Sentences with phrase «global action»

In terms of real hopes for global action on climate change, we are now far behind where we were in 1997, or even 1992.

He was the first executive of a major auto company to call for global action on the threat, more than 15 years ago.

Meanwhile, the success of global action on climate change will depend on the development path taken by all countries.

Today marks an historic turning point in global action on climate change.

There should be coordinated global action to support developing and emerging economies already choosing to use coal to do so with the lowest possible emissions profile.

«This is a global problem, it can not be solved without global action» - that sort of thing.

Only urgent global action on climate change can halt that.

When asked why they did not want to proceed, 34 % of them stated that they only wanted to proceed if global action was taken.

We believe climate change is an urgent issue that demands global action.

How could we empower them to participate in the refugee issue with their little global actions?

There was a top - down approach with the notion that an international agreement could be reached that would drive global action within a single framework.

Such global action, however, depends on national governments, whose first responsibility is to their own people and well - being.

To think of reversing global action on warming seems very like opening the stable doors again after you got one horse to return home.

There was a similar 15 - point gender difference in the desire to proceed on climate policy irrespective of global action.

UNESCO and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO are jointly organizing this Week for Peace and Sustainable Development which present the unique opportunity to bring together two important events organized back - to - back with sessions open to all participants: • Review Forum for the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on ESD: implementation and innovation • Third UNESCO Forum on Global Citizenship Education (GCED): the Role of Teachers

Global actions require local and national participation.

1 Spotlight on infant formula: coordinated global action needed, Lancet Breastfeeding Series.

The fossil fuel industry was deeply «unsettled» by comments from energy secretary Ed Davey raising the prospect that their assets could be rendered worthless by global action on climate change, according to a letter of protest sent to the secretary of state.

«Stemming the Tide of Plastic Marine Litter: A Global Action Agenda,» the Emmett Center's most recent Pritzker Environmental Law and Policy Brief, documents the devastating effects of plastic marine litter, detailing how plastic forms a large portion of our waste stream and typically does not biodegrade in marine environments.

Canada has dropped any remaining pretences of supporting global action on climate change by urging other countries to follow Australia's example in gutting its climate plan.

The strategy contributes toward global action on reducing food waste by aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 12 — ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns — in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

This December will be the 21st year that the COP (the Conference of Parties) has met, in which governments from around the world meet at UN talks with the mandate of working towards global action to combat climate change.

If we want to save anything, proactive and efficient conservation efforts but, above all, coordinated global action against global warming should start now.»

COP18 / CMP8 entered the crucial phase of climate change negotiations on Day 9 with world leaders issuing a clarion call for urgent global action at the opening of the High Level Segment of the conference.

It's been a busy year for global action star Liam Neeson who delivers a riveting performance in his new suspense thriller, «A Walk Among the Tombstones,» his fifth major film to hit theaters in 2014.

I encourage you to consider Victor's defense in the context of «A Blueprint to End Paralysis Over Global Action on Climate,» an invaluable policy - oriented essay by former senators Timothy E. Wirth and Thomas A. Daschle in Yale Environment 360.

Global Action Framework towards Localizing Climate Finance: This framework aims to create a systematic way to define and finance local and subnational climate strategies.

On the international stage, Vice President Gore has played a crucial role in promoting global action on the climate crisis.

The company chairman would later mock climate models as unreliable while he campaigned to stop global action to reduce fossil fuel emissions.

Governments also have addressed harmful drinking as one of the risk factors for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through instruments such as the WHO Global Action Plan on NCDs and the UN Political Declaration on the Prevention and Control of NCDs.

Luke Wynne, head of schools at leading environmental behaviour change charity Global Action Plan, reflects on his experience working with UK schools to help them improve their environmental performance and embed sustainability into the curriculum, Here, Luke shares his key tips on what makes a truly successful sustainability programme

Lastly, we encourage UNESCO, as the lead agency for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, up to 2014, to scale up its ESD work under the new Global Action Plan by focusing on policy integration, educators, youth and local communities, in particular.

He is a research fellow at the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley and a visiting scholar at the College of Environmental and Resource Sciences of Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China.

This proposed approach follows the theory and successful examples of Global Action Networks (GANs) with the intent to scale up and improve mainstreaming of adaptation in the LMB.

On July 9, 2015 EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy claimed that the purpose of EPA's «Clean Power Plan» to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plant emissions, was «in showing strong domestic action which can actually trigger global action to address what's a necessary action to protect» [presumably against climate change].

How might the new U.S. EPA pollution rules ripple out to affect global action that reduces future climate risk?

The screenshot he shared online reveals that the updates rolled out to his smartphone were for Bixby, Bixby Wakeup, Bixby PLM and Bixby Global Action.

UNICEF and the World Health Organization, in partnership with close to 20 organizations, are leading the charge to mobilize global action to raise political and financial investment to support breastfeeding.