Sentences with phrase «climate ambition»

Despite being called an «initial» strategy, the deal could therefore set the boundaries and tone of climate ambition from shipping for decades to come.

The answer can be found in smart policy design oriented to reduce the impact on industry of increasing climate ambition.

Could it be that lawyers and judges will be able to achieve more for climate ambition than governments that are meant to represent people?

Such strong evidence of business action on climate ambitions sends a clear message to policy makers around the world — business is stepping up and embracing the transition to the low - carbon economy.

Each lever runs on a scale from one, representing minimal climate ambition, to four, representing «extraordinarily ambitious and extreme effort».

However, different modes of transport are subject to very different climate ambitions.

Climate ambition means doing something for the climate — doing more than you would do if you ignored global warming completely.

We are living through one of the most important moments we've ever faced in terms of climate ambition.

They are offering a groundbreaking solution to increasing climate ambition: tackle fossil fuel demand, supply and financing at the same time!

«Likewise we are expecting EU leaders tomorrow to acknowledge the signs of the times and to ensure EU funds are fully delivering on the Paris Agreement, serving higher climate ambition in Europe.»

That's particularly true if climate ambition is pushed towards below 2C, or if action is delayed, the IEA report suggests.

The forthcoming EU budget post-2020 must serve higher climate ambition both in Europe and worldwide, catalyzing the zero - carbon transition of our societies, including the phasing out of fossil fuels towards 100 % renewables and fully energy efficient economies.

UN Climate Change News, Bonn, 2 May 2018 — Organizers of the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) taking place this September in San Francisco have today provided new evidence of how cities, states, regions, businesses and investors are taking climate ambition to the next level.

They are taking action to improve their cities and towns, while rallying for greater climate ambition around the world.

Finally, in view of Mexico's climate ambitions as well as the forecast growth of the Mexican economy and population in coming decades, the IEA report encourages the government to incorporate energy and climate considerations into long - term urban development and transport plans.

Emission mitigation is required to achieve global climate ambitions but can also offer local benefits.

Karin Nansen, chair of Friends of the Earth International, said: «It is nonsensical to conduct abstract discussions about climate ambition inside a conference centre without addressing the continued pursuit of fossil fuels outside.

«These INDCs — or national climate action plans — represent a clear and determined down - payment on a new era of climate ambition from the global community of nations.

Up to now, the latest coal control measures are still a significant «unknown» in terms of China's new climate ambition.

As we mark the two - year anniversary of the historic agreement, businesses are once again in Paris, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, to showcase their role in driving climate ambition higher.

Yet the relatively modest climate ambition and scope of the plan makes it even more critical to expand the President's larger plan to curtail climate change to include new measures that foster the development of carbon removal solutions today.

NativeEnergy's Jennifer Cooper was at Yale's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies talking with FES students, and a visitor from Kering, about corporate climate ambitions and solutions for reducing scope 3 emissions along the supply chain.

NGOs and the UK government said this would have reduced the EU's overall climate ambition because carbon absorbed by forests could be offset against reduced efforts in other parts of the economy.

Experts meet in Paris to re-define climate ambition Workshop seeks to identify opportunities to achieve faster and deeper energy - sector decarbonisation 21 June 2016

In 3 legislative files currently negotiated in Brussels the European Parliament progressed on financing matters: reporting on Fossil Fuel Subsidies phase - out; the linking the EU budget comes to national climate ambitions; a climate impact assessment tool for EU investments; and a 40 % climate earmarking target for the Juncker Investment Plan.

But chalking up the two degrees target as a political failure is a «naive» way to look at climate ambition and could even obstruct future negotiations, the authors argue.

How will the world actually deliver on the Paris climate ambition to hold global warming to no more than 1.5 ℃?

It is essential that climate ambition not fall behind commitments made in the Paris Agreement.

Signing up to these initiatives will help both companies to deliver on their wider climate ambitions, for example Schneider Electric's target to achieve carbon neutrality in its ecosystem by 2030, and EDF's «Goal 2030» pledge to «go beyond the requirements of the two degrees Celsius trajectory set by COP21».

Now it has become a litmus test for climate ambition among the 27 member states.

Why a Mechanism to Increase Countries» Climate Ambition over Time Makes Good Economic Sense.

They argue that fossil fuel companies are a malign influence and weaken climate ambition to protect their profits.

Beijing officials had also criticised US climate ambition, suggesting that Washington's target of 26 - 28 % cuts by 2025 could be higher.

But the protracted battle over the details of the plan revealed it will be a bumpy ride to turn climate ambition into practice, as the country will ultimately need to kick its habit of burning coal for power production — and say good - bye to petrol - and diesel - fuelled cars.

Three key elements can help inspire more climate ambition:

If climate ambition is not raised progressively, it is estimated that the path set by the INDCs would be consistent with an average global temperature increase of around 2.7 degrees Celsius (°C) by 2100, falling short of limiting the increase to no more than 2 °C.

«If Juncker is serious about tackling climate change then he needs to appoint a Commissioner prepared to fight for increased climate ambition, who will challenge Member States to go beyond what they are currently prepared to do.

The Summit will bring businesses, states, cities, regions, territories and people from around the world together and in common cause to take climate ambition to the next level».

The level of climate ambition in the agreed HFC phase - down will be crucial in determining whether or not Montreal Protocol passes the test.

Manuel Pulgar - Vidal, head of WWF's global climate and energy programme, and COP20 President, said: «In a year marked by extreme weather disasters and potentially the first increase in carbon emissions in four years, the paradox between what we are doing and need to be delivering is clear: countries must act with greater climate ambition, and soon, to put us on a path to a 1.5 °C future.

ICAO needs to allow for more public scrutiny, but the truth is we can't afford to keep waiting to see how this measure affects global climate ambition.

A two degree limit has been a symbolic focus of climate ambition for the past two decades — it is the limit recommended by the UK's Committee on Climate Change, for example.

Seven European countries heeded the calls of scientists and vulnerable communities and formed a coalition for climate ambition.

As such, fossil fuel dependence is a potent threat to Mexico's climate ambitions but remains a pillar for Mexico's economy, which is still struggling to elevate the impoverished.

The mounting momentum linking climate change to human health comes at a fortunate time for the Obama administration and its climate ambitions.

Sir David King, Britain's special representative for climate change, noted in a recent interview with ClimateWire that his country had done much to maintain Europe's climate ambition, which in turn paved the way for the Paris deal by helping maintain the world's trust in global climate action.

Here, nations will come together to put forward what they think they can do to collaborate and improve their «climate ambition».

As Parties to Montreal Protocol negotiate a global agreement for an HFC phase - down this year, several safety standards and building codes are threatening to limit the climate ambition and effectiveness of this agreement by blocking the uptake of low global warming potential (GWP), energy efficient alternatives to hydrofluorocarbon (HFC)- based cooling around the world.