Sentences with phrase «fund climate efforts»

Not exact matches

And, Bradshaw noted, much of the improvement coincides with the Obama administration's efforts to fund research and use its, ahem, bully pulpit to improve school climate.

In 2011, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo created ten Regional Economic Development Councils (REDC) and the Consolidated Funding Application (CFA) to advance the administration's efforts to improve New York's business climate and expand economic growth.

He has been a lifelong volunteer for causes he believes in, including conducting climate change science field research with the Harvard Department of Forestry in Southern Africa, working on get - out - the - vote efforts for John Kerry, Barack Obama and Zephyr Teachout, building agricultural databases for USAID funded international projects all over the world, and providing technical assistance to schools in Senegal (for which he was awarded the President's Volunteer Service Award by the Obama administration).

In the amicus brief, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund sides with the university arguing that E&E Legal Institute's efforts «are part of a broader trend of harassment that threatens the core of the scientific endeavor.»

Earth - Sun System ($ 2.21 billion) funds efforts to understand Earth's weather and its changing climate.

The issue of curbing deforestation was a rare area of consensus at the climate summit in December in Copenhagen, Denmark, with six countries — the United States, Norway, Japan, Britain, France and Australia — signing on to pay $ 3.5 billion to fund the REDD + deforestation effort over three years.

While several organizations like the World Bank, European agencies, nonprofit agencies and USAID have commissioned studies, experts yesterday acknowledged that no one has emerged with a systematic approach to understanding local climate change adaptation efforts or using them to inform the work of the multibillion - dollar Green Climatclimate change adaptation efforts or using them to inform the work of the multibillion - dollar Green ClimateClimate Fund.

Culberson initially supported Smith's efforts to designate funding for each research directorate (rather than only for the entire research account), and to disfavor the social sciences and climate research.

What proved possible included an extension of the Kyoto Protocol for a period of either five or seven years (excluding Canada, Japan and Russia but adding nitrogen trifluoride, used in semiconductor manufacture, to the list of gases covered — CO2, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, perfluorocarbons), a Green Climate Fund to help low - income countries cope (albeit without any actual funds yet), an Adaptation Committee to coordinate such efforts globally, rules for a global program to reduce deforestation and how to monitor such deforestation, and a Climate Technology Center that will help launch projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

«We are exploring how climate change funding could be used to support our active efforts to keep deforestation rates low because intact forest ecosystems in Niassa support its outstanding and unique wildlife populations,» he said.

Since then, it has declined sharply and reached a plateau around $ 3 billion to $ 4 billion a year — a tiny fraction of the roughly $ 100 billion of total public research and development funding in the U.S. Public support for energy research is now inching up, but the effort falls short of that needed to tackle the climate challenge.

It's a given that an organized and well - funded campaign has led efforts to confuse the public regarding the consensus around anthropogenic climate change.

Fifteen months ago, academic climate scientists expressed worries that a new climate model sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was going to harm existing modeling efforts, siphoning off talent and funding when federally funded science is short on both.

President Barack Obama on Friday will announce a $ 3 billion U.S. contribution to the green climate fund, an international effort to help poor countries cope with the effects of climate change, according to an administration official.

«Global efforts to stay well below 2 degrees [Celsius of warming], and especially 1.5 degrees, will be severely compromised if international aviation and shipping emissions continue to increase,» Mark Lutes, senior global climate policy adviser at the World Wide Fund for Nature's global climate and energy initiative, said by email.

Funding obstacles for climate research Bailenson hopes to move more into the climate change arena, though so far he hasn't won funding for that Funding obstacles for climate research Bailenson hopes to move more into the climate change arena, though so far he hasn't won funding for that funding for that effort.

It contained information about their funders and the Institute's apparent efforts to muddy public understanding about climate science and policy.

I'm working to build the organization's Climate Change Adaptation Program across the Americas and helping manage The Climate Adaptation Fund, which supports on - the - ground adaptation efforts.

From a policy standpoint, the adoption of SEL standards, funding for teacher professional development, and the incorporation of school climate into measures of accountability are all potential levers (among many) to support empowerment efforts.

As part of today's efforts, students, parents, and organizational leaders will be meeting with California legislators to ensure that they stand by and support LCFF with more resources and funding, especially to further invest in school climate measures, including the annual surveys.

But the catch is that many of these efforts depend on congressional funding, which is highly questionable in the current economic climate.

Vulcan Inc. will lead the effort to bring in other philanthropists to provide additional funding to support the climate and electrification efforts of all seven cities, and beyond.

For more information about the grant's guidelines and requirements, visit the foundation's website http://www.rauschenbergfoundation.org/grants/art-grants/art-environment The Climate Change Solutions Fund is designed to expand the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's current efforts in its Art + Environment program.

The Climate Change Solutions Fund is designed to expand the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation's current efforts in its Art + Environment program.

It is absolutely a fair argument to say that individuals who knowingly funded dishonest efforts to confuse the public about the climate change threat are participating in what might reasonably be defined as crimes against humanity.

«Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine» shows how the Kansas - based has spent nearly $ 25 million between 2005 and 2008 funding, what Greenpeace calls a a climate denial «echo chamber» and become the «financial kingpin in efforts to undermine climate sFunding the Climate Denial Machine» shows how the Kansas - based has spent nearly $ 25 million between 2005 and 2008 funding, what Greenpeace calls a a climate denial «echo chamber» and become the «financial kingpin in efforts to undermine climate sClimate Denial Machine» shows how the Kansas - based has spent nearly $ 25 million between 2005 and 2008 funding, what Greenpeace calls a a climate denial «echo chamber» and become the «financial kingpin in efforts to undermine climate sfunding, what Greenpeace calls a a climate denial «echo chamber» and become the «financial kingpin in efforts to undermine climate sclimate denial «echo chamber» and become the «financial kingpin in efforts to undermine climate sclimate science.

Because Climate Feedback is a step in the right direction, I chipped in a very modest contribution to their crowd - funding effort.

My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts — often anonymous, well - funded, and coordinated — to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved.

By incorporating more calculated, thoughtful, comprehensive and proactive efforts to take climate - related issues into account before projects are permitted or funded using taxpayer money, state and local governments can play a critically important role in protecting communities.

So that's a good development, but what saddens me is the fact that he spent millions of dollars of Virginia taxpayer money and forced the University of Virginia to come up with significant funds themselves, wasted on this witch hunt, wasted on this personal vendetta, this effort that he was using to try to discredit climate science, to do the bidding of the fossil fuel interests that fund his campaigns.

[24] Odwyer's Magazine describes Exxon's efforts as misleading: «ExxonMobil, absurdly praised in August by Forbes as «green company of the year,» was discovered the same month by the New York Times to have given major funding to industry groups like the now - defunct Global Climate Coalition, an organization that had silenced its own scientific reports and falsified information for more than a decade.»

The company continues to fund politicians who deny climate change and to fight any efforts to hold it accountable.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an effort to call attention to the detrimental effects of industry - funded, so - called «research» in the debate on global climate change, Senators John (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D - WV) and Olympia Snowe (R - ME) today called on the world's largest oil company to end its funding of a climate change denial campaign.

They might slash funding to the U.N.'s climate efforts, a symbolic gesture of the United States» reluctance to lead in the upcoming international climate negotiations.

Last September, Inside Climate News revealed that ExxonMobil knew about the impacts of manmade climate change in the 1970s» and «80s yet went on to fund numerous climate denial eClimate News revealed that ExxonMobil knew about the impacts of manmade climate change in the 1970s» and «80s yet went on to fund numerous climate denial eclimate change in the 1970s» and «80s yet went on to fund numerous climate denial eclimate denial efforts.

Exxon's principal investment in clean energy research appears to be support of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University, which the company describes as the «largest - ever privately funded research effort in low - greenhouse - gas energy.»

Thanks to these efforts, billions of dollars have been put into the Climate Change Fund to help implement the many changes that are needed to prevent climate change from continuing at such an alarminClimate Change Fund to help implement the many changes that are needed to prevent climate change from continuing at such an alarminclimate change from continuing at such an alarming rate.

Not Just the Koch Brothers: New Drexel Study Reveals Funders Behind the Climate Change Denial Effort

Senate Democrats led by Rhode Island's Sheldon Whitehouse wrote ExxonMobil's chief executive Rex Tillerson last week asking if the company sent donations to a financial clearinghouse that backed climate denial efforts after the oil giant said it had stopped directly funding such groups.

The Union (Industry) Super Funds — controlled by the likes of former Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet and his best mate Garry Weaven of Pac Hydro fame — into which hundreds of $ billions of union members» money is siphoned — have thrown $ billions at wind power outfits (see our post here) in an effort to cash in the greatest wealth transfer in the history of the Commonwealth (see our post here).

Research effort and funding has focused on understanding human causes of climate change.

The World Bank's Climate Investment Funds and the new Green Climate Fund are both designed to support countries in such efforts.

Rather I uphold the effort to rein back the waste of funds on foolish attempts to control climate.

As I detailed in last year's Climate Shift report, Robertson, who has a net worth of $ 2.2 billion, gave the Environmental Defense Fund more than $ 40 million between 2005 and 2009 to support the group's efforts to pass cap and trade legislation, accounting for almost one - third of the $ 144 million that EDF spent on climate change during the Climate Shift report, Robertson, who has a net worth of $ 2.2 billion, gave the Environmental Defense Fund more than $ 40 million between 2005 and 2009 to support the group's efforts to pass cap and trade legislation, accounting for almost one - third of the $ 144 million that EDF spent on climate change during the climate change during the period.

The Washington Times also happens to be closely tied to ALEC — a Koch Brothers - funded organization that promotes climate change denialism and subverts efforts to incentivize renewable energy.

This video comes out at a time where the Koch brothers are receiving increased scrutiny for their role in funding and orchestrating the climate denial movement and other efforts to block societal progress.

This activity report provides an overview of country - led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA)climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA)Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) funds.

While he said he was working for the plaintiffs pro-bono, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, which has admitted to funding efforts to investigate and bring charges against the oil and gas industry, had very recently given a $ 200,000 grant to the Niskanen Center in February 2018 «for its climate program.»

They also adopted a range of decisions designed to implement the 2010 Cancun Agreements, including launching a new Green Climate Fund and developing stronger requirements for the reporting and review of countries» mitigation efforts.

(Sec. 479) Requires each state to prepare a natural resources adaptation plan detailing the state's current and projected efforts to address the potential impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources and coastal areas in order to be eligible for funds under this subpart.