Sentences with phrase «global climate agreement»

There have been global climate agreements before, but nothing with this extraordinary reach, ambition, and international backing.

Countries have vowed to sign a new global climate agreement in Paris in 2015, and 2014 will see a number of high - level events in preparation for the French summit.

It's essential to show that developed countries are keeping their commitments so developing countries know they have support for ambitious action when countries meet to forge a new global climate agreement in Paris this December.

In September, China and the United States announced they had formulated a «common vision» to secure an ambitious global climate agreement at the highly anticipated United Nations» climate meeting in Paris later this year; and that the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitting nations will stand together at the Paris meeting to push for emissions targets that «ramp up over time in the direction of greater ambition.»

President Donald Trump is expected to pull the United States from a landmark global climate agreement, a White House official said Wednesday, though there could be «caveats in the language» announcing a withdrawal, leaving open the possibility that his decision isn't final.

His US counterpart Barack Obama added that «together, we hope to encourage all major economies to be ambitious - all countries, developing and developed - to work across some of the old divides so we can conclude a strong global climate agreement next year.»

Now here's a thought: if our leaders were able to leave the politics and vested interests aside for just seven days, we could come out of this week's meetings in Bonn and Brussels with across - the - board support for an international deal on HFCs and a meaningful EU emissions target, inspiring other countries around the world to raise their game and opening the way for an ambitious global climate agreement in 2015.

It will trace the evolution of the complex international climate change agreement signed by countries in 1992 (UNFCCC) and discuss the difficult collective action problem related to agreeing on a comprehensive global climate agreement by December 2015.

Russia and Japan have walked away from imposing legally binding targets as government ministers plan to resume the pursuit of a new global climate agreement later this month in Durban, South Africa.

In preparation for the UN climate talks later this year, countries have outlined what actions they intend to take beginning in 2020 under a proposed global climate agreement.

Regardless of the status of global climate agreements, we still live in a moment that demands people - powered escalation against the corporate state.

If it becomes widely accepted that China's future emissions are likely to be much higher than previously estimated, that will have to factored into any future global climate agreement if the Chinese are to be persuaded to take part.

Clinton said that the recent global climate agreement presented a linchpin opportunity for America to lead.

As scientists, we urge the negotiators to reach an agreement that takes these targets as a minimum requirement for a fair and effective global climate agreement.

In what counts as progress in preparations for Paris negotiations aimed at forging the first new global climate agreement since 1992, the United Nations secretariat managing the process issued a news release today titled, «First Draft of New Climate Change Agreement Presented to Governments.»

The team believes this may be feasible if post-2012 global climate agreements legitimize the trading of carbon credits from avoided deforestation on the compliance market.

A new global climate agreement based on voluntary national pledges of domestic action is expected to be finalized in Paris in December.

«Whatever global climate agreement is made in Paris next month, it will have to be enacted through real energy choices and investment decisions to move countries away from fossil fuels well before the middle of the century.

«Energy Institute Calls for Achievable Global Climate Agreement,» Institute for 21st Century Energy, November 12, 2009.

But with the ink dry on the United Nation's historic global climate agreement, it's more obvious than ever that they've lost their so - called debate.

In September, China and the United States announced they had formulated a «common vision» to secure an ambitious global climate agreement at the highly anticipated United Nations» climate meeting in Paris later this year; and that the world's two largest greenhouse gas emitting...

In preparation for the adoption of a new global climate agreement in December 2015, the CAT is providing an up - to - date assessment and rating of submitted «intended nationally determined contributions» (INDCs).

McKenna says the Canadian government remains committed to the Paris Accord amid concerns that the U.S. will walk away from the landmark global climate agreement.

He credited world leaders for agreeing on 17 goals for sustainable development and working toward a new global climate agreement late this year.

The draft text of the United Nations» proposed global climate agreement was released Friday, February 13 in Geneva, Switzerland.

n a fresh effort to generate fervor for a far - reaching new global climate agreement, a U.N. agency is releasing videos featuring «imaginary but realistic» weather reports set in 2050, to illustrate the type of extreme conditions it predicts we will face by mid-century.

Although agriculture is not currently being specifically discussed at the climate talks the architecture required for a global climate agreement to be implemented is.

As world leaders prepare to head to the climate conference (COP21) in Paris, Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney have written to David Cameron urging him to include meat reduction in the new global climate agreement.

He launched his manifesto today about the role of the UK at Copenhagen and what needed to be achieved at the conference to reach a new global climate agreement.

«I hope this report will serve the needs of the world's governments and provide the scientific basis to negotiators as they work towards a new global climate agreement.»

The global climate agreement should include a clear mandate for countries to ramp up their commitments and set a long - term signal to phase out emissions as soon as possible,» she said.

But it could demonstrate leadership, both to the American middle class and the international community preparing for talks aimed at forging a global climate agreement at the end of the year in Paris.

No one should presume things will be easy in Lima, Peru, where negotiators are gathering through next week to shape a global climate agreement that could be finalized in Paris a year from now.

In theory, the goal of the Paris talks over a new global climate agreement is to create a more sustainable human relationship with the climate system by curbing emissions of greenhouse gases and boosting poor countries» capacity to withstand climate shocks.

There are plenty of hurdles ahead, but this shift bodes well for the next rounds of negotiations toward a global climate agreement, in Lima next month and Paris a year from now.

Read these notes from a fascinating 1991 Harvard meeting on Negotiating a Global Climate Agreement to get the idea.

The United Nations office that manages negotiations aimed at generating a new global climate agreement this December in Copenhagen has released a basic 53 - page outline for 192 countries to supplement or whittle when the next round of talks begins in June in Bonn.

-- Clarifying what this small group of countries can do to help forge a new global climate agreement in Copenhagen in December, — Working out specific partnerships to propel advances toward «transformational technologies» that could supply abundant energy to a growing human population without overheating the planet.

As negotiators gather in Peru for a critical round of climate talks, U.S. delegates are straining to explain what they call a «counterintuitive» reality: For next year's global climate agreement to be effective, commitments made under it must not be legally binding.

If we were stronger economically and politically, that prestige and clout would give us a much better chance of getting to a global climate agreement.

Experts said the new data underscored the importance of getting China to sign on to any new global climate agreement.

The single carriage to run along the route will be driven by train operators from around the world and will carry «environmental experts and climate change campaigners»: The whole thing is being done to further drive home the message that we absolutely need a global climate agreement, and that trains ought to be a big part of reducing emissions from transportation.

That reflects a nagging dispute in the U.N. talks, which are supposed to produce a global climate agreement next year.

Here's what to consider as the global climate agreement set in motion at the COP21 in Paris moves towards implementation.

President Obama is «cautiously optimistic» that a global climate agreement will finally be reached as a result of his «leadership.»