Sentences with phrase «climate policy discussion»

In Washington, these diametrically opposed pressures have taken the form of revenue - neutral versus revenue - positive carbon prices — but the same tension has the potential to bedevil virtually any climate policy discussion.

Bookbinder's comments flew under the radar at the time, but some folks active in the climate policy discussion seem to have taken notice.

Further documentation of Marc Morano's involvement in denying climate change science and interfering with U.S. climate policy discussions is available from Media Matters for America.

U.S. climate policy discussions that don't include building resilience to extreme weather are set for failure.

In climate policy discussions, those funds have a particular role and are mainly provided by industrialized nations for the benefit of less developed countries.

Not exact matches

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to today's federal carbon pricing discussion paper: «This proposal is a big step forward on a key climate commitment, and the approach Ottawa has chosen is a promising one.

To pick up on this discussion, post cancellation of the TransAlta's Pioneer CCS project, a number of questions will undoubtedly be raised as to what went wrong and if this is a foreshadowing of turbulent times for CCS in Alberta (and Alberta Climate policy).

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-...]

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate change.

So a realistic look at the international policy dynamics that currently exist, as well as an informed discussion on where those policies could grow to be, is a great way to continue the conversation on actionable solutions to climate change,» said Subhashree Mishra, 2014 - 16 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy (DOE).

As discussions about global climate change take place in both the scientific sector and the policy realm, Enzo Sauma is in a good position to bridge the two worlds.

The goal underpinning divestment, at least for Oreskes, is not directly running coal, gas and oil businesses into the ground but inciting a discussion to generate the political atmosphere to pass bolder climate policies.

The perception that future climate warming is inevitable stands at the centre of current climate - policy discussions.

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

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.

They were provided with unbiased information about climate change and energy and about the international discussions on policy measures to handle these issues.

July 21, 2016 (New York)-- Educators 4 Excellence - New York (E4E - New York), a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, released the following statements on proposed actions for improving school climate released today by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Department of Education.

June 3, 2014 (Los Angeles)-- Educators 4 Excellence - Los Angeles, a teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, called for bolder investments in teacher retention and school climate.

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.

The four - day networking and learning industry event engages delegates from around the world in discussions on a range of industry topics, such as marketing and promotions, niche markets, industry trends, sustainable tourism, climate change, airline access, public - private partnership, and tourism policy choices for Africa.

For many years, there has been a great deal of discussion about carbon - pricing — whether carbon taxes or cap - and - trade — as an essential part of a meaningful national climate policy.

As we have long known, it was / is simply the sowing of doubt that has paralyzed the public discussion of climate and energy policy.

Last week, I moderated a discussion of possible paths on energy and climate policy involving Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations and Joe Romm of the Climateprogress blog and the Center for American Progress.

He is a climate policy analyst and modeler in the IMAGE - project at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) and has been involved in the discussion with climate skeptics for many years.

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills, like income / wealth inequality, or institutionalized oppression of almost any sort....

The article and particularly the comments on «The Register» and myriad other loci of discussion (for instance, NY Times climate blog) tell us that until we can improve our collective understanding of science as a concept we can expect to encounter a lot of friction in any attempt to make progress in public and industry policy responses to GW.

Or, perhaps, NCAR believes that institutions other than itself would be better suited to enter into discussions on how science should be applied in formulation of national policies or should influence individual household decisions when either climate or weather is a factor.

This is relevant to policy discussions, because the view on Arctic tundra fits — as with so many other parts of the climate question — the overall conclusion that rising temperatures result in rising impacts on systems and resources that matter to people.

The goal of the paper I have just written is to «restart» the discussion of climate change, which, as I see it, is on the verge of disappearing from view, putting into cold storage both 1) the policy initiatives like carbon prices and regulations that could have short - term impact on wedge technologies like conventional renewables, efficiency, and CCS, and 2) commitments to the advancement of a climate - change - driven research frontier.

National and global discussions of climate science and related policy choices have intensified markedly in the last several months, which is not surprising given pledges by President Obama and congressional leaders to pursue climate legislation and the December deadline world leaders set for a new climate treaty.

But I think the discussion right now is about people realizing that geo - engineering is one of the many solutions that we have to take a look at, and that at very low cost it could provide us with a bridge of a couple of decades and an insurance policy against unlikely catastrophic climate change.

This is why it's vital to include specialists in ethics, philosophy and conflict resolution in any discussion of climate policy.

I have attempted to identify elements that could be added to current discussion to brake the current (and for most of us unanticipated) free fall regarding climate change as a public policy concern.

(The question extends well beyond climate policy; as I did the other day, I encourage you to listen to a great recent discussion of financial bubbles and busts on Leonard Lopate's radio show.)

A first step in having any kind of informed discussion of climate science and policy has to start with that delineation.

Schneider's approach to climate policy, comes up during a discussion of the enduring uncertainty surrounding the most consequential aspects of global warming, particularly the near - term rate at which sea levels will rise as ice sheets melt and seawater warms.

If, indeed, climate scientists predicted a coming ice age, it is worthwhile to take the next step and understand why they thought this, and what relevance it might have to today's science - politics - policy discussions about climate change.

The scientific discussion is misframed in the press, in the public mind and in the policy sector, as being between the consensus position and the «skeptics» who are so confident that nothing of consequence is at stake in anthropogenic climate change that they feel comfortable advocating an essentially trivial policy repsonse to it.

(See a 2005 discussion of climate policy in the context of homework here.)

Climate change mitigation and adaptation policies discussions go way beyond discussing just CO2 atmospheric concentration numbers.

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.

We said at the time that we had discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.

Discussions of climate science and policy have seen endless fights over the appropriate role of scientists.

Stern has now offered a reaction to the discussion last week of Princeton researcher Robert Socolow's call for a fresh approach to climate policy that acknowledges «the news about climate change is unwelcome, that today's climate science is incomplete, and that every «solution» carries risk.»

(I'm moderating a discussion of climate policy between Michael Levi of the Council on Foreign Relations and Joe Romm, the Climateprogress blogger, and I gave an opening talk on communicating what I see as the story of our time — the human transition through a kind of species - scale, puberty - style growth spurt to whatever comes next.)

Richard Morse, an analyst of coal markets, climate policy and China at Stanford University, offered a long response to Pope's thoughts and the initial discussion of coal exports that is also posted separately.

This year's seminar also promises a «lively panel discussion about efforts to develop a national strategy to address one of the most complex policy issues of our time: climate change.»

Your questions are not new to anyone who has been paying attention, and you seem unable to find the ongoing science research and discussions of policy and economic issues related to climate change that engage your questions.