Sentences with phrase «initiative on climate impacts»

Adam Markham directs UCS's special initiative on climate impacts and works with a broad array of stakeholders to focus the attention of policy makers and others on local climate impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and policy solutions.

Adam Markham directs the Union of Concerned Scientists» special initiative on climate impacts.

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Their focus on overcoming disease, improving education, and lobbying for climate change initiatives is having a powerful impact.

Panels focused on current efforts to tackle climate change, ranging from local environmental initiatives to the global Paris climate agreement, as well as how divestment from fossil fuels can be a tool for climate justice and curbing the impacts of climate change.

There, he worked on the Montana Climate Assessment, a stakeholder - driven initiative to understand and explain climate change impacts at the stateClimate Assessment, a stakeholder - driven initiative to understand and explain climate change impacts at the stateclimate change impacts at the state level.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

In 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivation.

Week 1: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader Week 2: Becoming a Socially - Emotionally Intelligent Leader (Continued) Week 3: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team Week 4: Building an Effective SEL Leadership Team (Continued) Week 5: Unjumbling the Schoolhouse Week 6: Assessing School Culture and Climate Week 7: The Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate Initiatives Week 8: The Impact of Policy on SEL and School Culture and Climate Initiatives (Continued) Week 9: Leading Organizational Change to Improve School Culture and Climate Week 10: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 1) Week 11: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 2) Week 12: Bringing an SEL - Related Program Into Your School (Final Project Part 3)

The goal of the paper I have just written is to «restart» the discussion of climate change, which, as I see it, is on the verge of disappearing from view, putting into cold storage both 1) the policy initiatives like carbon prices and regulations that could have short - term impact on wedge technologies like conventional renewables, efficiency, and CCS, and 2) commitments to the advancement of a climate - change - driven research frontier.

Other initiatives include the CARPATCLIM project, which produces a high - resolution gridded climatology for the Carpathian region, and the production of information that governments can use to prepare documents for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) or for impact studies.

Climate Witness is WWF's initiative to document the experiences of people who are witnessing the impacts of climate change on their local environment and comClimate Witness is WWF's initiative to document the experiences of people who are witnessing the impacts of climate change on their local environment and comclimate change on their local environment and community.

The Coalition works on eleven initiatives that were identified as priority areas with the greatest potential for fast action to reduce climate change impacts.

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.

As those in development or public health are aware, local initiatives have been developing for years, despite the lack of international agreements to address climate change and other impacts on natural resilience and biodiversity.

That was the headline warning from a coalition of 20 developing countries, which on Thursday launched a fundraising initiative to protect their citizens from climate impacts.

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«With Momentum for Change: Planetary Health we will shine a light on outstanding initiatives by communities, cities, companies, NGO and other institutions: ones where climate action is generating innovative, positive impacts on health in ways that can inspire others to greater ambition.»

Government initiatives aimed at reducing reliance on diesel in remote northern communities will reduce black carbon emissions, which will positively impact both climate change and air quality.

Energy security initiatives should be cognizant of climate impacts and the steps we take on climate need to recognize the implications for US energy security.

Betsy Taylor «s consulting practice focuses on high - impact, catalytic initiatives to address climate change and promote a su...

These initiatives put aviation on a path to address its climate impact, but are heavily opposed by the industry, which demands continued exemptions from such efforts to reduce the sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

The initiative to establish a DDC grew out of a recommendation by the IPCC Task Group on Data and Scenario Support for Impact and Climate Analysis (TGICA).

It's easy to see how a reversal of a key climate focused initiative would have adverse effects on Apple's bottom line, in addition to all of the clear negative impact on the, you know, environment.