Sentences with phrase «discussions about climate policies»

Although the rich world's energy poor are largely forgotten in discussions about climate policies, they bear an unfair burden for well - meaning proposals.

Discussions about climate policy and related issues can be posted here, along with the usual things.

Indeed, the discussions about climate policy among economists have begun to take on a similar surreal quality to those that have characterized policy discussions at the U.N.'s climate confabs.

Brian assured him that we want this to be an ongoing conversation and discussion about climate policy and CCL.

Not exact matches

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate change.

As discussions about global climate change take place in both the scientific sector and the policy realm, Enzo Sauma is in a good position to bridge the two worlds.

They were provided with unbiased information about climate change and energy and about the international discussions on policy measures to handle these issues.

For many years, there has been a great deal of discussion about carbon - pricing — whether carbon taxes or cap - and - trade — as an essential part of a meaningful national climate policy.

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills

So, I think the discussion about how public policy on things like climate change should be crafted to also address broader or additional social ills, like income / wealth inequality, or institutionalized oppression of almost any sort....

But I think the discussion right now is about people realizing that geo - engineering is one of the many solutions that we have to take a look at, and that at very low cost it could provide us with a bridge of a couple of decades and an insurance policy against unlikely catastrophic climate change.

If, indeed, climate scientists predicted a coming ice age, it is worthwhile to take the next step and understand why they thought this, and what relevance it might have to today's science - politics - policy discussions about climate change.

We said at the time that we had discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.

Stern has now offered a reaction to the discussion last week of Princeton researcher Robert Socolow's call for a fresh approach to climate policy that acknowledges «the news about climate change is unwelcome, that today's climate science is incomplete, and that every «solution» carries risk.»

This year's seminar also promises a «lively panel discussion about efforts to develop a national strategy to address one of the most complex policy issues of our time: climate change.»

Last Tuesday's debate featured extensive discussions about climate change policy, a first for a presidential candidate debate of any stripe.

Goreham's session was summarized in the NEPPA conference material as offering «a discussion about energy, electricity and modern society, with common sense about climate change, public policy, and implications for the power industry.»

It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse gas emissions and the environment, it also has inhibited the scientific and policy discussions that we need to have about our climate future.»

If someone argues that all or even the majority of people who are «alarmed» about climate change — and consider carbon taxes as a potentially viable policy — are Marxist in their intentions, then I see little room for discussion.

We need open discussion about the pros and cons of all options for climate policy.

The site could be improved if it included a reference to the IPCC discussion in Chapters 3 and 4 of Working Group III's recent report which, among other things, identifies ethical limitations of economic arguments about climate policies and only a limited number of considerations that should be considered in determining what equity means.

In 1996 I defined the turning point of the discussion about climate science (the point where we could actually start talking about policy) as the date when the Wall Street Journal would acknowledge the indisputable and apparent fact of anthropogenic climate change; the year in which it would simply be ridiculous to deny it.

It is sure to add to a robust and healthy nationwide discussion about what are the best policies to reduce carbon and prevent the worst impacts from climate change.

UPDATED Sept. 5 I encourage anyone interested in climate change science and policy to explore the rich discussion below about geoengineering, in this case mainly focused on managing incoming solar radiation to counter CO2 - driven global warming — particularly in the context of the long (and building) commitment to warming already baked into the climate system.

Houston, Texas (CCNF) July 11, 2015 — Already a trusted source for citizens and educators wanting to hear what real climate scientists have to say about climate change, CCNF has now opened up its online forum to an ongoing discussion on values and begun hosting a bipartisan debate on climate policy -LSB-...]

For its part, the Democratic national platform fails to provide any detail about the science in its discussion of climate policy.

Whereas he was saying that the public are too vulnerable to be exposed to discussions about uncertainty in scientific debates with implications for policy, the Guardian journalist — as is Guardian journalists» want — read it as a message that there was no uncertainty or controversy in climate science.

On the BBC program Sunday Politics, Andrew Neil hosted UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey for a discussion about climate science and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey for a discussion about climate science and climate science and policy.

Today McKibben dropped by KQED for a discussion on Forum with entrepreneur and fellow environmentalist Paul Hawken about the fight for a coherent national climate policy.

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