Sentences with phrase «broader climate action»
The ICR was part of the previous administration's plan to crack down on emissions from existing oil and gas facilities — a piece of President Obama's broader Climate Action Plan.
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«When countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise, they also recognized that achieving that goal would take broad - based global climate action in all sectors, public and private,» she said.
Premiers and prime ministers need to make climate action a priority, decide in broad strokes how to go about it, and then give their ministers marching orders to get it done.
Projects of particular interest are those that apply a systemic lens to the root causes of global warming; enroll the leadership of frontline communities most vulnerable to the impact of climate change; push for broad - based civic engagement and community action; and wherever possible leverage the value artists and culture bearers bring to processes for devising and deploying practical solutions to this global crisis.
With climate - related challenges such as unusually high rainfall being compounded by the impact of human activities such as boating, agricultural runoff, tourism, aquaculture, ports, energy projects and housing, the scientists argue that we need broad and coordinated action to stem the destruction.
There is a much broader consensus on the need for action than there was when President George H.W. Bush negotiated — and the Senate ratified — the Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 and much stronger support for action than when we completed the Kyoto Protocol in 1997.
Tillerson underscored the need for policies and actions to sustain and grow the U.S. energy revolution, for creating broader access in the world to energy's benefits and noted the energy sector's leadership in advancing climate goals.
Paving the way for broader national and international action on climate and energy won't be easy for all the reasons I've outlined.
In response to President Obama's Climate Action Plan, Science Director Richard Somerville wrote this article for Climate Sense, a publication for multi-disciplinary articles related to the Earth's climate: «President Obama's speech on June 25, 2013 proposed a broad array of... Continue reClimate Action Plan, Science Director Richard Somerville wrote this article for Climate Sense, a publication for multi-disciplinary articles related to the Earth's climate: «President Obama's speech on June 25, 2013 proposed a broad array of... Continue reClimate Sense, a publication for multi-disciplinary articles related to the Earth's climate: «President Obama's speech on June 25, 2013 proposed a broad array of... Continue reclimate: «President Obama's speech on June 25, 2013 proposed a broad array of... Continue reading →
But, according to Nisbet, he can be faulted for offering «arguments for action on climate change that evoke a vision of the future that reflects his own values and priorities, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem and to align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.»
In addition to engaging around the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, the International Climate Action Initiative also addresses climate policies in other contexts, including international cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships between couClimate Action Initiative also addresses climate policies in other contexts, including international cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships between couclimate policies in other contexts, including international cooperative initiatives involving national governments, businesses and cities; broader development policy and linkages with climate policy; and key bilateral relationships between couclimate policy; and key bilateral relationships between countries.
The legal findings set forth in Judge Hill's November 19, 2015 decision are remarkable and make it clear that the governor has a broad panoply of executive authorities that can and should be utilized to facilitate science - based action on climate.
The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.
The letter, dubbed the «We Can Lead» campaign, is part of a broader effort lending support for passage of the legislation, even in the face of unprecedented lobbying from vested interests opposed to the bill (or any real action at all on climate and sustainable energy).
If people who are alarmed about climate were a little more willing to consider a broader range of options for action...
If people who are alarmed about climate were a little more willing to consider a broader range of options for action, perhaps some of the denialists would become more willing to consider action.
We are heartened that despite the domestic and international political challenges that have limited actions to address climate change, the year brought broader recognition and acceptance of the science of climate change along with a greater understanding of its likely costs.
«By moving to science - based climate targets and raising its voice to support broader action, HP is meeting the moment and showing that climate action and advancing their bottom line go hand - in - hand.
This specific problem involving several sentences and one reference does not significantly alter the broad and solid scientific basis for action on climate change.
However, if we are to meet the ambition of the historic 2015 Paris Agreement as well as the Sustainable Development Goals, climate action projects must demonstrably target and deliver a broader set of environmental and social impacts.
It became clear that the place of forests in the UNFCCC agenda is transitioning from development of methods internal to forests, to a broader focus on transparency of implementation and funding of climate actions in many sectors.
The second reason is because the generators themselves would keen to gain the «free rider» bonus that comes with being the last one closed: the «prisoner's dilemma» of not wanting to take action first, just as in broader climate change action.
In combination with new approaches to grassroots advocacy and election campaigns, a complementary paradigm for climate advocacy is needed to shift our focus toward a broader portfolio of smaller scale policy actions and to the promotion of a more diverse array of technological options.
«Species and ecosystems will encounter not only a range of climate conditions that is potentially different from any in the past but also the broader conditions of the Anthropocene, in which human actions either dominate or strongly influence a wide range of Earth system processes,» the researchers write.
«The Paris Agreement is a testament to the broad international consensus on climate action.
The broader climate change movement in the United States and elsewhere has been invigorated by the actions that McKibben cites — actions that McKibben himself, and the 350.org group he co-founded, have spearheaded.
If the GCF succeeds in its broader negotiations, not only billions but eventually trillions of dollars in climate funding activities could fall outside the scope of criminal and civilian legal actions, as well as outside examination, as the Fund, which currently holds $ 10 billion in funding and pledges, expands its ambitions.
To be sure, in the context of the bombshell election and its broader negative implications for international climate action, the loss in Washington hardly felt significant.
Many negotiators tell Ecosystem Marketplace that REDD itself is no longer a contentious issue, but that things get hairy when they try to digest the decision made in Bali to expand the land - use debate from REDD alone into broader issues of «conservation, sustainable management of forests, changes in forest cover and associated carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and the enhancement of forest carbon stocks to enhance action on mitigation of climate change and to the consideration of reference levels.»
CSW also believes that increasing scientific literacy is a necessary component to solving the political indecision surrounding action on climate change, and will contribute equally positively to the broad array of science - based dilemmas that face our society.
Since that proposal, other parties have made statements in support, Nauru calling for a decision on an HFC phase - down in Warsaw, Mexico calling for swift action on HFCs, and New Zealand arguing that movement on HFCs is a catalyst for action to combat climate change on a broader level.
«When countries adopted the historic Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise, they also recognized that achieving that goal would take broad - based global climate action in all sectors, public and private,» she added.
The long - run consequence of this failure of broad - based policy was to lead to desperate attempts to draw Australia into mainstream climate action.
With clear rules and standards to ensure quality, companies that are committed to leading action on climate change use carbon offset programmes as part of a broader carbon management strategy to guarantee immediate, effective emissions reductions while delivering value to their business.
If we were to take this broader view, and take measure of the full breadth of complementary actions contemplated by the proposed Waxman - Markey legislation [the U.S. climate bill currently being considered by the House], then we get a different picture of the potential impact of this legislation.
Among the issues reviewed were: • The prospects for air pollution and climate change in the region up to 2030 in the absence of action on SLCPs; • The potential contribution of SLCP mitigation to climate, health and food security, and more generally to economic development; • Feasible mitigation technologies and strategies and opportunities for their implementation at national scale; • The relationship of SLCP mitigation to broader regional air pollution and climate strategies and their benefit for the MENA region.
Instead, he told Salon, organizers are working toward building «the most diverse, multi-issued, broad - based march or action on climate that's ever happened.»
And here's the thing about these game - changing advances in the broader context for climate action: Donald Trump can't really do much about them.
This activity report demonstrates that Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have time and again risen to the task of managing their fragile environments to meet their sustainable development goals through a broad range of actions, including conservation and sustainable use of critical marine and coastal resources, climate change mitigation, adaptation efforts and more.
It was prepared to present the key issues discussed by the experts and to make their insights available to a broader audience, as part of UNCTAD's contribution to the debate about appropriate action to address the challenge of climate change.
As a global challenge calling for collective action, climate change has elicited substantial rulemaking at the international plane, percolating through the broader legal system to the regional, national and local levels.
«There's broad consensus that rapid climate change in the Arctic is hurting polar bears right now and the U.S. government needs to take aggressive action to pull this majestic species back from the brink of extinction,» said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute and author of the petition that led to Endangered Species Act listing for the bear iclimate change in the Arctic is hurting polar bears right now and the U.S. government needs to take aggressive action to pull this majestic species back from the brink of extinction,» said Kassie Siegel, director of the Center for Biological Diversity's Climate Law Institute and author of the petition that led to Endangered Species Act listing for the bear iClimate Law Institute and author of the petition that led to Endangered Species Act listing for the bear in 2008.
From China and India getting out ahead of their climate commitments to a likely massive expansion of renewables in France, there is broad, cross-partisan support for climate action and renewables in many parts of the world.
When non-fossil fuel companies understand the broad economic risk posed by the lack of climate action, they will become genuine and strong advocates demanding climate action — in their own self - interest.
Responsible climate action by these companies would have extended these initial steps to broader policies to become diversified energy corporations.
There is a broad agreement among energy leaders from both government and the industry that urgent action is needed to support CCUS, without which the climate challenge will be much more difficult to tackle.
This broad risk category includes matters such as: how climate change affects the company's profitability, what opportunities / challenges climate change presents to the company, and what actions the company is taking in anticipation of the various climate change related regulations coming down the pipe (e.g. the anticipated mandatory cap - and - trade system on greenhouse... [more]
This broad risk category includes matters such as: how climate change affects the company's profitability, what opportunities / challenges climate change presents to the company, and what actions the company is taking in anticipation of the various climate change related regulations coming down the pipe (e.g. the anticipated mandatory cap - and - trade system on greenhouse gas emissions).