Sentences with phrase «in global efforts»

The Paris Agreement represents a significant step of progress in global efforts to address climate change.

Speaking at the World Nuclear Exhibition on 28 June 2016, Dr Birol said nuclear energy was at a crossroads, both in terms of the role it can play in the broader energy mix, and in global efforts towards decarbonisation of the electicity system along with a greater role for renewables.

To counter the widespread view at home and abroad that Australia is a pariah nation in global efforts to tackle global warming, the Federal Government has relentlessly campaigned to persuade voters that the opposite is the case.

However, the immense carbon sequestration capacity of these coastal habitats has been almost completely ignored and may also be a vital component in global efforts to mitigate climate change,» she says.

Christiana Figueres is arguably the most powerful woman in global efforts to tame the beast of climate change.

The country set up a REDD + working group in 2009 to participate in global efforts to develop a scheme that compensates developing countries as an incentive to change the way forest resources are used, hopefully curbing carbon emissions.

So here is the question: Are Australians willing to delay the growth in real GDP by 12 months and in doing so play their part in global efforts to tackle climate change, or would they prefer to have the growth a year earlier and do nothing about climate change, sponge off the rest of the world and become an international pariah?

OTTAWA — Canada's abundant renewable electricity resources offer the country a competitive advantage in global efforts to cut carbon pollution and deliver clean growth, and can power our economy as it shifts from fossil fuels to clean energy.

New evidence indicates that titling could have an important role to play in global efforts to slow climate change.

By making a serious commitment to it Australia would finally be setting itself on a credible path to realizing its pledge to play its part in global efforts to limit warming to 2 °C.

Brazil has been recognized as a leader in global efforts to reduce deforestation and associated greenhouse gas emissions — mostly due to the successful implementation of forest conservation policies that reduced deforestation in the Amazon by 80 % below historical levels, and prevented more than 5 billion tons of CO2 from reaching the atmosphere over the last decade.

The EU is currently in the process of adopting new legislation to ensure its continued leadership on the energy transition and is delighted to team up with the IEA and key IEA Members in the global efforts needed.»

«On balance, the energy revolution lays the foundation for U.S. leadership in global efforts to address climate change and paves the way toward a low - carbon energy future.»

«It is time to show bolder vision, innovation and urgent action - in global efforts and domestically - building on the clear momentum we are seeing in our societies and economies already.

They say their findings, which focused on the effect titling had on forest clearing and disturbance in the Peruvian Amazon between 2002 and 2005, suggest that the increasing trend towards decentralized forest governance via granting indigenous groups and other local communities formal legal title to their lands could play a key role in global efforts to slow both tropical forest destruction, which the researchers note is responsible for about the same amount of greenhouse gas emissions as the transportation sector, and climate change.»

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Dr. Peter Braglia is proud to support the excellent work of this organization, and is pleased to play a role in their global efforts to sustain and protect our natural environment.

Regarding climate change, the U.S. and Brazil are important players in the global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reach a successful agreement in Paris this December.»

Maureen Minchin has been pivotal in global efforts to protect, promote, and support better infant feeding practices since the 1970s.

The adoption of the Code was a key milestone in global efforts to improve breastfeeding, and countries have taken action to implement and monitor the Code and subsequent relevant Health Assembly resolutions.

Recently there have been some rumors that under the right conditions, the U.S. might reengage in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.

The 1MDB case has become a signature campaign in the global effort by prosecutors to crack down on kleptocracy and the relative ease with which the superwealthy move their money beyond the oversight of government authorities.

«The Resolution on Food Waste the CGF Board of Directors has adopted demonstrates our willingness to engage and take action in an area where a collective industry effort can make a difference,» said Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestlé S.A. «We will leverage the best practices we have developed for the implementation of the existing resolutions on deforestation and refrigeration to engage the CGF's wider membership in the global effort on food waste.

Beginning with the Summer 2012 Event, we invited everyone around the world to participate from your local area in a global effort to raise awareness of baby / child - friendly mothering and fathering.

Mr. Nketia believes that Ghana does not need a «US military base on our soil to demonstrate our commitment to fight terrorism since existing security cooperation between Ghana and the US are sufficient to encourage bilateral cooperation in the global effort to combat terrorism.»

The GAVI Alliance (formerly known as the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization) has been in existence since 2000 and seeks to «align public and private resources in a global effort to create greater access to the benefits of immunization.»

The word represents harmony, balance and health, which campaign group 350.org sees as key goals in the global effort to tackle climate change.

In the global effort to mitigate carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, all options are on the table — including help from nature.

06/12/09 Bloomberg School Selected for Three Centers of Excellence in Global Effort to Combat Chronic Disease

This Hub will ensure Australia does not miss out on advances in genomic - driven advances in drug development and oncology, and will lay the foundations for advances in the global effort to transform cancer research and treatment.

The plan also states that China will be actively involved in the global effort to address climate change, including advancing its own contribution, and will deepen its bilateral dialogue with other countries.

In a global effort to make the Leaf more affordable in the electric vehicle's three main markets of Japan, Europe and the United States, Nissan is reducing the price by # 2,500.

An example of a public blacklist is the list of countries maintained by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which lists countries that the FATF considers to be uncooperative in the global effort against money laundering and terrorist financing.

The campaign, bearing the theme «Discover the Other You», was organised by the Tourism Authority of Thailand in a global effort to boost its Internet and social - media profile, especially among young people, and attract more repeat visitors in the off - peak season months.

PROJECTS / UNVEILINGS Nina Chanel Abney is one of seven artist participating in a global effort to pay tribute to Peanuts in public spaces.

EQ2 and AMEE announce that they are to partner in a global effort to bring transparency, truth and accuracy to the measurement of the world's environmental impact and energy usage reporting... The result of this collaboration will be the first credit reference style reporting of the environment, equivalent in certitude to that of a Dun and Bradstreet report.

For some developing countries, actively pursuing emissions targets in the forestry sector might be the most appealing and powerful way for them to participate in the global effort to mitigate climate change.

The Australian government is to be congratulated for its decision to take part in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The ratification of the Paris Agreement, less than a year after it was approved by 197 countries under the French Presidency at COP21 last December, marks an unprecedented milestone in the global effort to combat climate change.

The Climate Equity Reference Calculator is a general online equity reference tool and database that systematically applies a generalized and transparent equity reference framework with the goal of quantitatively examining the problem of national fair shares in a global effort to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Businesses can ensure they are playing their part in the global effort to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees celsius by setting a science - based target.

Funders and governments should continue to pursue efforts to reduce emissions in the land sector — as they clearly can be major players in the global effort to curb global warming.

Fortunately, there are other approaches: A breakthrough in the global effort to negotiate a fair and ambitious climate treaty would help a great deal.

Queensland has adopted emission reduction targets of 30 % below 2005 levels by 2030 and zero net emissions by 2050 in order to do its «fair share in the global effort to arrest damaging climate change».

Clean Air Act Section 115 is the latest EPA statute targeted by those working to keep America from becoming a true leader in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and stave off some of the worst impacts of climate change.

It is vital for that debate that we have the conversation about 5 % being inadequate, but the science and the geopolitics are clear: far steeper targets are required in order for Australia to play any reasonable role in the global effort to keep warming to less than 2 °C.

China's scientists have been active in the global effort to understand climate change and are increasingly involved in developing technical approaches to both mitigation and adaptation.

The Climate Equity Reference Calculator is a interactive online equity reference tool that systematically applies CERP's Effort - sharing Approach, with the goal of allowing users to quantitatively examine the problem of national fair shares in a global effort to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

So the experiment in Uganda suggests a way of enlisting the people of the forests in a global effort, and sharing the benefits a bit more fairly.

We must continue to improve our scientific understanding, particularly of the impacts of climate change; we must implement policies such as raising the market price of carbon to provide incentives to households to alter their consumption so that they will have a low - carbon diet; we must also raise carbon prices to send a signal to firms like ExxonMobil that their future lies in research, development, and production of low - carbon fuels; and we must devise mechanisms so that countries will join in a global effort rather than one limited to northwest Europe.