Sentences with phrase «leader on climate change»

So I'm looking forward to talking with Alaskans about how we can work together to make America the global leader on climate change around the globe.

There is good evidence that the UK government's ambition to be a world leader on climate change policy is concomitant with contempt for the public.

Cuomo has attempted to bolster his credentials as a national leader on climate change in recent years.

«If you want to be a corporate leader on climate change or science education, you should fund groups to combat the anti-science garbage produced by Heritage, not the other way around,» said climate scientist Simon Donner, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, when asked for comment.

Britain is an international leader on climate change but is failing to translate this rhetoric into action at home, a new report warns today.

Subnationals, particularly cities, have long been among the more proactive leaders on climate change.

Among elected officials, Governor Jerry Brown is «America's de facto leader on climate change,» and the state will host a Climate Action Summit later this year in San Francisco to bring together «the leaders of states, cities, businesses, and others who made pledges to curb heat - trapping greenhouse gas emissions as part of the Paris accord.»

The initiative also builds on SEI's partnerships and knowledge - sharing and capacity - building activities around the world, and will engage recognized leaders on climate change mitigation, energy modelling, political economy, equity and the climate change negotiations.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Donald Trump prepares for his trip to Germany for an expected showdown with G20 leaders on climate change just weeks after his pullout from the Paris Agreement, a report released today shows that the U.S. is providing $ 6 billion per year in public financing for fossil fuel projects abroad.

While President Obama has emerged as a strong leader on climate change, serious questions have been raised about his government's rush to ship coal overseas.

Germany, seen as a longtime leader on climate change, is still getting 40 percent of its energy from coal.

He said the State Department's report will make it tougher for the U.S. to be a global leader on climate change.

Next week he will be in Paris, a city terrorized yet again by mass murderers, for a summit with other world leaders on climate change, not terrorism.

And while he likes to proclaim himself as a national leader on climate change, he is flooding the state with imported fracked gas, giving billions of dollars to old nukes, and is getting only 3 to 4 % of the state's electricity from renewables,» noted Hawkins.

The Official Partnership with COP21 is an integral part of SkyPower's ongoing initiatives as a corporate leader on climate change — one of the most important issues of our time.

The fact that Musk has posed for photo - ops with Trump is particularly galling, Derwin said, because Musk is «recognized as being a leader on climate change».

«In a nutshell, it looks like Canada is becoming a leader in just transitions in the same way that they've been a leader on climate change policy for the past two or three years,» McGowan said at the time.

Cuomo campaign spokeswoman Abbey Fashouer said the governor has been a leader on climate change, from banning hydraulic fracturing for natural gas to moving to shutter the Indian Point nuclear plant.

Tony Blair has praised Britain's role as a global leader on climate change, but insisted he would not penalise people driving cars or taking cheap flights in a bid to save the planet.

Appearing with former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday at Columbia University, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pledged to make New York a leader on climate change initiatives, pushing a plan that says other states and Canada should follow.

Mark Dunlea says Cuomo has positioned New York as a national leader on climate change, but «his goals are weaker in several ways than those adopted seven years ago» by former Gov. David Paterson.

One possibility, he says, is that China could emerge as the global leader on climate change.

«As the country's potential top diplomat, Tillerson should understand that the U.S. needs to be a leader on climate change and honor its international commitments.

By implementing these and other policies soon, Canada could still become a leader on climate change while diversifying its economy and protecting the health of its citizens.

By enacting a carbon price, New York would further its reputation as a national leader on climate change and as a state that is profitable for businesses.

Their hopes were raised by a year - end interview with Jeff Rud of the Times - Colonist in which Campbell said B.C. needs to be a leader on climate change.

Even the Royal Society has had issues with the idea that advocacy should not be part of science, with a group of 43 members, led by Andrew Montford, attacking the outspoken stance of their leaders on climate change.

The announcement comes at a time when the United States — which for the last eight years sought to be a leader on climate change — is retreating from the international stage.

The European Union is a global leader on climate change, but there's still plenty of room for improvement.

Members of the student group Fossil Free MIT have long viewed divestment as a way for MIT to emerge as a leader on climate change.

While the rest of the world sees Australia as a pariah on climate change, Campbell proudly tells all who'll listen that we are actually regarded as a world leader on climate change.10 While the rest of the world thought that Australia was doing all it could to undermine Kyoto and to wreck consensus, Campbell says we are seen as being a constructive player.

The EU has positioned itself as a global leader on climate change but has thus far been unwilling to impose significant costs of carbon on its firms.

«The single best thing [the United States] could do would be to become a leader on climate change,» said Tom Lovejoy, director of the Heinz Center, an environmental policy group.

If Google and other IT companies are serious about being leaders on climate change and clean energy solutions, then they should heed the ask of today's shareholder resolution and disclose all of their lobbying positions and payments.

Max Gomberg: California has been a leader on climate change issues since 2006, when it passed AB32, or the California Global Warming Solutions Act, and it is maintaining its leadership role.

California has long prided itself on being a world leader on climate change — and with good reason.