WWF's James Beard argues there has never been a better opportunity to deliver
an ambitious international deal for tackling aviation emissions
Not exact matches
«The
deal reached on financing... is a disappointing result, because it is not nearly enough money to reach the
ambitious targets to protect biodiversity,» said Lasse Gustavsson, WWF
International's executive director of conservation in a statement.
Slightly bigger names who pinged a little higher on the register this year include Jim Mickle who really broke out with last year's remake of «We Are What We Are» but made good on that with «Cold in July»; Lenny Abrahamson continues his ascendency with the brilliantly offbeat «Frank»; Alex van Warmerdam has been around and winning
international awards for a long time but it was «Borgman» that really had us taking proper notice; and while Ned Benson's
ambitious release strategy for «The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby» rather backfired, even the edited - together «Them» version shows a great
deal of promise for the future.
Holding out for a perfect
deal in Copenhagen could result in no agreement at all, Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon warned at the Port of Spain meeting on Saturday, calling on all governments to get behind a
deal that is as
ambitious as possible but also has broad
international support.
It is the most
ambitious international agreement ever to face up to the threat of global warming, as the final text of the
deal makes clear.
Those may serve well as informal arenas for discussion and development of innovative ideas, but in no way can they substitute for the UNFCCC as the locale with the resources, scope and legitimacy for
international negotiations of the breadth and depth required to negotiate a fair,
ambitious and binding
deal to stop dangerous climate change.
This delicate balance means that most targets are likely to echo domestic efforts, while providing an
international impetus to make them as
ambitious as possible, in order to ensure a «fair»
deal.
Many poorer nations, however, were concerned that this would lead to a flimsy
deal in Paris, as well as hindering their own ability to put forward
ambitious proposals, since these would often depend on the level of
international support that they received.
Now here's a thought: if our leaders were able to leave the politics and vested interests aside for just seven days, we could come out of this week's meetings in Bonn and Brussels with across - the - board support for an
international deal on HFCs and a meaningful EU emissions target, inspiring other countries around the world to raise their game and opening the way for an
ambitious global climate agreement in 2015.
The two - week meeting is the halfway mark in the negotiations on an
ambitious and effective
international climate change
deal to be clinched in Copenhagen in 2009.
Real progress needs to be made in the negotiations in Poznań in order to reach an
ambitious international climate change
deal in Copenhagen next year.
From a strong global
deal at the Paris climate talks to
ambitious commitments from businesses and communities, and from local, national and
international government bodies alike, there are many preconditions for Greenpeace's scenario to pan out.
If
international climate policies succeed, against all odds, in sealing an
ambitious deal on the confinement of global warming to < 2 °C, then the focus of TE research should actually shift to the social transformations arena: a massive acceleration of innovation processes for the decarbonization of our contemporary industrial metabolism will be the only way to deliver.
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