Sentences with phrase «climate policy community»

The spotlight on 1.5 C seems to have given the climate policy community a renewed vigour, as well as climate scientists, says Ajay Gambhir, a senior policy fellow in climate change mitigation at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London.

Further, it has clear applications within the climate policy community.

While some contend that the CE research field is too young to need a formal clearinghouse, there is broad agreement that a clearinghouse could bridge gaps in understanding between CE researchers and the broader climate policy community.

The new conclusions, in the journal Nature, are inconvenient for several factions in the science and climate policy communities.

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.»

Even though the intellectual climate within the Reserve Bank and other economic policy agencies was already moving in favour of deregulation in the early 1970s, wider community acceptance of the case for change did not come until after the Government set up a broad - ranging inquiry, conducted by a group of independent experts.

Climate change is an important issue to the long - term health of our community and the world, however policies in our relatively small jurisdiction which are not aligned with the realities in other Canadian provinces and the United States put us at a competitive disadvantage.

Panel discussion will feature climate policy experts and leading vintners at Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017, Sunday, June 18 NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this -LSB-...]

As individuals, by working in our communities, and by supporting climate policy, we can effect dramatic positive change at the community level.

The European Union links climate to other strategic issues in its renewed Global Strategy for Foreign and Security Policy and the Planetary Security Initiative is in its third year of forging a «Community of Practice» of think tanks connecting climate and security.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.

Some of these initiatives include, the Better Buffalo Fund; Upstate Revitalization Initiative; an enhanced historic preservation tax credit; land banks legislation; zombie properties reforms; brownfield redevelopment reforms; Complete Streets law and funding; Community Risk & Resiliency Act; Age Friendly / Health Across All Policies; Cleaner Greener and Clean Energy Communities; Climate - Smart Communities grants; and craft beverage reforms.

He outlined his vision for the University, which includes facilitating a vibrant intellectual climate that stimulates innovative research and community engagement, promotion of multidisciplinary research in infectious diseases, chronic diseases, maternal and child health policy, among others.

Faced with an often - hostile Congress, Obama enacted many of his signature policies by executive order — from reversing restrictions on research with human embryonic stem cells to helping communities prepare for climate change.

Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said there has been a developing «sense of maturity» in the climate community since Copenhagen.

«The American business community has a critical role to play both in preparing itself for climate change and in informing the policy response,» Lewis said.

Pohl hopes that studies such as this one «will enhance our general understanding of historical and future extreme climate variability, allowing policy - makers to make better - informed decisions for coastal communities.»

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.

«Because global mismanagement of plastic is fueling the growing marine litter problem, policy responses are needed at all levels, from the international community of nations down to national and local communities,» said report co-author Cara Horowitz, executive director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.

But, despite the scale and speed of climate change in the north, the researchers believe that if policies and practices change in various ways, these communities are inherently well - equipped to adapt to many, if not all, projected changes in climate.

The committee has prepared a report that, in my view, provides policy makers and the scientific community with a critical view of surface temperature reconstructions and how they are evolving over time, as well as a good sense of how important our understanding of the paleoclimate temperature record is within the overall state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

AMS Policy Forum hosts open discussions on policy topics relevant to the weather, water, and climate commPolicy Forum hosts open discussions on policy topics relevant to the weather, water, and climate commpolicy topics relevant to the weather, water, and climate community.

Ultimately, we hope that the discussions on AMS Policy Forum will provide insights to the weather, water, and climate community; decision makers in the Executive and Legislative branches; members of the media; and the public.

«Globally important wilderness areas — despite being strongholds for endangered biodiversity, for buffering and regulating local climates, and for supporting many of the world's most politically and economically marginalized communities — are completely ignored in environmental policy,» James Watson, director of science and research initiatives at the Wildlife Conservation Society in New York and the study's lead author, said in a statement, adding that we probably have only one to two decades to turn this around.

Back in May the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research hosted a National Climate Adaptation Summit that brought together roughly 150 people representing the US science, business and policy communities for a three - day conversation about coping with the impacts of global warming.

The Project The Raising Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the role of human - induced climate change in the risk of extreme weather events in developing countries and identify how such scientific evidence could help to bridge the science - communications - policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more resilient in a warming world.

The Raising Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the contribution of anthropogenic climate change and other external drivers (e.g.» El Niño») to the occurrence of extreme weather events in developing countries in East Africa and South East Asia, and identify how such information could help to bridge the science - communications policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more climate resilient.

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.

«Programs or policies that help reduce the cost and difficulty of making long - term changes or that bring in whole communities to make long - term changes together can help support people to take big steps that have a meaningful impact on the climate.»

How are educators in schools and communities across the United States responding to immigration policies and the general political climate?

Through advocacy, research, and outreach, the Rural Trust strives for policies that enhance the climate for rural communities.

Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum; intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.

In fact, a growing number of Federal agencies (U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, CDC, SAMHSA and IES), state departments of education (Connecticut, Georgia, Minnesota and Massachusetts) and large and small districts (from Chicago to Westbrook, Connecticut) are developing school climate policies and / or laws that support students, parents / guardians, school personnel and even community members learning and working together to create safer, more supportive, engaging and flourishing K - 12 schools.

Always consider your school's policies, codes of conduct, local community needs, and your local climate as you address each instance.

Prior to BAEO, Offiong served as an Analyst with Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the achievement of low - income students by cultivating, advising, and placing a robust community of innovative, effective change agents in public education reform and improving the policy climate for their work.

In June 2015, E4E - New York members and current classroom teachers from across the city released, Climate Change, a policy proposal with recommendations for ensuring safe and welcoming school communities.

Instead, they should opt for a more comprehensive set of goals that address social and moral development, school and classroom climate, teacher training, school policies, and community values, along with student behavior.

Promoting Student Achievement through Improved Health Policy is a quick primer of the CDC's «Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child» model, which highlights 10 important areas for connecting health and learning: health education; physical education and physical activity; nutrition; school health services; counseling, psychological, and social services; employee wellness; safe physical environments, social and emotional school climate; family engagement; and community invCommunity, Whole Child» model, which highlights 10 important areas for connecting health and learning: health education; physical education and physical activity; nutrition; school health services; counseling, psychological, and social services; employee wellness; safe physical environments, social and emotional school climate; family engagement; and community invcommunity involvement.

June 18, 2015 (New York)- Educators 4 Excellence - New York, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, unveiled preliminary recommendations for both New York State and New York City around the issue of school climate and the creation of safe, welcoming communities.

Formulates and recommends Departmental policies, plans and guidelines related to the natural and human environment, including efforts regarding resiliency and climate mitigation; livability and quality of life in states and communities; equity and economic growth; historic preservation, and bicycle and pedestrian transportation.

The nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Center, based at Georgetown Law, seeks to advance effective climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate Climate Center, based at Georgetown Law, seeks to advance effective climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate climate change.

Climate Change: Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conserClimate Change: Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conserclimate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - wide, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

«They also speak to larger issues facing the entire world, including failing infrastructures, climate change, natural disasters, and the tensions between the needs of individuals and small communities on the one hand and national or international social policies on the other.

At those talks, in Milan in 2003, Mr. Watson listed a variety of initiatives begun by states and communities, which he said were like «laboratories where new and creative ideas and methods can be applied and shared with others and inform federal policy — a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»

He used this to argue for climate protection measures, finishing his article by stating that the international community should stretch out their hands to the US with a proposal for the future of an international climate policy.

For my taste, the stuff about the climate denialists is overboard — the whole climate science and policy community is spending too much time thinking about the denialists and imagining that if we could just muzzle or convince these outliers that policy would be different.

Despite strong talk from the Obama administration on climate change — to be fair just reengaging with the international community on the issue and not being an utter obstruction is a major shift over the policy of the