Sentences with phrase «better climate risk»

Investors can make a difference through green standards, green bonds and better climate risk assessments.

Not exact matches

Empowering employees and fostering a climate of intelligent risk - taking is the best way to improve performance but so is following best practices and consistently adhering to comprehensive processes.

Investor Network on Climate Risk is a $ 5 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate Climate Risk is a $ 5 trillion network of investors that promotes better understanding of the financial risks and opportunities posed by climate climate change.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailA recent headline in the Globe and Mail summed it up well: «Business risk from climate change now top of mind for Canada's corporate boards.»

In fact, Xi has begun to cast China as a defender of economic globalization and inclusivity, as well as a leader in combating global challenges, like climate change.14 Unlike Russia's willingness to take large risks, China's approach is generally cautious, reflecting its desire to safeguard its economic interests.

It follows the launch of LGIM's climate'til t» fund in November 2016, which was designed to incorporate a'til t» to better address the investment risks associated with climate change.

Others on climate change, energy and related risks — as well as sustainability reporting on strategy and performance — account for almost another 40 percent of all resolutions, roughly the same as the previous year.

«By sharing our analysis of BHP Billiton's portfolio in a 2 °C world, we believe investors will be able to decide how well BHP Billiton is equipped to manage climate risk,» says Dalla Valle.

Thanksgiving worked with Rwanda's Dukunde Kawa Cooperative, which has over 1800 producers, doing site - specific climate risk assessments, and deploying best practices such as shade intercropping, erosion control, and watershed conservation.

Beyond the climate change bill, though, we will need Labour and the Conservatives to be as brave as the Liberal Democrats in coming up with hard proposals for change: so far, only the Lib Dems have put forward firm plans for greener but not higher taxes, by switching the tax burden from good things like work, risk and effort to bad things like pollution.

Some of these initiatives include, the Better Buffalo Fund; Upstate Revitalization Initiative; an enhanced historic preservation tax credit; land banks legislation; zombie properties reforms; brownfield redevelopment reforms; Complete Streets law and funding; Community Risk & Resiliency Act; Age Friendly / Health Across All Policies; Cleaner Greener and Clean Energy Communities; Climate - Smart Communities grants; and craft beverage reforms.

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develClimate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develclimate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develclimate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develclimate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develclimate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develclimate - resilient development.

«Above all, we wanted to know whether it is better to provide economic justifications, such as the positive effects of climate policy on technological innovation and the labour market, and personal aspects like protection of our health, rather than to focus on conveying scientific facts and the risks of climate change.»

«What they completely agree upon is that climate change poses many risks across many sectors of the American economy, and that we should not in good conscience leave those risks unaddressed,» Lewis said.

Better understanding of how climate affects tornado activity can help to predict tornado activity in the short - term, a month, or even a year in advance, and would be a major aid to insurance and reinsurance companies in assessing the risks posed by outbreaks.

They are still the cheapest and lowest risk solutions to our climate trajectory and the best approaches we have at hand.»

The BBC team used clever analogies and appealing graphics to discuss three key numbers that help clarify important questions about climate change: 0.85 degrees Celsius — how much the Earth has warmed since the 1880s; 95 % — how sure scientists are that human activity is the major cause of Earth's recent warming; and one trillion tons — the best estimate of the amount of carbon that can be burned before risking dangerous climate change.

Well before that happens, though, many areas are already starting to flood more frequently,» said Kopp, who leads Rutgers» new Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience graduate traineeship.

The risk assessment stems from the objective stated in the 2015 Paris Agreement regarding climate change that society keep average global temperatures «well below» a 2 °C (3.6 °F) increase from what they were before the Industrial Revolution.

Typically, a snow lair provides good shelter, but poor snow conditions expose pups to predation, harsh climate and disturbance by humans, elevate the risk of mortality, and may hamper growth.

There are technical as well as political risks associated with geoengineering approaches to limit the impact of climate change (6...

She identified development of national flood building and disaster resiliency standards as two examples that could «drive locals to make better decisions,» and noted the president just announced that all international development programs will have to undertake a climate risk assessment going forward to qualify for federal funds.

«They will need to provide strong examples of how good policy can drive economic growth and climate risk reduction together,» the report says.

Industry - funded research, meanwhile, has been used to deny dangers of well - established risks such as smoking and climate change.

On the whole, in terms of magnitudes of risks that we used in our analysis [in the Stern Review Report on the Economics of Climate Change for the U.K. government], my best guess is that we underestimated them.

«It's important that clinicians educate runners on the ways to minimize their risk of heat stroke, including allowing 10 - 14 days to adjust to a warm climate, discouraging running if a person is ill or was recently ill because a pre-existing fever impairs the body's ability to dissipate additional heat stress, and developing better methods of monitoring body core temperature during physical activity..»

«I recommend that the SEC mandate comprehensive, standardized disclosure of material information on climate change risks for public companies, as well as of climate - denying political and organizational corporate giving,» he wrote the commission.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

As a self - proclaimed «climate leader» the UK government has a critical role to play in closing the «emissions gap» — the gap between the current global trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions and the actions necessary to limit warming to 1.5 ˚C and «well below» 2 ˚C (and hence reduce the risks of disaster), they write.

The climate models aren't really good enough in their representation of present - day circulation to give you much confidence in the specifics of their predictions [so that you could use them to do a cost - benefit analysis for example], but the risk of widespread change is still there.

Jiacan Yuan is a climatologist who is interested in understanding the fundamental dynamical processes in the atmosphere and improving climate models, which could give us better predictive power and risk assessment of the changing climate.

Combined with fuel loads, higher evapotranspiration rates and resulting shifts in water balance may be the best predictor of increased fire risk and fire severity in the future under a changing climate (Littell and Gwozdz 2011; Abatzoglou and Kolden 2013).

Uncertainties, probabilities and risks to the marine environment have to be assessed as well as their feedback to climate system.

«A better understanding of the human perception of risk from climate change and the behavioral responses are key to curbing future climate change,» said lead author Brian Beckage, a professor of plant biology and computer science at the University of Vermont.

Climate change encompasses both increases and decreases in temperature, as well as shifts in precipitation, changing risk of certain types of severe weather events, and changes to other features of the climate Climate change encompasses both increases and decreases in temperature, as well as shifts in precipitation, changing risk of certain types of severe weather events, and changes to other features of the climate climate system.

They challenged the world to do better, and they challenge the political system to realize the unacceptable risks posed by climate disruption.

Now they finally run a major story on the devastating drought sweeping the nation, one they compare to «the Dust Bowl of the 1930's,» but again, no mention of global warming — even though increased risk of drought is a well - known prediction from climate scientists.

Did we mention Moringa trees thrive in arid climates with little water and restore essential nutrients back to the soil to help other crops around them grow better, mitigating risk to farmers?

I've decided this year, after 4 years of denial and suffering, that I'm going to stop pretending I'm living in a regular winter climate city hence stopped taking photos outside during harsh winter and risk hypothermia or pneumonia (happened once, not kidding), so this is my first non-sponsored outfit post in a long time and it really feels good to be back.

UIC's Cassandra McKay - Jackson highlighted additional negative outcomes associated with school mobility, «(L) ow attachment (or school detachment) is related to higher levels of violent behavior and aggressive beliefs, more negatively perceived school climate, and lower academic motivation as well as higher risk for school dropout.»

Psychological safety provides for the social - emotional well being of students and works to create positive school climates through measures such as asset development, bullying prevention, Positive Behavior Supports, and early identification and intervention for at - risk students.

To research his latest book, How to Cool the Planet: Geoengineering and the Audacious Quest to Fix Earth's Climate, he spent several years with some of the world's top climate modelers, as well as Cold War physicists, philosophers, politicians, and crackpot entrepreneurs, all of whom are involved with the development of new technologies that might someday be used to manipulate the earth's climate to reduce the risks associated with global wClimate, he spent several years with some of the world's top climate modelers, as well as Cold War physicists, philosophers, politicians, and crackpot entrepreneurs, all of whom are involved with the development of new technologies that might someday be used to manipulate the earth's climate to reduce the risks associated with global wclimate modelers, as well as Cold War physicists, philosophers, politicians, and crackpot entrepreneurs, all of whom are involved with the development of new technologies that might someday be used to manipulate the earth's climate to reduce the risks associated with global wclimate to reduce the risks associated with global warming.

Franklin Templeton participates in the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), annually measuring and reporting on carbon emissions, as well as risks and opportunities for our business due to the effects of climate change.

While risk - taking is essential to generate long - term returns, it is important to understand that market risk is typically rewarded much better in some Market Climates than in others.

There are additional risks related to commodity investments due to large institutional purchases or sales, changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events, economic and political conditions in the countries where energy companies are located or do business, and risks for environmental damage claims, as well as natural and technological factors such as severe weather, unusual climate change, and development and depletions of alternative resources.

For the longest time there's been a presumption among environmental campaigners and some scientists that if the fog of misinformation and disinformation on climate could be cleared, if the science could be laid out better, if the link between present energy choices and future climate risks could be absorbed better by the public, people would jump aboard the decarbonization express, leading the world to a climate - safe future.

Given that the writers are on strike anyhow (but even if they weren't), perhaps the TV media should give us a «time out» from their normal entertainments and cover basic statistics, risk assessment, climate science, and related matters for the public good?

He actually said «The best projections tell us that we have less than one hundred months to alter our behaviour before we risk catastrophic climate change, and the unimaginable horrors that this would bring.».

The best way forward, he said, is for the climate convention and whatever addenda emerge in coming years remain focused on the core issue enshrined in 1992 — the need to avoid dangerous human - driven disruption of the climate system and help nations most exposed to risks.

California has a vested interest in countering the effects of climate change, from vehicle emissions, and other sources, because its economy depends on being able to have access to water (not limited by droughts and floods), as well as having stable land to use to grow crops with, both of which are currently at risk.