Sentences with phrase «for meaningful climate action»

At COP23, while the People's Delegation is calling for meaningful climate action, the Trump Administration

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Right across B.C., there are more opportunities for us to take meaningful action against climate change.

The project will also develop opportunities for local residents to participate in stewardship projects and climate literacy discussions that focus on taking meaningful action at home and in their communities.

On the first day of the Copenhagen climate conference, 56 newspapers publishing in 20 languages in 45 countries publish an unprecedented joint editorial calling for meaningful action to face the threat posed by climate change.

The goal five years ago was to build momentum to «seal the deal» on a binding climate treaty — a fruitless task given the divisions among the world's nations — while this conclave was centered on a more modest, but more concrete, achievement — «to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement [notice there's no mention of the word «binding»] in Paris in 2015 and to galvanize transformative action in all countries to reduce emissions and build resilience to the adverse impacts of climate change.»

Dec. 7, 1:11 a.m. Updated below With the latest round of contentious international climate treaty negotiations getting under way in Durban, South Africa, it's worth revisiting what would be required to meet ambitious targets set for greenhouse gases in California, a state that already has pledged meaningful action.

Whereas any efforts to mitigate the risks of, prepare for, or otherwise address our changing climate and its effects should not constrain the United States economy, especially in regards to global competitiveness; and Whereas there is increasing recognition that we can and must take meaningful and responsible action now to address this issue: Now, therefore, be it

For years, there's been a building drumbeat of criticism of the media for failing to tell the climate story «right,» and thus perpetuating public disengagement and, in turn, allowing elected officials to relax and avoid pushing for meaningful actions to blunt greenhouse emissioFor years, there's been a building drumbeat of criticism of the media for failing to tell the climate story «right,» and thus perpetuating public disengagement and, in turn, allowing elected officials to relax and avoid pushing for meaningful actions to blunt greenhouse emissiofor failing to tell the climate story «right,» and thus perpetuating public disengagement and, in turn, allowing elected officials to relax and avoid pushing for meaningful actions to blunt greenhouse emissiofor meaningful actions to blunt greenhouse emissions.

Displaying his trademark doublethink, Bjorn Lomborg's latest op - ed in the Wall Street Journal switches between recognizing the risks of climate change and rejecting the need for meaningful action in the near term.

He switches between recognizing climate change and its risks, to rejecting the need for meaningful action in the near term.

The stakes also are huge for Obama, who has little chance of pushing major climate legislation through a divided Congress but has vowed to take meaningful action against emissions that raise carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

House Democrats pressing for action on climate policy are having to resort to various work - arounds, in a situation where it is difficult even to get a meaningful climate change hearing, and for now impossible to move significant legislation.

This conviction has led her to dedicate her career to achieving meaningful commitments and a global policy framework for climate action, to engaging the private sector to accelerate the industrial transformation, and to inspire civil society to be part of the solution.

In the face of Donald Trump's cabinet nomination of Scott Pruitt, an AG who was part of the backlash against the racketeering persecution of «climate deniers», is Shabecoff actually blissfully unaware that in the legal action he's demanding, the accusation would be cross examined in order to determine whether people accused of denying climate change and deliberately spreading lies and misinformation for the purpose of criminally blocking meaningful action... actually undertook exactly that action??

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

When it comes to COP21, we are hopeful that an agreement will be reached for meaningful action to address the risks surrounding climate change.

For these negotiations to be successful, countries must address many thorny issues to catalyze climate action that is meaningful, and lasts into the future.

(a) state the country endorses the Framework for the Coalition (b) state the country endorses meaningful action to reduce short - lived climate pollutants (c) identify particular areas of interest related to short - lived climate pollutants and any specific actions taken or planned to address near term climate change, and (d) identify a primary point of contact, with name, title and email address for communication.

There's a meaningful dialogue to be had on climate change, one that focuses on collaborative actions and the search for solutions.

Since the Call to Action run by the initiative started just 18 months ago, it has grown by an average of more than 2 commitments per week: setting the standard for meaningful corporate climate action that is sufficiently ambitious to help keep global warming well below 2 deAction run by the initiative started just 18 months ago, it has grown by an average of more than 2 commitments per week: setting the standard for meaningful corporate climate action that is sufficiently ambitious to help keep global warming well below 2 deaction that is sufficiently ambitious to help keep global warming well below 2 degrees.

In the face of serious and escalating climate change risks — devastating wildfires, water shortages, flooding catastrophes, sea level rise, ocean acidification — 2018 is the year for meaningful action that moves Washington forward.

While some supporters applauded the negotiations as the first time all nations have agreed to reduce carbon emissions, the general consensus suggests that Lima was yet another missed opportunity for meaningful action to be taken on addressing climate change.

Susann Scherbarth, climate campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe, said: «G7 countries have signalled their agreement on the importance of tackling climate change eventually, but haven't announced any meaningful action.

Surfrider calls upon all elected officials in the U.S. to hold the Administration accountable for taking meaningful action on climate - both through federal policies and displaying international leadership.

Community matters when we are looking for responses to peak oil and climate change because of the power that emerges from working together and creating meaningful change through shared action.

We here at NWEI are proud to stand with Oregon Environmental Council and Climate Solutions in signing our support for meaningful action on climate change and a commitment to start that action right here in Climate Solutions in signing our support for meaningful action on climate change and a commitment to start that action right here in climate change and a commitment to start that action right here in Oregon.

By the time that climate change has progressed sufficiently to make them sit up and take notice, it will be far to late for meaningful action to stop the onrushing train.

Duke Energy is a member of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which has been criticized for including member companies that actually worked to derail meaningful climate legisClimate Action Partnership, which has been criticized for including member companies that actually worked to derail meaningful climate legisclimate legislation.

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If the public is fully informed of the magnitude of the existing consensus in the scientific community, if the public is informed of how our modification of the atmosphere is effecting the climate, if the public learn of the magnitude of the effect those changes will have on the common wealth of the entire world, which I expect he would admit is necessarily going to be quite negative, and if the public are then presented with the choice of voting for a government which would take substantial meaningful action, does he suppose that the reaction would then be to do nothing?

Just one week before election day, we made powerful and urgent calls for New York's elected officials — at all levels — to take swift and meaningful action on climate.

Blocking any meaningful agreement, ignoring their mitigation obligations, advocating for market based approaches - which are all false solutions, just as having the private sector lead the charge against climate change -, and blackmailing other less vocal delegations are just some of the actions that clearly indicate their priorities and whose interests these governments represent.