Sentences with phrase «change initiative announced»

As part of his climate change initiative announced in June, President Obama declared, «Today I'm calling for an end of public financing for new coal plants overseas unless they deploy carbon capture technologies, or there's no other viable way for the poorest countries to generate electricity.»

Among the climate change initiatives announced by the Obama administration in June of this year, the President cited the use of natural systems to capture carbon as a priority going forward.

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«More capital at the early stage is going to drive the breakthroughs that will drive costs down,» said Brian Deese, Obama's senior adviser on climate change who announced the private - public sector initiative to reporters in Washington.

The tipping change was among several new initiatives announced for drivers.

The changes as well as the other initiatives expected to be announced Thursday are an attempt to make the food policy as clear as possible, Jerome said.

SolarCity has promised to create 3,000 jobs in the region including 500 manufacturing positions, a number which has changed, like the companies and the industry, since the project was first announced as the anchor of the governor's Buffalo Billion initiative.

VSO and the Royal College of Physicians are concerned that the Government's proposed changes to immigration laws announced today, will have a significant impact on a training initiative that increases the quality of medical healthcare in the developing world and has significant benefits for the NHS.

While California state lawmakers announced last - minute deals on medical marijuana regulation and a scaled - back climate change proposal, they were likely to adjourn this year's legislative session Friday without completing major initiatives on...

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a number of new initiatives to help farmers cope with a changing climate, including the establishment of regional hubs that would provide information to growers (ClimateWire, June 6).

Dan Reicher, former assistant U.S. secretary of energy and now director of climate change and energy initiatives at Google, testified yesterday as part of the Senate climate hearings and mentioned an innovative tool Google recently announced: Google PowerMeter.

The initiative, announced by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), has tasked eight scientists and engineers to work for one year on policy matters related to biodiversity, climate change, reducing disaster risks, health, and water management.

After a mid-July meeting with the State, Local and Tribal Leaders Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, a group of 26 officials, Obama announced a package of climate change initiatives July 16.

Bonn, 14 December 2017 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced in his closing statement Tuesday that the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund is one of the 12 global initiatives that will be supported under the One Planet Summit, stating that protecting land and water resources from the effects of climate change would the second of the Summit's 12 engagements.

Last week, the White House announced an initiative aimed at fighting the ongoing epidemic of heroin abuse and prescription drug abuse in an effort to change the tide.

In 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivation.

Two new initiatives announced last month in South Carolina could result in significant increases in funding and major program changes for the state's public schools.

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his initiatives on Monday at the Coalition School for Social Change in East Harlem.

ST Math was also among four programs that rose to the top of a complementary initiative undertaken by Change the Equation to identify high - quality, immediately scalable STEM programs that was also announced today.

Earlier this week, Mayor Kevin Faulconer joined Superintendent Cindy Marten to announce a «game changing» initiative to that would expand access to preschool.

In the same spirit of supporting teachers, last spring U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the Teach to Lead initiative, designed to examine best practices in providing teachers opportunities to lead changes and to have more input in policies affecting their work.

With the recently announced management change and cost reduction initiatives, we believe the Company is on track to significantly improve operating performance and profitability.

The Bank highlighted that household debt ratios will continue to rise, but these will be mitigated over time by the announced changes to housing finance rules.Even before the unanticipated rise in mortgage rates in October, the Bank revised down its economic forecast in large measure because of the federal government's new initiatives «to promote stability in Canada's housing market».

«This initiative is designed to make the most impactful moments at the Museum more accessible and more meaningful,» said Dean Sobel, who announced the change on the Clyfford Still Museum's third anniversary.

, will be taking to Times Square later today to announce a series of initiatives around climate change.

She underscored that the effects of climate change can already be seen in the Nordic countries, and announced the launch of «The New Climate Economy» initiative on 24 September 2013 in New York.

The Bush Administration today announced unprecedented federal initiatives designed to organize the federal government's climate change science research system along with funding for global climate observation.

Today, the Code REDD consortium announced a new initiative called «Stand For Trees ``, which aims to change that by using social media and crowd - funding to tell the stories of individual REDD projects and make it easier than ever for individuals to make direct purchases.

Norgaard is encouraged by the fact that President Obama has, in the past several months, been speaking out about climate change and has announced several new initiatives to combat the problem.

«The threats of climate change are constantly increasing, and its impact has already started; therefore, it is crucial for us to start acting now,» WWF - Turkey CEO Akın Öngor said at a press conference announcing the initiative.

«A forum for discussion of important, current issues in criminal law and procedure, a place to announce upcoming programs, cases, legislative initiatives, and policy changes, as well as a vehicle for encouraging creative law reform to promote a fair and ethical criminal process.

GMB, the union for professional drivers, are disappointed with a series of changes and initiatives introduced for Uber drivers that was announced last week.

Fitbit today also announced the launch of Fitbit Labs, a new initiative aimed at delivering apps and watch faces that help motivate users to change their habits for the better.

In announcing the initiative, the Minister for Climate Change and Water recognised that the Government has «limited understanding of how climate change will affect Indigenous communities, their resilience and their capacity to adapt.&Change and Water recognised that the Government has «limited understanding of how climate change will affect Indigenous communities, their resilience and their capacity to adapt.&change will affect Indigenous communities, their resilience and their capacity to adapt.»