Sentences with phrase «determine national contributions»

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«Nationalism shows its character as a faith whenever national welfare or survival is regarded as the supreme end of life; whenever right and wrong are made dependent on the sovereign will of the nation, however determined; whenever religion and science, education and art, are valued by the measure of their contribution to national existence.»

Indonesia's national plan to cut emissions, officially called an intended nationally determined contribution, or INDC, committed the country to reduce emissions 29 percent by 2030 compared with business - as - usual projected emissions and a conditional 41 percent reduction with international support.

There is no question that the world now understands that innovation is the core to meet the INDCs [national climate action plans, known as «intended nationally determined contributions»].

In one sentence: Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and colleagues found that if followed by measures of equal or greater ambition, individual country pledges to reduce their emissions called Intended Nationally Determined Contributions have the potential to reduce the probability of the highest levels of warming and increase the probability of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

The Facility would simultaneously contribute to the implementation of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets (CBD), the Land Degradation Neutrality targets (UNCCD), and the Nationally Determined Contributions and National Adaptation Plans (UNFCCC).

Japan's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is a 26 % reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 from 2013 levels.1 To achieve this, the Japanese government has set carbon targets for all sectors backed up by a national carbon tax and Tokyo emissions trading scheme.

Even in the run - up to the Agreement's adoption, the vast majority of countries submitted national climate plans — or «Intended Nationally Determined Contributions» (INDCs)-- that included adaptation goals, priorities and needs, even though they were not required to do so.

The National Climate Change Learning Strategy will actually be an important piece of Ghana's national climate change response and will support Ghana's Intended Nationally Determined ContributionNational Climate Change Learning Strategy will actually be an important piece of Ghana's national climate change response and will support Ghana's Intended Nationally Determined Contributionnational climate change response and will support Ghana's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC).

Ms Najira advised that climate information is being integrated into national policy frameworks such as the National Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined Contributionnational policy frameworks such as the National Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined ContributionNational Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined ContributionNational Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

Implementing countries» national climate plans (Nationally Determined Contributions, known as NDCs) and advancing Global Climate Action go hand in hand.

Few had expected Vladimir Putin's government to meet the UN's loose 31 March deadline for «intended nationally determined contributions» — the series of national pledges that will, in part, form the basis of an international climate change agreement in Paris later this year.

Collectively, these contributions will provide a window into the scope and depth of American climate action, and help determine where opportunity gaps exist on the local and national level.

In 2020, countries will come back to the table, hopefully offering stronger national targets (called «nationally determined contributions», or NDCs) to get the world on track.

Under the Paris Agreement, each signatory country is required to submit a national plan for reducing emissions, known as the «Nationally Determined Contribution» (NDC).

This Policy Brief is intended to facilitate understanding concerning the role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in implementation of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions at national level National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in implementation of the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions at national level national level (INDCs).

As Governments meet in Bonn to discuss a fast implementation of the Paris Agreement and raised ambition for the national climate action plans, known as Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the rise in science - based target - setting sends a clear signal that business is ready to deliver.

«how the Party considers that its intended nationally determined contribution is fair and ambitious, in light of its national circumstances, and how it contributes towards achieving the objective of the Convention as set out in its Article 2.

Together, they translate Nationally Determined Contributions and other national development and climate strategies into an actionable CIF investment plan.

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National greenhouse gas emissions will peak between 2020 and 2025, plateau for approximately a decade, and decline in absolute terms thereafter under South Africa's plan, known as an Intended National Determined Contribution or INDC.

At the national level, as the deadline for the submission of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC approaches, it is as yet unclear how the state plans would play a role in terms of India's adaptation contribution in 2030.

By 2020, countries have agreed to come back and either submit new or updated national climate plans (known as nationally determined contributions).

«Each Party shall regularly provide»... «a national inventory» and «information necessary to track progress made in implementing and achieving its nationally determined contribution»

The Partnership will focus on immediate climate actions between now and 2020 to support the success and overachievement of the Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, and National Adaptation Plans, or NAPs.

The UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2017 presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement.

With REDD + completed, countries can more aggressively incorporate it into their national climate action plans, or «Intended Nationally - Determined Contributions» (INDCs), although they won't know until Paris how such inclusion will be recognized.

The country has a national climate action plan, also known as its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to simultaneously expand energy access and limit emissions.

Or as more than a negligible mention within countries» National Determined Contributions (NDCs)?

Connect initiatives and coalitions with national action plans such as nationally determined contributions (NDCs); 3.

As the Paris COP approaches, national climate action plans — known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)-- and their associated emissions reductions have captured headlines.

There is a 15 - 22 gigatonne gap between the current climate commitments nations made in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the respective emissions reductions needed to stay on track to limit the global temperature rise to 2C or 1.5 C. Subnational action can help bridge this gap and support national governments as they raise their climate commitments in the coming years.

With more and more businesses setting science - based targets we also have the opportunity to encourage policymakers to raise their national ambitions, which will be vitally important as they look to increase the levels of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) every five years.

In countries where business has had the opportunity to provide inputs on national climate action plans (Nationally Determined Contribution, or «NDCs»), the process can already be seen to have benefitted from such engagement.

They began exploring ways to meet and surpass goals established in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)-- national climate action plans submitted under the Paris Agreement.

They thus pair national policy setting — in which countries determine their contributions in the context of their national priorities, circumstances and capabilities — with a global framework that drives collective action towards a zero - carbon, climate - resilient future.

CCC's Sandee Recabar expounded on climate policies for local governments and the role of the Commission in support of them, as well as gave examples of subnational contributions given emerging directions of nationally determined contributions or efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

28 March 2015 Earlier this week, the World Resources Institute (WRI) launched its CAIT Paris Contributions Map, a new tool on the CAIT Climate Data Explorer for tracking and analyzing intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which are the national climate action plans that will form the basis of a new international climate change agreement, set to be finalized during a high - level climate summit in Paris in DecemContributions Map, a new tool on the CAIT Climate Data Explorer for tracking and analyzing intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which are the national climate action plans that will form the basis of a new international climate change agreement, set to be finalized during a high - level climate summit in Paris in Decemcontributions (INDCs), which are the national climate action plans that will form the basis of a new international climate change agreement, set to be finalized during a high - level climate summit in Paris in December (COP 21).

The end of March brings with it the the first deadline for nations to submit their national climate action plans — or «Intended Nationally - Determined Contributions» to the United Nations — but so far, only Switzerland and the European Union have submitted their plans.

Mexico on Friday became the first developing country to upload its proposed national climate action plan, known as its «Intended Nationally - Determined Contribution» (INDC) to the United Nations web site.

the use of funds pooling at a regional level, determined by reference to a nominal per person Medicare Benefits Sschedule [sic](MBS) / Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) contribution, which takes into account not only the national average costs of MBS / PBS usage by non-Indigenous Australians, but should also be weighted for the higher costs of servicing specific communities and the poorer health status of indigenous Australians;

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,