Sentences with phrase «subnational action»

President Trump has backed his nation out of the deal, but the surge in subnational action in the U.S. creates an opportunity for joint research, knowledge transfer and continued low - carbon development.

There is a 15 - 22 gigatonne gap between the current climate commitments nations made in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the respective emissions reductions needed to stay on track to limit the global temperature rise to 2C or 1.5 C. Subnational action can help bridge this gap and support national governments as they raise their climate commitments in the coming years.

Public / Private Collaboration on Subnational Action on Climate Change Thursday, November 16th 13:00 - 14:15 Fiji Dome

Brown, who is now the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change's special envoy for states, will host a summit on subnational action next year in San Francisco to be co-chaired by UNFCCC chief Patricia Espinosa.

Not exact matches

These ranged from greater reliance on subnational government action to a sharp pivot to wind and solar energy and electric cars.

The study covers 342 subnational and non-state actions by individual actors — of which 22 are from states, 58 from cities and 262 from companies headquartered in the US.

The current analysis only covers a selected set of actions; the analysis results could change over time as more subnational and non-state actors commit to quantifiable mitigation pledges and more relevant data are collected.

In 2018, American subnationals can positively influence this process and reassert the United States» role as a global leader on climate action.

The Talanoa Dialogue is a mechanism, established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to deliver and integrate the stories and actions of subnational actors into the formal Paris Agreement negotiation processes.

Pledges are compiled by the United Nations» NAZCA platform, which registers all commitments to climate action by companies, cities, subnational regions and investors to address climate change.

The BEA partnership, currently comprised of over 35 companies and organizations, is committed to assisting subnational governments take action on building efficiency.

This process, which was initiated by the Fijian COP23 Presidency, presents an exciting opportunity to align the national and subnational spheres of climate action.

The term climate finance broadly designates all financial instruments used by the public and private sectors for climate action at the international, national and subnational level.

In 2010 Terry co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a public - private partnership bringing together subnational governments, businesses, financial markets, NGOs, and academia to implement measurable, large - scale, low - carbon and climate resilient economic development projects that can simultaneously solve the climate crisis and build a sustainable global economy.

8 December 2014, Lima, Peru: The world's leading reporting platform for local and subnational climate action — the carbonn Climate Registy (cCR)-- welcomes its 500th reporting city today, with the new addition of the City of Bristol, United Kingdom.

• Asia — Adaptation is being facilitated in some areas through mainstreaming climate adaptation action into subnational development planning, early warning systems, integrated water resources management, agroforestry, and coastal reforestation of mangroves.

«In the absence of strong national leadership, climate policy in North America is increasingly being driven by action at the subnational level, including Ontario's neighbor Québec,» says IETA President and CEO Dirk Forrister.

As international and national REDD + frameworks evolve, these subnational activities will need to be brought under broader accounting frameworks to ensure that any carbon credits issued to projects or programs «add up» — maintaining environmental integrity while catalyzing action at multiple scales of implementation.

Global Action Framework towards Localizing Climate Finance: This framework aims to create a systematic way to define and finance local and subnational climate strategies.

If 2017 was any indication, we are also poised to see rapid action at the subnational level.

For instance, we would like to see an increasing number of nations commit to supporting local and subnational climate action.

We emphasized the Global Action Framework for Localizing Climate Finance as a key mechanism to mobilize actors and catalyze new financial standards, channels and coordination to the benefit of local and subnational governments.

Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance: With leadership from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance will push for climate finance to reach local and subnational governments and look for ways to connect local action to the NDC Funding and Initiatives Navigator, a searchable database of financial and technical assistance programs that support implementation of national plans.

The statement emphasized that 50 — 80 per cent of the actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures below 2 degrees centigrade will happen at the subnational level, and called on world leaders to formally recognize this significant role of subnational governments.