Sentences with phrase «climate policy official»

The new research published Monday in Nature was done by Carolyn Snyder, now a climate policy official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, as a part of her doctoral dissertation at Stanford University, according to the Associated Press (AP).

This acknowledgment came the day after a senior Chinese climate policy official said rich nations should earmark a wopping 1 % of their GDP to help the developing world tackle climate change.

Not exact matches

Wildrose MLAs will likely focus their energy attacking the carbon levy and calling for more oil pipelines, but will the official opposition defy the radical climate change deniers in their own ranks and present a policy alternative to the NDP's Climate Leadershiclimate change deniers in their own ranks and present a policy alternative to the NDP's Climate LeadershiClimate Leadership Plan?

«Meat — The Big Omission from the Talks on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour - change solutions.

Stefanik, a member of the House Climate Solutions Caucus, said she disagrees with tying policy to calls for official resignations, and said she would continue to call for his walking papers.

While climate change scepticism is not official party policy, the words «environment» and «climate change» do not appear in the DUP's 2017 general election manifesto.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

Water quality in the Schoharie Valley and the Catskill Watershed has captured the attention of environmentalists and government officials who have joined forces to develop procedures and policies for dealing with «the new normal» climate change seems to have cast across upstate New York.

A look at China's recent progress on climate and energy shows that China has indeed made strides in both — policies its officials here say are in the country's own national interest.

Given the White House's preoccupation with health care and climate change, however, NASA officials and their industry backers see the new policy as welcome proof that Obama also cares about space flight.

Some U.S. officials are still attending COP23, but Michael Wara, director of the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University Law School, worries that without U.S. leadership, the Paris accord rules could end up vague.

This is up to 14 per cent lower than the emissions reported by previous assessments, including those by the Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre (CDIAC) in the US and the Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR) in the EU, which are the official data sources for the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5)-- providing scientific evidence for climate change policy negotiations in Paris later this year.

Here in Wisconsin, we have a great effort unfolding which could serve as a high standard for regional / state - wide efforts in down - scaling climate projections and communicating the information in a way that is useful for farmers, policy makers, natural resource managers, public health officials, etc..

I doubt that NOAA has a policy on climate change, and I wouldn't co-author a paper whose publication required approval by a government official.

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.

Facing increasing flooding from increasing development, climate change, etc., several European countries have adopted an official policy of «Room for the Rivers» — retreating from their floodplains rather than continuing to develope upon them.

Bush may not advocate the official US Presidential climate change policy (at all) as much as I would prefer but then neither does the NYTimes.

In 2007 the APS Council adopted an official policy statement on climate:

Steve says: «In 2007 the APS Council adopted an official policy statement on climate:... We must reduce emissions of greenhouse gases beginning now.»

The Riyadh meetings were the 6th ministerial - level gathering of the CSLF, bringing in high - ranking energy and climate change officials from the CSLF member nations, as well as business and NGO experts in CCS that contributed to Policy, Technology, and Stakeholder working group meetings.

China is sending Zhang Gaoli, Vice Premier and the official in charge of the country's climate policy, and he is the right person to attend the summit, Bob Orr, Assistant Secretary - General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary - General, United Nations, said at a Center for American Progress discussion on Septembpolicy, and he is the right person to attend the summit, Bob Orr, Assistant Secretary - General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary - General, United Nations, said at a Center for American Progress discussion on SeptembPolicy Coordination and Strategic Planning, Executive Office of the Secretary - General, United Nations, said at a Center for American Progress discussion on September 17.

The US has no plan yet for how to meet its 2020 climate target and has made no analysis of the impact of recent policy changes, according to an official submission to the UN.

But even as wrangling continues, there are practical climate - related policy and technology options available, described in Issues here and here, that could appeal to government officials and private citizens all along the political spectrum.

Her incredible admission underscores what another high - ranking IPCC official said several years ago: «Climate policy has almost nothing to do anymore with environmental protection.

It also sends three monthly policy newspapers — Budget & Tax News, Environment & Climate News, and School Reform News — to every national and state elected official in the United States, as well as thousands of civic and business leaders.

Even IPCC officials now openly brag that climate policy has «almost nothing» to do with protecting the environment — and everything to do with intentionally transforming the global economy and redistributing its wealth.

This webpage has a long list of businesses, investors, government officials, university leaders, and others who apparently have pledged to do what they can to comply with the goals of the Paris Climate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poClimate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poclimate change and energy policies.

Official figures acknowledge that government policy directed at climate change has reduced gross emissions by less than 1 per cent to date, and the projected reduction in 2030 is just half a per cent.

The various official Conservative policy statements cited above contain no implicit or explicit acknowledgnment of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic (human - caused) global warming, as outlined in the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

«Right now, all of the decisions regarding climate - change policy are made by five people — in general, officials from the Ministry of External Relations and the Ministry of Science and Technology,» says Monzoni, who runs the Center for Sustainability Studies at Brazilian university Fundação Getulio Vargas.

In the past, some public officials have argued that it is inappropriate to discuss climate change policy in the context of natural disasters.

This closed high - level, policy driven summit is convened bi-annually by UNEPs the principal forum for Environment Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Cabinet Officials and other senior policy makers and advisors to discuss the most crucial issues affecting the environment, particularly in relation to sustainable development, poverty eradication and climate change.

China is about to get tougher on energy - intensive industries, according to Xie Zhenhua, a top official responsible for the country's climate - change policies.

Senior officials from business, government, NGOs and academic institutions gathered in London this week for policy institute, the Chatham House's annual conference on climate change.

German economist and IPCC official Ottmar Edenhofer gave an eye - opening interview to Neue Zürcher Zeitung (translated here), in which he said that «one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy....

In my view it was problematic from day one that CEQ officials, whose essential job was to advance the President's policy and political position on global climate change, were at the table participating directly in the governance of the Climate Change Science Program and shaping its communication of climate change reclimate change, were at the table participating directly in the governance of the Climate Change Science Program and shaping its communication of climate change reClimate Change Science Program and shaping its communication of climate change reclimate change research.

At the same time, GAP conducted 40 in - depth interviews with federal climate scientists and other officials and analyzed thousands of pages of government documents, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and inside sources, regarding agency media policies and Congressional communications.

That is in fact within the 15 - 30 percent reduction range that has been extracted from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent assessment and made into official EU policy.

When the plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finishes its work late Thursday night and issues its report on the science basis of climate change to nearly 200 governments, it will essentially end the climate science portion of the debate for policy makers and government offClimate Change (IPCC) finishes its work late Thursday night and issues its report on the science basis of climate change to nearly 200 governments, it will essentially end the climate science portion of the debate for policy makers and government offclimate change to nearly 200 governments, it will essentially end the climate science portion of the debate for policy makers and government offclimate science portion of the debate for policy makers and government officials.

President Bush plans to use a Rose Garden speech on global warming policy today to propose several ways to improve the situation, government officials say, including an increase in money for basic climate research and an effort to coordinate American climate - modeling efforts with those abroad.

Another U.N. official has admitted that the U.N. seeks to «redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy.»

In the letters, Whitfield asks nine questions about how each agency devotes its time, money, and resources to climate - change policies and requests each official to include answers in his or her written testimony at the hearing.

And so, when government officials with the power to enact climate change policies are on notice that respectable scientific evidence supports the conclusion that their constituents or governments are likely causing great harm, they may not appeal to their uninformed opinion on climate science as justification for not taking action.

Although ordinary individuals may have no duty to go beyond their own personal opinion about the science of climate change, government officials who have the power to enact policies that could present catastrophic harm to millions of people around the world may not as a matter of ethics justify their refusal to support policies to reduce the threat of climate change on the basis of their uninformed opinions on climate science.

In fact, there are already official agreements about loss and damage in international climate policy.

777 former EPA officials signed a letter urging Congress to reject the Trump administration's «climate denial policies»

Morano, however, does think Trump needs to do more because in his view «there is a huge vacuum when it comes to administration officials actually challenging climate change claims,» and that «this silence may result in only half - hearted measures to reverse Obama's climate policies ``.

Prior to joining IISD, he spent three years (2006 — 2008) with the Official Opposition Caucus in the Manitoba Legislature as a substantive policy researcher specializing in the portfolios of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines (including climate change) and Manitoba Hydro.

He noted, «there are still many policy challenges ahead, including alarmist climate change policies, the stifling of public charter schools, the spend - and - tax habit of state and local officials, weak private property rights protections, and local government intrusion disguised as «smart growth» policies.»

ACS, in fact, has an official position on climate change, which is easy to find under the «Policy» section of www.acs.org.