Sentences with phrase «climate and energy policy goals»

The Estonian climate and energy policy goals have been aiming for low - carbon economy since regaining independence in 1991, but until today these goals have not been achieved due to insufficient application of the relevant policy measures.

These carbon - pricing initiatives could better harmonize electricity markets and state climate and energy policy goals and reduce the need for out of market payments (e.g. RECs and ZECs).

Not exact matches

«By getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy based on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on climate change.»

«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston - based environmental group.

Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.

«But the states have a very active agenda,» he said, noting that most states have renewable energy and climate policies that might ultimately deliver many of the goals of the CPP.

U.S. Energy Policy must be guided by two intertwined goals: guaranteeing the security of the nation's energy supply and limiting runaway climate cEnergy Policy must be guided by two intertwined goals: guaranteeing the security of the nation's energy supply and limiting runaway climate cenergy supply and limiting runaway climate change.

The week after Warsaw, Stern met with Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Dan Utech, White House Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Domestic Policy Council Rick Duke, and others to discuss the goals with the State Department pushing for what one person called «maximum ambition.»

The wider investigative goal I proposed to ProPublica is to expose «reality gaps» in descriptions of clean - energy technologies and policies (not to mention policies of those saying the fossil - fuel status quo is just fine) and point to under - addressed opportunities to cut vulnerability to climate - related hazards right now.

But that's no different for energy and climate policy than it is for health policy, military spending and goals, and a host of different consequential issues.

In quieter corners, including at environmental groups focused on energy and climate policy as well as land preservation, the goal has never been a ban, but instead a push to create the set of rules, policies, revenue flows and relationships that give the greatest social and economic benefits with the least risk of environmental regrets.

Thus, climate scientists and energy - economic modelers have developed hundreds of plausible scenarios of future emissions and used them to identify emissions pathways that might achieve climate policy goals.

U.S. energy policy that supports oil and natural gas can help the U.S. meet national energy, economic and climate goals.

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.

The third in a series of posts on the intersection of energy development and policy and the pursuit of climate goals.

Energy groups risk wasting $ 1.6 trillion of investment by assuming that current emissions - cutting policies will not be tightened up in the light of the latest science and international climate change goals, according to the think tank Carbon Tracker.

The ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Program equips policy makers with a proven marketing platform and technical specifications to help reduce long - term energy use and peak demand in a community and contribute towards climate change mitigation ENERGY STAR Certified Homes Program equips policy makers with a proven marketing platform and technical specifications to help reduce long - term energy use and peak demand in a community and contribute towards climate change mitigation energy use and peak demand in a community and contribute towards climate change mitigation goals.

The Energizing Finance research, done in partnership with the World Bank Group, Climate Policy Initiative, the African Development Bank, Practical Action Consulting and E3 Analytics, delivers a strong wake - up call to the levels of finance flowing to close energy access gaps, but also creates a roadmap of opportunities which, if finance is more strategically directed, will allow us to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7, and provide affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by 2030.

To assist policymakers as they set climate and development goals and design policies in international and domestic forums, the World Energy Council, in partnership with global management consultancy Oliver Wyman, has published the 2015 «World Energy Trilemma report: Priority actions on climate change and how to balance the trilemma».

Such policies are likely to help manage the risks of climate change while also enabling societies to pursue other high priority goals around the world — including clean air and water, access to reliable, affordable energy, and economic progress for all people.

If the two - degrees goal changes, then so might the many climate policies framed around it — policies that translate into costs for polluters and profitable markets for clean - energy providers.

This webpage has a long list of businesses, investors, government officials, university leaders, and others who apparently have pledged to do what they can to comply with the goals of the Paris Climate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poClimate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poclimate change and energy policies.

«We're more explicit this time around about the intersection between our energy choices and our climate challenges and the fact that we have such ambitious climate goals that are really driving a lot of our energy policy,» Klee said.

Elizabeth served Climate Solutions as program manager for the New Energy Cities program, working with cities to help them meet their carbon reduction goals through innovative programs and policies.

I - 732 represents the most effective climate policy and the most progressive tax shift in decades in Washington and is designed to move the state toward two goals — cleaner energy and fairer taxes — with the following policy objectives:

Speakers: Kathleen Theoharides, Assistant Secretary of Climate Change, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts; Reed Schuler, Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Jay Inslee, Washington State Moderator: Alden Meyer, Union of Concerned Scientists The Big Sink: Large - scale Land Management to Meet Climate Goals Wednesday, November 15th 11:00 - 12:00 Fiji Dome Through a cross-sectoral panel, we will discuss large - scale carbon sequestration through land management, focusing on large landholders.

Trump said he will rescind any regulations that unduly burden energy development, including the Clean Power Plan, which, if it survives legal challenges, was to have been the cornerstone of Obama's climate action legacy and the main policy for realizing the nation's Paris goals.

Both industry at large and energy providers are currently confronted with serious energy policy challenges in Europe: The EU's climate and energy goals stipulate a 40 % reduction of CO2 emissions by 2030, which poses almost unsolvable problems for energy - intensive industries.

Thinking about the problem in terms of temperature increase for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 (which we will probably exceed with current policies and energy trends), even studies that reinforce the skeptical narrative of low mean climate sensitivity leaves some chance of warming greatly exceeding international goals and historical boundaries (say a 5 percent chance of warming exceeding 4 °C).

Democrats recognize the importance of climate leadership at the local level and know that achieving our national clean energy goals requires an active partnership with states, cities, and rural communities where so much of our country's energy policy is made.

(1/9/15) Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is potentially important for advancing California's energy future and climate goals, but deploying the technique depends in part on resolving regulatory uncertainties, according to the latest paper in CCST's California's Energy Future - Policy senergy future and climate goals, but deploying the technique depends in part on resolving regulatory uncertainties, according to the latest paper in CCST's California's Energy Future - Policy sEnergy Future - Policy series.

This report reviews a range of modelling scenarios for future GHG emissions, identifies opportunities and recommends lines of action to harmonize energy policy objectives with climate goals that meet the needs for a limited global carbon budget.

As China's domestic energy policy has transformed over the last several years to incorporate climate - friendly goals — increased energy efficiency and a greater contribution of non-fossil fuels to its energy mix — this opportunity is already becoming a reality, especially as the United States advances comprehensive climate policy.

However, China's willingness to translate its existing domestic energy conservation goals, often discussed in terms of amount of energy consumed, into a metric that is consistent with the language of international climate policy, i.e. carbon emissions, is the clearest signal yet that China is willing to take on responsibilities that are commensurate with its resources and global emissions impact.

Government energy and climate policies seek to influence the scale and nature of investments across the economy, and long - term climate goals depend on their success.

Projections of U.S. transportation energy use indicate that better vehicle efficiency and low - carbon fuels will not be sufficient to reach sectoral emissions reduction goals if travel demand grows at pre-recession rates, so managing demand will be a key ingredient of climate policy for the sector.

The goal of this campaign, which began around the time of the first Kyoto Protocol negotiations, was to assemble a group of like - minded «free - market» think tanks and pseudo-science experts that would call into question the scientific research on climate change, create doubt in the minds of the public and politicians, and effectively delay the introduction of clean energy policies in the United States and elsewhere.

Climate policy is not a goal of Marxism / socialism, but rather is a propaganda means to the end game when self - rule is over and the government controls all energy use.

The 2006 Integrated Energy Policy Report Update stated that the single largest opportunity to help California meet its statewide energy and climate change goals resides with smart growth - development that revitalizes central cities and older suburbs, supports and enhances public transit, promotes walking and bicycling, and preserves open spaces and agricultural Energy Policy Report Update stated that the single largest opportunity to help California meet its statewide energy and climate change goals resides with smart growth - development that revitalizes central cities and older suburbs, supports and enhances public transit, promotes walking and bicycling, and preserves open spaces and agricultural energy and climate change goals resides with smart growth - development that revitalizes central cities and older suburbs, supports and enhances public transit, promotes walking and bicycling, and preserves open spaces and agricultural lands.

The President's Climate Action Plan released in 2013 reported partial progress toward this goal and set out an ambitious set of policies and programs for promoting clean energy and improving our infrastructure and assisting communities across the nation to be more climate change - resClimate Action Plan released in 2013 reported partial progress toward this goal and set out an ambitious set of policies and programs for promoting clean energy and improving our infrastructure and assisting communities across the nation to be more climate change - resclimate change - resilient.

Even in light of the recent policy work in the US energy sector, the ambitious goals and approaches to carbon emissions reductions coming out of global climate summits, and an increasing awareness of the various environmental issues we're facing, any changes we're making in our habits, systems, and policies feel like they're too little, too late.

His emphasis amounts to a full - throated endorsement of the key policies outlined in Breakthrough's 2010 report «Post-Partisan Power,» which presented a groundbreaking framework for action on climate and energy goals in the wake of cap - and - trade's demise.

And where the old regime required that everyone band together around the same core motivation and goals, policymakers today are likely to make the most progress to the degree that they refrain from centrally justifying energy innovation, resilience to extreme weather, and pollution reduction as «climate policy.&raqAnd where the old regime required that everyone band together around the same core motivation and goals, policymakers today are likely to make the most progress to the degree that they refrain from centrally justifying energy innovation, resilience to extreme weather, and pollution reduction as «climate policy.&raqand goals, policymakers today are likely to make the most progress to the degree that they refrain from centrally justifying energy innovation, resilience to extreme weather, and pollution reduction as «climate policy.&raqand pollution reduction as «climate policy.»

Glen Peters of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Norway comments: Emissions growth in the next few years will depend on whether energy and climate policies can lock in the new trends, and importantly, raise the ambition of emission pledges to be more consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris AgrClimate and Environmental Research in Norway comments: Emissions growth in the next few years will depend on whether energy and climate policies can lock in the new trends, and importantly, raise the ambition of emission pledges to be more consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agrclimate policies can lock in the new trends, and importantly, raise the ambition of emission pledges to be more consistent with the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.