Sentences with phrase «forward on climate change policy»

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On 29 October, 2015, a daylong symposium will review what scientific research has revealed about climate change over the past 50 years, and offer a forward - looking assessment of the range of scientific, technological, communication, and policy options for the future.

The wedge / identity politics success is probably largely to blame for the inability of the US to move forward consistently (or at all) on important public policy — global leadership on climate change or national gun control policy come to mind, right off the top.

There is, however, a point to be made about exercising caution when evaluating the forward - looking output of a computer model, particularly when those models are used to advocate policy changes on the assumption that the computer model accurately simulates the earth's climate, and more particularly when there is no demonstrable track record of the predictive accuracy of the model.

There are currently four carbon tax bills in front of the state legislature which, if passed, would demonstrate leadership on climate change policy while offering a path forward for creating the revenue required to rewrite the state's biennial budget.

«There have also been a lot of progressive EU policies on climate change and the environment,» she added, describing the EU recast energy performance of buildings directive, which is mandating the nearly zero energy standard for all new buildings from 2021, as «extremely forward looking».

I have been an avid reader of the analysis here and I am looking forward to contributing to the important policy discussions that Andrew, Robert and others routinely engage in on energy, climate change and security policy.

California can not solve climate change on its own, but its forward - thinking policies set an example that other states and countries can emulate.

Effectively communicating the scientific consensus can also help move the issue of climate change forward on the public policy agenda [6][15][20][24 — 25].

But no sooner had the president's stimulus program demonstrated that a new way forward on climate change and energy might be possible, then the new administration relinquished its climate change and energy policy to the partisans of the past.

Although Canadians have made some commitments to combat climate change (e.g., their ratification of the Kyoto Protocol and Alberta's greenhouse gas emissions legislation), industry interests pushing forward on extraction are dominating climate concerns and leaving Alberta's regulators struggling to successfully implement their policies.

The resolution called for one panel discussion on identifying challenges and ways forward towards the realization of all human rights for all, including the right to development, in particular those in vulnerable situations, as well as the measures and best practices to promote and protect human rights that can be adopted by States in addressing the adverse effects of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, and another panel discussion on how climate change has had an adverse impact on States» efforts to progressively realize the right to food, and policies, lessons learned and good practices.