Sentences with phrase «meeting on climate change»

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2017 file photo, Arnold Schwarzenegger waves as he arrives at the Elysee Palace prior to a meeting on climate change in Paris.

Yet given that his sole and erstwhile ally on the issue - Australian Prime Minister John Howard - was unceremoniously dumped yesterday, he will likely start feeling some major heat as the U.N.'s meeting on climate change in Bali approaches.

WASHINGTON - The US Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a UN meeting on climate change as a «brainwashing» session.

The US Senate's most vocal global warming skeptic, James Inhofe, on Thursday dismissed a UN meeting on climate change as a «brainwashing» session, putting him at odds with Sen. John McCain who noted «there's great urgency... and the scientific evidence continues to accumulate.»

This is the first time a meeting on climate change has been convened explicitly by the Secretary General before the General Assembly...

Putting an end to the debate over climate change, the UN Security Council in a presidential statement declared at its meeting on climate change on July 20 that possible adverse effects of climate change may, in the long run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security.

Rather, NOAA superiors rushed the study through in a «blatant attempt to intensify the impact» of the paper on the Paris meeting on climate change, he said.

The report by the Civil Society Coalition on Climate Change, a grouping of 41 mainly free - market bodies, comes on the eve of an international meeting on climate change in Bali.

Later, as the UNEP boss he organised the first international expert group meeting on climate change.

In 2015 Carbon Tracker presented the stranded assets / unburnable carbon idea to a full meeting of central banks and regulators at the Financial Stability Board meeting on climate change hosted by Mark Carney, effectively contributing to the creation of the Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

Prospects had been diminishing until this past weekend that the next U.N. meeting on climate change in Copenhagen would result in a positive outcome.

As Eli was saying Barak Obama obviously reads Rabett Run, for in his speech to the UN special meeting on climate change, he said

The earlier summit will bring together officials from more than 150 countries, including 70 heads of state and government, making it the largest - ever meeting on climate change by world leaders.

Meanwhile the E.U. shows no sign of abandoning the system, leaving business leaders like Mr. Thumann with little choice but to speak out at home and to press developed nations abroad to match Europe's efforts when they gather at the U.N. summit meeting on climate change in December in Copenhagen.

Max Boykoff speaking at side event at the United Nations Conference of Parties meeting on climate change (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco.

The People's Climate March came two days before the US president, Barack Obama, and about 120 other world leaders gather for the UN meeting on climate change.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The United States hopes to promote wider use of fossil fuels at a global meeting on climate change next week, a White House official said, reflecting the gaping divide between Washington and the rest of the world on the issue of global warming.

On March 10, 2006, Peter Gleick addressed a Town Hall Meeting on Climate Change called by Assemblyman Joe Nation.

11/19/15 — Political leaders in the United States and Europe seem to differ about whether any agreement resulting from the upcoming United Nations meeting on climate change would be legally binding or simply a statement of what participating countries think they can do.

«COP 24 in Katowice, Poland will be the most critical meeting on climate change since the Paris Agreement was adopted, with the world watching to see if countries are serious about implementing and strengthening the historic agreement they reached three years ago.

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences has invited California governor Jerry Brown to deliver a keynote address in their upcoming meeting on climate change to be held in the Vatican.

(Note: An analysis by Bloomberg News on December 6 found: «Government officials and activists flying to Bali, Indonesia, for the United Nations meeting on climate change will cause as much pollution as 20,000 cars in a year.»

That trait was on display last year in a lecture he gave at a meeting on climate change and agriculture in Punjab, India:

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: Governments at the United Nations meeting on climate change agreed in principle Friday to a system that would compensate developing countries for protecting their rain forests, a deal that officials described as a nascent but innovative effort to mitigate deforestation and global warming.

• Author Invited Paper, Expert Meeting on Climate Change and Its Linkages with Development, Equity, and Sustainability (1999).

The group wants the United States to public commit to transition to a 100 % clean, renewable energy economy by 2030 when the UN meeting on climate change takes place in NYC in September.

The First Ministers» Meeting on climate change and clean growth, happening this week in Ottawa, is the next step in the process as provincial and territorial premiers work with Ottawa to develop a national climate strategy.

U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern delivered a speech on Wednesday (June 3) on the relationship of China and the U.S. and what both must do together as we head into a crucial period of bilateral and multilateral meetings on climate change.

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A common criticism of major international meetings on climate change is that countless tons of carbon emissions are created by everyone flying and driving in for these meetings.

It's one of the first major international meetings on climate change.

Not exact matches

U.S. officials attended a meeting on Saturday of ministers from more than 30 of the nations that signed the climate change agreement.

«While he expressed his disappointment, given Canada's position on this issue, we both agreed that our close friendship on a whole range of issues — including energy and climate change — should provide the basis for an even closer co-ordination between our countries going forward,» Obama said at the White House after meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry.

When visiting leading figures from Europe, there were discussions that the U.S. and Europe met eye - to - eye on, like fighting the so - called Islamic State, while other issues revealed divided opinion including Russia and climate change.

The EU considers itself at the forefront of the fight against climate change and as a bloc it's on track to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, which limits the emissions of gases that warm the planet.

On a similar theme, I was also on the jury for the $ 4 million Zayed Future Energy Prize, based in the United Arab Emirates, which encourages entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions «that will meet the challenges of climate change, energy security and the environment.&raquOn a similar theme, I was also on the jury for the $ 4 million Zayed Future Energy Prize, based in the United Arab Emirates, which encourages entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions «that will meet the challenges of climate change, energy security and the environment.&raquon the jury for the $ 4 million Zayed Future Energy Prize, based in the United Arab Emirates, which encourages entrepreneurs to find innovative solutions «that will meet the challenges of climate change, energy security and the environment.»

His utilities have been criticized for relying on coal, and at Berkshire's annual meeting last May he had to fend off a shareholder effort related to climate change.

Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, holds a meeting in her office with members of the NAFTA Advisory Council on the Environment on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017.

As a result, the New York State Common Retirement Fund has withdrawn their shareholder proposal requesting increased reporting on climate change from this year's annual meeting ballot.

These two firms showed the most growth since 2014 in the total times that they've met with companies to voice their concerns on issues ranging from executive pay to climate change.

The research will shed light on how, exactly, this province can grow, prosper, and create jobs while meeting its climate change commitments.

As a result of these back - to - back meetings, India and the U.S. are moving ahead on a whole range of issues, including regional security, defence, nuclear power, smart cities, and even climate change.

Looking back at the visit, it stands in stark contrast to Modi's recent meetings with leaders of the United States, Germany and France, where we saw both political focus and media attention on climate change and clean energy.

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China, the G - 20 meeting's host, has made trade a major theme of the meeting while other governments also want to tackle climate change, cutting excess capacity in in steel and limits on use of tax havens.

As leader of the B.C. New Democrats, I'm committed to getting B.C. back on track to meet our climate change targets,» Horgan said.

Given the presence of Naomi Klein at People and Planet, and the fact Pope Francis has already delivered an extensive message on climate change with his encyclical, it is possible the meeting will be much more policy - focussed, calling for very specific and detailed changes.

That beliefs can affect actions even on the part of persons of great wealth and power has recently been suggested by the change of climate in the annual meetings of world economic leaders that have been held in Davos, Switzerland, until this year, when the group met in New York

He refers to meetings his office has held with global warming groups and says «such gatherings can create an environment of dialogue and common ground for common action on climate change,» and he urged that such gatherings be expanded.

During the week long meeting that came to an end on Friday, the Primates also discussed issues such as climate change, human trafficking, the refugee crisis, persecution against Christians and violent conflict.