Sentences with phrase «in international negotiations»

I asked someone else (a law school grad) about this video, and he told me it's good manners to keep one's mouth shut in international negotiations.

There would be no sense in international negotiations over policies that are purely national.

It is not clear to me that Obama implied «unilateral,» given that his Administration is committed to meaningful participation in international negotiations on emissions mitigation.

The challenge consists in articulating in new ways the commercial interdependence (by, for example, giving a major new role in international negotiation of these problems to UNCED), monetary and financial interdependence (with a view to channeling available capital in directions which would allow the expansion of productive systems).

Hansen, noted for his outspokenness on the topic of climate change and his willingness to venture into an advocacy role that many other climate scientists try to avoid, has previously voiced his concern about the 2 - degree warming benchmark, saying in 2011 at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) that, «the target that has been talked about in international negotiations for 2 degrees of warming is actually a prescription for long - term disaster.»

That's according to a report by a House of Commons committee published this week, which also says that membership has improved the country's standards and given it a stronger voice in international negotiations.

NASA scientist James Hansen, the planet's most prominent climatologist, is even blunter: «The target that has been talked about in international negotiations for two degrees of warming is actually a prescription for long - term disaster.»

In this brief blog, I consider the following issues: whether it is practical for a parliament to oversee international trade negotiations, the case for scrutiny by the UK Parliament of UK negotiations of the Brexit agreements, the aims of parliamentary scrutiny, and how parliamentary scrutiny could cope with issues of confidentiality which arise in international negotiations.

He told us that the states with the biggest roles to play are heavily influenced by corporate lobbying, but that this can be countered by citizens» efforts to call for more transparency and democracy in international negotiations.

Early last year a new organisation, the Business Council for a Sustainable Energy Future, surfaced in international negotiations.

With its unique position as a developing country under the United Nations and as one of the more advanced economies in the world, climate activists say, Singapore in recent years has become a bridge between the developing and developed world in the international negotiations.

The dialogues have set a precedent on expanding the space for global citizenry in international negotiations.

Developing countries are particularly disadvantaged due to their weaker economic power and the difficulty many experience in providing the resources and expertise to participate fully in international negotiations of a highly complex and drawn out nature.

The Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015, was an important breakthrough in the international negotiations on climate change.

Also included in this larger figure is $ 86 million to support clean energy regulatory actions that focus on energy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue.

Brown, who passed away in February, led arguments in the international negotiations to include forest management and protection as critical tools to combat global climate change.

Abstract - Agriculture in developing countries has attracted increasing attention in international negotiations within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change for both adaptation...

And given the size of the US obligation, we'll have to push beyond the parameters of traditional political realism if we're to break the impasse in the international negotiations.

These activities focus in particular on advising the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) groups in international negotiations.

But the United States must change course in international negotiations and begin working with the other members of the G8 to move beyond the current stalemate.

Flannery is also careful to point out that third - way technologies and measures that reduce fossil - fuel use have been previously been conflated in international negotiations, with disastrous results — third - way approaches «should not be regarded as equivalent to cuts in emissions from fossil fuels», but a «potentially valuable complementary series of options.»

, and 2) Even if participating a global cap - and - trade regime is so beneficial to China as many economic studies suggest, why has China consistently refused in international negotiations even to discuss its participation in it?.

Most importantly if the United States enacts a climate policy it could begin to act like a real leader in international negotiations and push other countries to do the same.

Each year in international negotiations, pleas of vulnerable developing nations have become louder calling for developed nations to respond to climate change in ways that are consistent with their ethical obligations.

Another consideration for Europe is to break free of the relative isolation it experienced in international negotiations during the Bush years.

Andrew Weaver and colleagues at the University of Victoria in Canada say this means going well beyond the reduction of industrial emissions discussed in international negotiations.

The involvement of Indigenous peoples in international negotiations for a Post Kyoto climate change regime is essential.

On Wednesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution that called on the administration to develop a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and get involved in international negotiations.

Likewise, in the international negotiations of recent times, we have heard repeatedly the phrase, «good faith.»

I think that Rob has misinterpreted what's been going on in the international negotiations.

The document provides a reference tool that will enhance the capacity of those working on MEAs and involved in international negotiations.

It is not appropriate, in international negotiations, to rule out future topics of negotiations on issues of broad concern to many countries.