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Moving west a few days later in Winnipeg, local residents, fossil fuel divestment students, members of the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition, Indigenous organizers, and other allies joined that intensifying wave of protest to ask for real climate leadership at the NDP rally help on August 20.

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.

Not exact matches

The most recent Global Green Economy Index (GGEI), produced by the US consulting firm Dual Citizen, looked at 60 countries and 70 cities and ranked them based on their overall green economic performance, which includes energy efficiency, climate leadership, and investment in clean technologies like recycling, renewable energy, and green chemistry.

Robert R.M. Verchick, a Loyola University law professor who worked on climate change adaptation policy at the Environmental Protection Agency under Obama, said federal leadership is essential.

At the same time, Trump has been seen withdrawing America from its global leadership role, after exiting both the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailIn the introduction to the Government of British Columbia's new climate plan, Premier Christy Clark declares: «Our province is committed to being at the forefront of this fight and continuing to demonstrate climate action leadership.»

Smith is also a 2014 recipient of the Clean 16 Award for leadership in clean capitalism, serves on the board of the Canadian Climate Forum, and is a fellow of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University.

That, in itself, was an oddity in a country at a time it was becoming normal for government climate policies to be cooked up in the boardrooms of Calgary oil lobby groups, as happened with B.C.'s «climate leadership plan» under former premier Christy Clark's Liberal government.

WASHINGTON — As a top Veterans Administration official in the Obama administration, current Secretary David Shulkin took no action to fix longstanding problems of dirty syringes and equipment shortages that put patients at risk at a major veterans hospital, according to an investigation released Wednesday that finds «failed leadership» and a «climate of complacency» at the agency.

At Westminster there is anticipation that Ed Miliband, climate change secretary under the last Labour administration, will announce his own leadership bid shortly.

The projects include the construction of a leadership centre at the Legon campus of the University of Ghana, scholarship scheme for brilliant but needy students, and a climate change project.

«United States innovation and business leadership have been key drivers to lowering our carbon emissions over the last 20 years, and we should continue to have an influential seat at the table as the rest of the world addresses these issues,» said Stefanik, of Willsboro, a member of the Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus.

Speaking at a C40 Climate Summit on congestion and climate change, attendees report Mr Livingstone said he expected Mr Brown to implement a national road pricing scheme during his leadClimate Summit on congestion and climate change, attendees report Mr Livingstone said he expected Mr Brown to implement a national road pricing scheme during his leadclimate change, attendees report Mr Livingstone said he expected Mr Brown to implement a national road pricing scheme during his leadership.

But unlike ConEd, a private utility, LIPA is not regulated by the Public Service Commission (whose leadership the governor also appoints, by the way), so the governor can't ask the PSC to fine or decertify LIPA without changing their statutory relationship, according to Jackson Morris, director of strategic engagement at the Pace Energy and Climate Center.

Many noted that even though Tillerson parts ways with Trump in saying that human - caused emissions at least play a role in driving warming, his refusal to discuss Exxon Mobil's role in obscuring climate research and his caution on U.S. leadership on global climate engagement helped fuel Democratic opposition to his confirmation.

Elections sweeping Republicans into the House leadership set climate proposals on a path to nowhere in 2010 and 2011 as partisanship marginalized supporters of any federal bill aimed at cutting global warming pollution.

Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kießling, Chair for Palaeoenviromental Research at FAU, who has also recently been appointed as lead author for the sixth World Climate Report, and Dr. Dieter Korn from the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin, the scientists examined fossils in largely unresearched geological profiles in Iran.

Today at the summit, Hidalgo will launch an initiative aimed at fostering female leadership on climate issues at the city level.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

Mark Brownstein, a climate expert at the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund, said the countries, two of the world's largest petroleum drillers, showed real leadership in «setting a mark for other major oil and gas producing nations.»

The United States will begin its leadership of the Arctic Council at an international meeting in Iqaluit, Canada, on Friday, beginning a two - year term in which the State Department has signaled it will focus heavily on climate change.

Some U.S. officials are still attending COP23, but Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University Law School, worries that without U.S. leadership, the Paris accord rules could end up vague.

The United States gave up climate leadership already at the day of Trump's inauguration.

One manager at Exxon Research, Harold N. Weinberg, shared his «grandiose thoughts» about Exxon's potential role in climate research in a March 1978 internal company memorandum that read: «This may be the kind of opportunity that we are looking for to have Exxon technology, management and leadership resources put into the context of a project aimed at benefitting mankind.»

Clarke, working at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), a partnership between PNNL and the University of Maryland, was acclaimed by the group for his skillful and tireless leadership to ensure the significant work of the Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) community was objectively and prominently represented in the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

«Jae's leadership has ensured PNNL's presence at the most esteemed integrated assessment and climate - related conferences and collaborative meetings in the world.

We're also looking at how the school is run in terms of the school leadership and teacher quality, and the school climate.

At the secondary level, high schools show a higher «leadership deficit» than middle schools, as well as lower ratings on climate, openness to parents, and district support.

Three middle school administrators from Washington who have seen the profound impact of SEL on their school climates, brought SEL into all aspects of school life, and successfully advocated at the district for SEL resources, will discuss SEL leadership and lessons learned.

In her role at the department she provides leadership to 143 school districts on School Safety, Extended Learning, School Climate, Coordinated School Health, Alternative Education, and Project AWARE.

At WINGS, the site leadership drives the enthusiasm and energy needed to create a positive climate and keep children active and engaged.

A prolific writer, Principal Kafele has written extensively on professional development strategies for creating a positive school climate and culture, transforming the attitudes of at - risk student populations, motivating Black males to excel in the classroom and school leadership practices for inspiring school - wide excellence.

The wedge / identity politics success is probably largely to blame for the inability of the US to move forward consistently (or at all) on important public policy — global leadership on climate change or national gun control policy come to mind, right off the top.

But it could demonstrate leadership, both to the American middle class and the international community preparing for talks aimed at forging a global climate agreement at the end of the year in Paris.

Leader, this Global Revolution against climate change will require wise leadership, charisma, scientific progress, and global teamwork at an unprecedented scale.

But the world is getting excited with the next leadership in the US, at least giving them a space to lead to help solve the climate in crisis.

The Major Economies Forum will facilitate a candid dialogue among key developed and developing countries, help generate the political leadership necessary to achieve a successful outcome at the UN climate change negotiations that will convene this December in Copenhagen, and advance the exploration of concrete initiatives and joint ventures that increase the supply of clean energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Even here in the US — where leadership at the federal level will certainly be missed — the massive number of states, cities, companies, organizations and individuals who committed to redoubling their climate efforts suggests that we're unlikely to see too much backsliding before a new administration takes over in Washington.

These other factors include the economy, confusion over colder weather and other perceptual biases, general distrust of government, climate policies such as cap and trade that are not easily sold as effective or in line with public values, the absence of White House leadership on the issue, institutional barriers in Congress and at the international level, and the continued communication and policy missteps of some scientists and environmental advocates.

To move this leadership forward, Alberta is also hosting the Cities & Climate Change Science Conference in Edmonton, as part of the CitiesIPCC campaign led by C40 and ICLEI, to ask the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to focus on the active role of cities — and per extension, of sub-national governments at every level — on tackling climate Climate Change Science Conference in Edmonton, as part of the CitiesIPCC campaign led by C40 and ICLEI, to ask the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to focus on the active role of cities — and per extension, of sub-national governments at every level — on tackling climate Climate Change to focus on the active role of cities — and per extension, of sub-national governments at every level — on tackling climate climate change.

This means, as Reuters explains: «the Obama administration, which has said the United States will play a leadership role at the Paris climate negotiations, will not risk the possibility of having its signature climate policy blocked at the U.N. summit.»

Of course mainstream media hasn't mentioned this at all: they are all too busy praising our Heads of State for their leadership on tackling Climate Change, especially the French president, Francois Hollande, an his intervention demanding for a Climate Justice approach.

Now that climate denial's bread and butter arguments are toast, November's US elections will be critical in determining whether the country continues along the path of climate leadership established by President Obama, or allows the oil industry's puppet party to continue peddling long - debunked myths in order to delay climate action and put future generations at risk.

Their Chief Sustainability Officer Niklas Gustafsson, who has spent almost 30 years at the company, spoke at the Climate Savers Business Event about their engagement on the road to Paris and their role and ambition within climate leadClimate Savers Business Event about their engagement on the road to Paris and their role and ambition within climate leadclimate leadership.

Anyone who has been following FAOs leadership of the «climate - smart» agriculture agenda should be concerned that climate finance decisions will follow their priorities rather than those determined at a national scale.

At this rate, vehicles won't arrive soon enough to save the auto industry — let alone U.S. industrial leadership or the climate.

Under Governor Cuomo's leadership, local communities are leading the way in embracing opportunities like this to improve their environment and fight global climate change at the same time.»

Greenpeace commissioned economic analysts to look at the investments of Australia's major banks and found that while many were making sound investments in clean energy and winning sustainability and climate leadership awards, they were doing something else too — investing in coal mining and coal - fired power generation in volumes which massively eclipse their clean energy portfolios.

This ad was shown at the Climate Reality leadership training in SF last August to illustrate effective communication.

China and the European Union have used the Trump moves on climate and energy to assume, at least rhetorically, a leadership role in the public discourse over limiting global warming.