Sentences with phrase «climate action among»

As well as this, the Science Based Target Initiative announced that 100 companies have now adopted emissions reductions targets in line with the scale required by global climate goals, showing the unstoppable momentum for climate action among global businesses.

So why is there so little support for climate action among politicians?

You can get inspiration from our endorsement from Conservation Hawks, which promotes climate action among hunters and anglers.

It is also recommended that the simulation exercise be used to engender climate action among youth.

Not exact matches

Withdrawing would leave the United States aligned only with Russia among the world's industrialized economies in rejecting action to combat climate change.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Consumer products giant Procter & Gamble was among those calling for climate action.

«A full reading of Bernstein's email reveals an important point ---- his assertion that, in the 1980s, we never denied the possible role of human activity as a cause for climate change, and he further makes clear that, at that point in time, there was a great deal of uncertainty and lack of understanding of climate change, even among leading scientists and experts,» said Keil, adding that today, Exxon «believes the risk of climate change is clear, and warrants action.»

Concluding the five - day world economic forum (WEF) conference at Davos in Switzerland, the prime minister emphasised the importance of action on climate change among both emerging and established countries in order to mitigate the impact of global warming.

Adesina said the presidential address would highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria's commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and require action

«The combination of foundation - funded front - groups, big lobbying budgets, [political action committee] donations, and direct campaign contributions makes Koch Industries and the Koch brothers among the most formidable obstacles to advancing clean energy and climate policy in the U.S.,» Greenpeace says.

Obama Administration Releases First - Ever Climate Adaptation Plans With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and requireClimate Adaptation Plans With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and requireclimate impacts are happening now and require action

Several consortiums of industry leaders across sectors - including Partnership for Renewable Energy (which includes Bank of America, Google, General Electric), U.S. Climate Action Partnership, or USCAP (Ford, Duke Energy, Pepsi, Shell, among others) and Climate Energy Network (a collection of small and mid-sized companies in every region of the United States)- are «terrifically energetic and committed to their work with U.S. policymakers,» he said.

Finally, almost 40 managers and scientists met to discuss whether an adaptive management approach might be useful to gain an understanding of the interaction among habitats and management actions and how this will be affected by annual weather and climate patterns.

Having left behind him the Cato Institute and other climate «contrarian» partisans, interests, and individual climate science «deniers,» Taylor may yet come to be seen, in this second iteration, as being among the most quotable and effective communicators and proponents for climate action.

The strong support for taking action also reflects a high level of concern for the effects of climate change — among the 97 % of participants worldwide who are concerned about the effects of climate change, 78 % declared they are «very concerned».

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A promising course of action to strengthen a school's civic climate, therefore, is to identify ways to foster a sense of commonality among a school's students.

This sub-study distinguishes between efforts by school leaders to create a vision and climate among staff members, on the one hand, and, on the other, the actions leaders take to realize that vision.

They undermine action on climate change and environmental protections; promote school privatization; defund unions and stop progressive wage and benefits policies; and, among other things, call for a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution to restrict the federal budget.

Home to one of the nation's fastest - growing and most acclaimed wine regions, a stretch of relatively uncrowded yet spectacular beach communities, the legendary Hearst Castle, a sunny and moderate to warm year - round climate, and the lively and welcoming college town for which it is named, San Luis Obispo County occupies a gorgeous stretch of California's legendary Central Coast and ranks among the best spots in the state for a fun, action - packed weekend getaway.

Climate Action Network's Fossil of the Day Award, a longstanding tradition at the talks, provides a way to track hypocritical stances among the nearly 200 treaty parties.

Real Climate is among the few sites that address any of this, but I'd encourage even stronger action from RC.

None of these moves should be taken as a signal that vigilance over corporate environmental abuses is no longer relevant, nor that corporate power can inevitably prevent backsliding on climate progress, but they are one more sign among many that the ultimate momentum is on the side of continued, prolonged and far - reaching action to cut emissions.

The goal five years ago was to build momentum to «seal the deal» on a binding climate treaty — a fruitless task given the divisions among the world's nations — while this conclave was centered on a more modest, but more concrete, achievement — «to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement [notice there's no mention of the word «binding»] in Paris in 2015 and to galvanize transformative action in all countries to reduce emissions and build resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.»

· Among these climate change issue voters, large majorities believe global warming is happening and support action by the U.S. to reduce global warming, even if it has economic costs.

As debates over national and global climate and energy policy continue to drag out, there's been an intensifying exploration of climate miscommunication among those seeking concrete actions that will make a noticeable difference in the atmosphere someday.

These organizations and their industry allies are also advantaged by virtually unanimous opposition to cap and trade among Republican members of Congress, with many Republican leaders echoing the communication strategy of conservative groups by casting doubt on climate science and exaggerating the costs of action.

The fundamental debate among the camps pressing for action on climate — even as the world expands its energy menu — is over how to facilitate the spread of non-polluting energy choices.

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They are among a growing group of youth suing their governments for putting their futures at risk by failing to take serious action on climate change.

The proliferation of science - based target setting among major U.S. companies reflects the unstoppable momentum behind corporate climate action and the strong business case for doing so.

2007/04/24: FTimes: China delays climate change plan indefinitely China has delayed indefinitely its national «action plan» on climate change, which was due to be released on Monday after exhaustive consultations among ministries in Beijing and provincial and local governments.

Earth Ministry provides numerous opportunities in the state legislature and Congress for our members to put their faith into action on issues such as climate change, toxics and children's health, coal export, and public lands, among many others.

Among them, the Climate Action Plan has the potential to guide the U.S. economy away from its reliance on fossil fuels and towards a more sustainable energy system.

The reality is that multiple discourses about addressing climate change exist, even among the most visible voices working to improve public understanding and empower action.

Then I pivot to the key «gateway belief» from the research of Dr. Ed Maibach and Dr. Anthony Leiserowitz: People are more likely to support climate action when they know there is scientific agreement among climate scientists.

The Camden Snow Bowl is among over 100 ski resorts that have signed the Climate Declaration calling for action on climate Climate Declaration calling for action on climate climate change.

While scientists continue to explore the consequences of climate change, there is essentially no debate among scientists about global warming's «connection to the actions of mankind.»

This was replicated in 2016, as can be seen in the graph below — note the significant increase in support for «no climate action» among those with salaries over A$ 110,000.

The goal of the Global Green Freight Action Plan is to facilitate collaboration among governments, the private sector, and civil society to enhance the efficiency of global goods movement in ways that significantly reduce climate, health, energy, and economic impacts.

These things already figure into the planning there, and I think regular Californians have noticed these changes which is why they are among the most forward - thinking states in terms of climate action.

Among other projects, this year CABA released a new Member Engagement Guide which provides our member businesses with a menu of concrete actions they can take on climate change.

We, 93 civil society organisations working in Brussels and in countries affected by EU climate policies, are therefore deeply concerned that the same polluting corporations whose actions largely contribute to climate change - chief among them fossil fuel companies and their lobby groups - are using their involvement in the UNFCCC talks to delay action and hold back the needed ambition.

Requires such group, within a year and every four years thereafter, to submit to Congress a report that: identifies gaps in data and recommends actions to fill those gaps; proposes a coordinated strategy for funding and allocating responsibilities among federal agencies for climate and other global change data collection, management, and retention; recommends a federal capital investment strategy; and evaluates optimal design of observation system components to ensure a cost - effective, adequate set of observations detecting and tracking global change.

Among a suite of recommendations to ramp up climate action, it proposes «a voluntary market or other mechanisms» to incentivize «earth - friendly agriculture.»

There followed three days of discussions among the attendees who were divided into 5 roundtables each with a particular issue at hand: 1) social impacts of climate change; 2) Climate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theclimate change; 2) Climate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theClimate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theclimate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in the South.

Among other things, for instance, the parties to the UNFCCC agreed that: (a) They would adopt policies and measures to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system, (b) Developed countries should take the first steps to do this, and (c) Nations have common but differentiated responsibilities to prevent climate change, (d) Nations may not use scientific uncertainty as an excuse for not taking action, and (e) Nations should reduce their GHG emissions based upon «equity.»

Among the actions recommended by the committee were a leading role for MIT in responding to disinformation about climate change and a plan to turn the campus — through research, programs, and a carbon price — into a living sustainability lab.