Sentences with phrase «climate policy aimed»

«Effective climate policy aimed at reducing the risks of climate change to natural and human systems involves a portfolio of diverse adaptation and mitigation actions (very high confidence).»

The Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration's most sweeping climate policy aiming to cut emissions from power plants that burn fossil fuels, is another factor in the decline of the coal industry.

Nonetheless, the Trump administration is dismantling federal climate policies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Several states and regions have already established climate policies aimed at curbing global emissions, notably in California and the Northeast.

Not exact matches

In addition to stimulating this sector — key to many small - town economies — the province's Wood First Act aimed to assist climate policy by substituting carbon - emitting materials for carbon - sequestering ones.

The challenge in prompting change — broadening the classic definition of «infrastructure,» and investing in initiatives aimed at adapting to a turbulent planet — is heightened by partisan divisions over climate policy and development.

The global demonstration, planned in the wake of the Women's March on Washington, is aimed at countering the «mischaracterization of science as a partisan issue» — see climate change, vaccines, and GMOs — and the dubious policy that has arisen as a result.

Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by promoting the production and use of cleaner fuels in vehicles, buildings and industry.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

Insurers are already pursuing policies with an aim of reducing climate impact and they will do much more, alongside governments and other industries.»

This Occasional Paper aims at giving another perspective on the relevance of climate change for the EU's foreign policy.

Trump is poised in the coming days to announce his plans to dismantle the centerpiece of former President Barack Obama's climate change legacy, while also gutting several smaller but significant policies aimed at curbing global warming.

The decisions the current Government takes on transport to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»

President Trump signed a sweeping executive order Tuesday that takes aim at a number of his predecessor's climate policies.

Adesina said the presidential address would highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria's commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

Cleaner air and water will come more quickly According to David Doniger, policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate and clean air program, it took the benefits of the Montreal Protocol, which aimed to reduce emissions of ozone - depleting substances, years to come to fruition.

«As the window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Camclimate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Cambpolicy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of CamClimate Change Policy at the University of CambPolicy at the University of Cambridge.

A new report by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25 - 26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

Instead, we should offer a thorough analysis of carbon budgets aimed at avoiding 2 °C and the implications for how quickly and deeply we need to cut CO2, as well as the associated climate impacts that society will need to be resilient to if policies fail to deliver.

More broadly, efforts should be focused on strengthening government institutions in vulnerable countries and helping them invest in «green growth» policies aimed at increasing economic growth while fostering resilience to climate shocks, he said.

«As the Federal Government begins negotiations with the new Senate to repeal the carbon price, any technologies, policies or plans that aim to tackle climate change should take water usage into account, especially in arid countries like Australia,» Dr Wallis said.

But in a regime of bottom - up climate policy that still aims to achieve top - down temperature targets, other governments would need to step up and declare that they increase their mitigation pledges — and act accordingly.

He added that «man's impact does in fact have an impact on the climate,» but that the important question was how policies aimed at curbing that impact might affect the U.S. economy.

The project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioural change initiatives.

In the same way that creationists urge schools to «teach the controversy,» climate change skeptics aim to sow doubt about scientific consensus, said Mark McCaffrey, the programs and policy director of the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit that has long supported the teaching of evolution in schools and recently began to defend climate change education.

The project was developed with the aim of ensuring that policies and strategies lead to activities that emphasize the role of water and forests in adapting to climate change in the region.

«Policy changes aimed at mitigating GHG emissions affect not only the stability of the climate, but also other environmental aspects and resource use, positively or negatively,» the IRP co-chair, Janez Potoènik, said.

The goal was to split the climate challenge — a «super wicked» lacework of science, policy, diplomacy and economics — into manageable parts and foster productive online discourse aimed at distilling solutions.

And I couldn't help notice how the Power Dialog is echoed at the high school level by Change Climate Change, an initiative by some students at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles aiming to engage with government officials shaping their city's energy and climate poClimate Change, an initiative by some students at the Marlborough School in Los Angeles aiming to engage with government officials shaping their city's energy and climate poclimate policies.

Tom Yulsman at the University of Colorado makes this point bitingly at CEJournal, noting the ridiculousness of rehashing basic climate science in the face of clear evidence that the lack of a forward - looking American energy policy --- particularly one aimed at weaning the country from at least the liquid fossil fuel — is a real - time crisis.

His administration — with help from Republicans in Congress — has often targeted environmental rules it sees as overly burdensome to the fossil fuel industry, including major Obama - era policies aimed at fighting climate change.»

pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.

So it felt like a fresh spring breeze to see constructive discussion sparked by «Fighting Climate Change With Innovation,» a Foreign Affairs essay proposing a public - private mix of clean - energy investments, policies and incentives aimed at overcoming technological hurdles and accelerating deployment.

5:38 p.m. Updated Thomas Schelling, a Nobel Prize winner in economics who has long studied climate policy and diplomacy, told me last year that the way forward must involve much more of what legal scholars call «soft law» than old - style treaty making aimed at legally binding instruments like the fading Kyoto Protocol.

-- Scaling - up the Renewable Energy Program — to offer policy support and technical assistance to low - income countries under the World Bank's Strategic Climate Fund, with the aim of advancing national renewable energy projects and covering capital costs associated with renewable energy investments.

Jamail adds, «There is nothing to indicate in the political or corporate world that there will be anything like a major shift in policy aimed at dramatically mitigating runaway anthropogenic [human - caused] climate disruption.»

The pledges and determination shown by world governments at the Paris climate change talks in Paris meant there would likely be «further policies aimed at shifting the fuel - mix towards cleaner, lower - carbon fuels, with renewable energy, along with natural gas, the main beneficiary,» said Dale.

This policy document aims to support the process of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in response to the need for concerted action on fisheries, aquaculture and climate Climate Change (UNFCCC) in response to the need for concerted action on fisheries, aquaculture and climate climate change.

Mind the gap: the $ 1.6 trillion energy transition risk is the first report to analyse the upstream financial implications for investors of the yawning gap between the Paris Agreement, which pledges to keep climate change well below 2C above pre-industrial times and aims for 1.5 C, and government policies, which are consistent with 2.7 C of warming.

A series of executive orders signed by President Trump aim to roll back Obama - era climate policies, such as the Clean Power Plan that hoped to reduce emissions from electricity generation.

The aim of the paper is twofold: first, it documents the range of risks that climate change poses to human health associated with humanitarian emergencies, and secondly, it proposes policy directions to manage the health and humanitarian impact of climate change for consideration by the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC, the health sector and by the humanitarian community.

The project aims to integrate and advance the control of air quality and carbon emissions in European cities in the context of climate change through the development of sustainable and passive air pollution remediation strategies, policy interventions and behavioural change initiatives.

These initiatives aim to enhance adaptation of agriculture and support the integration of climate change and sustainable use of water into agricultural sector policies to support countries that included these sectors in their NDCs.

President - elect Donald Trump and members of his proposed cabinet and transition team have taken aim at many of President Obama's climate and clean - energy policies, programs and legacies — from the Paris Agreement to the Clean Power Plan.

In 2016, she was named a AAAS fellow, and cited for her «distinguished contributions to analysis and outreach aimed at strengthening support for sound U.S. climate policies, and making the science of climate change accessible to diverse audiences.»

Most Republicans are skeptical about whether, in general, policies aimed at reducing climate change benefit the environment (72 % of Republicans and Republican leaners say these policies either make no difference or do more harm than good), and 57 % think such policies harm the economy.

However, Republicans across all generations are largely in agreement over the consequences of policies aimed at reducing climate change.

Political divides are found in issues ranging from what drives climate change to how policies aimed at climate change reduction will affect the environment and the economy.