Sentences with phrase «achieving global commitments»
It ranks countries based on their performance and details the challenges and opportunities that advanced economies face in achieving global commitments to children.
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And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.
«We are extremely proud of our Cabazon factory for becoming the first and only facility in North America to achieve AWS Gold certification, and to now have all five of our California facilities certified to the most rigorous global water stewardship standard in the world — this is an exceptional validation of our commitment to water and community stewardship,» said Nelson Switzer, Chief Sustainability Officer at Nestlé Waters North America.
At Piantedosi Baking Company, we are proud to show our commitment to Food Safety and Quality by achieving certification to the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.
Acting to protect and promote biodiversity is at least as important to achieving these commitments and to human wellbeing as is the fight against global climate change.»
«Our results also illustrate how important it is to promote a successful eutrophication management in the Baltic Sea — a factor which, unlike rising global temperatures, could be achieved by national commitment.»
To avoid this, governments at climate talks in Paris this December need to set conditions that will achieve an early peak in global energy - related emissions, review their commitments every five years, and translate the 2C goal into a long - term emissions goal, the IEA said.
The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.
For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.
The Carbon Brief article does a great job of highlighting the fact that «negative emission technologies» — or carbon dioxide removal («CDR») approaches are critical for enabling the global economy to achieve a «net zero» commitment.
For example, the Global Fashion Agenda is gathering commitments towards building a circular economy for textiles, to be achieved by 2020.
Conrad Bali Resort & Spa has achieved the prestigious Green Globe Certified status under the global Certification Program to recognize their commitment to operating at the world's highest environment standard.
Accelerating adoption of Energy Efficiency (EE) technologies, and LED lighting in particular, have been identified as key elements in achieving the ambitious commitments under the Paris Agreement and transitioning to a low carbon global economy.
These new commitments, combined with existing HFC - reduction initiatives, are expected to cut global greenhouse gases by the equivalent of more than 1 billion metric tons of CO2 cumulatively by 2025, as much as would be achieved by taking 210 million cars off the road for one year.
For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
However, it is perfectly clear that a global commitment to a carbon price would be idea for achieving their stated objectives.
The commitments come from Ethiopia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and Uganda, among others, and more than doubled the number of hectares contributing to achieving the Bonn Challenge — a global goal [continue reading...]
The US has a major role to play in achieving a global climate deal in Copenhagen, and has much to gain by coming to the table with a strong message of urgency and commitment to the task at hand.
This conviction has led her to dedicate her career to achieving meaningful commitments and a global policy framework for climate action, to engaging the private sector to accelerate the industrial transformation, and to inspire civil society to be part of the solution.
The new US commitments were also welcomed because the United States has a record that spans several decades of being a major obstacle to achieving an adequate global solution to climate change.
The Statement also includes significant domestic policy announcements and commitments to global climate finance, demonstrating the determination of both countries to act decisively to achieve the goals set last year.
In our shared and unwavering commitment to achieve this better world, Sustainable Energy for All will help global leaders go further, faster — together.
Because the amount of reductions that nations should achieve should be based upon principles of distributive justice and not - self interest, nations will continue to make commitments to reduce their emissions based upon self - interest rather than what is their fair share of safe global emissions.
Starbucks received this award for the company's commitment to increasing the sustainability of its stores and their global operations — and for achieving LEED certification for all new company - owned stores beginning in 2010.
This latest report was made at the conclusion of these negotiations during which almost no progress was made in defining equity under UNFCCC by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban Platform For Enhanced Action (ADP), a mechanism under the UNFCCC that seeks to achieve a adequate global climate agreement, despite a growing consensus among most observers of the UNFCCC negotiations that nations need to align their emissions reductions commitments to levels required of them by equity and justice if the world is going to prevent extremely dangerous climate change.
According to him, the commitment to divest, which means stop financing projects that pollute, degrade and emit gases that cause global warming, is one of the practical ways to achieve what is proposed by the Laudato Si..
Renewable energy plays a key role in achieving our ongoing commitment to carbon neutrality, as we aim to use 100 % renewable energy to meet our global electricity needs by 2020.
This Strategy translates FAO's mandate into strategic choices and action priorities at global, regional, national and local levels with the central goal of supporting its Member Nations in achieving their commitments to face climate change.
This public shaming of Amazon seems to have worked, because a few months later they announced «a long - term commitment to achieve 100 % renewable energy usage for our global infrastructure footprint.»
Center for American ProgressWith other smaller changes in global emissions projections — including a decrease due to the recent economic downturn and reduced emissions from deforestation and loss of peat lands — the high - end abatement path so far from the Copenhagen Accord commitments leaves us only 5 gigatons short of the 44 gigaton goal by 2020 — two - thirds of the reductions needed to achieve climate safety (Figure 3).
Currently, even if countries achieve their climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, global emissions are not expected to peak until after 2030.
In 2016, only three years later, ICAO approved an Assembly Resolution setting out the terms for a global MBM for aviation, the first global sectoral approach of its kind, including a renewed commitment to achieve carbon neutral growth for international aviation starting in 2020.
The new office, located at 387 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016, further supports the company's commitment to empowering its global customer base to better connect global operations and achieve long - term legal and IP operational excellence.
As part of that commitment to you, I work closely with today's top global search firms, paid recruiters and in - house HR executives to ensure the most current knowledge of global best practices in hiring, employment, LinkedIn profile development, SEO to achieve higher rankings on LinkedIn, professional networking, outplacement and transition services.
With my demonstrated commitment to providing comprehensive administrative assistance to achieve sales success, I am well prepared to extend my record of service to your team at Global Synchronicity.
We also want to thank our global team of over 4,000 employees whose daily commitment to quality, excellence and collaboration played a key role in achieving this accomplishment.
We suggest specific steps toward achieving this objective, with associated global organizational and resource commitments.