Sentences with phrase «forward on climate policy»

Full Report Overview The best way to move forward on climate policy is to not focus on climate at all.

After a banner week of international summits, a great leap forward on climate policy has yet to materialize, and some players are expressing a growing frustration.

I'll be writing more today on lessons from the Senate climate debate and other competing approaches to moving forward on climate policy in a way that the atmosphere might notice someday.

(When I discussed climate and energy with former President Bill Clinton awhile back, he made it clear that moving forward on climate policy involves overcoming obstacles in both parties.

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Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to today's federal carbon pricing discussion paper: «This proposal is a big step forward on a key climate commitment, and the approach Ottawa has chosen is a promising one.

«With the U.S. Senate's recent failure to act on comprehensive energy and climate legislation, we need strong environmental leaders at the state level to move the ball forward on new energy policies that will put America on the path to a clean energy future.»

Under Obama the CEQ is moving forward with plans formulated during his predecessor's tenure for a U.S. policy on oceans — from newly protected areas to reconciling competing authorities and laws — along with continuing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate as a way to address global greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

The Collaboratorium, a creation of the Center for Collective Intelligence, is trying to establish a template for meaningful, concrete, forward - moving discourse on climate, energy, and policy.

With Republicans controlling the House, with stasists on energy and climate policy looking forward to a couple of years in which they are likely to get their way, I thought it worthwhile starting the year by exploring a couple of questions.

The «climate pragmatists,» such as Victor, Stern, and myself, argue that the point of Australian climate policy is not to solve the global climate problem, or to solve the problem of emissions from international trade, but rather to achieve politically feasible forward progress on domestic climate policy that can help set the foundation for future global policy (which as you and Victor have pointed out is the only way to deal with leakage, including coal exports).

As Republicans take control of the House, as stasists on energy and climate policy look forward to at least a couple of years in which they will probably get their way, I'd like to raise a question or two.

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».

This is why forward - looking companies are actively ensuring their policy engagement on key climate issues is aligned, transparent, and consistent.

That While the U.S. was taking a gigantic step backwards with federal climate policy with the election of Donald Trump as President, Trudeau's announcement showed Canada had taken a big step forward on climate action.

Instead of trying to lobby U.S. members of Congress to do something or anything on climate policy, Canadian CCL volunteers were applauding the Trudeau government for taking a step forward.

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.

To achieve this, The Nature Conservancy is investing $ 3 million to help chart a viable path forward: helping unite a coalition behind a winning statewide climate policy — via the Legislature or a ballot initiative — that puts a price on carbon in order to reduce carbon emissions, support clean energy, help industries in transition, and generate revenue which can be used to reduce the fire risk, flooding and drought.

I'll look forward to hearing more about what CarbonWA does in the future, and I'll keep holding out hope that my home state can lead the way on good climate policy.

The report lays out the main developments in environmental and climate policy in Serbia, analyses challenges and provides recommendations on how to move forward.

Despite what you hear about the current political climate, ocean policy is moving forward on Capitol Hill — with bipartisan support.

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.

It should continue to develop innovative technology and ever more forward - thinking policies on climate.

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.

Dear Friend, Despite what you hear about the current political climate, ocean policy is moving forward on Capitol Hill — with bipartisan support.

Washington state, like the entire West Coast, is a leader on forward - thinking climate policy with legislative targets for emission reductions, a greenhouse gas inventory of major emitters, and a Clean Air Rule adopted by the Inslee Administration.

Despite what's shaping up to be a summer of uncertainty in DC, with President Trump's EPA attempting to dismantle a generation's worth of science - backed environmental protection and climate progress, momentum is building in Washington state to move forward on innovative climate policy.

Ebell: «Yes, I do, and I think that the campaign that we've just witnessed in the United States is interesting because it's the first presidential campaign that we've had where both candidates, Secretary Clinton and Mr. Trump, campaigned on climate policy and on energy policy and put forward very different views.

In a study released just hours before President Obama's speech, the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE), CalCEF and the Climate Policy Initiative highlighted the interplay between state and federal policy, but also showcased how moves by states — including aggressive renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and green banks — are pushing renewable investment foPolicy Initiative highlighted the interplay between state and federal policy, but also showcased how moves by states — including aggressive renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and green banks — are pushing renewable investment fopolicy, but also showcased how moves by states — including aggressive renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and green banks — are pushing renewable investment forward.

«If France really wants to remain the guardian of the Paris Agreement,» added Lucille Dufour, policy adviser for Reseau Action Climate in France, «it must bring forth all of its political weight to drive forward progress on key issues like adaptation and loss - and - damage.»

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.