Sentences with phrase «helps fuel climate change»

Parts of the Arabian Gulf region — prime source of the oil that helps fuel climate change — are most at risk of becoming uninhabitable for humans unless global warming is tackled.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most revered figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a key backer of the divestment campaign that helped end the system, was an early backer of fossil fuel divestment and said in 2014: «People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.»

Critics say Dominion should move more quickly to help address climate change by phasing out fossil fuels, including natural gas.

These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet global challenges, ranging from climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.

We want to do our part to reduce our carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption in order to help prevent the worst effects of climate change.

We have increased our investment in measures to improve the energy efficiency of Scotland's homes which, in addition to making fuel bills cheaper, has also helped to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from housing, consistent with our ambitions to combat climate change.

Nations could help by cutting funding on climate research, and boosting funding for the solution to climate change, which we already know: use less fossil fuel.

said the rankings would help consumers make an informed choice about the type of car to buy, encouraging them to minimise fuel consumption, save money and tackle climate change.

«Armed with the energy efficient information, home - buyers will be able to save money on fuel bills and help tackle climate change.»

The $ 100 billion a year was supposed to help developing countries adapt to changes being wrought by climate change, and to help them bypass fossil fueled development in favor of cleaner alternatives.

The rise of renewables helps, but in order to eliminate fossil - fuel pollution nuclear power is also required, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

And giving a helping hand to all these other crises as a result of all the fossil fuel burning needed to power our lives and lift billions out of poverty: anthropogenic climate change.

The Bulletin acknowledges that the increased use of carbon - free nuclear energy could help mitigate global warming brought on by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions but concludes that the possibility of misusing enriched uranium and separated plutonium to create bombs is a «terrible trade - off» for trying to control climate change.

Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.

«Fueling climate change does not help public health, safety and welfare.

The uptake is helping to slow climate change, but also fueling chemical reactions that are shifting the pH of seawater toward the acid end of the scale.

In the future, it is expected to reduce reliance on fossil fuels such as oil, coal or gas and help tackle major challenges such as climate change and global population growth.

While some environmental leaders now cautiously support development of more nuclear reactors (which are free of fossil fuels) to help stave off climate change, others remain concerned that the risks to human health and the environment are still too high to go down that road.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Canada's Globe and Mail reports that as part of a more C$ 7 - billion (US$ 5.4 - billion), 4 - year climate change plan, the Ontario government will invest C$ 285 million (US$ 221 million) in electric vehicle incentives; implement lower carbon fuel standards; and invest C$ 280 million (US$ 217 million) to help school boards buy electric buses and trucking... Read more →

Biochar and bioenergy co-production can help combat global climate change by displacing fossil fuel use and by sequestering carbon in stable soil carbon pools.

Natural gas as a means to produce electricity is being hailed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as the fuel that can act as a «bridge» between carbon - heavy coal and zero - carbon renewables, helping to reduce humans» impact on the cClimate Change as the fuel that can act as a «bridge» between carbon - heavy coal and zero - carbon renewables, helping to reduce humans» impact on the climateclimate.

Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.

While a few different factors influence such population increases, many experts suspect climate change is helping to fuel the kitty birthrate explosion.

These estimates help make the case that policymakers should continue to rely on and expand nuclear power in place of fossil fuels to mitigate climate change, the authors say (Environ.

She said that the analysis she and co-authors did for a paper on «irreversible climate change» helped lead her, as a non-expert citizen when considering energy technology, to conclude that such research is vital, even as efforts are made to find successors to fossil fuels.

Then comes a passage that speaks potently of how access to fossil fuels has been an incredible boon, and the source of the prosperity that has allowed us to build the capacity to observe and comprehend planet - scale changes, but also helped accelerate and intensify our impacts on the planet's biological and climate systems:

• Some additional tariff on imported fuels of certain kinds, to give additional incentive toward solutions that help achieve a healthy degree of energy independence and security while also addressing the climate change issue.

His administration — with help from Republicans in Congress — has often targeted environmental rules it sees as overly burdensome to the fossil fuel industry, including major Obama - era policies aimed at fighting climate change.»

Obama's hype about the promise of natural gas as a transitional fuel also helped me see that however well - intentioned, parts of his plan are potentially inadequate for the scale of the climate change crisis.

Divestment of fossil fuel stocks would hurt, not help efforts to address global climate change.

The military considers climate change a threat multiplier, and spends an inordinate amount of time, manpower, and resources trying to move fuel around, good renewable energy solutions would help them in many ways.

The statute, subsequently amended by AB 109, authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help attain the state's climate change policies.

The 6 MW wind farm helps reduce the country's dependence on imports of diesel fuel, freeing up funds for investment in infrastructure (which could include infrastructure that is climate change resilient).

10/18/16 — Setting a tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuel combustion is considered by many experts, including two economic analysts writing in Issues, as a promising way to help control human - caused climate change, but US policy makers have resisted.

The report, entitled Financing Climate Disaster: How Export Credit Agencies Are a Boon for Oil and Gas, calls on USEXIM and other nations» export credit agencies (ECAs) to phase out all financial support for fossil fuels by 2020 at the latest, in order to help prevent the worst impacts of climate Climate Disaster: How Export Credit Agencies Are a Boon for Oil and Gas, calls on USEXIM and other nations» export credit agencies (ECAs) to phase out all financial support for fossil fuels by 2020 at the latest, in order to help prevent the worst impacts of climate climate change.

CDR helps enable a cost - effective transition to a decarbonized economy: Today, environmental advocates claim that prolonged use of fossil fuels is mutually exclusive with preventing climate change, and fossil fuel advocates bash renewables as not ready for «prime time» — i.e. unable to deliver the economic / development benefits of inexpensive fossil energy.

The Paris Agreement sealed in 2015 brought together the U.S. and European Union with big developing nations from China to India to Brazil in pledging limits on fossil - fuel pollution and funds to help poorer countries adapt to climate change.

We are a network of South Africans calling for divestment from fossil fuels — and restorative reinvestment in sustainable energy — to stigmatise fossil fuel use, accelerate sustainable system change, help slow climate change, reduce the financial risks of fossil fuel investments, and so help secure our human rights and common future.

Research suggests that divesting in fossil fuels could help nations meet their climate change goals.

The Paris deal, for the first time, recognizes that rich countries that built their wealth on fossil fuels should help vulnerable countries to deal with damages wrought by climate change, and clears the way for those countries to ask for compensation.

A Stanford University study said, «Human - caused climate change helped fuel the current California drought.»

Beginning to use plant - based products will certainly help the company achieve its sustainability goals, though LEGO is just doing their part in a global economy still dominated by fossil fuels — finite resources that are the primary contributor to human - caused climate change.

Most books about climate change that include a religious argument do not address what individuals can do to help our society transform from fossil fuel use, other than changing personal behavior — and readers suspect that will likely not suffice.

More than 60 organisations from around the world are calling for a carbon levy on fossil fuel extraction to help pay for the climate change impacts on the most vulnerable countries.

As part of the campaign, Ben & Jerry's has also said that many of its best - selling flavours are «endangered» as a result of climate change, and that fossil fuel divestment will help to sustain the production of its ice creams in the long term.

The Clean Fuel Rebate is funded by the State of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program, which helps combat climate change by encouraging the use of clean fuels, like electricity, in vehicles.

Despite vocal commitments to help tackle climate change, six key multilateral banks (MDBs) financed over $ 7 billion in coal, oil, and gas projects in 2015, and funded a total of $ 83 billion in fossil fuels from 2008 - 2015.

That's well under what we already pay in fuel taxes which, we are told, are supposed to help stop climate change.

Pointing out the similarities (and differences) between slavery and the use of fossil fuels can help us engage with climate change in a new way