Sentences with phrase «comprehensive climate»

Businesses expect that comprehensive climate change legislation will be passed soon.

«More and more, we're seeing companies rely on their trade groups to do their dirty work of lobbying against comprehensive climate policies,» she said.

Done right, comprehensive climate legislation will help to ensure economic recovery and put us on a path toward sustainable and secure low - carbon growth.

I noted that environmental campaigners were in denial for much of the 2000's over prospects for passing comprehensive climate bill.

Two years later, the country approved the first comprehensive climate law in the developing world.

There's also no obligation to use their influence to push for comprehensive climate action.

Campus representatives may be interested in reviewing the overview of commitment implementation, comprehensive climate guidance, and informative webinars.

But I believe this is the year — perhaps our last, best chance — to pass comprehensive climate and energy legislation.

On May 12, 2010, after months of deliberation, Senators Kerry (D - MA) and Lieberman (I - CT), with input from Senator Graham (R - SC), introduced a discussion draft of comprehensive climate change legislation called the American Power Act of 2010 (APA).

Future topics that will be discussed include: climate sensitivity, sea level rise, urban heat island - effects, the value of comprehensive climate models, ocean heat storage, and the warming trend over the past few decades.

The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreement.

At 7 p.m., Assembly Members Fahy, John McDonald III and Phil Steck host a town hall forum on comprehensive climate change legislation, St. John's Church of God in Christ, 74 4th Ave., Albany.

Sen. John Kerry, whose comprehensive climate bill with Joe Lieberman is now dead, emerged from a meeting at the White House on June 29th sounding an even stronger battle cry of capitulation.

US President Barack Obama has unveiled the United States» most comprehensive climate policy so far.

«As a senator, Clinton supported comprehensive climate change legislation and efforts to promote clean energy and energy efficiency.

«Climate change impacts on food security in Sub-Saharan Africa - Insights from comprehensive climate change scenarios».

Governments around the world are now in negotiations to extend Kyoto until a more comprehensive climate deal that includes both rich and poor countries can be reached.

The report — the most comprehensive climate science review ever produced — emphasises how current climate action is dangerously inadequate, and will fail to stabilise climate pollution or avoid the worst climate impacts.

This online tool will provide comprehensive climate data from C3S and other providers, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

This figure shows that best estimates of the ECS (mode of the estimated PDFs) typically range between 1.2 °C and 4 °C when inferred from constraints provided by historical instrumental data, in agreement with estimates derived from more comprehensive climate models.

«Building a greenhouse gas emissions inventory enables city leaders to manage their emissions reduction efforts, allocate resources and develop comprehensive climate action plans,» said Rio de Janeiro mayor and C40 Chair Eduardo Paes said in a statement.

As China's domestic energy policy has transformed over the last several years to incorporate climate - friendly goals — increased energy efficiency and a greater contribution of non-fossil fuels to its energy mix — this opportunity is already becoming a reality, especially as the United States advances comprehensive climate policy.

PCIC Climatologist Faron Anslow will presented a talk titled, «Climatology of extreme precipitation events in British Columbia using a new comprehensive climate dataset.»

PCIC Climatologist Faron Anslow delivered a talk titled, «Climatology of Extreme Precipitation Events in British Columbia Using a New Comprehensive Climate Dataset» and PCIC Director Francis Zwiers delivered a talk titled, «Future trends in extreme precipitation events in the Pacific and Yukon Region.»

The Service will provide comprehensive climate information covering a wide range of components of the Earth - system (atmosphere, land, ocean, sea - ice and carbon) and timescales spanning decades to centuries (i.e. based on the instrumental record).

Combined, these simple actions could allow the United States to produce climate benefits exceeding even that achieved by comprehensive climate legislation.

... We have established an Indian Network for Comprehensive Climate Change Assessment, a network of over 120 research institutes, which will bring out regular reports on the impacts of climate change on different sectors and different regions of the country.

Under the leadership of Chairman Brian Cladoosby, the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community on Puget Sound developed the first comprehensive climate change adaption plan in 2010.

She's brought in comprehensive climate reforms and a carbon tax, but she is using those commitments to try and secure national support for the Energy East and Trans Mountain pipelines, references that received only tepid applause in a convention speech that otherwise had NDP delegates overjoyed by her enthusiasm and winning ways.

Mission The mission of PNNL's Aerosol Climate Initiative is to advance the current scientific understanding and parameterization of aerosol processes and properties to improve comprehensive climate modeling frameworks and to inform policy decisions related to global climate change and the environmental impacts of aerosols.

«No current comprehensive climate model projects that the AMOC will abruptly weaken or collapse in the 21st century,» wrote a team of NOAA researchers in 2008.

In parts of Canada with cleaner electricity grids, provinces like Ontario and Quebec have announced comprehensive climate change strategies that promise significant new opportunities for wind energy through increased electrification of transportation, buildings and industry and the pursuit of increased clean electricity exports to the United States.

While comprehensive climate and energy legislation has thus far failed to pass the United States Congress, there are a series of vital programs and strategies underway in the United States to reduce global warming emissions, such as:

They produced for the American Midwest the most accurate, detailed, and comprehensive climate record available anywhere.

By combining linear response functions derived from comprehensive climate simulations with the full range of possible future warming pathways, we provide probability estimates of overturning changes by the year 2100.

As our work began for CMIP5, it was evident that it was not practical for us to incorporate all important avenues we were pursuing, into a single comprehensive climate model.

Since comprehensive climate and energy reform has gone the way of the buffalo, it's time to look at the bills being rolled out in the Senate and House to tackle the BP spill.

The Ten Million Solar Roofs legislation proposed by Bernie Sanders (I - VT) got the seal of approval from the Senate Energy Committee yesterday, giving hope to renewable energy supporters after comprehensive climate change legislation was put on ice last week.

My hope is that victories like this one will help build the momentum to generate the kind of people power necessary to move the needle on comprehensive climate policy — policy that prices carbon, removes subsidies for oil companies, and encourages clean energy development.

Future topics that will be discussed will include: climate sensitivity, sea level rise, urban heat island - effects, the value of comprehensive climate models, ocean heat storage, and the warming trend in the past few decades.

Friends of the Earth Finland continue to put pressure on the Finnish government to enact a strong and comprehensive climate law — to ensure Finland reduces carbon emissions, year on year, every year.

Skeptical Science: A few months ago we looked at some hopeful climate news, including Mexico passing comprehensive climate legislation nearly unanimously, and many other efforts from a variety of countries to reduce their carbon emissions.

Friends of the Earth Finland / Maan Ystävät Ry is campaigning for a strong and comprehensive Climate Bill through its Big Ask campaign.

President Obama can also take the additional time to rally Americans behind the cause and to strong arm legislators into supporting comprehensive climate and energy reform.

We are proud to work with your office, with Director Wells, and the rest of the Council to advance comprehensive climate policy.

Approached with resolve and creativity, this chunk approach has the potential to produce near and mid-term gains equal to or even surpassing those achieved by comprehensive climate legislation.