Sentences with phrase «binding international agreement on climate change»

At a climate skeptic conference, writes Hoffman, one presenter «went so far as to suggest that a binding international agreement on climate change would end with individuals being required to carry «carbon ration cards» on their person.»

The legally binding international Agreement on climate change, among others, addresses issues of global warming, including its impact on food security and agriculture.

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«As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting... a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally - binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low - carbon technologies... the shift to a low - carbon economy will create significant business opportunities».

The American president joined 150 world leaders for the opening ceremony on the first day of the UN climate conference in Paris where thousands of delegates hope to agree legally binding international agreements to prevent catastrophic climate change.

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its Parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets.

It is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change that sets internationally binding emission reduction targets for its parties.

President Barack Obama bound the United States to an international agreement on climate change, but the administration's decision to circumvent Congress to implement the deal has lawyers questioning its constitutionality.