Sentences with phrase «environmental ministers»

But seriously some of the best environmental ministers have come from the right not the left.

There seemed to be a hopeful change during the Lula Administration (2003 - 2011) as Environmental Minister Marina Silva and her colleagues put in place a new policy architecture of protected areas and sustainable development, and her successor Carlos Minc instituted a «shock - and - awe» campaign of aggressive enforcement of the Forest Code which resulted, along with mega-economic trends such as the 2008 crash, in dramatically reduced rates of new deforestation.

Last Friday, the Obama administration ended another round of the Major Economies Forum with environmental ministers from 17 countries that have the world's largest volume of greenhouse gas emissions.

The measure «would drastically harm Amazonas,» former environmental minister Marina Silva told the daily Brazil news source O Globo.

On the other hand, as the preliminary Bangkok talks wound down a week ago, India environmental minister Jairam Ramesh tried to dampen the «exaggerated expectations» for the upcoming December conference.

After a series of disputes with government officials and business leaders, who saw her as an impediment to development in the Amazon, Silva submitted her resignation from the position of Environmental Minister in 2008.

France's environmental minister Nicolas Hulot announced Thursday the country would end «the sale of all petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040.»

As for our international efforts, as you may know, the U.S. is pleased to have put forth a resolution on the topic of food waste, to build awareness among environmental ministers and encourage action that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of dealing with uneaten food.

A potential EU directive would not come into effect for some time, and environmental minister David Heath told the Commons yesterday that the government was not aware of any plans to bring in a ruling.

«We have missed our 2010 biodiversity target, obviously,» European Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik told a meeting of environmental ministers at which the European Union set out a new plan to protect animal and plant species.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry — who was often the lone member of Congress to attend U.N. climate talks — will assume the chairmanship from Leona Aglukkaq, the Canadian environmental minister whose tenure at the council's helm has prioritized economic expansion (ClimateWire, Oct. 20, 2014).

Carlos Minc — who was named Environmental Minister after the tough Marina Silva resigned — said there will be an aggressive program to restore native forests and stronger measures against illegal wood.

The poaching of rhinos in South Africa has increased by more than three rhinos a week on average since Environmental Minister Edna Molewa called for...

It kicked off in Nairobi from the 23rd - 27th of June, 2014 - a lofty affair, attracting environmental ministers from over 180 countries, plus officials from governments and public bodies, economists and others to talk about saving the planet.

Even as EPA chief Scott Pruitt ditched the end of the G7 environmental ministers» summit and abstained from their climate communiqué, President Trump's desire to leave the Paris agreement was stalled by the terms of the accord, which bars any countries from exiting until 2020.

In doing so he has won the ongoing clash with his own environmental minister Barbara Hendricks over -LSB-...]

The nation's Environmental Minister describes the progress as «fantastic.»

«Sustainability is made of little changes to our lifestyle that don't cost us anything and can save the planet,» said Stefania Prestigiacomo, Italian Environmental Minister, as she confirmed that a ban on non-biodegradable, single - use plastic bags will take effect on 1 January 2011, for all of Italy.

«This has been step in the right direction in the management of deforestation in this country,» said Brazilian Environmental Minister Izabela Teixeira.

The city's Environmental Minister told Página 12 that the law is «philosophically correct,» but that the periods of time established could be discussed, and mentioned the actions the city is doing to implement it.

Guthmundur Ingi Guthbrandsson, Iceland's new Yale University - educated environmental minister, is urging caution.

But some political sectors blame environmental Minister Ana Lya Uriarte for the failure in this fight.

If the global population lived like citizens of North Rhine - Westphalia (NRW), we would need 3.3 Earths, according to a report presented by the German state's environmental minister in a press conference in Düsseldorf in December.

«We don't want animals in captivity or enclosed in any way,» says Costa Rica's Environmental Minister.

That was the gist of a report also made yesterday to the country's top legislature by the country's environmental minister.

The first week of the talks was marred by poor attendance from environmental ministers, who are expected to revise current ambitions and focus on contributions to the Kyoto agreement — as well as discuss new post-2020 climate commitments, expected to be agreed in Paris in 2015.

(05/14/2008) Marina Silva, Brazil's environmental minister, resigned Tuesday after losing several key battles in her fight to rein in destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

As the environmental ministers of the Arctic nations, including the United States, meet in Sweden next week, they have an opportunity to show leadership on an important though less well - known climate pollutant, black carbon (soot).

And the environmental minister of the city, Juan Pablo Piccardo, declined the possibility of trash incineration, which had been studied a few months ago but that is forbidden by law.

For his Environmental Minister, Lula selected another ambitious social activist and staunch environmentalist, Marina Silva.

When fellow Worker's Party member Lula was elected president in 2003, he appointed Silva as his Environmental Minister, a position she held until 2008.

:: Via La Nacion newspaper.According to La Nacion, the pollution matter is causing political moves towards Chile's environmental Minister.

Even though Norway hasn't specifically outlined its plans to achieve the cuts — the environmental minister only noted that the nation will become «a pioneer country when it comes to environmental policy,» and will invest more heavily in renewables — the nation's willingness to make binding cuts is rightfully an inspiration to the international community.

«The American president shuts his eyes to the economic and human damage that the failure to protect the climate inflicts on his country and the world through natural catastrophes like Katrina,» Germany's environmental minister, Jurgen Trittin, wrote in an opinion piece printed Aug. 30 in the Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper.