Sentences with phrase «new climate change action»

Reports that leading Chinese climate experts believe it is possible to limit global warming are likely to place pressure on the USA to match that ambition, despite President Obama's recent offerings in his new Climate Change Action Plan.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced this week a new climate change action plan that rejects calls from activists to divest its endowment from the fossil fuel industry.

As the Alberta government crafts a new climate change action plan, it has the opportunity to put in place the policies that will allow the province to compete for this investment, and demonstrate that it knows what it really means to be a clean energy leader.

We'll tell you more in the coming weeks, and look forward to sharing this new climate change action planning resource with you and your community!

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The new legislation will achieve the following: Set in law Alberta's carbon levy and rebate Ensure revenue from the carbon levy is invested into actions that address climate change Establish Energy Efficiency Alberta as a provincial agency.

VICTORIA — Taking meaningful action on climate change to protect British Columbia's environment and the economy from its effects doesn't matter to Christy Clark, says New Democrat environment spokesperson George Heyman.

Thank you to Voters Taking Action on Climate Change, Communities and Coal, Ecojustice, and the Cities of Surrey and New Westminster for fighting for what's right.

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

In a new report, GRAIN outlines the contributions of industrial meat and dairy to global climate change, arguing that reducing their production and consumption is one of the most important actions we can take to address the climate crisis now.

As an ever - growing number of natural product companies take action against climate change, a new awards program recognizes leadership and bold initiatives.

We are evaluating which messages and which programs motivated participants to action on climate change, and are compiling effective messages for a wide range of environmental topics relevant to New England.

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«Not only will EPA actions to curb carbon pollution through the Clean Power Plan and new fuel standards combat climate change, they will encourage economic growth, spur innovation in our energy sector, and improve public health for all of our communities.»

At 1 p.m., New York Renews rallies to demand Cuomo step up action on climate change and deliver a check for $ 7 billion, state Capitol, hallway outside the governor's office, Albany.

We fight climate change, conserve land and water, and protect public health in New York State through political action.

The former regional administrator of the EPA under President Obama, Judith Enck, says the new head of the EPA under President Trump, Scott Pruitt, threatens to roll back major environmental regulations, including climate change actions and pollution protections.

The United States Climate Alliance today announced the launch of a new website to inform Americans on state actions to address climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 Climate Alliance today announced the launch of a new website to inform Americans on state actions to address climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 climate change after the U.S. was the lone holdout in affirming the Paris Agreement at the G20 Summit.

What we need instead is to build a party of the 99 % to win living wage jobs for all, action on climate change, an end to the new Jim Crow, and making health care a right,» said Hawkins.

«With this proposal, New York is taking bold action to fight climate change and protect our environment, while supporting and growing 21st century jobs in these cutting - edge renewable industries.»

With our resolution, New York City's oldest and most progressive political club calls for immediate government action to address the issue of climate change.

Obama hints in his 2013 State of the Union address that he might approve the pipeline; Greens promote the «Green New Deal» and say environmental groups must stop allowing Dems to take support for granted; Obama's «executive action» to curb climate change won't work if he keeps promoting more oil and gas production

The approval came days after Ghana ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change at the UN in New York, signaling its full commitment to linking its climate action and development path, said a release.

The government has called for urgent international action to tackle climate change, after a new United Nations report found «unequivocal» evidence for global warming.

DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the release of the final Ocean Action Plan, the first - ever comprehensive 10 - year blueprint to guide the protection and conservation of New York's ocean resources from environmental threats such as ocean acidification due to climate change.

«Working together, California and the UK commit to build upon current efforts, share experiences, find new solutions and work to educate the public on the need for aggressive action to address climate change and promote energy diversity.»

In both cases, the governor said he's addressing the matters because the actions — or, in the case of climate change, inactions — in Washington have a harmful impact on New York.

Eldridge also serves on the board of Scenic Hudson, where he helped fund a climate change action plan for the City of Kingston and helped fund a 3 - D printing center at SUNY New Paltz.

«With this proposal, New York will lower the emissions cap even further and set the precedent for recognizing and taking action against climate change to support the future of communities across the globe,» said Governor Cuomo.

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Allied supporters include New York Communities for Change, Citizen Action of New York, People's Climate Movement NY and Bronx Climate Justice North.

It will take action by AG's like New York's Eric Schneiderman, Massachusetts AG Maura Healy and others to hold the oil industry to account and hope that those revelations finally break the stranglehold over climate change policies.

While the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for the 1 %.

The Green New Deal would provide full employment through action on climate change.

EPA Regional Director Judith Enck is calling central New York to take action when it comes to climate change.

The Green Party of New York State joined today with other environmental, social and economic justice activists to demand action on climate change by government at all levels.

The new secretary of state for energy and climate change, Amber Rudd, has made clear her unequivocal backing for action to combat climate change and for the science behind it.

Climate change experts want more certain actions than are called for in the new proposed rule to cut carbon dioxide from power plants

«With this proposal, New York is taking bold action to fight climate change and protect our environment, while supporting and growing 21st century jobs in these cutting - edge renewable industries.»

Jessica Wyndham, Interim Director of the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program (SRHRL) opened the meeting, noting that both the scientific and human rights communities are on alert, evaluating the statements and watching closely the actions of the new US administration in areas including climate change, the environment, health, reproductive rights, and freedom of information and freedom of expression.

But the longer we delay climate action, the more stranded capacity we'll have,» says IIASA researcher Nils Johnson, who led the new study, published today in the journal Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

As long ago as 2005, Allen told New Scientist that the legal route would have more impact on climate change than governments: «Just the possibility of legal action would have a big effect... in boardrooms.»

The finding opens new avenues for predicting future trends in atmospheric nitrous oxide as well as in identifying climate change mitigation actions in the Arctic, a region that is particularly sensitive to climate change.

«New data confirm increased frequency of extreme weather events: European national science academies urge further action on climate change adaptation.»

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310,000 people gathered on the streets of New York on Sunday, just one of 2808 events supporting action on climate change that took place in 166 countries.

(4) establish methods for assessing the effectiveness of strategies and conservation actions taken to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification, and for updating those strategies and actions to respond to new information and changing conditions;

He was the lead in the development of the USGCRP's new Ten Year Strategic Plan and a key player in the Third National Climate Assessment, the President's Climate Action Plan, and other activities related to the federal climate change enteClimate Assessment, the President's Climate Action Plan, and other activities related to the federal climate change enteClimate Action Plan, and other activities related to the federal climate change enteclimate change enterprise.

Speaking about priorities for land - related climate action, Mr. Monga stressed that achieving common well - being takes on a new meaning in the context of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 development climate action, Mr. Monga stressed that achieving common well - being takes on a new meaning in the context of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 development Climate Change and the 2030 development agenda.

Projected impacts of global warming and ocean acidification motivated this action, but as marine biologist Ayana Elizabeth Johnson eloquently writes in a New York Times op - ed: «climate change really is only half the story.»