Sentences with phrase «climate change efforts continues»

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«Given the current political climate in Washington D.C., it's critical that we come together to strategize and mobilize to drive change for Latinos in New York City.We look forward to engaging our partners and allies in a common effort to continue to serve and uplift our community.»

Lower Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Cap by 30 Percent Between 2020 and 2030 - Cuomo «has called upon RGGI states to join New York in an effort to continue to lead the fight against climate change and drive the nation's transition toward a clean energy economy.»

He predicts climate change advocacy campaigns will continue to navigate changes to the digital media landscape and will most likely continue utilizing heavily visual media to promote their advocacy efforts supporting polices to respond to climate change.

«We need a planning process that is equal to the scale and complexity of the challenge, rather than continuing to depend on piecemeal efforts that put wildlife species and human communities at higher risk in the face of global pressures like climate change and a race for resources.»

As the climate continues to warm, Whiteman said there is a particular urgency to understand the functioning of organisms and ecosystems that are threatened by climate change, which can inform conservation efforts.

«The letter continues the decades - long efforts of the scientific community to persuade Congress to act on the climate crisis,» says Sarah Green, a chemistry professor at Michigan Technological University who studies climate change and who is affiliated with of several of the societies that signed the letter.

«If, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report said.

Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.

While the United States» participation in international forums — including the Paris accord and the Arctic Council — has been reported, its continued, broad and constructive support for climate change efforts in these gatherings has not.

• If global civilization can not continue to adjust to these climate changes in an evolutionary manner, then revolutionary means (economic depression, famine, mass migration, unilateral seizure of resources, unilateral efforts at geo - engineering) leave us and our descendants vulnerable to perpetual warfare, with ever - increasing chances of unrestrained nuclear exchanges.

Sofidel and WWF Climate Savers continue their joint effort concerning climate and energy and, in view of the important changes that the company has undergone since the partnership began in 2008, they are defining and broadening new reduction objectives, updating them to the new size of the cClimate Savers continue their joint effort concerning climate and energy and, in view of the important changes that the company has undergone since the partnership began in 2008, they are defining and broadening new reduction objectives, updating them to the new size of the cclimate and energy and, in view of the important changes that the company has undergone since the partnership began in 2008, they are defining and broadening new reduction objectives, updating them to the new size of the company.

«efforts to address climate change should continue to focus most heavily on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions in combination with adapting to the impacts of climate change because these approaches do not present poorly defined and poorly quantified risks and are at a greater state of technological readiness.»

The company continues to fund politicians who deny climate change and to fight any efforts to hold it accountable.

We're proud to back these efforts and stand ready to continue support for cooperation, capacity - building and knowledge sharing on carbon pricing,» said Stephen A. Hammer, Manager, Climate Change Group, World Bank.

He quotes the IPCC in stating, «Observations to date provide no conclusive and general proof as to how climate change affects flood behaviour» and continues, «Given the strength of the science on this subject, the USGCRP must have gone to some effort to mischaracterize it by 180 degrees.»

Thanks to these efforts, billions of dollars have been put into the Climate Change Fund to help implement the many changes that are needed to prevent climate change from continuing at such an alarminClimate Change Fund to help implement the many changes that are needed to prevent climate change from continuing at such an alarmingChange Fund to help implement the many changes that are needed to prevent climate change from continuing at such an alarminclimate change from continuing at such an alarmingchange from continuing at such an alarming rate.

«Although Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the country is committed to joining international efforts and [continue reading...]

Climate change will have increasingly bad impacts if business as usual continues without substantial mitigation efforts.

The effects of climate change will continue building, and if the solar engineering efforts cease, the pent - up global warming could happen all at once, instead of gradually.

This guidance document focuses on the need to enhance understanding of the region's key urban stakeholders on climate change, discusses how it affects efforts to realize sustainable urban development, and explores what actions can be taken to synergize continued commitments to poverty reduction alongside urban climate resilience.

Donald Trump's presidency has climate scientists concerned about the implications for U.S. environmental policies, the worldwide effort to curb the impacts of climate change, and the ability of scientists to freely to continue their research, which can be insidiously undermined through funding cuts, gag orders, or punitive measures and retaliatory attacks against scientists who publicly discuss their research.

The oil and natural gas industry will continue to be an integral part of the effort to address the issue of climate change.

Today, the Green Belt Movement's work has continued to evolve, with the goal of furthering our efforts across our four thematic areas of work: tree planting and watersheds, gender livelihood and advocacy, climate change, and mainstream advocacy.

And as you say, climate change efforts will continue well into the future.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

«Even with mitigation efforts,» the Summit report says, «climate change will continue to unfold for decades due to the long atmospheric lifetime of past greenhouse - gas emissions and the gradual release of excess heat that has built up in the oceans.

The Guardian's Dana Nuccitelli debunked the claim that China's climate change commitment allows it to maintain a «business - as - usual» approach, noting that curbing «rising carbon emissions as China's economy continues to grow will require substantial effort.»

Results from all of these efforts could continue to deepen our understanding of the interactions of human and natural systems in the context of a changing climate, enabling society to effectively respond and prepare for our future.20

The risks of continuing «business as usual» are greater than the risks associated with strong efforts to limit and adapt to climate change.

The state will intensify its climate change mitigation efforts, create new adaptation policies, address resilience issues, and continue to provide the leadership for others.

Let's hope this Pope continues Vatican efforts to publicize the scope of future climate change impacts.

Without national leadership and concerted efforts to remove these barriers and obstacles, adaptation to climate change is likely to continue to lag.

This new goal is based on the best available science and represents an important step forward in the Company's continued efforts to minimize its greenhouse gas emissions that impact climate change.

In addition to concealing the known risks, Exxon and Suncor... directed, participated in, and benefited from efforts to misleadingly cast doubt about the causes and consequences of climate change, including: (1) making affirmative and misleading statements suggesting that continued and unabated fossil fuel use was safe (in spite of internal knowledge to the contrary); and (2) attacking climate science and scientists that tried to report truthfully about the dangers of climate change.

The Sullivan & Cromwell memos also serve as a reminder that state attorneys general will undoubtedly continue with their efforts to hold fossil fuel and utility interests accountable on climate change, regardless of what direction the SEC takes on the issue moving forward.

The two economic sectors most vulnerable to oil supply limits (imposed either by depletion or by efforts to mitigate climate change) are agriculture and transport, and both are pivotal to continued urbanization.

In a continued effort to provide key resources that are aimed at developing water resources resilience to climate change, five additional items are now available in the Water theme.

We must continue to improve our scientific understanding, particularly of the impacts of climate change; we must implement policies such as raising the market price of carbon to provide incentives to households to alter their consumption so that they will have a low - carbon diet; we must also raise carbon prices to send a signal to firms like ExxonMobil that their future lies in research, development, and production of low - carbon fuels; and we must devise mechanisms so that countries will join in a global effort rather than one limited to northwest Europe.

Climate change and global warming are and will continue to be a «significant obstacle» to efforts to eradicate poverty, the report says, citing climate - related impacts on people including drought, flooding, failed crops and rising food Climate change and global warming are and will continue to be a «significant obstacle» to efforts to eradicate poverty, the report says, citing climate - related impacts on people including drought, flooding, failed crops and rising food climate - related impacts on people including drought, flooding, failed crops and rising food prices.

While the Chamber «strongly professes that it is anti-tobacco» and has claimed to support «efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,» it continued to work globally to fight antismoking measures and opposed the EPA's regulatory measures on climate change.

Officials at Climate Change Division informed APP that the initiative has been launched as part of the government efforts to equip Pakistani cities with facilities [continue reading...]

«In spite of these efforts, and in light of the hazards that are here and worsening, Plaintiffs are spending, and must continue to spend, millions of dollars to protect their property and residents from the impacts of climate change... Despite receiving the warning that «fossil fuel use should not be encouraged,» Defendants spent decades selling and promoting fossil fuels without disclosing the dangers that continued fossil fuel over-use posed.»

In direct opposition to Duke Energy's position on climate, ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force continues to advance legislative efforts that attempt to deny the realities of climate change.

Forty years after it was first proposed, the two - degree target continues to maintain a talismanic hold over global efforts to address climate change, despite the fact that

The two - degree target, although arbitrary, continues to maintain a talismanic hold over global efforts to address climate change.

This will continue over the course of Obama's second term, as the EPA looks set to become the President's biggest weapon in his efforts to take on climate change.

In a continued effort to provide key datasets that support the process of developing resilience to climate change, eleven additional datasets are now available in the Ecosystem Vulnerability theme.

We agree to continue our efforts to address climate change and recognize the need for increased mitigation ambition in the period to 2020, with a view to doing our part to limit effectively the increase in global temperature below 2ºC above pre-industrial levels, consistent with science.

Toyota Motor Corp.'s North American President Jim Press, whose company has pushed fuel - efficient hybrid vehicles, noted that Toyota «has long been mindful of and accepts the broad scientific consensus that climate change is occurring and will continue unless there are significant and coordinated global efforts to slow the growth of man - made greenhouse gas emissions.»

Raising the possibility of a concerted effort by the Administration to restrict openness on climate change research, Sen. Joe Lieberman today called on Dr. John Marburger III, White House Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to investigate... Continue reading →