Sentences with phrase «climate policy leader»

If we want to see Canada become a climate policy leader, rather than an internationally - blamed obstacle, we have to be leaders, too.

If CARB proceeds with a post-2020 regulatory strategy, it will surely face a difficult and high profile lawsuit — one with the potential to damage California's reputation as a climate policy leader.

ENECO Eneco raises its voice for an ambitious climate framework As a climate policy leader Eneco leads advocacy and lobbying activities by networking with peers, industry associations, suppliers and other stakeholders, leading to new and more ambitious climate policy developments.

Not exact matches

«In a nutshell, it looks like Canada is becoming a leader in just transitions in the same way that they've been a leader on climate change policy for the past two or three years,» McGowan said at the time.

It enables Alberta to be a leader, not only in climate policy, but also in technology, innovation, collaborative solutions and energy development.»

A world - class regulatory environment — The business leaders who took part in our survey on the investment climate identified the regulatory burden as the single most important policy factor affecting their investment decisions.

Chief Executive Officer Asim Ghosh has a stern warning for Canadian political leaders considering changes to climate policy: don't go it alone with a carbon tax.

The European Union, once the proud leader in climate policies (by its own estimation) is in internal disarray.

«With the U.S. Senate's recent failure to act on comprehensive energy and climate legislation, we need strong environmental leaders at the state level to move the ball forward on new energy policies that will put America on the path to a clean energy future.»

And it is particularly galling to see European leaders issue excoriating critiques of Donald Trump's attitudes to climate change when they continue to ground policy in such an unscientific manner.

«President Buhari and other world leaders and participants will make presentations under four sub-themes namely: Scaling - up Finance for Climate Action; Greening Finance for Sustainable Business; Accelerating Local and Regional Climate Action; Strengthening Policies for Ecological and Inclusive Transition.

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.

The letter, which included a statement on climate science by the leaders of 18 scientific societies, stated, «Although debate about policy options exists, climate change is not a scientifically - controversial topic.»

After the Quinault adopted a comprehensive climate change policy in 2008, tribal leaders traveled to U.N. climate talks in Poznan, Poland, hoping to compare notes with a variety of nations — including the United States.

The country's leaders brag that their one - child policy has spared the world's climate 300 million greenhouse gas emitters, the population equivalent of a U.S. that never happened.

The rapid change could also prove a victory for world leaders trying to rally support for climate policy.

Although patients can not control air quality, Liu said, the findings provide evidence for policy makers and public health leaders to develop better models for monitoring and predicting climate changes so that patients can better protect themselves.

DAVIS, Calif. — California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) and three international regional leaders signed a memorandum of understanding today in a bid to assert regional authority on climate change policy.

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.

Climate activists are recommending many of the same policy solutions today that they were a decade ago — and while President Trump and several other GOP leaders are firmly in the skeptic category, a newer generation of Republican lawmakers seems at least willing to acknowledge the problem and, in some cases, even embrace bold solutions.

Group leader assumes chair of «Climate Change and Public Policy» in addition to his position at the MCC

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

This improved understanding will help policy makers and business leaders formulate decisions that address climate change issues and, at the same time, improve our quality of life.

School leaders play a critical role in fostering schoolwide activities and policies that promote positive school environments, such as establishing a team to address the building climate; adult modeling of social and emotional competence; and developing clear norms, values, and expectations for students and staff members.

According to the over 500 teachers and leaders who responded to our survey, policy and process matter greatly when it comes to an effective and meaningful professional learning climate.

Week 1: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader Week 2: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader (Continued) Week 3: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team Week 4: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team (Continued) Week 5: Unjumbling the Schoolhouse Week 6: Assessing School Culture and Climate Week 7: The Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate Initiatives Week 8: The Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate Initiatives (Continued) Week 9: Leading Organizational Change to Improve School Culture and Climate Week 10: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 1) Week 11: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 2) Week 12: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 3)

Many of the youth in the room were leaders who were instrumental in LAUSD's passing the Student Climate Bill of Rights, which favors alternatives that promote positive behavior over punitive school discipline policies.

Devising state policies and practices to improve the political and governance settings that affect the climate for education leaders.

Our findings on school attachment provide another important lesson for school leaders, policy makers, and even survey designers — namely, that students are the best evaluators of school climate.

The Pew Center on Global Climate Change brings together business leaders, policy makers, scientists, and other experts to bring a new approach to a complex and often controversial issue.

Since the 2002 elections, the political climate in Kenya took a turn for the better, with government leaders listening more intently to issues affecting women, and in turn allowing women to have more participation in policy decisions.

The possibilities that political leaders will soon agree to effective climate policies seem to be close to zero, they are, as James Lovelock noted in «The Revenge of Gaia», only seeking just as Chamberlain 1938 to gain time, and they are not very interested in the realm, because most or all of them subscribe to the by far leading religion of our times: the neoclassical so - called economic «science», which is based on a lot of completely unrealistic assumptions, see fx.

Unfortunately whilst certain political commentators / manipulators and leaders sow confusion about the issue of climate change and anthropogenic emissions, and also state that taking formal action would be «bad for our economy», the firm policy required at global / regional level, the correct signal to society / industry and the global action needed will not happen.

It explores why a key subset of scientists — the physicist founders and leaders of the influential George C. Marshall Institute — chose to lend their scientific authority to this movement which continues to powerfully shape US climate policy.

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.

June 16, 12:36 p.m. Updated Douglas Biesecker, a scientist at the Space Weather Prediction Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the leader of an international effort to chart and forecast trends in sunspots, has offered a detailed new critique of three lines of analysis predicting a long and deep lull in sunspot activity, with substantial potential impacts on Earth's climate (and climate policy).

There is an unavoidable and counterproductive blurriness to the line between his personal advocacy for climate action — which is his right as an individual — and his stature as the leader of the panel, which was established in 1988 as «a policy relevant but policy neutral organization.»

Mike Hulme, a climate scientist at the University of East Anglia in England and the author of a book on the struggle over climate policy, «Why We Disagree About Climate Change,» said that big gatherings of world leaders were less likely to bear fruit than splitting the challenge into pieces that are tractable, and focusing directly on addressing those prclimate scientist at the University of East Anglia in England and the author of a book on the struggle over climate policy, «Why We Disagree About Climate Change,» said that big gatherings of world leaders were less likely to bear fruit than splitting the challenge into pieces that are tractable, and focusing directly on addressing those prclimate policy, «Why We Disagree About Climate Change,» said that big gatherings of world leaders were less likely to bear fruit than splitting the challenge into pieces that are tractable, and focusing directly on addressing those prClimate Change,» said that big gatherings of world leaders were less likely to bear fruit than splitting the challenge into pieces that are tractable, and focusing directly on addressing those problems.

While the US has refused to be a leader in addressing climate change (as in no coherent energy policy), we now must contend with other countries plagued with the same ethos that drove the US to consume 25 % of the world's energy — China, India, ad nauseum.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

As Harry Reid watched the unfolding urgency of climate science after he became Majority leader in 2005, one of his earliest policy initiatives was to...

Prime Minister Modi and President Obama have put themselves in the vanguard of global climate policy, not because of any immediate political pressure, but because both leaders see action on this front as crucial for future generations» health and prosperity.

On June 6, Dr. Pielke Jr. reported: «The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently adopted a major new policy for overseeing conflicts of interest among its leaders and authors....

Although Gov. Jerry Brown isn't involved in decisions on the five proposed coal facilities, he could lend his influence to the debate as governor of the most economically powerful state in the country and the national leader on clean energy and climate policy.

Together, Marx and his fellow leaders drafted a ten - point specific policy proposal for, as the document says that «those negotiating the COP 21 [United Nations climate conference] in Paris,» November 30 — December 11.

Manuel Pulgar - Vidal, global climate and energy programme leader, WWF, said: «This is very welcome news, a good first step and an important policy signal.

And so, every year, the world's leaders meet at UN climate conferences to discuss policies and emissions cuts that they hope will keep us below 2 °C.

The European Union: A Challenged Leader in Ambitious International Climate Policy.

The Taskforce is comprised of eminent scientists, business leaders, policy advisers and political leaders drawn from around the world.5 Its purpose is to recommend to all governments a framework for managing climate change responses that is truly global, provides long - term direction, and is genuinely responsive to the scale of the problem.

Ultimately, the passing of the bill package is a landmark moment for California and will clinch Brown's legacy as one of the most effective leaders on climate policy in the US.