Sentences with phrase «climate goals we need»

ECO expects negotiators in New York to take note: strong and ambitious climate goals need to be part of the SDGs.

In order to achieve climate goals we need several Carbon Dioxide Removal schemes working together on a gigaton scale.

To meet U.S. and international climate goals we need to emit less greenhouse gas into the atmosphere and, eventually, emit none.

Not exact matches

India scored relatively high in the category of «opportunity recognition,» which measures the number of women who can identify a good climate to start a local business, but low in «institutional foundations,» or the established support and infrastructure they need to pursue their goals.

This is likely just the beginning of what promises to be a burgeoning asset class, as governments and other entities will need to invest an estimated $ 90 trillion in infrastructure over the next 15 years to achieve goals outlined by the Global Commission on Economy and Climate.

Today's report, written by consulting firm Impetus for Greenpeace, warns the government needs to invest heavily in energy efficiency if it is to meet its climate change goals.

Since 1985, Project 2061 has led the way in science education reform by first defining adult science literacy in its influential publication Science for All Americans and then specifying what K - 12 students need to know in Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which helps educators implement science literacy goals in the classroom; the AAAS Science Assessment website with more than 700 middle school test items; and WeatherSchool @ AAAS, an online resource where students can use real - world data to learn about the fundamental principles of weather and climate.

«Logistically, negotiations on the agreement's detailed rules will likely take another year or two to finalize, and all countries will need to raise the ambition of their commitments under the agreement if we're to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and reach a goal of net - zero global warming emissions by midcentury,» said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

To avoid multiple climate tipping points, policy makers need to act now to stop global CO2 emissions by 2050 and meet the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, a new study has said.

The massive projects needed now — such as devising a model of climate change detailed enough to be truly predictive or batteries efficient enough to compete with gasoline — can not wait or depend on chancy funding, he believes.He added that a strong national commitment to goal - centered basic science could help solve other important problems by drawing America's talented young people into scientific work and providing them with better opportunities for aspiring researchers to build careers with a realistic chance of making both a significant scientific contribution and a decent living.

As more countries seek energy security, special efforts are needed to work on technologies that allow them to achieve those goals not at the expense of protecting Earth's climate.

Revised goals would also need to reflect the dynamic nature of the system and developing constraints imposed by climate change and sea - level rise.

The World Energy Outlook suggests that unambitious pledges made at last year's United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in Copenhagen will mean that much tougher action is needed after 2020 if the world is to meet the goal of limiting atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) to 450 parts per million (p.p.m.).

The long - range goal, Schuldt and Pearson state, needs to be the creation of a new science of climate diversity.

«While the climate pledges lay the foundation for a faster transition to a low - carbon economy worldwide, more is needed to bolster the commitment to the below 2 degrees goal,» explains Elmar Kriegler of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Reclimate pledges lay the foundation for a faster transition to a low - carbon economy worldwide, more is needed to bolster the commitment to the below 2 degrees goal,» explains Elmar Kriegler of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact ReClimate Impact Research.

To avoid this, governments at climate talks in Paris this December need to set conditions that will achieve an early peak in global energy - related emissions, review their commitments every five years, and translate the 2C goal into a long - term emissions goal, the IEA said.

The deal falls far short of meeting the Paris climate goals, pointing to the need for additional action at national and...

There is an emerging consensus CO2 needs to be sucked out of the air to meet climate goals, but no discussion of which countries are responsible for acting

Canadian officials say their small decrease in carbon emissions is short of what's needed to meet the country's Paris climate agreement goals.

a implement the commitment undertaken by developed country Parties to the UNFCCC to a goal of mobilizing jointly USD100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

The lack of inclusion of the need for peace, and for the health of the envionment, and climate change has surfaced as goals that are a priority.

As countries look to meet their energy needs while combatting climate change, this report can help identify the most sustainable mix of energy technologies to accomplish that goal.»

Our goal is to create safe and supportive school climates in all New York City public schools without the need for school police or metal detectors, where young people are not suspended and removed from class, and where teachers and students have training and support to prevent and resolve conflicts in positive ways.

Its goal is to provide a safe and supportive school climate by creating consistency across a school and meeting the unique needs of students at varying levels of behavioral and social / emotional development.

In this economic climate, the $ 322 billion in needs looks less like a goal to achieve and more like an obstacle too great to overcome.

Known as the LCAP, the plan describes how districts assess their needs, engage with community members, identify goals in eight state priority areas (which include student engagement, school climate and achievement), specify programs for achieving the goals, outline spending for each program and coordinate their plan with district budgets.

We needed a teacher leader who taught music or arts, had an appreciation for both, and a firm belief that the arts could help the district meet its academic and climate goals.

The Behavioral Health team's goal is to help support school's in addressing school climate and culture as well as providing alternative options, interventions, and supports for students with behavioral needs.

Our goal is to ensure that you have all the tools you need to improve your school climate and encourage greater academic success.

Social - emotional learning (SEL) gives tomorrow's workforce much - needed skills to achieve their goals, while it contributes every day to improving school climate and management as well as increasing academic success.

And while greater cuts are needed here in America to avert a climate catastrophe, even this new goal means that as soon as Air Force One touches down at Andrews Air Force Base, President Bush should get working on an aggressive plan to cut United States emissions.

In the interview, the president said that smart immediate energy - saving steps that save money and limit oil dependence can take the country a fourth of the way toward its climate goals, but much more is needed:

Also, we need to fund climate science to set the right policy goals and to fund research to help us adapt to a climate that will change regardless of successful emissions mitigation.

When the initiative launched in 2013, the director Raj Pandya, wrote an article for Eos, the American Geophysical Union magazine, explaining the goal is «to enable communities to partner with Earth and space scientists and access the expertise needed to address problems arising from hazards, disasters, resource limitations, and climate change.»

The findings by a team of scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center and Boston University add new urgency to the critical need for aggressive global and national - scale efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.

In the interview, the president said that smart immediate energy - saving steps that save money and limit oil dependence can take the country a fourth of the way toward its climate goals, but much more is needed: Read more...

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

Halfway through a busy day of blogging on Japanese whalers and reporting on prospects for climate legislation and whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs to adjust its goals and increase openness and transparency, I broke away from my computer screen to step into the freezing rain and woods for a few minutes with our dog, Sara, and puppy,climate legislation and whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs to adjust its goals and increase openness and transparency, I broke away from my computer screen to step into the freezing rain and woods for a few minutes with our dog, Sara, and puppy,Climate Change needs to adjust its goals and increase openness and transparency, I broke away from my computer screen to step into the freezing rain and woods for a few minutes with our dog, Sara, and puppy, Oscar.

Lindsey Pownall, Tesco's Corporate Responsibility Committee Chair, commented: «It is recognised that we need to work together across society to build a truly sustainable future and the business fully supports global efforts to build this future, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.»

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.

Yet in order to reach its long term climate goals, the EU will need to massively accelerate each of these trends.

Even in the run - up to the Agreement's adoption, the vast majority of countries submitted national climate plans — or «Intended Nationally Determined Contributions» (INDCs)-- that included adaptation goals, priorities and needs, even though they were not required to do so.

A UN report in October said that even fully implementing its goals would deliver only one third of what is needed for the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Save the average American family nearly $ 85 on their annual energy bill in 2030, reducing enough energy to power 30 million homes, and save consumers a total of $ 155 billion from 2020 - 2030; Give a head start to wind and solar deployment and prioritize the deployment of energy efficiency improvements in low - income communities that need it most early in the program through a Clean Energy Incentive Program; and Continue American leadership on climate change by keeping us on track to meet the economy - wide emissions targets we have set, including the goal of reducing emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and to 26 - 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.»

The Pembina Institute's analysis indicates that the oil and gas sector needs to make a 42 per cent reduction from its projected 2020 emission level for Canada to achieve its 2020 climate goals.

Its official climate adviser, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has already said that a global 1.5 C limit would mean a more ambitious 2050 goal for the UK, in the range of 86 - 96 % below 1990 levels, as well as setting a net - zero target at some point, while the government has long accepted the need to set a net - zero goal «at an appropriate point in the future&climate adviser, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has already said that a global 1.5 C limit would mean a more ambitious 2050 goal for the UK, in the range of 86 - 96 % below 1990 levels, as well as setting a net - zero target at some point, while the government has long accepted the need to set a net - zero goal «at an appropriate point in the future&Climate Change (CCC), has already said that a global 1.5 C limit would mean a more ambitious 2050 goal for the UK, in the range of 86 - 96 % below 1990 levels, as well as setting a net - zero target at some point, while the government has long accepted the need to set a net - zero goal «at an appropriate point in the future».

And a proposed goal to «ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns» needs to address expressly the role that unsustainable consumption and production in richer societies plays in driving climate change.

They call for a separate, stand - alone climate change goal, and for climate elements to be included in other relevant goals: «A robust framework of this nature will help to support the scale of ambition needed to achieve the UNFCCC's aims and help to ensure the delivery of a strong climate deal at COP21 in Paris in 2015».

The WBG has acknowledged and rhetorically reinforced the need to address climate change impacts in order to achieve development goals going forward.

The goal is to provide the Arctic research community and other users of Arctic climate information with access to climate variability and change data on the smaller spatial scales that are needed for improved fundamental understanding and for decision support applications and assessment research.