Sentences with phrase «curb climate»

Tom Revell — Blue and Green Tomorrow — August 30, 2014 The construction of a new wave of coal plants designed to burn Europe's reserves of lignite could scupper the EU's efforts to curb climate change, campaigners have warned.

Companies that join the initiative before the COP22 climate negotiations next month can send a signal to government officials that they are serious about implementing the global mandate to curb climate change.

Nature said UK climate meeting calls for action; New Scientist said Climatologists pursue greenhouse gas danger levels and Only huge emissions cuts will curb climate change.

We can curb climate change by as much as 70 %, just by returning to a diet light on meat like we once enjoyed.

But experts warn that this won't be enough to curb climate change.

That's why those who oppose taking action to curb climate change have engaged in a misinformation campaign to deny the existence of the expert consensus.

by Deborah McNamara on February 4, 2015 0 climate change and human activity government action to curb climate change.

Czech President, Vaclav Klaus, recently offered a warning that environmentalism and measures to curb climate change are a threat to human freedom.

We can only build a coalition with the power to curb climate disruption if environmentalists are fighting for economic and racial justice as hard as they are against fossil fuels, and if unions are fighting as hard for an immediate transition to a worker - friendly clean energy economy as they are to protect their members.

The expectations of Minc and the Brazil's President Lula were largely unfulfilled by what they sensed as an unwillingness on behalf of the United States to invest sufficiently in the global effort to curb climate change.

We like the buzz we've been hearing since President Obama took office — that we can create jobs and curb climate change by turning toward clean - energy solutions.

All this highlights the chasm between Canadian politics and what would be necessary to curb climate change.

The head of The Planetary Society and former Boeing engineer released a new book last month called Unstoppable, which outlines how the current generation of young people — dubbed the «Next Great Generation» — can use science to curb climate change within their lifetime.

Companies with large - scale industrial operations are a vital part of the global effort to curb climate change.

All these new attacks on healthy communities and a stable climate come just as the historic, comprehensive, peer - reviewed National Climate Assessment indicates every region of our nation will face disastrous outcomes if we don't act to curb the climate crisis now.

Here's our informal assessment of how much of a contribution we've made to the global effort to curb climate change Together with our partners, -LSB-...]

While world leaders negotiate a global deal to curb climate change in Paris this week, Global Witness is calling on governments to do more to protect people on the frontline of the battle to protect our planet.

That's not to mention that the world's efforts to curb climate emissions have been drastically impinged by President Donald Trump's controversial decision to withdraw the U.S. — one of the planet's largest single emitters of greenhouse gases — from the Paris agreement.

Not only can Americans breathe easier after this decision, but limiting soot pollution can also help to curb climate change.

The International Energy Agency has estimated that for every year the world delays taking significant action to curb climate change, we'll end up paying an additional $ 500 billion later on.

Targeting these four areas will reduce dangerous carbon pollution and help curb climate change.

New research finds that citizens in the US and China systematically underestimate popular support for taking action to curb climate change.

Some of those actions to curb climate change have been positive: wind and solar continue to grow, and those technologies have never been cheaper per kilowatt hour.

While future projections of sea level rise and flooding are important to help with proactive planning, the data from the past 10 years provides the most compelling need to curb climate change to mitigate a dire future.

The company said world leaders must put in place «effective and binding rules on CO2 emissions» to curb climate change and ensure that «future generations do not have to live with weather scenarios that are difficult to control».

(Source: Philanthropy Must Move Fast to Support Efforts to Curb Climate Change, Chronicle of Philanthropy)

The European Commission is claiming the 40 % target is in line with international ambitions to curb climate change, a claim rejected by Friends of the Earth Europe.

The HFC phase down would make a crucial contribution to the current global mitigation efforts that fall short of what is needed to curb climate change to a level considered safe by scientists.

Plus, by marching we are sending a message to decision - makers who «believe» in climate change that they must up the ante and take bold step to curb climate change.

Global Director of the WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities Ani Dasgupta explains why the world can not curb climate change without managing cities differently.

On the other hand, proponents of taking action to curb climate change charge that efforts at reform are being opposed by the coal, oil, and natural - gas industries and from oil - rich countries like Saudi Arabia.

The state should tackle its water problems the same way it has worked to curb climate change and that includes passing a package of bills to reduce water waste and improve efficiency, writes Ceres» Kirsten James.8 months ago

As the United Nations became involved in efforts to curb climate change in the last 20 years, it relied on a scientific formula: Carbon dioxide, the most prevalent warming gas, released by smokestacks and vehicles, is given a value of 1.

But Stern said the investors clearly did not believe action to curb climate change was going to be taken.

«As we work to reduce our state's carbon footprint and curb climate change, I encourage New Yorkers to consider electric vehicles and help take us a step closer to achieving our goal of reducing emissions 40 percent by 2030,» Governor Cuomo said.

In an effort to curb climate change, both Britain and Canada have announced plans to stop building new conventional coal power plants, a move long - advocated by environmentalists.

It's important that other countries follow suit with their own ambitious, comprehensive plans — both to curb climate change globally, and to keep the glaciers on top of Switzerland's majestic mountains.

Reporting from Washington — The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change.

In the coming months, as Congress and the Obama administration dole out billions in stimulus dollars to kick - start a green economy and draft sweeping legislation to curb climate change, the future of coal will be at the heart of the debate over energy policy.

OSLO Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man - made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in global temperatures.

NOVEMBER 13, 2017 Tobias Buck in Berlin and Lucy Hornby in Beijing 58 comments Stronger Chinese economic growth will push global greenhouse gas emissions to a record high in 2017 after remaining flat for three years, dashing tentative hopes of a turning point in the world's efforts to curb climate change.

The new studies, which are both published in Nature Climate Change, focus in on how efforts to curb climate change could affect summer sea ice cover in the Arctic.

The first Earth Summit 20 years ago was filled with promise, as nations supported international agreements to protect biological diversity and establish a framework to curb climate change.

«Responsible development of natural gas is an important part of our work to curb climate change and support a robust clean energy market at home.»

But the atoll study is one of many that points to a looming crisis of global displacement that will come sooner than expected if the world doesn't act quickly to reduce emissions and curb climate change.

10 years on from the Stern report: a low - carbon future is the «only one available» Eating less meat essential to curb climate change, says report.

Yet a purported global warming «pause» (more aptly named the «faux pause») is often used as an excuse by those who oppose taking action to curb climate change.

Researchers at Queen's University Belfast and the University of Liverpool have developed a porous liquid meant to one day soak up unwanted carbon molecules — and with any luck, help us curb climate change.

Environmental justice groups argue that their communities have a lot at stake if cap and trade fails to curb climate change.

Eco News The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a report released in Beijing that wind power could supply as much as 20 per cent of the world's total electricity by 2030 due to dramatic cost reductions and pledges to curb climate change.