions that are keeping America on track to meet its Paris Agreement carbon reduction goals.

Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown will release a new America's Pledge report detailing U.S. states, cities, and businesses» climate - related actions that are keeping America on track to meet its Paris Agreement carbon reduction goals.

'' is a separate initiative spearheaded by Former New York Mayor and UN Special Envoy Michael Bloomberg and California Governor Jerry Brown, working in parallel with We Are Still In to compile and tally the climate actions of states, cities, colleges, businesses, and other local actors across the entire U.S. economy.

Mr Bloomberg commented on Twitter that: «As the new UN Special Envoy for Climate Action, I'll work with state and non-state actors to help implement policies that reduce emissions & build resilience».

(Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, and the UN's special envoy for cities and climate change.)

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius

Spearheaded by Bank of England Governor Mark Carney (also the head of the FSB) and the former New York mayor and United Nations special envoy on climate change, Michael Bloomberg, the TCFD recommends that companies across all sectors describe the potential impacts of global warming in line with a 2 degrees Celsius scenario on their business, strategy and financial planning.

'' Cities and businesses recognise the economic benefits that come with fighting climate change, and they're setting a great example by establishing clear goals and measuring the impact of their work,» said Michael R. Bloomberg, founder of Bloomberg LP, three - term Mayor of New York City, the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change, and chair of the Financial Stability Board's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures, who joined a discussion on climate risk disclosure.