Sentences with phrase «climate leadership in»

Mexico's INDC sets a precedent in the G77 group, presenting the opportunity of building momentum and climate leadership in other countries.

«Our state needs true climate leadership in the age of Trump, and unfortunately Cuomo has been long on rhetoric and short on substance,» said Laura Shindell, New York Organizer at Food and Water Watch.

- A major announcement on the combined climate leadership in the US from states, cities and businesses, in relation to US national commitments, and their contribution in delivering the Paris Agreement

ECO would have preferred at least 95 %, but hey, this is a leap in the right direction for Finland, which hasn't shown such strong climate leadership in the past.

Governor Brown and business leaders will discuss climate leadership in the face of federal government inaction, including engagement in We Are Still In and the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit.

The odds that voters will be clamoring for climate leadership in meaningful numbers soon enough to limit building climate hazards are pretty low, a lot of analysts insist.

And I'm excited to not only help chart the next chapter of climate leadership in this province, but also the next chapter of our economy.

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.

In the book, they examine the repercussions on leadership by combined forces of globalization, climate change, increased individualism, and accelerating digitization.

In fact, Goleman reported not only that EI - based leadership may be the most important driver of climate but also that climate may account for 20 to 30 percent of organizational performance.

A leadership and business perspective can help a lot in climate change, and I don't mean by promoting technical innovation.

During the 2008 election, Obama promised his presidency «will mark a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change.»

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia tweeted: «This would erode US leadership in tackling climate change & set us back years in hastening clean energy & job creation.

In the current competitive climate, category leadership continues to be a compelling investment thesis.

Such efforts have become more prominent under Xi as the Chinese president vows to take on a leadership role in global affairs from trade to climate change to cyberspace governance.

Early in Larson's leadership, Packard made a massive bet on curbing climate change — an issue that has only become more urgent since then.

With stronger climate leadership, B.C. would attract up to $ 5 billion in additional investment for renewable energy development alone over the next 10 years.

«We applaud Shell's ambitious decision to take leadership in achieving the goals of the Paris climate agreement to limit global warming to well below 2.0 °C,» said founder Mark van Baal.

In fact, we see climate leadership as essential to our province's long - term prosperity.

Alberta Premier @RachelNotley shows an incredible shift in governance taking leadership in climate change.

«Climate action and leadership is really about job creation and investment in our province.

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.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

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.

When politicians like Sask premier Brad Wall make snarky comments on twitter which trigger an onslaught anti-Quebec insults and Brian Jean ignores the fact that Notley got tentative support for Energy East from Ontario premier Wynne and focuses instead on the «failure» of Notley's climate strategy to knock all the provinces in line right now, they're engaging in cheap politics, not leadership.

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.

I also hear from a lot of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people, accept scientific findings regarding climate change and evolution, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc., but these new attendees never hear the leadership of the church explain why this is the case.

A useful group - life checklist allowing participants to rate a group on communication, acceptance of persons, leadership, climate of relationships, and other aspects can be found in Philip Anderson's Church Meetings that Matter.10 Evaluation is not a frill; rather it is essential to discovering what you are accomplishing in groups and how you can do better.

It forces those called to leadership tasks to live in an unnecessarily harsh climate, one in which they pay dearly for any mistake.

In a classic experiment, pioneer social psychologist Kurt Lewin found that different group climates could be created by varying the leadership from autocratic, to laissez faire, to democratic.

So the point I want to make today is not that all who subscribe to patriarchy are abusive, but that patriarchy in a religious environment, just as in any environment, has a negative effect on the whole community and creates a cultural climate more susceptible to abuse than one characterized by mutuality and shared leadership between men and women.

But, unlike Teitelbaum, Heschel opted to be a professor and a political activist, and not only on behalf of his fellow Jews, for Heschel was actively concerned with the moral climate of his adopted America and made that concern manifest in his leadership in both the civil rights movement and the fight against the Vietnam War.

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Last year saw a «surge» in climate leadership, prompting environmental disclosure platform the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) to praise food and beverage companies including Nestlé, Ajinomoto, Coca - Cola, Kellogg and Unilever for their supplier engageclimate leadership, prompting environmental disclosure platform the Climate Disclosure Project (CDP) to praise food and beverage companies including Nestlé, Ajinomoto, Coca - Cola, Kellogg and Unilever for their supplier engageClimate Disclosure Project (CDP) to praise food and beverage companies including Nestlé, Ajinomoto, Coca - Cola, Kellogg and Unilever for their supplier engagement...

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Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wclimate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wClimate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.

As part of our work to insert the stories and perspectives of moms into the national conversation about climate change, Moms Clean Air Force DC fielded a large and visible contingent of 20 moms and kids to attend the Rally for Climate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US Coclimate change, Moms Clean Air Force DC fielded a large and visible contingent of 20 moms and kids to attend the Rally for Climate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US CoClimate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US Coclimate leadership on the day of his address to the US Congress.

Mass Audubon President Gary Clayton said the 2017 report, in suggesting how climate change may strongly impact the futures of many birds that breed in the Bay State, «represents another example of the conservation organization's leadership and commitment to species protection and biodiversity.

To maintain its leadership role in the fight against poverty, Britain needs to commit to playing its part in tackling global challenges and implementing the SDGs to address poverty, climate change and other issues.

Where as a climate of Sexual corruption in the Assembly and Senate has made the lives of Woman staffers morally base and degrading for well over a decade, to the extent that many woman are too frightened to come forward I must act to gain justice and equality for woman anywhere and everywhere and expose leadership that is part of the problem and not the solution.

Due to our leadership's continued inaction, we will likely see even more climate refugees in the coming years.

The same leadership from Latin America is needed in the next two months over climate change.

Ed is running in the Labour leadership contest, and is shadow secretary of state for energy and climate change.

«Today, New York State is picking up the mantle of leadership and raising the bar in the global fight against climate change.»

The deputy prime minister beat the energy and climate change secretary to the Lib Dem leadership in 2007 — but not before he had tarnished Clegg's reputation by dubbing him «Calamity Clegg».

«The Nature Conservancy in New York applauds Governor Cuomo for his continued leadership on combating climate change, the most pressing environmental challenge facing our world,» said Jessica Ottney Mahar, the group's policy director.

Gordon Brown tried to reaffirm the UK leadership in the fight against climate change, in a new report ahead of the decisive Copenhagen conference.

«We appreciate the leadership of the Mayor and the pension trustees in requiring a study on the climate impact of the pension fund investments.»

In terms of proving progressive credentials to the Left my guess is that the Conservative leadership would also point to the party's acceptance of homosexual rights, efforts to promote women and ethnic minority candidates and the significant emphasis that the party has placed on civil libertarianism and combating climate change.

«As the hottest year in recorded history comes to a close, New York has a unique responsibility to step into its leadership to fully divest and take meaningful action on climate,» said Beta Coronel, 350.org Reinvestment Coordinator.