Sentences with phrase «importance of addressing climate change»

In countries around the world people are switching off the lights in a global call for unity on the importance of addressing climate change.

In a short video, the President speaks about the importance of addressing climate change for the sake of future genrations, while scenes of stormy seas, sources of energy and American landscapes play.

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«Clean energy innovation is critical, and this resolution brings together the priority of addressing the risks of climate change with the importance of protecting and creating American jobs.»

«Given the importance of the snowmobile industry as an economic driver, in Vermont and elsewhere,» Manning said, «this one more reason why we need to do all we can to address the challenge of climate change.»

How do you see the importance of these skills in addressing the key trends and issues we are seeing globally, such as climate change and migration?

Conservation projects address topics of current importance such as developing an understanding of biodiversity and wildlife habitat needs, the contributions of sustainably managed forests to water quality, and quantifying the value of these forests toward mitigating climate change.

The need to pick a candidate that understands the vital importance of the climate change issue, and who will commit to addressing it, is immense, and the clock is ticking.

Emphasizing the importance of promoting, protecting and respecting all human rights, the right to development, the right to health, and the rights of indigenous peoples, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable climate situations -LSB-, and under occupation,] as well as promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, while taking into account the needs of local communities, intergenerational equity concerns, and the integrity of ecosystems and of Mother Earth, when taking action to address climate change,...

«We recognise the significance of climate change to global society and the importance of addressing the built environment as part of efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

So, as a representative from the conservation community, my goal in participating in the DOE's process was to ensure that the Wind Vision addressed the importance of simultaneously protecting and enhancing our nation's conservation legacy while working to reach 20 - percent wind and curb the greenhouse gas pollution accelerating climate change.

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change agreement in Paris said that countries «recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change» and provided a framework for governments to begin reducing greenhouseClimate Change agreement in Paris said that countries «recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change» and provided a framework for governments to begin reducing greenhouse Change agreement in Paris said that countries «recognize the importance of averting, minimizing and addressing loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change» and provided a framework for governments to begin reducing greenhouseclimate change» and provided a framework for governments to begin reducing greenhouse change» and provided a framework for governments to begin reducing greenhouse gases.

«Noting the importance for some of the concept of «climate justice», when taking action to address climate change».

This highlights the importance of constructive relations with our international partners, something that is also essential to any attempt to meaningfully address climate change.

«The last few weeks have seen an orchestrated campaign to mislead the people of New York about the essential safety and importance of Indian Point nuclear plant to address climate change.»

He said that he was deeply concerned that popular opinion had so far failed to grasp the scale of the changes needed to address climate change, or of the importance of the UN meeting in Copenhagen from December 7 to December 18.

It's echoed in the Paris agreement, which recognizes the «importance of ensuring the integrity of all ecosystems, including oceans, and the protection of biodiversity, recognized by some cultures as Mother Earth, and noting the importance for some of the concept of «climate justice», when taking action to address climate change.»

The National Assessment directly addresses the importance of climate change of various magnitudes by considering climate scenarios from two well - regarded models (the Hadley model of the United Kingdom and the Canadian Climate Modclimate change of various magnitudes by considering climate scenarios from two well - regarded models (the Hadley model of the United Kingdom and the Canadian Climate Modclimate scenarios from two well - regarded models (the Hadley model of the United Kingdom and the Canadian Climate ModClimate Model)....