Sentences with phrase «state on climate change policy»

Phasing out HFCs could take a big bite out of projected global climate change this century, according to Andrew Light, a former advisor to U.S. Department of State on climate change policy and India and a fellow with the Washington, D.C. — based World Resources Institute.

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

«By getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy based on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on climate change.»

«All of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal government coming in with a big chunk of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in Queens on Friday unveiled an environmental policy platform that is geared toward shifting the state to 100 percent renewable energy, strengthening the state's efforts against climate change and rejecting new infrastructure for gas pipelines and other fossil fueles.

Two of Governor Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the State Capitol, where they said the governor's energy policies are far from adequate.

Two gubernatorial hopefuls marched with more than 1,000 climate change protesters to call on the Cuomo administration to implement more environmentally friendly policies, starting with a new microgrid project that heats and cools the Empire State Plaza.

Lawmakers on the Senate Democratic Policy Group today will hold a forum on climate change in order to assess how the state can respond to the issue.

Two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the state Capitol Monday, where they said the governor's energy policies are far from adequate.

Monday's bombshell abuse allegations changed all that, removing a critical player from the coalition of state Democratic attorneys general confronting the Trump administration on everything from climate policy to immigration.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

The Nana Addo led government was again highly went applauded when government in the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy stated that it had placed high premium on combating climate change through prioritization of climate change programmes and projects.

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate chState's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate chstate should respond to climate change.

Two of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the State Capitol in Albany Monday, where they said the Democrat's energy policies are far from adequate.

Greg Clark, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and David Cameron have just launched the Conservative Party's policy paper on energy.

The letter, which included a statement on climate science by the leaders of 18 scientific societies, stated, «Although debate about policy options exists, climate change is not a scientifically - controversial topic.»

It's unclear whether one of these single policies was the actual driver of the reduction in emissions, or an indicator that a state takes climate change mitigation seriously and is attacking the issue on many fronts, Saikawa says.

The week after Warsaw, Stern met with Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Dan Utech, White House Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Domestic Policy Council Rick Duke, and others to discuss the goals with the State Department pushing for what one person called «maximum ambition.»

Information on state climate policies comes from those groups» websites, and Joshua Bushinsky of the Pew Center on Global Climate climate policies comes from those groups» websites, and Joshua Bushinsky of the Pew Center on Global Climate Climate Change.

Also spurring growth in the industry is a number of pro-electric vehicle policies and incentives that have been adopted in California, in part because the state is counting on electric vehicles to help it meet its ambitious climate change goals.

Three Republican presidential candidates stated their belief in climate change last night during two debates that wandered from economic policies to sharp attacks on the media.

The committee has prepared a report that, in my view, provides policy makers and the scientific community with a critical view of surface temperature reconstructions and how they are evolving over time, as well as a good sense of how important our understanding of the paleoclimate temperature record is within the overall state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

-- It is the policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major greenhouse gas - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Dr. Jon Christensen, his opponent, an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, emphasized the «consensus» and the «existential threat» of climate change, extolled the expansion of renewable energy sources like wind and solar in California, and insisted that politicians in the Golden State are focused on not burdening poor people with their «green» policies.

Many seasoned observers of climate science and policy feel it's hard to see how they will, given the pressures on political figures to focus on the here and now, and the variegated interests arrayed at the ranks of tables — from shrinking island states to oil monarchies to established and emerging powers sitting on mountains of coal — and the tough time our species has recognizing slow but consequential changes.

In light of those concerns, I suggest a suite of policies, focused largely on risk reduction and adaptation, to insulate the United States and countries of strategic concern from the worst effects of climate change.

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In the next sections I expand on this critical view, list factors not mentioned by S&N which contribute to our hobbled state, and describe a campaign which might have a shot at affecting climate change policy in the U.S.

In a wide - ranging December 2013 study, conducted to support Our Children's Trust, a group advancing legal challenges to lax greenhouse gas emissions policies on behalf of minors, Hansen called for a «human tipping point» — essentially, a social revolution — as one of the most effective ways of combating climate change, though he still favors a bilateral carbon tax agreed upon by the United States and China as the best near - term climate policy.

Climate change featured prominently in the more philosophically - focused inauguration speech but the State of the Union is a platform to lay out specific policies, making it the first test of Obama's sincerity on climate Climate change featured prominently in the more philosophically - focused inauguration speech but the State of the Union is a platform to lay out specific policies, making it the first test of Obama's sincerity on climate climate action.

Article 4.2 states that the parties «shall adopt national policies and take corresponding measures on the mitigation of climate change.»

The Defense Department, the State Department, and other U.S. entities focused on foreign policy and national security list climate change as a growing concern.

The Under2 Policy Action Map is an interactive tool to inspire states and regions to learn from the great work being done across the globe to act on climate change.

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There are currently four carbon tax bills in front of the state legislature which, if passed, would demonstrate leadership on climate change policy while offering a path forward for creating the revenue required to rewrite the state's biennial budget.

A prominent conservative, Bast has been recognized by the State Policy Network, is a member of the board of the American Conservative Union, and has written a number of books, including ones titled Why We Spend Too Much on Health Care and Climate Change Reconsidered.

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While the majority of Americans want stronger U.S. action on climate change, policies at the state and federal level continue to underwrite the ongoing exploration and production of fossil fuels.

The EnergyVision 2030 Progress Report for Maine gauges the state's progress toward necessary clean energy targets and summarizes policies that together will allow the state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on the path to meet a 75 % to 80 % reduction from 2003 levels, consistent with the Act to Provide Leadership in Addressing the Threat of Climate Change.

But a climate - change working group soon will begin laying out policy options that lawmakers could pursue on their own to reduce the state's contribution of climate - warming emissions.

This peace is a reflection on climate change policy in the United States after the recent climate change national assessment of climate change impacts on the United States was issued in May.

More specifically, when opponents of climate change policies make self - interest based arguments against the adoption of policies such as cost to the United States, there are no follow - up questions asked by the press about whether those who argue against climate change policies on grounds of cost to the United States are denying that the United States has duties or responsibilities to those outside the United States to prevent harm to them.

Such economic clout makes California ideally positioned to take the lead on energy policy and environmental issues like climate change, even as the United States as a whole has failed to make much progress on either front.

We are in agreement with most of what is written by Richard Tol on the state of the art of economic research into the impacts of climate change and climate change policies, but we highlight a complementary approach that is based on a direct elicitation of (revealed or stated) preferences for climate change.

A variation of this argument is that the United States should not adopt policies on climate change until other nations such as China take steps to reduce their emissions because if the United States acts and other nations don't reciprocate this will harm the US economy.

Declares that it is the policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and in other appropriate fora to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major GHG - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the reduction of global GHG emissions.

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For years, Canada's environmental groups have been clamoring for the government to come clean on the disconnect between our policies and our stated goals on climate change and to commit to a plan to meet them.

-- It is the policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major greenhouse gas - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.