Sentences with phrase «at the climate talks in»

The Fossil of the Day awards were first presented at the climate talks in 1999 in Bonn, initiated by the German NGO Forum.
More than one - fifth of the carbon stored in the world's tropical forests lies in territories belonging to or claimed by indigenous groups, concludes an analysis released this week at the climate talks in Paris.
At climate talks in Copenhagen a year ago, delegates were galvanised by the scientific arguments for reaching an agreement to cut emissions.
Global warming has become a 1 - degree Celsius reality, making progress at climate talks in Paris even more imperative
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.
I'll soon be posting (long overdue) a video interview I did with Brulle at the climate talks in Mexico in which he gives his rather dark forecast for how this will play out.
Amid nonstop work tracking developments at the climate talks in Paris, I had to slip in a note about the Planetary Health Alliance, an important new initiative aimed at mixing disciplines in ways that can bolster human health by considering its relationship to the health of ecosystems.
I'll soon be posting a video interview I did with Brulle at the climate talks in Mexico in which he gives his forecast for how this will play out, given his insights into how the human mind, and human communities, absorb information and act, or fail to act.
You can learn more from «Climate Change in the Public Mind,» a presentation Leiserowitz gave during an all - day conference on communication and climate change at the climate talks in Mexico.
Many seasoned participants in nearly two decades of treaty negotiations aimed at blunting global warming had predicted this outcome, despite a pledge by negotiators at climate talks in Bali, Indonesia, in 2007 to seal a deal in Denmark this December.
10:43 p.m. Updated The Center for Biological Diversity is known for creative public relations stunts, like deploying one of its lawyers in a polar bear suit at climate talks in Copenhagen last December:
The news flashed on the Associated Press wire a few hours ago, as promised by Australia's new government, and it is the development of the day at climate talks in Bali:
British political figure Christopher Monckton interacts with climate activists at climate talks in Denmark.
Sustained global warming shows no sign of letting up according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public at the climate talks in Copenhagen.
Mr Walker said international observers questioned Australia over its land - clearing figures at climate talks in 2016, and the latest Queensland data were likely to prompt more queries.
A coalition launched today at the climate talks in Lima aims to boost efforts to save billions of dollars and billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions each year by measuring and reporting reductions of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from projects and programmes that promote renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing countries.
At the climate talks in Bonn, a global alliance to phase out coal was launched.
UN Climate Change News, 5 May 2018 — International negotiators, representatives of civil society and youth put their heads together at climate talks in Bonn, Germany, this week to look for ways the Paris Climate Change Agreement can boost education, awareness, engagement and cooperation in the...
Thus a newly proposed mechanism that aims to slow deforestation by compensating countries and landowners for protecting forests has won wide support at climate talks in Copenhagen.
«So to see a global company like Sony showing climate leadership by committing to ambitious, science - based targets sends a powerful and encouraging message to everyone who is working towards an ambitious outcome at the climate talks in Paris.»
After politicians tabled a weak draft at the climate talks in Paris today, hundreds of protestors, including Friends of the Earth International activists, staged a loud protest inside the climate summit to expose the fact that politicians are failing to provide a fair and just climate deal in Paris.
UN Climate Change News, 5 May 2018 — International negotiators, representatives of civil society and youth put their heads together at climate talks in Bonn, Germany, this week to look for ways the Paris Climate Change Agreement can boost education, awareness, engagement and cooperation in the fight against climate change.
After days of discussions at the climate talks in Bonn, negotiators failed to agree on a conflict of interest policy that would exclude fossil fuel companies from getting involved in the process...
The issue may well be discussed at climate talks in Paris, where the EU is pushing for oversight of future market - based mechanisms to be take out of the UNFCCC's hands.
(11/29/2010) With world leaders meeting at climate talks in Cancun to discuss the future of forests, Google has added 3D trees to the latest version of Google Earth.
But having been last year at the climate talks in Marrakesh, I saw how much of the rest of the world is really stepping forward to take serious action.

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On Friday, those constituents helped scuttle a plan for China and the European Union to issue a joint statement of support for the Paris climate accord at high - level trade talks in Brussels.
Talk about «the books of 2015» must include at least a mention of the cultural climate in which they appeared, dominated above all by a mood of ressentiment.
«We are calling for justice for all those impacted by climate change now and in the future, and for an ambitious outcome at next year's climate talks in Paris.
Director of Advocacy at the international Christian charity Tearfund, Ruth Valerio, said: «The Archbishop is absolutely right when he talks about the need for immediate attention in the battle against climate change.
The Challenge began in 2015 at the United Nations climate talks in Paris and has grown to more than 60 members across the industry, including other roasters, NGOs, and the governments of Mexico and Rwanda.
Look buddy, you can believe in anything you want, The world is flat, Climate change is not man made, or that you have a invisible best friend who talks to you at night.
I am proud that the UK has played a leading role in the revival of international climate change talks through the United Nations at Cancun and Durban.
Trump's likely pick to fill the role of a top scientist at the USDA — Sam Clovis, best known for hosting a conservative talk show in Iowa — is a climate change skeptic with no background in science.
He had raised human rights issues in meetings with Chinese and Indian leaders, and promised a strong presence at the climate change talks in Paris.
At a recent meeting for top environmental officials in Italy, everyone wanted to talk about the Paris climate agreement — except the EPA's Scott Pruitt.
Responding to the announcement of a climate deal in Paris, Matt Cullen, Head of Strategy at the Association of British Insurers (ABI), said: «Ahead of the talks in Paris, leading insurance CEOs and executives had urged world leaders to aim for a temperature rise of no more than 2 degrees.
The march, rally, and civil disobedience at the state capital in Albany is called «Cuomo: Walk the Talk on Climate
Individual and local advocacy can help fight global climate change, environmental activists said Saturday at an afternoon forum in Albany's Westminster Presbyterian Church — one of many events across the world in advance of the Paris climate talks that start tomorrow and run to Dec. 11.
We talked to 30 women politicians in New York at all levels of government about what the political climate looks like in 2016, the year the United States might elect its first - ever woman president.
Last Sunday, he tried out a Hula Hoop at World Hoop Day at the Westcott Theater, where he knew there would be college students interested in his talk about climate change.
Gary Cohn, the top White House economic adviser, is expected to lead the U.S. delegation in a climate discussion at the U.N. talks in New York this week (Climatewire, Sept. 13).
Vanquished Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton frequently recounted how she and President Obama crashed a meeting led by the Chinese at the 2009 climate talks in Copenhagen, Denmark, to insist that China come back to the negotiating table.
When we talk about climate change today, we have to look at what the climate was previously like in order to recognise the natural variations and to be able to distinguish them from the human - induced changes.
Scientific American staffers Mark Fischetti and Robin Lloyd talk with podcast host Steve Mirsky about sessions they attended — including those about algae for energy, dissecting the astronomy in art, and attitudes about climate change — at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
«We can choose an orderly transition over the next 20 to 30 years... while smartly growing the clean side, or we can put off action as we did [at the 2009 U.N. climate talks] in Copenhagen and kick the can down the road.»
In Glacier National Park, which has been at the forefront of the climate change response effort, rangers give a weekly «walk - and - talk» program on the past, present, and future of the park's namesake features entitled «Where Have All the Glaciers Gone?»
The talk in the corridors at the biodiversity summit in Nagoya, Japan, is that it could be going the way of the climate change talks in Denmark in December 2009.
«We often talk about climate change and how it will affect us in the future, but the truth is we are already seeing those changes,» said Camille Stevens - Rumann, assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU.
Hansen told reporters at a press conference yesterday that he hoped the paper — to be published online this week — would influence global climate talks this December in Paris and encourage negotiators to reconsider their goal of keeping warming to less than 2 °C above preindustrial levels, a laudable but insufficient target, some scientists say.
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