Sentences with phrase «from action against climate change»

The petitioners consist of environmental activist organizations ranging the alphabet from Action Against Climate Change Liberia to the Zona Especial Indigena de Nicaragua.

Not exact matches

And that campaign, involving all sorts of organizations that have lobbied against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by special interests to attack the science of climate change, to prevent policy action from being taken to deal with the problem.

Ecosystem - based approaches provide an important route to sustainable action and represent a vital insurance policy against irreversible damage from climate change, whereas failure to acknowledge the relationship between climate change and biodiversity and failure to act swiftly and in an integrated manner could undermine efforts for improvements in both areas.

With regard to health specifically, the state's leaders publicly acknowledge the threats of climate change and have committed to taking action against them, even in a conservative state that helped elect a federal administration that sees little, if any, danger from human - caused climate change.

Highlights include a private collection of Vivienne Westwood t - shirts from the designer's early days helping to shape the visuals of 70s punk to her most recent designs advocating action against climate change.

Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and realised in partnership with creative sustainability charity Julie's Bicycle, Ice Watch showcases 80 tonnes of ice from a fjord outside Nuuk, Greenland with the aim of inspiring public action against climate change.

I have to wonder — and I would like to solicit opinions on this from the RC scientists who initiate the posts — why Michael Mann's «Hockey Stick» and he himself are always such scapegoats when these people launch yet another propoganda crusade against actions to counter destructive climate change.

MAJURO, Marshall Islands — A tense opening session of the 44th Pacific Islands Forum has been dominated by appeals from Pacific leaders for «real action» against the threat of rising sea levels associated with climate change.

The deal made by Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama to limit greenhouse gases from those two nations represents the most significant action in the fight against climate change in years.

In truth 10 of its protagonists have either been funded directly by fossil fuel companies, or have received paid employment from lobby groups funded by these companies, which campaign against taking action on climate change (11).

But he has received fees from two groups which lobby against taking action on climate change — Friends of Science and the Natural Resources Stewardship Project — both of which receive major funding from energy companies (12).

The rhetoric emerging from leading Republicans today gives the impression that the party stands against taking action on climate change.

As they tend to do from time to time in an effort to distract from the climate science consensus, a group of scientists who are also climate «skeptics» have published an opinion - editorial (op - ed), trying to make the case against taking action to address climate change.

If you've purchased offsets from terrapass within the last year (we're working on the honor code here), you're invited to put a terrapass badge on your blog or website to show others that you've taken action in the fight against climate change and global warming.

With carbon dioxide levels shooting up to unprecedented levels, it is high time we group together for a concerted action against the huge amounts of climate - change - inducing emissions from fires in Hell.

«Uncertainty» about whether or not something (very costly), which we do (in the «uncertain» attempt to change our climate from an «uncertain» model - generated threat) will have «uncertain» unintended negative consequences, which could be much more severe than the «uncertain» threat we are attempting to mitigate against in the first place, seems to ba a reasonable justification for NOT doing this mitigating action.

«Our results argue strongly against using abnormally large losses from individual Atlantic hurricanes or seasons as either evidence of anthropogenic climate change or to justify actions on greenhouse gas emissions.

Philip Shabecoff I think the time has come to bring charges of crimes against humanity against trump, his satraps, Exxon, all all the others in power who profess not to believe in climate change and who are blocking meaningful action to spare us and our posterity from the worst disasters that inevitably will come.

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.

Again and again proponents of action on climate change have responded to economic arguments against taking action to reduce the threat of climate change by making counter economic arguments such as climate change policies will produce new jobs or reduce adverse economic impacts that will follow from the failure to reduce the threat of climate change.

What distinguishes ethical issues from economic and scientific arguments about climate change is that ethics is about duties, obligations, and responsibilities to others while economic and scientific arguments are usually understood to be about «value - neutral» «facts» which once established have usually been deployed in arguments against action on climate change based upon self - interest.

said,» We head to COP23 as part of Indigenous Environmental Network and with the U.S. People's Delegation to continue the to rise up as Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities against extraction, colonialism and to call for real action from elected leaders who have pledged to address climate change.»

The 2018 Global Climate Summit, held in San Francisco, will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris AgrClimate Summit, held in San Francisco, will bring together leaders from state, tribal, and local governments, business, and citizens from around the world, to demonstrate how the tide has turned in the race against climate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agrclimate change, showcase climate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agrclimate action taking place around the world, and inspire deeper commitments from each other and from national governments — in support of the Paris Agreement.

Dallas Goldtooth of Indigenous Environmental Network, part of the It Takes Roots delegation said,» We head to COP23 as part of Indigenous Environmental Network and with the U.S. People's Delegation to continue the to rise up as Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities against extraction, colonialism and to call for real action from elected leaders who have pledged to address climate change.»

As the 1990s progressed and the rear - guard action against restrictions on smoking faded, The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition started receiving funds from Exxon (among other oil companies) and its «junk science» website began to carry material attacking climate change science.