Sentences with phrase «influence global climate policy»

With less than two months to go before UNFCCC COP 19 opens in Warsaw, and the UN Secretary - General planning to host a Climate Summit with world leaders in September 2014, the WGI contribution to AR5 is well - timed to influence global climate policy.

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Improving financial and business performance is particularly important given the continued climate of declining terms of trade, increasing land prices, tightening credit and rapid national and global economic and policy influences affecting beef enterprises.

* 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...)

Almost all the experts I've talked to in 20 years of exploring the entwined climate and energy challenges agree that satisfying global energy demand while limiting human influence on climate will require revolutionary advances in both policy and technology.

WWF Climate Savers is a global program in which member companies take on two commitments: to become the best in class in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and to influence policy by promoting their vision and solutions.

USCAN and CAN - I operate full - time programs to influence global policy on climate change with alarmist views.

Given that existence beliefs are considered to be the «gatekeeper» in climate policy engagement, it is important to understand the factors that influence whether citizens believe that global climate change is real (Krosnick et al. 2006).

In view of the massive global influence of IPCC Reports, there is an urgent need to bias - proof future assessments in order to put climate policy onto a new foundation that will better serve the public interest

For example, a recent nationally representative study [18] found that the degree of perceived scientific agreement influences key beliefs about global warming, which in turn, drive public support for climate change policies.

Gradually, in the months after K15 came out, the evidence kept mounting that Tom Karl constantly had his «thumb on the scale» — in the documentation, scientific choices, and release of datasets — in an effort to discredit the notion of a global warming hiatus and rush to time the publication of the paper to influence national and international deliberations on climate policy.

Lord John Kreps and other scientists wrote to the editor of The Times, accusing the paper of favoring climate change deniers and being influenced by the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Friends of the Earth believes that UN climate change negotiations must expand its influence over global economic and development policies to ensure that actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change under the UNFCCC are not undermined.

Bates says that Karl did so «in an effort to discredit the notion of a global warming pause, rushed so that he could time publication to influence national and international deliberations on climate policy.»

Nearly half of the world's top 100 global companies are trying to subvert climate policies by lobbying, advertising, and influence - peddling, said the UK - based non-profit, Influinfluence - peddling, said the UK - based non-profit, InfluenceInfluence Map.

«The R - 20 is a global coalition committed to fast tracking the development of clean technologies, climate resilient projects and green investment, and influencing national and international policies,» according to a Governors» Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF), an initiative formally launched at UN climate - change talks in Poznan, Poland, in Decemberclimate resilient projects and green investment, and influencing national and international policies,» according to a Governors» Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF), an initiative formally launched at UN climate - change talks in Poznan, Poland, in DecemberClimate and Forests Task Force (GCF), an initiative formally launched at UN climate - change talks in Poznan, Poland, in Decemberclimate - change talks in Poznan, Poland, in December, 2008.

Are interested in discovering your organization's best - fit best practices for building American political will and influencing US and global climate policy.

Your breadth of knowledge and your influence on global climate change policy may make you one of the most respected global authorities on climate science - policy interface in the not too distant future.