Two additional working groups,
which focus on climate change impacts and responses, will release their reports early next year, followed by a synthesis volume.
While changes associated with a transition to a lower - carbon economy present significant risk, they also create significant opportunities for
organizations focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation solutions.
Although voluntary, the pressure on companies to begin reporting on these measures will be strong, given the now global
focus on climate change from governments and consumers alike.
In embracing government intervention and public planning strategy it has so far been one of a few exceptions to the general pattern of failure to
focus on climate change preparedness.
Adis Dzebo works at SEI Stockholm as a Research Fellow with a research
focus on climate change adaptation and mitigation, centered around the governance of global climate funds and the UN climate change regime.
He joined us last year as the Green Man on the Street for 24 Hours of Reality and has founded the Ian Somerhalder Foundation, which
focuses on climate change as well as animal rights.
Each air lawyer at Bick Law is cognizant of the difficult challenges businesses face in connection with the Clean Air Act and other federal and state regulatory schemes and we work to manage and mitigate the potential risks and costs associated with these programs, including new and emerging
programs focusing on climate change impacts and emerging renewable energy and clean energy goals.
Recent favorable developments in wave energy due to the
increased focus on climate change include, technological developments in Scotland, Australia, Denmark and the USA, and a high potential for energy supply - wave energy could provide 10 % of the current world electricity supply (if appropriately harnessed)- and the potential synergies with the offshore oil and gas industry could be significant.
All will be
scientists focused on climate change, while future cohorts will represent other fields of scientific inquiry, particularly those at the intersection of science and society and with a record of scholarship related to communication.
Formerly known as «Eco-Cell at St. John's,» the group has grown over the past five years to include a core group of 12 along with a wider involved community of 40 members who organize meetings, community events and maintain an email
list focused on climate change and other environmental issues.
According to a study published this year by Climate Central, a non-partisan organization of scientists and journalists
who focus on climate change, nearly half of Galveston's homes face a yearly risk of flooding by the end of the century if heat - trapping emissions continue to be spewed at the current rate.
When he was appointed to the post, to which he was confirmed by the United States Senate, Pataki announced he was planning
on focusing on climate change and terrorism issues while at the UN.
Under the rubric of «buttressing sustainability,» the Turkish presidency has placed development at the center of its G - 20 agenda, with a special
focus on climate change finance.
Having signed the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, European governments were also
more focused on climate change and the reduction of greenhouse gases, especially CO2.
Since ending his tenure as mayor in 2013, Bloomberg has been an environmental
activist focused on climate change, and this has made him consider business strategy in its relation to society.
Instead of focusing on concerns about hedge funds, fluctuating currencies and better transparency in financial dealings, the world's eight wealthiest nations are putting their
full focus on climate change and watching to see if a new spat between the U.S. and Russia could develop into another cold war.
In response to albeit leading questions posed to many of the integral players in the company who were on hand for the premiere of General Magic,
most focused on climate change and lack of diversity in tech (not of the ideological kind) as major problems.
Electrification of vehicles is strongly supported by governments around the world due to the increasing political and
consumer focus on climate change and energy security.
Both studies — along with 30 others — were released as part of a special issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological
Society focused on climate change attribution.
Green Cross Sri Lanka's version of the Green Lane
Diary focuses on climate change and water conservation, as well as how to protect the environment from tsunami damage.