Sentences with phrase «in international climate negotiations»

Some targets called for in international climate negotiations to date would require even larger reductions than those outlined in the B1 scenario.

During this time, he helped develop the U.S. 2025 climate target, worked on U.S. bilateral engagements with China, India, Brazil and others, and participated in the international climate negotiations in Lima and Paris.

«Political credibility of the EU's leadership role in international climate negotiations will be seriously undermined if there is no transparency about the achievements made cutting carbon dioxide emissions at home,» Ms Bollendorff explained.

Changes come even with lower warming What was most surprising, Diffenbaugh said, is that the accelerated melting of the snowpack would occur even if the world were able to limit warming to the target of a 2 - degree - Celsius increase agreed upon in international climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The current political position of India in international climate negotiation is non-commitment... Read more

«Not only has Ms. Figueres been a valuable member of Winrock ‟ s Board of Directors, she has displayed impressive leadership in international climate negotiations and collaborated extensively with organizations in the private and public sectors,» Mr. Tugwell said.

Up until now, much of the impetus in the international climate negotiations has been aimed at developing a new treaty to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

Paris on the horizon Though the focus was on domestic squabbles, a broader issue was evident in the president's remarks: the role that the United States will play in international climate negotiations late this year in Paris.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has positioned his country and himself as a honest broker in the international climate negotiations, and he is in New York this week to help get the stalled talks moving again.

As negotiations neared collapse, the United States refused to concede defeat and worked with global partners to take a meaningful and unprecedented step forward in international climate negotiations.

The tariff on foreign countries that don't curb carbon is a stupid idea, IMHO, would be disastrous in international climate negotiations, and wouldn't really do all that much in the way of protecting US manufacturing.

This inequity has not gone unnoticed in international climate negotiations or global reporting1, 3.

China should also communicate its domestic successes here in Bonn to help build momentum in the international climate negotiations.

Yet questions of distributive justice about which nations should bear the major responsibility for most GHG reductions at the international level have and continue to block agreement in international climate negotiations, as well as questions about which countries should be financially responsible for adaptation costs and damages in poor countries that are most vulnerable to climate change's harshest climate impacts and who have done little to cause the problem.

His recent work has focused on the development of provincial climate change strategies, the green economy in Canada and internationally, energy policy and the engagement of the private sector in international climate negotiations.

Recognition has begun to sink in, but most adaptation policy discussions in recent years are still found towards the margins, largely in international climate negotiations or in select U.S. states and local communities.

At the same time, it is precise enough to quantitatively evaluate and compare national contributions to the common effort, as they are being tabled in the international climate negotiations.

It is a tremendous opportunity to be inside the COP and to be able to experience a complete immersion in international climate negotiations.

Although the math behind Hansen's prediction has been questioned, Ryan Lizza described in the September issue of The New Yorker how the warning became a rallying cry for environmental leaders desperate to find some unifying mission after breakdowns in international climate negotiations and a failed bid to enact a cap - and - trade system that would have put a price on carbon emissions.

His essay dissects a subset of the problems in the international climate negotiations associated with the provision of financial support by rich countries for mitigation and adaptation in poor countries, captured by the term «climate finance.»

Figueres, daughter of former Costa Rican president Jose Figueres Ferrer, has been involved in the international climate negotiation process since 1995.

More precisely, we're going to have to actually work out a coherent way of assigning responsibility for the fundamental deadlock in the international climate negotiations.

Last week Trump's transition team for the Energy Department asked officials there to identify which employees have participated in international climate negotiations or worked on domestic efforts to cut greenhouse gases, such as calculating the social cost of carbon.

Bottom Line: CDR can play an important and beneficial role in international climate negotiations, and it would be great to see negotiators start to incorporate CDR into the dialogues in Lima and beyond.

In the case of Keystone, these include the safety of rail versus pipeline transport, local environmental effects, and America's position in international climate negotiations.

In the international climate negotiations that will resume on November 30 in Paris, issues of fairness are already the key issues in dispute.

While many people are traveling to Warsaw this week to participate in the international climate negotiations (COP 19), the city is also hosting another global conference: the International Coal and Climate Summit.