Sentences with phrase «landmark agreement»

«This year, governments are seeking to adopt landmark agreements on climate change and ending poverty,» he said.

«Even in this age where the value of trade is being questioned by some, we have successfully negotiated landmark agreements with Europe and with Asia,» Trudeau added as he took a subtle shot at protectionists like Trump.

Rio Tinto Alcan's landmark agreement in principle with the Haisla Nation in support of its primary metal operations in British Columbia was officially ratified by the Haisla Nation membership in March 2010.

From landmark agreements protecting fish and wildlife habitat, to innovative educational programming, and hundreds of partnerships with organizations serving those in need throughout the state, the Muckleshoot Tribe is contributing to the health of its forests and the quality of life of its citizens and neighbors.

(NEW YORK) September 23, 2014 — The Alliance for a Healthier Generation, founded by the American Heart Association and Clinton Foundation, has worked with representatives from American Beverage Association, The Coca - Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo to announce a new landmark agreement to decrease beverage calories in the American diet.

Session Three explored how a New Zealand landmark agreement made the Whanganui River a legal entity with a legal voice and how Ecuador was the first nation to recognize the legal rights of mountains, rivers and land in 2008.

President Obama's landmark agreement with China to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by the president and Democrats that on the issue of climate change, American voters are far ahead of Washington's warring factions and that the environment will be a winning cause in the 2016 presidential campaign.

The landmark agreement is one of the year's largest so far.

After a landmark agreement at last year's Paris Conference on climate, 2016 began with heightened hope that world leaders were willing to take concrete steps to solve the climate challenge.

Multiple reports suggest that the President is prepared to withdraw from the landmark agreement signed by 195 nations that seeks to limit increases in global temperature levels.

The diplomat is visiting Pyongyang after a landmark agreement between the two Koreas.

«It's incumbent on all of us to make sure we don't undermine a landmark agreement that occurred when the plan was signed in the first place, and to deliver on it,» she said.

Last September, the Alliance, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, and the beverage companies announced a landmark agreement to reduce beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 20 percent by 2025.

The landmark agreement between the Alliance, founded by the American Heart Association and the Clinton Foundation, and the beverage companies, calls for an independent, third - party evaluator to track progress toward the goal of reducing beverage calorie consumed per person by 20 percent by 2025.

The landmark agreement was signed at the United Nations 4th Annual Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Sharm El - Sheikh, in the presence of H.E Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak, the First Lady of Egypt, President and Founder of the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement, and sets the scene for a collaborative partnership in family online safety in Egypt and around the world.

«This landmark agreement demonstrates a clear commitment to vulnerable customers through the joint wishes of the members of BIBA and the ABI.

After a landmark agreement in January 2017, Entergy will close Indian Point nuclear power plant by 2021.

Under this landmark agreement, the two aging nuclear reactors at Indian Point will shut down in 2020 and 2021, respectively.

Riverkeeper, New York State, and Entergy have signed a landmark agreement to close Indian Point Energy Center by 2021.

Trump reiterated his willingness to forge new deals with Putin and floated a a landmark agreement to reducing nuclear capability in exchange for dropping US sanctions.

The Cayuga Nation is trying to sabotage a landmark agreement between the state and Oneida Indian Nation in a long - shot bid to get a casino in Cayuga County - a casino the Cayuga have said repeatedly they don't want, according to papers filed Tuesday in federal court.

Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said: «This landmark agreement shows how serious we are about moving powers out of Whitehall and reinforces the significant authority and finance already given to local communities.»

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. John Katko, a longtime critic of the Paris climate accord, reiterated his opposition Thursday after President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the landmark agreement.

«The landmark agreement to close Indian Point 14 years ahead of schedule will protect the health and safety of all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said.

The NASUWT, the largest teachers» union, and the Schools Co-operative Society, have today entered into a landmark agreement to help ensure that state schools remain not - for - profit and democratically - accountable to the public and parents.

This vote builds on the landmark agreements we reached with Native American tribes this year, ending expensive court battles and unnecessary discord and restoring hundreds of millions of dollars to local governments.»

The discussions that began at the Cuban Academy of Sciences would give rise to a landmark agreement two days later.

The leaders of AAAS and the Cuban Academy of Sciences have signed a landmark agreement to advance scientific cooperation by Cuban and U.S. scientists, in key areas of mutual interest to both countries.

The 2015 Paris accord «was a landmark agreement,» says Cara Horowitz, co-executive director of the Emmett Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law.

Last year, the university and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service signed a landmark agreement that formalized UCF's use of refuge facilities and established a protocol that will allow UCF to build research facilities and a plan that will give UCF oversight of the facilities for 40 years or more.

Despite some drama and tension at the COP21 meeting, world leaders and their negotiators are surprisingly optimistic Le Bourget, Paris — Momentum continues to build here for a landmark agreement to combat climate change.

Countries did find enough legal Band - Aids to patch together an agreement that finally won approval here, including the near - exact words of a landmark agreement in November between the United States and China that Stern said he and Chinese Minister Xie Zhenhua offered as a compromise.

Cape Town, South Africa, 25 October 2013 — The International Polar Foundation committed to a landmark agreement today with South Africa's National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) and the Department of Environmental...

In 2011 the Center reached a landmark agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service compelling the agency to move forward on protections for the Mono Basin sage grouse population — as well as the greater sage grouse as a whole and more than 750 other species.

Discussions to implement a landmark agreement to limit manmade warming are currently underway in Morocco, though negotiators are concerned that the election of Donald Trump could derail these efforts.

Under a landmark agreement between the United States and Russia, 500 metric tons of former Soviet nuclear weapons material was converted into fuel for America's civilian power reactors.

July 12, 2011 — The Center reached a landmark agreement with the Fish and Wildlife Service compelling the agency to move forward in the protection process for 757 species, including on improved protections for the Mexican gray wolf.

Cape Town, South Africa, 25 October 2013 — The International Polar Foundation committed to a landmark agreement today with South Africa's National Antarctic Programme (SANAP) and the Department of Environmental Affairs, reinforcing future cooperation between the two organisations.

A joint announcement by the U.S. and China in a landmark agreement to cut greenhouse gas pollution

Today's landmark agreement was reached against the backdrop of a remarkable groundswell of climate action by cities and regions, business and civil society.

NEWARK In a victory for grassroots organizers in Newark, the Newark Public School district has reached a landmark agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal civil rights investigation into the discriminatory impact of school closures on students of color.

A landmark agreement to use student test scores for the first time in evaluating Los Angeles Unified teachers was approved by union members Saturday.

She recently played an instrumental role in a landmark agreement in which leaders from eight Maryland education organizations have joined together to support the implementation of Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), a key component of the new teacher and principal evaluation system in the state.

This is landmark agreement that Blackberry signed with Amazon, but there is a downside.

Sony and Kobo signed a landmark agreement today that affects readers in the USA and Canada.

In a press release earlier today, regional carriers Alltel Wireless and U.S. Cellular have announced a landmark agreement whereby both companies will sell prepaid service under the now unified U Prepaid brand previously used by Alltel to sell its own prepaid service.