«We're trying to understand how this microgird can fit into the fabric of the community and meet economic development and
climate justice goals,» he said.
Not exact matches
Some believe their work's most important
goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social
justice, helping fight
climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.
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The other method is restorative
justice that works to lower rates of suspension and expulsion and to foster positive school
climates with the
goal of eliminating racially disproportionate discipline practices and the resulting push - out of students into the prison pipeline.
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,
For third - world dictators, the
goal appears to be securing trillions in Western taxpayer money under the guise of «
climate» reparations and «
justice.»
Social
Justice and Environment Preservation (achieving the Millennium Development
Goals with food, water, and energy security; sustainable economic development; non-intensive agriculture; education on
climate change and environment to inform and change behavior; public health; mental health; support for small - scale farmers, women and children; rights of small - island and coastal peoples; sustainable forestry; conservation; humane treatment of animals, avoiding species extinction, maintaining biodiversity).
And yet the Supreme Court's temporary stay of the administration's Clean Power Plan — the last decision of global consequence of the right - leaning court on which
Justice Antonin Scalia had sat since the Reagan administration — underscores just how far the United States remains from its
climate goals.
Because any additional warming from current levels could have serious consequences to those most vulnerable to
climate change, those who are most vulnerable should have as a matter of procedural
justice rights to consent to put at risk by the additional 2 °C
goal adopted in the Accord.
When an entire issue has every appearance of looking like it's steered by emotionally - driven figurative lynch mobs whose
goal is to achieve «
climate justice» by any means possible, including negating facts from critics through character assassination, you have one very serious problem on your hands.
The lobbying battle over the EU 2030
climate and energy will keep unfolding over the coming months, extending to a new Parliament and a new Commission and it is crucial that Europe's decision - makers set the
goals for the continent according to what science requires and to the principles of
climate justice, and not to the wishes of big business.»
The
goal of the
climate camp was to enforce ecological mining limits and demand
climate justice.
The
climate justice movement must evolve into a coalition of groups that has different strategies to transition away from the current extractive neoliberal economy and capitalistic system, but that in the end has all of its members working towards a common
goal.
These ten strategies could help make sure that the process of meeting
climate goals provides benefits in health,
justice, jobs and resilience.
These 17
Goals build on the successes of the Millennium Development
Goals, while including new areas such as
climate change, economic inequality, innovation, sustainable consumption, peace and
justice, among other priorities.
After months of advocacy by Coleman Advocates for Children and Youth, on April 9 the San Francisco Board of Education unanimously approved nearly $ 1 million in funding for teacher and staff professional development on restorative
justice practices, with the
goal of reducing unnecessary suspensions, expulsions, school push - outs and referrals to the juvenile
justice system, and improving the school
climate and relationships of trust between students and faculty / staff.