If Pope Francis is Right that Climate Change is a Moral Issue, How Should NGOs and Citizens Respond to Arguments Against
Climate Policies Based on Scientific Uncertainty?
If Pope Francis is Right that Climate Change is a Moral Issue, How Should NGOs and Citizens Respond to Arguments Against
Climate Policies Based on Unacceptable National Costs?
(2) «Individual nations should take charge of setting their own
climate policies based upon the hazards that apply to their particular geography, geology, weather, and culture.»
If Pope Francis is Right that Climate Change is a Moral Issue, How Should NGOs and Citizens Respond to Arguments Against
Climate Policies Based on the Failure of Other Countries Like China to Act?
«They are sending an unequivocal message that fossil fuel profits are illegitimate — on par with tobacco and arms profits — and that brings us a significant step closer to demanding that our politicians sever ties with this rogue industry and implement bold
climate policies based on a clear, progressive «polluter pays» principle.
This entry makes recommendations on how to respond to arguments against
climate policies based on claims that it would be unfair or ineffective if a nation makes significant reductions in ghg emissions if other nations such as China or India does not act,
But many surveys show majority support for
climate policies based on other, wide - ranging preferences, such as energy independence, security, competitiveness, and the like.
A national
climate policy based on this kind of perpetual horse trading is hardly sustainable, or likely to be sufficiently stringent to be worth the effort and expense.
3) Given that a true sceptic should concede some role for AGW (L1), given that climate variation is a cause for alarm as such, would you support
a climate policy based on some cap and trade, assistance for adaptation, REDD, climate research funding?
«Supporting
climate policy base on some sort of cap and trade, assistance, green technology which contributes to solving our fossil fuel dependence only makes sense if the costs are less than the benefits, otherwise it is a lose - lose proposition»
3) Given that a true skeptic should concede some role for AGW (L1), given that climate variation is a cause for alarm as such, would you support
a climate policy based on some cap and trade, assistance for adaptation, REDD, climate research funding?
Not exact matches
«By getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend
policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy
based on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on
climate change.»
U.S. -
based firms made up a fifth of those in a 2017 «A list» of 159 companies judged to have ambitious
policies on limiting
climate change and protecting water resources and forests, according to London -
based non-profit CDP.
This makes it clearer than ever that any system of carbon pricing, whether
based on taxes, caps or some combination of the two, can only be one part of a comprehensive set of
policies to achieve
climate change goals.
Given that both Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have in part justified their
climate policies on the
basis that this pipeline will be built, the harder language is not surprising.
«On June 6, Minister Freeland outlined a new foreign
policy for Canada, and underscored our commitment to a rules -
based international order, progressive trade
policies, gender equality, and fighting
climate change.»
Given its potential for reducing carbon emissions, enhancing soil fertility and improving
climate resilience, Organic Agriculture should form the
basis of comprehensive
policy tools for addressing the future of global nutrition and addressing
climate change.
The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions
based on
policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and
Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.
«I don't see a legal
basis,» he told reporters, adding that Cuomo is too focused on
policies coming out of Washington instead of improving the state's own business
climate.
«We're quickly reaching the end of the low - hanging - fruit era, and in the absence of real directed
policy, those goals are going to be much more challenging,» said Greg Cunningham, who leads the clean energy and
climate change program at the Conservation Law Foundation, a Boston -
based environmental group.
This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing
climate change in the mid — 21st century, according to a new report from the International Food
Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington, D.C. —
based organization seeking an end to hunger and poverty through appropriate local, national and international agricultural
policies.
More work is also needed in consulting with polluters under the system, according to Alvin Lin,
climate and energy
policy director for China at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization
based in New York.
When Boston -
based Oxfam America began addressing
climate issues, «they had no one with
climate change or
policy experience, and found me,» recalls Coleman, who was eager to move into international negotiations.
Instead, they argue that Australia should
base its
climate policy on a carbon budget that sets an upper limit on the country's total emissions between now and 2050, institute a cap - and - trade scheme, consider closing selected coal - fired power plants, and ramp up renewable energy.
«The impact is like losing a large factory or a military
base,» said Seth Kaplan, vice president for
policy and
climate advocacy at CLF.
A new report, published by the Washington -
based Bipartisan
Policy Center, argues that the White House's Office of Science and Technology
Policy (OSTP) should begin to coordinate «
climate remediation» studies across a range of agencies.
A report published earlier this month by the Washington -
based Bipartisan
Policy Center, for instance, called for greater federal leadership on
climate - tweaking science.
Trudeau has also said his party will embrace «evidence
based policy» and «data - driven decision - making,» do more to address
climate change, protect endangered species, and review the environmental impact of major energy and development projects.»
Its tweets share facts related to
climate changeand its impact on U.S. national parks — and on the planet — and call for more rigorous government support of science -
based policies related to the environment.
The move is a first step towards establishing carbon trading markets in China and further evidence of the country's commitment to tackling
climate change, says Felix Preston of Chatham House, a foreign -
policy think tank
based in London.
The next time Texas purchases science textbooks, this standard could be used to reject books that do not include a degree of
climate change scepticism, says Steven Newton, programmes and
policy director for the National Center for Science Education (NCSE), a non-profit organisation
based in Oakland, California.
FIGURE 3: State -
Based Climate and Renewable Energy
Policies in the United States Twenty - five states and the District of Columbia have independently enacted a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), which require that a certain portion of the state's energy consumption come from renewable energy.
The Society credits Merkel for boosting German research funding and for «the leadership she has provided on the European and world stages in promoting science -
based policy making over issues such as
climate change.»
«Looking at the amendments and the adjustments made, it looks like they responded to the uncertainties that are out there,» said Steve Frisch, president of the Sierra Business Council, a group of 4,000 businesses
based in the Sierra Nevada that advocates for
climate - and environment - friendly
policies.
Third, governments must accept that real leverage on emissions will require a combination of market -
based climate policies (such as carbon taxes and smarter trading schemes) and a set of measures to support indirect, but effective and economical pressure to cut carbon and adopt new technologies.
The main benefit of the study,
based on new analyses of the carbon content of the country's coal, is that «it provides a baseline for future emission
policies,» says Dabo Guan, a co-author of the paper and a
climate change economist at Tsinghua University in Beijing and the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, U.K.
Even people who don't want to use the phrase «global warming» or «
climate crisis» are finding new ways to express what they feel with their own senses, and they're responding to political leaders who are using facts as a
basis for new
policies.
Richard Munang and Jessica Andrews, authors of «Harnessing Ecosystem -
Based Adaptation: To Address the Social Dimensions of
Climate Change,» published in Environment: Science and
Policy for Sustainable Development, think that we can.
«He let the moment go by without making any change in his dogged refusal to put real limits on America's global warming pollution,» says David Doniger,
climate policy director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a New York -
based environmental group.
Once that is done and a «new nexus of research» begins to form around how
climate science and the
climate change movement can increase racial and ethnic diversity, those fact -
based findings can be used to guide public
climate advocacy and
policy reform efforts.
Understanding how much society values those future people should be an influential component of
climate policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Af
policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental
Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Af
Policy (STEP), which is
based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
«In 2017, we saw reckless language in the nuclear realm heat up already dangerous situations and relearned that minimizing evidence -
based assessments regarding
climate and other global challenges does not lead to better public
policies,» said Rachel Bronson, the Bulletin's president and CEO in Chicago, Illinois.
Such near - term benefits provide the
basis for a no - regrets GHG - reduction
policy, in which substantial advantages accrue even if the impact of human - induced
climate change turns out to be less than current projections show.
In summary the projections of the IPCC — Met office models and all the impact studies (especially the Stern report) which derive from them are
based on specifically structurally flawed and inherently useless models.They deserve no place in any serious discussion of future
climate trends and represent an enormous waste of time and money.As a
basis for public
policy their forecasts are grossly in error and therefore worse than useless.For further discussion and an estimate of the coming cooling see http://climatesense-norpag.blogspot.com
Ecosystem -
based approaches provide an important route to sustainable action and represent a vital insurance
policy against irreversible damage from
climate change, whereas failure to acknowledge the relationship between
climate change and biodiversity and failure to act swiftly and in an integrated manner could undermine efforts for improvements in both areas.
Fisheries and marine resource economics with variety of topics including bioeconomics,
climate change, international trade, trans - boundary conservation, and rights -
based management with emphasis in examining the complexities and relationships between the ocean, fish, fishermen, markets and
policies.
Which is why setting a strong
base of effective
policy and regulations that not only reduce emissions but also encourage new,
climate friendly business models are key to the region's sustainable development.
The AAS joins the AGU in calling for continued peer - reviewed
climate research to inform
climate - related
policy decisions, to provide a
basis for mitigating the harmful effects of global change, and to help communities adapt and become resilient to extreme climatic events.
Executive Summary Putting a price on carbon,
based on the polluter pays principle, has the potential to be a powerful
policy tool to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the fight against
climate change.
In the journal Nature
Climate Change, lead author Dr. Tom Bridge from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
based at James Cook University and colleagues point out that global conservation
policies have so far failed to prevent the widespread destruction of coral reefs and their fish life, which now threatens the food security of millions of people.