Sentences with phrase «managing issues of climate»

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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.

«Whilst we are getting on with the pensions proposals for the future of the country, whilst we are producing the energy proposal that guarantees energy security and climate change issues, whilst we are managing a huge investment in our schools as a result of the strong economy the chancellor has produced, whilst we're investing in the NHS - we've been doing all that what exactly has he been doing?»

Buffalo, N.Y. (WBEN)- Dozens of protesters gathered in Niagara Square on a sunny Saturday afternoon to rally in support of efforts to manage climate change issues.

The initiative encourages Americans to think of climate change as a risk management issue; the panel aims to clarify and contextualize the science so the public and decision - makers can be more adequately informed about those risks and possible ways to manage them.

But it comes on the heels of «a series of commitments» by big corporations to deal with environmental and social issues, says Glenn Hurowitz, managing director of Climate Advisers, a Washington, D.C. - based consulting firm.

Lesli A. Maxwell is an assistant managing editor for Education Week who oversees coverage of school district news and leadership, English - language learners, charter schools and school choice issues, and school climate, discipline, and nonacademic factors that affect students.

Likewise, there is evidence to suggest that many young people lack an understanding of how to manage their financial circumstances, which is a particular issue in the context of a difficult economic climate and increasingly common instances of personal debt and insolvency.

The actively managed intermediate - term fund will invest across multiple bond subcategories, including development bonds, project loans and real estate projects that fit its mandate of providing solutions to climate change and other environmental sustainability issues.

So there is a significant issue there, and it is currently being debated under the framework convention on climate change and how to manage it there, but it is also here is the opportunity under the Montreal Protocol to begin to deal with the issue by accelerating the phase - out of HCFCs in developing countries....

A greater knowledge of DOM formation may help us better understand and manage societal issues such as climate change, the fate and transport of pollutants, and drinking water contamination.

The rule aligns with proposals offered recently in Issues as analysts detailed why the nation needs to rethink its infrastructure — the technical components as well as the varied systems for managing them — in the face of climate change and what actions will help ensure resilience.

In Issues, a trio of experts has explained how better managing use of these nutrients — in agriculture and in urban areas — can yield environmental, socioeconomic, and national security benefits, especially as atmospheric warming drives climate change.

RFF research has informed the design of a number of these policies and RFF experts are continuing to look at how states and regions design climate initiatives, manage issues such as emissions leakage and competitiveness concerns, and balance economic and environmental goals.

The overall objectives of the training is to share and learn various issues of Climate Change related issues relating to adaptation approaches and climate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the cClimate Change related issues relating to adaptation approaches and climate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the cclimate forecast applications that would help better manage of the climatic risks in agriculture and allied sectors in the country.

The issues highlighted in the document include: reconnect science and policy, catalyze rapid and transformative changes in human behavior towards the environment, develop new insights on water - land interactions, accelerate the implementation of environmentally - friendly renewable energy, integrate biodiversity across the environmental and economic agendas, manage the unintended consequences of climate change mitigation and adaptation, and develop a new approach for minimizing risks of novel technologies and chemicals.

In this paper, we focus on the issue of how climate change affects the way that agricultural systems and the people that manage and govern them need to change in the next 20 years in order to achieve food security... [bold added]

by Judith Curry Climatic Change has a new special issue: Managing Uncertainty Predictions of Climate Change and Impacts.

The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.

With the support of the U.N. Development Programme, he had initiated Pakistan's National Climate Change Policy, a new umbrella policy for managing a wide range of issues including disasters, human health, water, agriculture and biodiversity.

These and other issues are discussed in the Managing Director's Statement on the Role of the Fund in Addressing Climate Change, a recent Staff Discussion Note and IMF books Fiscal Policy to Mitigate Climate Change: A Guide for Policymakers and Implementing a US Carbon Tax: Challenges and Debates.

Climatic Change has a new special issue: Managing Uncertainty Predictions of Climate Change and Impacts.

See http://www.cfr.org/climate-change/candidates-climate-change/p14765 which says that «McCain has been one of the most outspoken members of Congress on the issue of climate change» and he «managed to force the first real Senate vote on actually doing something about the largest environmental peril our species has yet faced.»

For instance, in 2012, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report studying links between climate change and extreme weather, titled «Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption&Climate Change (IPCC) issued a special report studying links between climate change and extreme weather, titled «Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption&climate change and extreme weather, titled «Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaption&climate change adaption».

It's never been clear to me how NGOs have managed to make the issue of climate change and poverty «related».

While the Guardian series omitted or downplayed some key points, I thought it managed to straddle the divide enough to interest climate skeptic as well as mainstreamer readers while scotching many of the false issues.

Canada takes the wooden spoon for the lowest proportion of firms incentivizing their boards to manage climate change issues, at a mere 2 percent.

Managing long - term environmental issues such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity is of critical importance to efforts to achieve sustainability.

There is a strong focus on engaging Indigenous communities who manage IPAs with regards to the issue of climate change.