Sentences with phrase «international climate debate»

For too long, the national and international climate debate has been little more than that: a debate.

The whole international climate debate is infused with issues of justice, and progress is possible only if each nation is seen to be doing its fair share.

And here's yet another question, deeply embedded in the largely paralyzed international climate debate: How much does the rich world owe the poorer world?

Black carbon has become a sensitive topic in the international climate debate.

Not exact matches

Even as scientists and politicians from around the world debated in December how to deal with a practical problem of profound importance — global climate change — another international group of physicists was waiting with bated breath for a more esoteric development.

Many in Colstrip are incredulous their livelihoods are caught in the crosshairs of the international climate change debate.

Lamar thinks «the debate should continue» — as though the few imposters and sell - outs who doubt climate science are equal to the vast amounts of international science that calls for action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Curated by David Buckland, Founder and Director of Cape Farewell, Carbon 13 features eight international artists who have ventured alongside scientists to some of the world's geographic tipping points, places profoundly stressed by our warming planet, and whose work aims to stimulate a wider engagement with the climate debate.

Mr. Gore: Mr. President, we are facing a planetary emergency, and I really think it's time that the U.S. reengages in the international debate on climate change.

At the international level, the climate debate has largely boiled down to economic battles between competitors and between the world's rich and poor nations.

«Researching Don't Even Think About It, which I see as the most important book published on climate change in the past few years, George Marshall discovered that there has not been a single proposal, debate or even position paper on limiting fossil fuel production put forward during international climate negotiations.

«This is a major, major topic of discussion and debate at the moment,» said Saleem Huq, head of the climate change group at the U.K. - based International Institute for Environment and Development.

There's plenty more to explore in the new edition of the bulletin, including articles on the pressing need for getting climate information to the communities that need it most; a fresh look at the climate - malaria debate in East Africa (it doesn't appear to be the last word); and an account of an international program enlisting students in studying climate and the water cycle.

While much of the developed world continues to debate the most effective ways of tackling global carbon emissions in closed - door summits and international forums, some countries hardest hit from changing climate patterns are beginning to take a more direct approach.

Ahead of a major international climate summit in Paris, the study makes an interesting contribution to the debate about the role of negative emissions in meeting the 2C target.

And it is infuriating - as a public relations professional - to watch my colleagues use their skills, their training and their considerable intellect to poison the international debate on climate change.

Through the lessons presented in the document students are expected, among others, to explore climate change, its consequences and possible solutions; work constructively in groups and debate controversial aspects of climate change; learn about individual, community - level, national and international opportunities to mitigate climate change; discover why children are vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and conduct research into climate change.

In his personal manifesto, «Slamming the Climate Skeptic Scam,» he writes «it is infuriating — as a public relations professional — to watch my colleagues use their skills, their training and their considerable intellect to poison the international debate on climate change.Climate Skeptic Scam,» he writes «it is infuriating — as a public relations professional — to watch my colleagues use their skills, their training and their considerable intellect to poison the international debate on climate change.climate change.»

CCAFS: International climate change debates are often based upon simplistic assumptions of how men and women perceive and address risks and uncertainty.

They describe their members as «part of a growing international community of like - minded people who are helping to restore balance and accuracy to the climate debates.»

Coming out of Copenhagen, many participants in the international climate negotiations (as well as informed observers), noted that the UNFCCC has real limitations as the sole venue for future climate negotiations: too many countries — 192, excessively stringent requirements for agreement — unanimity, and a distinct tendency to polarize debates between developed and developing countries.

Dr. E. Calvin Beisner, founder of the Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation, and Tom Harris, executive director of the International Climate Science Coalition, also will be recognized for their contributions to the global warming debate.

Known as the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) and published by the Heartland Institute, the 1,000 page study (available at http://clim atechangereconsidered.org /) is a significant contribution to the debate (for those who want a debate).

In August 2010, Climate Depot made international headlines from Australia to Canada to the U.S. after Hollywood film director cancelled a high profile scheduled debate with Morano.

Coverage of Japan's coal funding has sparked an important debate about the role of international climate finance in facilitating the transition to a low - carbon economy.

In a new podcast interview with International Business Times, journalist and activist Naomi Klein, though, says shutting down a debate over climate change is the wrong political response to storms like Harvey.

All the adversaries, enemies and bad actors I've known since the international climate «debate» began would fit on a small bus.

Raucous policy debates such as cap - and - trade would have no scientific basis, Al Gore would at this point be little more than a historical footnote, and President Obama would not be spending this U.N. session talking up a (likely unattainable) international climate deal in Copenhagen in December.

In 2005, during the peak of climate hysteria and the drive to create an international political response to climate change, the Royal Society entered the political debate forcefully and published A Guide to the Facts and Fictions About Climate Change — a report which spoke unequivocally about official climate science and those who dared to challeclimate hysteria and the drive to create an international political response to climate change, the Royal Society entered the political debate forcefully and published A Guide to the Facts and Fictions About Climate Change — a report which spoke unequivocally about official climate science and those who dared to challeclimate change, the Royal Society entered the political debate forcefully and published A Guide to the Facts and Fictions About Climate Change — a report which spoke unequivocally about official climate science and those who dared to challeClimate Change — a report which spoke unequivocally about official climate science and those who dared to challeclimate science and those who dared to challenge it.

Much of the debate on reducing international carbon emissions has focused on the extra cost of making the necessary cuts to slow the onset of climate change.

As you know, The Heartland Institute is a leading voice in the international debate over climate change.

The findings have generated vigorous international debate about an issue that remains a key area of uncertainty in climate science.

Doctors, Craig D. Idso, Robert M. Carter, and S. Fred Singer — three prominent climate scientists affiliated with the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change — write: «This claim is not only false, but its presence in the debate is an insult to sclimate scientists affiliated with the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change — write: «This claim is not only false, but its presence in the debate is an insult to sClimate Change — write: «This claim is not only false, but its presence in the debate is an insult to science.

It signalled a dramatic shift in the international debate over climate change, with defence and intelligence experts at the highest level becoming alarmed at the implications for global security.

In this year, cap and trade legislation passed in the U.S. House, debate began on a U.S. Senate version of the bill, and international climate accord meetings took place in Copenhagen.

The need to turn up the visibility on the ethical and equitable unacceptability of national ghg commitments is not only important to get nations to increase their emissions reductions commitments in international negotiations, it is also important to change the way climate change policies are debated at the national level when climate change policies are formed.

Foley contrasted the long - standing ambitions of those arguing for action on climate change who have focused on the «wholesale transformation of the world's economy and energy systems» with the prevailing dysfunction in Washington and the endless debate that has derailed international climate negotiations.

The event, endorsed by the COP23 Presidency and presided by World Water Council Honorary President Loïc Fauchon and H.E. Charafat Afilal, Secretary of State for Water and Environment of Morocco, brought high level participants, such as international experts and political leaders at the forefront of the debate on climate change and water, as well as several environmental ministers, including, Istiaque Ahmad, Secretary of the Ministry of Environment and Forests of Bangladesh and Sindra Sharma - Khushal, from the UNFCCC COP23 Presidency Team for Fiji.

At present, however, there appear to be at least three possibilities that could advance the international debate about «climate refugee» protections and fill existing gaps in international law.

Putting an end to the debate over climate change, the UN Security Council in a presidential statement declared at its meeting on climate change on July 20 that possible adverse effects of climate change may, in the long run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security.

Donald Trump has put fossil fuel interests in charge of the United States government and tomorrow, emissaries of the fossil fuel industry will debate how to undermine international climate action.

The Heartland Institute has a long history of climate change denial and support for the fossil fuel industry and is known for its regular International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) where prominent climate change deniers gather to promote the idea that a debate still exists on the science behind man - made climate climate change denial and support for the fossil fuel industry and is known for its regular International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC) where prominent climate change deniers gather to promote the idea that a debate still exists on the science behind man - made climate Climate Change (ICCC) where prominent climate change deniers gather to promote the idea that a debate still exists on the science behind man - made climate climate change deniers gather to promote the idea that a debate still exists on the science behind man - made climate climate change.

Can the international climate community offer something to help Pakistan, other than a debate over whether global warming contributed to the floods and a mistake in the IPCC AR4 regarding the melting of the Himalayan glaciers?

However, we hope that the international climate, meteorological and hydrological communities can offer something to help Pakistan other than a debate over whether global warming contributed to the floods and a mistake in the IPCC AR4 regarding the melting of the Himalayan glaciers.

It took another 40 years of data gathering, computer simulations and debate before an international panel of climate experts concluded in 2001 that «most of the observed warming over the last 50 years is likely to have been due to the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations.»

Notably, it provides climate - savvy political leaders like in California an opportunity to raise the issue of international solidarity and global justice in the context of state - level debates.

In addition to the many books, reports, articles, speeches, debates, and media appearances on climate it has produced, sponsored, and / or promoted, the Heartland Institute has done a tremendous service by sponsoring international conferences that bring together genuine scientists and policy experts who insist on evidence - based science, rather than the politics - based «science» promoted by the United Nations and most of the planet's governments and government agencies.

But Russia and China said that as an international security watchdog, the 15 - member council was not the right forum to debate climate change.

I think that casting climate change debate (though not the scientific basis for the existence of a serious manmade change to the world we live in) as Left versus Right has some legitimacy; the ideologies of the Right (which are, IMHO, just as flawed and ethically challenged as the Left's), are failing to find how to incorporate the requirement to deal with the serious manmade changes being wrought upon the world without international government intervention and regulation.