Sentences with phrase «alternative climate actions»

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Specifically, in the case of rapid action to slow catastrophic climate change, the best alternatives appear to be: methane and black carbon (otherwise known as soot).

Motivated to action by this news, Christina co-authored a policy paper with E4E colleagues that has supported her advocacy with her union and district for better training and support for teachers in using alternative methods for discipline and improving school safety and climates.

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The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

I think that debate of any null hypothesis less rigorous than the claim that «any human influence on climate is more catastrophic than any possible alternative action man might take» will ultimately be used by the CAGW forces as if that catastrophic version were indeed the one that had been debated and not falsified.

The Federal Government's alternative — the Australia - US Climate Action Partnership — does even less than Kyoto.

The rate and magnitude of future human - induced climate change and its associated impacts are determined by human choices defining alternative socio - economic futures and mitigation actions that influence emission pathways.

• characterize national emissions • explore alternative emission reduction scenarios • calculate country - level health, agriculture and global climate benefits • compare results across alternative scenarios • inform nationally appropriate action on SLCPs

When it comes to specific climate «actions,» the company continues to oppose hard emissions reduction targets, investments in alternative energy, and the «clean power plan» that Trump's EPA has now shelved.

In America, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets and marched to demand climate action and, as of March 2017, over 70 percent of the American population wants the US to «emphasize the development of alternative energy such as wind and solar power.»

I do, however, support the actions people are taking but not because of climate change but because we have limited resources and looking for alternatives, even for the wrong reasons, has to be a good thing.

He has worked with the climate movement for four years ranging from direct action throughout the pacific northwest to organizing alternatives through the Paris climate talks.

The world faces «severe, pervasive and irreversible» damage unless swift action is taken to switch to fossil fuel alternatives and cut carbon emissions, according to the most detailed climate change report in years.

«I did these things because I believe that it is the obligation of every thinking person to find a way to stave off climate cataclysm, and there is no effective, legal alternative to personal direct action,» Ward said.

President Obama's Climate Action Plan (CAP) directs the EPA to use its authority through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program to encourage private sector investment in low - emissions technology by identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternClimate Action Plan (CAP) directs the EPA to use its authority through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program to encourage private sector investment in low - emissions technology by identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternclimate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives.

One of the things that really stands out with climate change is that there is an enormous amount of R&D going on in the fields of climate science and clean alternatives but very little in the field of driving climate action.

Fast action to reduce HFC use is easy and possible due to many cost - effective and energy efficient alternatives, and has the potential to achieve near - term climate benefits that will help address the global health threat posed by climate change.

-- Hansen et al (PNAS 2000), Global warming in the twenty - first century: An alternative scenario — Molina et al. (PNAS 2009), Reducing abrupt climate change risk using the Montreal Protocol and other regulatory actions to complement cuts in CO2 emissions.

Then just last week, President Obama in his Climate Action Plan outlined how the United States would take domestic action on HFCs by «identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives» through the «Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP)» of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by redoubling efforts internatiClimate Action Plan outlined how the United States would take domestic action on HFCs by «identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives» through the «Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP)» of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by redoubling efforts internatioAction Plan outlined how the United States would take domestic action on HFCs by «identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives» through the «Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP)» of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by redoubling efforts internatioaction on HFCs by «identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives» through the «Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP)» of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by redoubling efforts internaticlimate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives» through the «Significant New Alternatives Program (SNAP)» of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and by redoubling efforts internationally.

In this sense, the choice we face is not between «business as usual» and climate action, but between alternative pathways of growth: one that exacerbates climate risk, and another that reduces it.

The poll by the Catholic University of America and Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies showed that Catholics who frequently attend Mass were more likely to support U.S. government actions to combat climate change after reading about the pope's encyclical (59 percent) than after receiving the message from an alternative source (50 percent).

Key events for Friends of the Earth during the summit are: 30th November — COP21 climate talks starts, with about 150 world Heads of State 3rd December - Pinocchio Climate Awards ceremony 5 - 6th December — People's Climate Summit in Montreuil, Paris showcasing low - carbon alternatives 7 - 11th December — Climate Action Zone - For five days, this hub of international creativity, which offers popular and contemporary programming, will be a central place for citizen's mobilization 7th December — FoE International side event on People, Rights and Justice 10th December — Paris gathering of global anti-fracking campaigners 11th December — COP21 conference is due to end and international; Friends of the Earth activists «People.Power.Assembly» gathering with about 2,000 people 12th December — special «Climate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets oclimate talks starts, with about 150 world Heads of State 3rd December - Pinocchio Climate Awards ceremony 5 - 6th December — People's Climate Summit in Montreuil, Paris showcasing low - carbon alternatives 7 - 11th December — Climate Action Zone - For five days, this hub of international creativity, which offers popular and contemporary programming, will be a central place for citizen's mobilization 7th December — FoE International side event on People, Rights and Justice 10th December — Paris gathering of global anti-fracking campaigners 11th December — COP21 conference is due to end and international; Friends of the Earth activists «People.Power.Assembly» gathering with about 2,000 people 12th December — special «Climate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets oClimate Awards ceremony 5 - 6th December — People's Climate Summit in Montreuil, Paris showcasing low - carbon alternatives 7 - 11th December — Climate Action Zone - For five days, this hub of international creativity, which offers popular and contemporary programming, will be a central place for citizen's mobilization 7th December — FoE International side event on People, Rights and Justice 10th December — Paris gathering of global anti-fracking campaigners 11th December — COP21 conference is due to end and international; Friends of the Earth activists «People.Power.Assembly» gathering with about 2,000 people 12th December — special «Climate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets oClimate Summit in Montreuil, Paris showcasing low - carbon alternatives 7 - 11th December — Climate Action Zone - For five days, this hub of international creativity, which offers popular and contemporary programming, will be a central place for citizen's mobilization 7th December — FoE International side event on People, Rights and Justice 10th December — Paris gathering of global anti-fracking campaigners 11th December — COP21 conference is due to end and international; Friends of the Earth activists «People.Power.Assembly» gathering with about 2,000 people 12th December — special «Climate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets oClimate Action Zone - For five days, this hub of international creativity, which offers popular and contemporary programming, will be a central place for citizen's mobilization 7th December — FoE International side event on People, Rights and Justice 10th December — Paris gathering of global anti-fracking campaigners 11th December — COP21 conference is due to end and international; Friends of the Earth activists «People.Power.Assembly» gathering with about 2,000 people 12th December — special «Climate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets oClimate.Justice.Peace» event in the streets of Paris

A halt or even reversal of their growth would have other benefits, for human health, agricultural productivity, and environmental quality, which, together with the slowing of climate change, justify the actions needed to achieve the alternative scenario.