This is why forward - looking companies are actively ensuring their policy engagement on
key climate issues is aligned, transparent, and consistent.
Here are five
key climate issues to watch at the Marrakech meeting in November.
Not exact matches
Both
climate change and inequality were «two
key issues» that would drive us to either utopia or dystopia, Lagarde stated.
Sandy Silver, Premier of Yukon and Chair of the Council of the Federation, chaired the meeting at which Premiers discussed several
key issues including health care and
climate change.
Shareholder resolutions have seen rising support on
key issues ranging from governance practices to
climate change to pay equity, and the recent expansion of proxy access provides long - term investors with an opportunity to shape the board itself.
Water management and
climate change are two
key issues in coffee production.
The latest report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, «No more excuses — responsible supply chains in a globalised world ``, found that four in five respondent companies described their firms as having responsible supply chains, yet only under a quarter were actually addressing
key issues such as
climate change or child labor.
Climate change, smog, acid rain, dead zones and the ozone hole are real
issues affecting the planet, and nitrogen pollution plays a
key role in each of them.
Mr Moraes said a gap existed between the importance of European
issues and their coverage in British reporting, citing temporary agency workers» rights,
climate change, and working time as
key issues currently affecting the UK.
From shaping pensions reform to managing
climate change; reforming personal injury compensation to effective regulation of financial services, the ABI's 2007 national conference will tackle all the
key issues facing the industry and wider society.
Or, to give an example that isn't obvious from the Bible's teachings, imagine the Pope came out and said that
Climate Change is a
key issue for humanity today (I'm 99.9 % sure he has said words to that effect, but can't find a source right now).
He must also explain why
key issues, notably
climate change and housing, need a greater priority in the next decade than the last.
«United States innovation and business leadership have been
key drivers to lowering our carbon emissions over the last 20 years, and we should continue to have an influential seat at the table as the rest of the world addresses these
issues,» said Stefanik, of Willsboro, a member of the Bipartisan
Climate Solutions Caucus.
On some
key issues, New York voters overwhelmingly (by more than three to one) back a party to citizenship for those who are here illegally, and also believe that
climate change is a significant threat to the planet.
Siena College poll shows Hillary Clinton losing some ground to Donald Trump in their shared home state of NY, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer widening his lead over his little - known challenger, Wendy Long, and voters» opinions on
key issues from gun control to
climate change.
Adesina said the presidential address would highlight, among other
key issues, Nigeria's commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions and policy actions aimed at tackling
climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.
A
key Senate committee approved Trump's top diplomatic pick yesterday, but Democrats cited concerns about Tillerson's position on
climate change
issues
As in years past, Our Ocean 2016 will tackle
key issues including marine protected areas, sustainable fisheries, marine pollution, and
climate - related impacts on the ocean.
Still, Ogden noted, a number of
key issues central to the 2015 agreement remain unresolved — like what legal form the deal will take, how countries will prove they are making progress on mitigation targets and how much money wealthy nations will pony up to help poorer ones cut carbon and prepare for the impacts of
climate change.
A
key issue in considering the decision has been the potential
climate effects of natural gas versus coal.
Still, Baldwin thinks that approaching
climate change as a marketing problem rather than a political
issue may be the
key to rising above the political quagmire.
Moreover, we found that when respondents» perception of the level of scientific agreement increased, this led to significant changes in other
key beliefs about the
issue, such as the belief that
climate change is happening, human - caused and a worrisome problem.
«This report's findings should help support wider agreement on
climate policy, where costs and equity of the cleanup burden between rich and poor are
key issues.»
The
key issue in predicting future rates of global sea level rise is to understand and predict how ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica will react to a warming
climate.
Participants share innovations and news on critical
issues, such as the rising threat of the rust diseases or changing
climates in
key wheat farmlands.
A
key issue in Australia is that
climate change exacerbates other threatening processes.
Judah Cohen, a
climate forecaster at Atmospheric and Environmental Research in Massachusetts, who
issues seasonal snowfall forecasts several months in advance for his company's clients, said the relationship between sea ice loss and the Arctic Oscillation is a
key area for future research to focus on.
However, they've also made egregious errors and their work simply hasn't stood up, especially as regards
key issues like
climate sensitivity.
Our
key areas of work include environmental contaminants, biodiversity and
climate related
issues.
The latter is important for the
climate sensitivity
issue, while the former is
key for the constraint.
About Blog This blog is a service of Alston & Bird's Environmental, Land Use & Natural Resources team and focuses on
key environmental compliance & litigation, land development, and
climate change
issues.
Other renowned authors have drawn together powerful analyses of these
issues, with
key examples being David Korten (The Great Turning), David Selby (Education and
Climate Change), Basarab Nicolescu (From Modernity to Cosmodernity), Duane Elgin (Deep Big History essay), Peter Senge (The Fifth Discipline), and Margaret Wheatley (Leadership and the New Science, to name a few.
How do you see the importance of these skills in addressing the
key trends and
issues we are seeing globally, such as
climate change and migration?
«What the World Thinks about
Climate Change in 7 Charts» is a good place to get some
key facts about the global
issues.
While there's no doubt that
climate change, artificial intelligence, automation, technologies and the need to accommodate an ever - expanding global population will remain
key issues, it's hard to foresee what else we'll be dealing with by the time today's school age students enter the workforce.
ASCD's newest Policy Priorities
issue brief, «A Lexicon for Educating the Whole Child (and Preparing the Whole Adult),» examines education terms and philosophies — including character education, school
climate, social - emotional learning, and 21st century skills — to provide clarity and enable thoughtful conversations on these
key issues.
This research workshop focused on the
issue of how future
climate change might affect transportation and brought together top transportation and
climate change experts to explore what is currently known about the interaction between
climate change and transportation and identify
key potential risks.
Municipal issuers have a
key role to play in terms of: • Low - carbon technologies • Pollution control •
Climate adaptation, such as disaster prevention and recovery We will seek to avoid purchasing the relatively few government -
issued bonds that are explicitly
issued to finance the development of projects, such as nuclear power plants or casinos, which are fundamentally misaligned with our investment objectives Sovereign Debt National governments around the world
issue bonds (debt) to finance a wide variety of public goods including education, infrastructure, national defense, the judiciary and social welfare.
About Blog This blog is a service of Alston & Bird's Environmental, Land Use & Natural Resources team and focuses on
key environmental compliance & litigation, land development, and
climate change
issues.
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
A updated register of national expert
climate scientists from across the
key and relevant disciplines would therefore seem necessary and urgent if the developing country media — the interface with the public — are to have a fighting chance of covering and getting published / broadcast
climate change
issues from their national perspective.
For instance, Senator Sanders had huge success well beyond all expectations, and
climate was a
key issue in that campaign.
The
key issue for
climate is whether the net forcing from these gases is likely to continue to grow rapidly and, since this is dominated by the CO2 changes, the likelihood is that it will.
If you look at the leading candidates on both sides, one is more ambiguous than a patch of fog, one doesn't even list
climate change as one of his «driving»
issues in
key public speeches, and another seems to think
climate change's importance derives mainly from its relationship to 9 - 11.
Climate scientists acknowledge that the aerosol
issue is one of the
key uncertainties in their understanding.»
With three presidential debates and one for vice president behind us, David Leonhardt posted a helpful tally of debate questions — decrying the lack of a single question on one of the
key issues facing humanity in this century and beyond: human - driven
climate change.
The
key issue here — far larger than the debate over a 17 % or an 84 % excess emissions per [barrel] of tar sands oil vs. light sweet crude — is highlighted by, [but] not put into full energy and
climate context by, the compelling and depressing Charles Homans Foreign Policy article [link].
This paper presents the
key issues surrounding liberalized trade in
climate - friendly goods and technologies in WTO environmental goods negotiations.
Jamie Henn, spokesperson with Tar Sands Action, which organized the protests, and co-founder of
climate organization 350.org, told mongabay.com that,» the reason the Keystone XL pipeline has emerged as such a
key fight is because it is on a specific time horizon, the Administration says it will
issue a decision by the end of this year, and the decision whether or not to grant the permit rests solely on President Obama's desk.
«The
key to connecting to the larger
climate change
issue is to tell more unique, local stories,» he said.