«I was involved as a premier in the European trade discussions and one of the big issues for Europe was procurement
for subnational governments.
Some leaders are skeptical about the potential
for subnational governments to lead the way on climate and energy, however.
For anyone who's has the time, there's the full report (Science Policy: Considerations
for Subnational Governments report) and its recommendations on gender and diversity, researcher mobility, alignment with federal support and programmes, science advice and evidence - based policy, and more.
Not exact matches
While US federal cooperation on regulating greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely in the short term, there are quite a few opportunities
for subnational US and Canadian
governments as well as the Mexican
government to explore harmonization.
A methodical next step
for governments — at the
subnational, national, regional and international level — is to set long - term decarbonization pathways
for aviation that are compatible with the Paris Agreement and a roadmap to adhere to these pathways.
From a scientific, economic and political perspective, REDD is a very complicated business that ratcheted up demand
for the Rapid Response Team because many
governments with critical and intact forest are now pursuing national or
subnational level policies
for REDD, often without the necessary tools, time and capacity.
the responsibility of not only nations but
subnational governments, entities, organizations, and individuals
for climate change,
For those Parties that have
subnational governments, the applicable laws, regulations, procedures, and policies include those of their
subnational governments.»
As the coordinating partner of the Sustainable Energy
for All Building Efficiency Accelerator, we work directly with
subnational governments to help them implement policies and projects to both improve buildings and save energy in their communities.
We emphasized the Global Action Framework
for Localizing Climate Finance as a key mechanism to mobilize actors and catalyze new financial standards, channels and coordination to the benefit of local and
subnational governments.
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.
By 2017: We are calling
for structured dialogues between local and
subnational governments, the urban resilience community and national and international partners through global processes.
Global Campaign
for Localizing Climate Finance: With leadership from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the Global Campaign
for Localizing Climate Finance will push
for climate finance to reach local and
subnational governments and look
for ways to connect local action to the NDC Funding and Initiatives Navigator, a searchable database of financial and technical assistance programs that support implementation of national plans.
I have also witnessed pats on the back
for such initiatives as more legal aid money (from a cash - strapped
government carrying the largest
subnational debt in the Known Universe), more pamphlets, more e-filing, the re-purposing of the Shirley Dennison legacy to pay
for an award
for people who enhance A2J each year, and encouraging our First Nations people to make more use of (very useful) circles of healing.