Sentences with phrase «looking climate change policy»

He called for a «resilient energy union with a forward - looking climate change policy».

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«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.

We are challenging companies to rethink their «climate lobbying» and instead support forward - looking policies to combat climate change.

Tomorrow, Mr Blair will deliver a major speech on foreign policy on how «global values» such as democracy and the rule of law are applied, looking at everything from interventions in Kosovo to a broader policy towards Africa and climate change.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

So a realistic look at the international policy dynamics that currently exist, as well as an informed discussion on where those policies could grow to be, is a great way to continue the conversation on actionable solutions to climate change,» said Subhashree Mishra, 2014 - 16 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy (DOE).

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

In terms of how probable each of those is, there's a lot of debate, but in terms of actually making policy, you have to look at all possibilities and figure out possible actions you could take to limit the damage from climate change.

They looked at each of those conditions through, first, a business - as - usual lens that assumes a lack of international climate - policy action with continued high rates of greenhouse gas emissions and, second, an optimistic scenario of reduced emissions with climate change policy interventions.

- A Question of Balance: Weighing the Options on Global Warming Policies by William Nordhaus and Global Warming: Looking Beyond Kyoto by Ernesto Zedillo, two climate - change books he is writing about for The New York Review of Books

On 29 October, 2015, a daylong symposium will review what scientific research has revealed about climate change over the past 50 years, and offer a forward - looking assessment of the range of scientific, technological, communication, and policy options for the future.

The role of the Climate Change Commission is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate sceClimate Change Commission is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate scenChange Commission is to gather the latest science and information on climate change impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate sceclimate change impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate scenchange impacts to Hawai`i and provide advice and recommendations to the mayor, City Council, and executive departments as they look to draft policy and engage in planning for future climate sceclimate scenarios.

EN: This year, I am looking forward to communicating the recommendations made in the Climate Change policy paper to other educators, so we can unite in advocating for a better future for our schools.

Looking at Tropicana's scores you'll see that our assessment of PepsiCo found that their policies on farmers and workers issues are «poor» while they get slightly higher marks for how they address their impacts on climate change and land.

But I think the discussion right now is about people realizing that geo - engineering is one of the many solutions that we have to take a look at, and that at very low cost it could provide us with a bridge of a couple of decades and an insurance policy against unlikely catastrophic climate change.

I would suggest that anyone interested in India's policy take a look at Rabett Run which has a comment on and a link to the Indian National Action Plan on Climate Change.

Any useful summary of knowledge on the causes and consequences of climate change and possible responses would have to include a hard look at the substantial (and sobering) body of work on what shapes human behavior: how people absorb or ignore scientific information — including the climate panel's own reports — and what roadblocks in human behavior await the menu of possible policy options for limiting climate - related risks.

Even if climate change doesn't motivate you, look at the economics and foreign policy implications.

the only thing that scares me with those climate forcing charts is if policy makers look at the negative effect from particulates and aerosols... will this make some want to release more aerosols to abate the changes?

If you agree that climate change is the singular foreign policy issue of the 21st century — an «existential threat» as Clinton called it recently, the O'Malley plan is almost a perfect example of what going all in looks like.

There is, however, a point to be made about exercising caution when evaluating the forward - looking output of a computer model, particularly when those models are used to advocate policy changes on the assumption that the computer model accurately simulates the earth's climate, and more particularly when there is no demonstrable track record of the predictive accuracy of the model.

When I asked Charles Sydnor, the owner of Braeburn Farm, about the urgency of climate policy for his industry — he had this to say: «As a farmer, when we look at climate change there are two sides to the story — but we only really talk about one — namely the production of greenhouse gases.

This policy brief looks at how five county governments in Kenya have established County Climate Change Funds (CCCFs) that identify, prioritize and finance investments to reduce climate risk and achieve adaptation prioClimate Change Funds (CCCFs) that identify, prioritize and finance investments to reduce climate risk and achieve adaptation prioclimate risk and achieve adaptation priorities.

As the public learns more about climate engineering technologies, they will look to ENGOs to understand what the policy issues are, and understand how these ideas fit in, it at all, with a climate change response portfolio.

«There have also been a lot of progressive EU policies on climate change and the environment,» she added, describing the EU recast energy performance of buildings directive, which is mandating the nearly zero energy standard for all new buildings from 2021, as «extremely forward looking».

I really hope you can look beyond this label to the rest of the paper, where we were trying to find points of common ground for those who both accept and doubt anthropogenic climate change, that hopefully would help promote policies that would produce outcomes that both sides of the debate could accept.

This policy brief identifies fundamental differences in how developed and developing countries view equity, transparency and accountability in the context of climate change adaptation finance, and looks at the implications for the generation, governance, delivery and use of adaptation finance.

This report analyzes the prospects of state efforts to address climate change by looking at a range of case studies to determine what characteristics of state policy innovation may be indicators of successful federal adoption.

Although the conclusions reached in this post are initially counter-intuitive, we here explain why ethical arguments are in some ways much stronger arguments than self - interest based arguments and the failure to look at climate change policies through an ethical lens has practical consequences.

I have been an avid reader of the analysis here and I am looking forward to contributing to the important policy discussions that Andrew, Robert and others routinely engage in on energy, climate change and security policy.

Its powerful combination of strong international leadership, progressive thinking and forward - looking policies are reflected in its calls for dramatic cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions and for mechanisms to help vulnerable countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.

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The conference included sessions of the UNFCCC Subsidiary Bodies, which between them look at the «what's and whys and how's» of climate change adaptation, mitigation, technology and finance that will eventually form the policies and practices of the climate change treaty.

The first of these three articles looked at how NGO's should respond to arguments against climate change policies based on cost if climate change is a moral problem.

A major significance for policy of understanding climate change as a moral and justice issue, is that nations may not look at economic self - interest alone in formulating policies, they must consider their ethical and moral obligations to those who are most vulnerable to climate change.

Looking at the delay caused by the climate change policy opposition in the United States is illustrative of the harm caused by political opposition to climate change policies worldwide.

Not Really; National Climate Change Policy: A Quick Look Back at Waxman - Markey and the Road Ahead; Worried About International Competitiveness?

European policy makers are increasingly looking to the United States for leadership on climate change, according to Anthony Giddens, the prominent British sociologist whose centrist «third way» political philosophy counts Tony Blair and Bill Clinton among its followers.

It assumes that atmospheric levels of CO2 equivalents can not rise above 450 parts per million if we are to avoid «dangerous» climate change of more than 2 ºC and then looks at the mitigation that policy - makers would need to pursue to achieve that.

The one significant book on the subject I've come across (and I haven't looked exhaustively, so please enlighten me if there is more out there) The Social Construction of Climate Change: Power Knowledge Norms Discourses, ME Pettenger really deals only with the question of how climate change advocacy fails to capture the policy Climate Change: Power Knowledge Norms Discourses, ME Pettenger really deals only with the question of how climate change advocacy fails to capture the policy aChange: Power Knowledge Norms Discourses, ME Pettenger really deals only with the question of how climate change advocacy fails to capture the policy climate change advocacy fails to capture the policy achange advocacy fails to capture the policy agenda.

If the Senate was interested in uncovering secretive funding apparatus bent on twisting government policy to the detriment of people and their future, perhaps a look into climate change denial organizations would be a better use of tax dollars.

In this post we look at the failure of the US press to communicate about the significance for policy of seeing climate change as an ethical issue.

TransCanada Corp.'s proposed Keystone XL pipeline has become a litmus test in the U.S. battle over energy policy, as the environmental movement looks for reassurance that President Barack Obama is committed to combatting climate change.

Another Look at the Waxman - Markey Cap - and - Trade Proposal» (June 18, 2009); «National Climate Change Policy: A Quick Look Back at Waxman - Markey and the Road Ahead» (June 29, 2009).

What Needs To Be Done To Assure That Ethical Principles Guide Climate Change Policy Making: A Look At The Bridge at The End OF The World

WGIII — Assess options for mitigation of climate change, look at the benefits and drawbacks of different policy scenarios»

In the search for planet levers to address climate change, we should look for ways to significantly cut emissions that don't require grand policy solutions, such as carbon taxes or global cap - and - trade schemes, or the approval of the U.S. Congress or the United Nations.

If any of the research results looked to have a potential impact on climate change policy (where perhaps trillions of dollars could ultimately be at stake), I would have expedited the CDR process.

20 November: Guardian: Climate sceptics claim leaked emails are evidence of collusion among scientists by Leo Hickman and James Randerson «It does look incriminating on the surface, but there are lots of single sentences that taken out of context can appear incriminating,» said Bob Ward, director of policy and communications at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics.