Sentences with phrase «action against climate change»

Both are against sufficient and sufficiently prompt action against climate change.

As an ever - growing number of natural product companies take action against climate change, a new awards program recognizes leadership and bold initiatives.

The two countries will jointly provide about 70 million euros of funding for the facility, which aims to support partner countries to implement ambitious action against climate change.

The report shows that INDCs imply an acceleration and consolidation of action against climate change in major economies around the world.

Before law school, Zellnor earned the LEED professional accreditation of Green Associate, an experience that sparked his desire to take direct action against climate change in New York.To that end, he hopes to fight for the passage of the Climate and Community Protection Act (CCPA).

Right across B.C., there are more opportunities for us to take meaningful action against climate change.

After you take out the occasional embarrassment like the citizens assembly on delaying action against climate change as long as electorally convenient, the climate achievements of those governments come down to remarkably low proposed emission reductions, increases in MRET, a series of on again off again focus group - driven programs like Green Loans and the solar feed - in tariff, and shovelling as much coal as possible out of the ground and exporting it.

This is stalling on taking real action against climate change.»

Find out about the book that began as a humble diary and went on to win the first - ever # 25,000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize for medicine in literature, and hear about Al Gore's latest strategy for promoting public action against climate change.

«Late last year in Paris the nations, including Australia, agreed on the need for urgent action against climate change.

3:00 PM EST: «Instead of making excuses tomorrow to our children and grandchildren, we should be taking action against climate change today,» said British Prime Minister David Cameron.

«If we don't take immediate action against climate change, we are in grave danger of disruptive and devastating changes,» said Kim Carstensen, the Head of WWF Global Climate Initiative.

After reading the piece, Crowley sent a note under the title «Tales of Brave Ulysses» (as per Cream), alluding in part to an essay he wrote for The Guardian in 2007: «In the short term, there'll be no major action against climate change; to tackle global warming we need a shift in attitudes unprecedented in peace time.»

To The Editor: At its last general meeting, the Village Independent Democrats unanimously passed a resolution on Government Action Against Climate Change.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley accused Hillary Clinton of failing to pursue action against climate change adequately, saying in an interview with ClimateWire that the planet would «literally burn up» under her plan.

«It is possible to secure the reef's future if we continue to invest in local controls of pollution and start taking serious action against climate change.»

Young people around the world have started suing their governments to take stronger action against climate change, claiming that they have «willfully ignored this impending harm» for too long.

Highlights include a private collection of Vivienne Westwood t - shirts from the designer's early days helping to shape the visuals of 70s punk to her most recent designs advocating action against climate change.

It is a commitment that covers all bases, therefore, in observance of the continuous pursuit for improvement, by constantly monitoring technological evolutions and increasingly involving suppliers and customers for a joint action against climate changes.

In other words, most Americans want action against climate change, but they are hesitant to support policies that force them to make lifestyle changes.

Luigi Lazzareschi, CEO of Sofidel, said: «Sofidel believes that it's time for governments, businesses and civil society to join forces for a multilateral, efficient action against climate change.

The NewClimate Institute supports research and implementation of action against climate change around the globe.

The petitioners consist of environmental activist organizations ranging the alphabet from Action Against Climate Change Liberia to the Zona Especial Indigena de Nicaragua.

The 16th Informal Meeting on Further Actions Against Climate Change or the Japan - Brazil Informal Meeting provides an opportunity for key Parties to initiate the critical discussions that need to happen in 2018 and agree on important issues ahead of the UNFCCC intersessions in April.

The Guardian, July 2, 2008 has a headline: «Climate more urgent than economy, say voters», followed by an article which starts: «Voters think that taking action against climate change matters more than tackling the global economic downturn, according to a Guardian / ICM poll published today.

With the Big Oil lobby firmly entrenched in the Trump administration, national action against climate change has ground to a halt.

The last time the IPCC brought out such studies in 2007 as part of the «4th Assessment Report», it led to a high - pitched demand for greater action against climate change and consequently a high - profile meeting of the countries at Copenhagen in 2009.

And so Fiona started researching Passivhaus in earnest — it seemed to be the solution for sustainable design, comfort and taking positive action against climate change.

Revealing to the public the active, vicious, and well - funded campaign of denial that seeks to delay action against climate change likely constitutes a classic public good.

America is taking historic action against climate change, the greatest environmental, public health, and humanitarian threat of our time — and a threat whose effects we're already seeing.

This makes the arguments against taking actions against climate change not just wrong, but dangerous,» Dr. Gleick said in his written testimony.

Ada also takes her active role as a President in «Youth Leadership Summer Camp for Climate Action» to raise awareness of young people on issues such as green energy and climate change, stimulating youth participation and supporting young pioneers to lead action against climate change through sustainable, green development.

To help Massachusetts residents take a meaningful action against climate change, Mass Audubon has partnered with Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance (Mass Energy), a local nonprofit dedicated to making energy more affordable and sustainable.

You may have missed this, but over the past two years, as Musk has been running Tesla and SpaceX, he's become the world's most prominent proponent of action against climate change.

This also gives the world a unique opportunity to take real action against climate change and create a world that runs entirely on green energy,» he said.

Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and realised in partnership with creative sustainability charity Julie's Bicycle, Ice Watch showcases 80 tonnes of ice from a fjord outside Nuuk, Greenland with the aim of inspiring public action against climate change.

Matt Ridley — WSJ — Sept. 4, 2014 On Sept. 23 the United Nations will host a party for world leaders in New York to pledge urgent action against climate change.

Brussels, October 30th - European governments must take immediate action against climate change to avoid economic recession, warns the Stern Review - an independent report presented to the UK government today.

The decision demonstrates how international commitments, instruments, and international environmental law principles, even if not directly enforceable, can be used by courts in conjunction with constitutional rights and private law obligations to give shape to the state's obligation to take decisive action against climate change.

Together, we hope to instil a greater understanding in our students of the importance of taking action against climate change.

Pigs continued to fly in Alberta politics today as energy industry leaders and environmental groups joined Premier Rachel Notley and Environment and Parks Minister Shannon Phillips at a press conference to release Alberta's much anticipated plan to take action against Climate Change.

The Make the Switch campaign is a collaborative effort between nonprofit Mass Energy Consumers Alliance and Mass Audubon to help residents take a meaningful action against climate change.