Sentences with phrase «guide public climate»

Once that is done and a «new nexus of research» begins to form around how climate science and the climate change movement can increase racial and ethnic diversity, those fact - based findings can be used to guide public climate advocacy and policy reform efforts.

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• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..
Weekend schedule: Friday, August 31, 2012 6 — 8 pm: Carbon 13 opening at Ballroom Marfa 8 — 10 pm: Community dinner at The Capri Saturday, September 1, 2012 9:30 am: FarmStand Marfa 10 am: Marfa Lights Festival Parade 1 pm: Discussion: Art and Environmental Activism, moderated by Rebecca Solnit at the Crowley Theater 3 pm: Discussion: Climate Change and Adaptation, with Diana Liverman and John Nielsen - Gammon at the Crowley Theater 6 pm: Michael Pollan in conversation with Hamilton Fish at the Crowley Theater, co-presented with Dixon Water Foundation Sunday, September 2, 2012 9 — 11 am: Brunch and guided nature walk on Mimms Ranch with Robert Potts 1 pm: Reading by Rebecca Solnit at Marfa Book Company 3:30 pm: Presentation by Tom Rand at Marfa Book Company 8 pm: Performance of This Clement World by Cynthia Hopkins at the Crowley Theater All events are free and open to the public.
Contrary to what the vast majority of «liberal» and «conservative» members of the public think, climate scientists do not believe sea levels will rise if the north pole ice cap melts (unlike the south pole ice cap, which sits atop a land mass, the north pole «ice cap» is already floating in the sea, a point that various «climate science literacy» guides issued by scientific bodies like NASA and NOAA emphasize).
And yet, 400 years later, here we are: watching a public official tasked with guiding the educational trajectories of his community's children rail against the accepted science on climate change — because its conclusions threaten to undermine the local political culture.
The MIT Climate Conversation Committee organized activities that included an Idea Bank, a community ‑ wide survey, a series of public events guided by the survey responses and a campus Listening Tour.
If that's not true — if in fact, individuals would rather be guided reliably to conclusions that fit the position of «their team» than be right when they are evaluating disputed evidence on issues like climate change and the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine — then what I'm up to is either pointless or (worse) a self - deluded contribution to public manipulation.
Mosher collaborated with ecoartspace to create a HighWaterLine Action Guide for communities interested in using public art to start discussions and workshops around climate change within communities.
According to Climate Depot, the» talking points memo -LSB-...] is a complete skeptics» guide for elected officials, media and the public on how to discuss global warming backed up by dozens of citations to peer - reviewed research.»
«The guiding principle for future communications by climate researchers should be to serve the public interest, to provide citizens and their representatives with the information they need and an understanding of the options available so that they can make informed choices and decisions»
(1) Science and the scientific process must inform and guide decisions of my Administration on a wide range of issues, including improvement of public health, protection of the environment, increased efficiency in the use of energy and other resources, mitigation of the threat of climate change, and protection of national security.
The news outlet will be a climate and environmental clearinghouse complete with special investigative reports, voluminous data bases, and guides for policymakers, parents, teachers, scientists, and the general public.
In her description of the science, the former prime minister draws heavily on a pamphlet called A plain English guide to climate change which was published in December 1997 by the Reason Foundation, another lobby group that the following year received $ 70,000 from Exxon to «assess public policy alternatives on issues with direct bearing on the company's business operations and interests».»
But Jerry Taylor, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute said «scientists are in no position to intelligently guide public policy on climate change.»
In a climate where public demand for businesses to operate responsibly is growing and clients» demands for understanding the relevance and applicability of human rights principles and legislation to their business operations increase, the IBA Practical Guide is designed to help business lawyers around the world fulfil these demands.
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