Sentences with phrase «intensive supporting investments»

Furthermore, commitment to an energy future dominated by these technologies also demands a wide range of complex and capital - intensive supporting investments.

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She added: «With a successful 30 - year business career behind him and the benefit of a single focus on trade and investment, he will continue to use his ministerial position to deliver more intensive support for UK business internationally and to bang the drum for brand Britain around the world.»

JumpStart's work within Northeast Ohio has focused in two areas: 1) providing resources (in the form of intensive technical support and investment capital) directly to high potential entrepreneurs leading early stage companies, and 2) supporting the creation and growth of a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, which increases entrepreneurs» access to equity capital, government grants, and other resources, and is delivered by a variety of collaborators across the region.

As a fellow, he works on Big Data policies and programs, participates in a coordination and leadership group on cyberinfrastructure investments, and works to advance the data - intensive science and high performance computing communities supported by NSF and other Federal agencies.

One step would be stress testing, engaging pension funds and companies to examine if they hold carbon - intensive assets on their books, said Martin Skancke, who spoke on the first panel and is chairman of the Advisory Council of Principles for Responsible Investing, a U.N. - supported initiative that has helped formulate a widely followed voluntary protocol of responsible investment criteria.

However, private investment will only flow at the scale and pace necessary if it is supported by clear, credible, and long - term policy frameworks that shift the risk - reward balance in favor of less carbon - intensive investment.

Here's what is required (leaving aside Theresa May's electorally hamstrung inability to deliver much of it): The entire cabinet and every business leader the government's black book can muster, on stage for the launch of the new strategy; an explicit declaration that this, full decarbonization of the economy, is the post-Brexit economic strategy; clear and attractive retail policies, such as a diesel scrappage scheme, tax breaks for green investment, new apprenticeships, a green home building program; an open invitation to all opposition party leaders to share a platform to support the plan with a declaration that while they may not agree on every component they fully endorse the over-arching goal; a willingness to shame those party leaders who play party politics and refuse to turn up; a fortnight - long program where each day sees a new cabinet member explain how the plan will transform parts of the economy; a Royal Commission on the flaws of GDP as an economic measure and the viability of alternative quality of life metrics; and, yes, a brave assertion that carbon intensive industries will have to transform or be scaled back, backed by a decarbonization adaptation fund to help affected communities respond to this global trend.

Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.

PFIs must cease by 2020 direct, indirect, ancillary infrastructure and policy support for upstream and downstream fossil fuels, GHG - intensive projects, nuclear, large bioenergy and hydropower when more cost - effective and less damaging alternatives exist; All PFI investments must meet strict environmental and social development criteria and be assessed through a pro-poor, inclusive, climate - resilient and gender - responsive lens;

To this end, it supports Africa in attracting responsible and sustainable investments in value - adding and labour intensive sectors.

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