Sentences with phrase «key climate challenges»

-- A second industry - led initiative was launched by leading producers of petroleum who committed to address methane as well as other key climate challenges, followed by regular reporting on ongoing efforts.

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Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key global challenges of our time, from climate change to sustainable development.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), Department of Agriculture brought together key stakeholders in a 3 - day conference to tackle solutions toward addressing hybrid rice adoption challenges in Southeast Asia amid climate change threats.

In this conversation with host Grant Reeher, Ravitch looks back on some of those experiences, and argues that a sense of collective responsibility and shared sacrifice were the keys to overcoming the challenges, and considers how those qualities are faring in today's political climate.

Given the scope of the climate change challenge, moving forward quickly is key.

Such adaptation will be a key cultural challenge of the next century — as will fostering the kind of global communication that can connect with the local concerns of individuals and communities to reduce climate risk.

The challenge goes to a key problem in climate science today.

The ice sheets themselves are the biggest challenge for climate modelling since we don't have direct evidence of the many of the key processes that occur at the ice sheet base (for obvious reasons), nor even of what the topography or conditions are at the base itself.

Our vision, mission and approach for this research takes into account the complexity of climate science and the need for key advances that will help decision makers as they face policy challenges related to the environment.

This module will ensure accurate, consistent, comparable, regional scale, long ‐ term measurements of ocean parameters, which are key to addressing urgent societal and scientific challenges such as climate change, ocean ecosystem disturbance, and marine hazards.

Strengthening the climate and culture of our schools is key to supporting students» in overcoming these challenges and capitalizing on their strengths.

This session will introduce key principals of agile methodology, and examine the potential of using these methodologies to re-engineer the entire publishing workflow for success in today's challenging climate.

KEY FEATURES — Stunningly detailed pixel graphics — 10 challenging, well - designed boss battles — Hypnotic electronic score by composer Karl Flodin — Modern take on the classic Metroidvania genre: Players can freely explore the world at their own pace — Organic storytelling: The environments tell the story, along with some holo - tapes that are scattered around the drowned cities — Plausible plot driven by real - life issues: Explore the effects of climate change and technological progress

Key Message 6: Meeting the Challenge To achieve the societal transformation required to meet the climate change challenge, we must overcome a number of significant constraints and seize critical opporChallenge To achieve the societal transformation required to meet the climate change challenge, we must overcome a number of significant constraints and seize critical opporchallenge, we must overcome a number of significant constraints and seize critical opportunities.

The resulting Copenhagen Accord is supported by over 120 countries making up over 80 percent of global emissions and outlines key elements that are essential to a long term solution to the climate change challenge.

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

«eLab Ignite: Finding Value at the Distribution Edge» will convene corporate customers, innovators, utilities and other key industry stakeholders to address the challenges and opportunities arising from the convergence of increasing capability and affordability of distributed resources, climate change and the need for a more resilient U.S. electricity system.

But the key point is that, were the EU to choose to rise to the climate challenge, it could certainly devise a proposal sufficient to its purposes.

The challenges are the energy security and climate change consequences of our dependence on fossil fuels, and the opportunity to revive and expand one of our key industries through a transition to electrification.

UNEP is supporting countries and their partners to fast track action on this challenge through the PCFV and other programmes such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick prodClimate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick prodclimate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick production.

The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit 2015 will feature a thematic track titled «Urban Transport and Climate Change: Policy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate Climate Change: Policy Challenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climaChallenges for Indian Cities» to introduce the project to stakeholders and highlight key policy challenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climachallenges faced by urban transport in Indian cities in the context of climate climate change.

It features chapters on: the year in review, which highlights environmental extremes, including record extreme weather and climate events and increasing degradation of marine ecosystems, but notes progress towards new investments in renewable energy and towards a green economy; the benefits of soil carbon; the closing and decommissioning of nuclear power reactors; and on key environmental indicators, which underscores the need to address mounting challenges, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land and soil degradation.

This manual gives leaders a practical snapshot of urban planning that can help to improve their communication with planners and address key challenges, including resilience to climate change.

To that end, it offers twelve key messages and a series of practical case studies showing how cities can respond to the challenge of climate change in a way that ultimately improves urban sustainability.

«I am convinced that one of the greatest challenges of our time is climate change... Today we declared that we want to work together in several key areas related to climate change and energy.

This technical document identifies key challenges and solutions for carrying out project - level economic analysis of adaptation to climate change, both stand - alone and integrated into broader development projects.

But your responses do not «answer» my request (or challenge) to you to cite the empirical evidence that supports the (3.2 °C mean value for the 2xCO2 climate sensitivity, which is the key hypothesis underlying the) IPCC CAGW premise.

The slides give an overview of FAO's work on Climate Change, the key challenges and the responses to its global goal.

He said that however one defines the energy - climate challenge, technology will be an important part of the solution — a solution that advances key public interests including reduced energy costs, greater energy efficiency and increased manufacturing productivity.

Implementing resource efficiency solutions to combat poverty and climate change were stressed as the key challenges.

This challenge intends to demonstrate how the work of RDA is a key to solve numerous climate change related issues through enterprise engagement.

In this weekly roundup, we analyze key water developments around the West, including climate impacts to groundwater, a legal challenge to a desalination plant and seawater intrusion into a key agricultural aquifer.6 months ago

So, the key thing for us is to obviously get our budget proposals through, but once we do that, we think that his presents an opportunity to turn the twin challenges of energy dependence and climate change into an economic opportunity — for New York, and hopefully for the American people to stop sending all of our energy dollars overseas, recapture them, build new technologies, and then export those technologies around the world as people try to reduce their own dependence and fight climate change.

No, the key challenge will be coming up with a coherent theory of climate that honors observations and accurately predicts future states of the climate.

The document also includes three fact files full of key information about how adaptation finance works; the relationship between climate change, food security, and adaptation; and the specific climate challenges faced by pastoralist communities.

The Challenge Imposed by Climate Change: observed changes, interpretation, projections, limited future warming, key messages and impacts.

The tackling of climate - related distinctive challenges will improve the credibility of practical, sustainable solar houses as a key requirement for their mass - production locally or around the globe in the near future.

Section 1 of China, the United States and the Climate Change Challenge, outlines China's National Climate Change Program, the key components of which are:

LONDON, 21 April, 2017 — In the great climate change challenge, forests play a key role in absorbing atmospheric carbon.

SEI's work sheds light on major ethical issues in climate policy, examines key governance challenges, and offers new analytical frameworks centred on equity.

«Climate change will be a key issue that future citizens of Texas will need to understand and confront, and they deserve social studies textbooks that reinforce good science and prepare them for the challenges ahead,» she said in a statement.

Florida, the most vulnerable state in the country to climate change, faces a key election this November that could have significant ramifications for its ability to cope with the challenge of rising seas and intensifying coastal storms.

Climate change and Energy and Poverty are indeed two key challenges the energy world is facing today, and I do believe that a major international concerted effort can deliver a solution with co-benefits for both the issues.

«Key among these challenges are the announced nuclear phase - out, reform efforts in electricity and natural gas markets, and overall climate changes policies.»

«If we do not accept that climate change is an enormously important dimension of the energy challenge that we face, and larger environmental challenges that we face, we will not put into the legislation that we need, the key ingredient that we need,» Obama science and technology adviser John Holdren said in his remarks to the National Climate Adaptation Summit on climate change is an enormously important dimension of the energy challenge that we face, and larger environmental challenges that we face, we will not put into the legislation that we need, the key ingredient that we need,» Obama science and technology adviser John Holdren said in his remarks to the National Climate Adaptation Summit on Climate Adaptation Summit on May 27.

This analytical report highlights the key climate and development challenges faced by African Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

This guidance document introduces agriculture and how it contributes to climate change and is affected by it: meeting growing demand for food through sustainable productivity increases has become a key challenge for agriculture and rural areas.

A key challenge for climate policy is, therefore, to find ways to sustain high decarbonisation rates for decades at a time in an economically feasible way.

It was prepared to present the key issues discussed by the experts and to make their insights available to a broader audience, as part of UNCTAD's contribution to the debate about appropriate action to address the challenge of climate change.

ICTs play a key role in addressing major challenges related to climate change and sustainable development.