You may have missed this, but over the past two years, as Musk has been running Tesla and SpaceX, he's become the world's most prominent proponent
of action against climate change.
Not exact matches
Mr. Viersen is the former treasurer
of the Barrhead / Neerlandia local
of the Association for Reformed Political
Action, a social conservative Christian organization that has spoken
against Gay - Straight Alliance legislation for Alberta schools and questioned the existence
of human - influenced
climate change.
As an ever - growing number
of natural product companies take
action against climate change, a new awards program recognizes leadership and bold initiatives.
«This city is standing up and saying, «We're going to take our own
actions to protect our own people,»» de Blasio said, wearing a green necktie and sitting in front
of large green sign that said «NYC: Leading the Fight
Against Climate Change.»
Mr Paterson failed to take the threat
of climate change seriously and will be remembered as the man who failed to take
action to protect Britain
against it.
«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.
I am curious if there are recent examples
of countries framing their
actions against climate change in reference to other countries?
Weathers and Kendall study US reportage
of climate change in a public health frame; a more powerful presentation for motivating public engagement and
action against climate change?
It will be held with enhanced security measures, but it is absolutely essential
action against climate change, and of course it will be held,» Fabius told reporters in remarks reported by Climat
climate change, and
of course it will be held,» Fabius told reporters in remarks reported by
ClimateClimate Home.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley accused Hillary Clinton
of failing to pursue
action against climate change adequately, saying in an interview with ClimateWire that the planet would «literally burn up» under her plan.
Bill Hare, who leads a group
of top
climate scientists and economists at Berlin - based Climate Analytics who helped produce the UNEP gap report, said Geden's accusations «could not be more wrong» and lumped the researcher in with climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.
climate scientists and economists at Berlin - based
Climate Analytics who helped produce the UNEP gap report, said Geden's accusations «could not be more wrong» and lumped the researcher in with climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.
Climate Analytics who helped produce the UNEP gap report, said Geden's accusations «could not be more wrong» and lumped the researcher in with
climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.
climate skeptics and other naysayers «who systematically downplay the risks
of climate change and argue against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.
climate change and argue
against action to reduce emissions on spurious and ill - founded grounds.»
«She also serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, but again I have not seen clear signs
of leadership on energy issues, other than a pattern
of consistent votes in favor
of fossil fuels and
against taking
action on
climate change,» Squillace said.
The League
of Conservation Voters gives McMorris Rodgers a 4 percent lifetime score out
of a possible 100 in their environmental scorecard because she has voted
against bills that would have required the federal government to account for the social cost
of carbon in administrative
actions and required federally funded projects to be resilient to the impacts
of climate change.
And that campaign, involving all sorts
of organizations that have lobbied
against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by special interests to attack the science
of climate change, to prevent policy
action from being taken to deal with the problem.
Leading doctors are backing legal
action against UK government ministers on the grounds that they have not fulfilled their commitments to cutting carbon emissions in line with the
Climate Change Act
of 2008 and the Paris Agreement objective
of limiting warming to 1.5?
Of the many inane arguments that are made
against taking
action on
climate change, perhaps the most fatuous is that the projections
climate models offer about the future are too uncertain to justify taking steps that might inconvenience us in the present.
«It is possible to secure the reef's future if we continue to invest in local controls
of pollution and start taking serious
action against climate change.»
With regard to health specifically, the state's leaders publicly acknowledge the threats
of climate change and have committed to taking
action against them, even in a conservative state that helped elect a federal administration that sees little, if any, danger from human - caused
climate change.
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It is because
of this that the Green Belt Movement (GBM) has a
Climate Change Program that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate
Climate Change Program that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate c
Change Program that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity
of rural communities to take
action against climate climate changechange.
GBM's approach empowers communities to take
action against climate change, the impacts
of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).
It is because
of this that the Green Belt Movement has a
Climate Change Programme that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate
Climate Change Programme that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate c
Change Programme that aims at strengthening the understanding and capacity
of rural communities to take
action against climate climate changechange.
The Green Belt Movement's
Climate Change Programme aims to strengthen the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate
Climate Change Programme aims to strengthen the understanding and capacity of rural communities to take action against climate c
Change Programme aims to strengthen the understanding and capacity
of rural communities to take
action against climate climate changechange.
Highlights include a private collection
of Vivienne Westwood t - shirts from the designer's early days helping to shape the visuals
of 70s punk to her most recent designs advocating
action against climate change.
The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment,
climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence
against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens
of creative
action.
Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies and realised in partnership with creative sustainability charity Julie's Bicycle, Ice Watch showcases 80 tonnes
of ice from a fjord outside Nuuk, Greenland with the aim
of inspiring public
action against climate change.
In the USA the political right are so
against action to combat
climate change because it appears to somehow appear to be communist in nature, anti freedom and individual restrictive and hence
against the seemingly free market economy that the USA has embraced since the end
of the 2nd world war culminating in such neurotic / paranoid behaviour as being labelled a left wing conspiracy.
«The size
of the financial contribution in this context, as decided in the convention, is that the developed countries committed themlves to cover the full incremental costs
of developing countries
actions to adapt or mitigate
against climate change,» is how he put it.
After reading the piece, Crowley sent a note under the title «Tales
of Brave Ulysses» (as per Cream), alluding in part to an essay he wrote for The Guardian in 2007: «In the short term, there'll be no major
action against climate change; to tackle global warming we need a shift in attitudes unprecedented in peace time.»
Those main conclusions are that
climate is
changing in ways unusual
against the backdrop
of natural variability; that human activities are responsible for most
of this unusual
change; that significant harm to human well - being is already occurring as a result; and that far larger --- perhaps catastrophic — damages will ensue if serious remedial
action is not started soon.
It is a commitment that covers all bases, therefore, in observance
of the continuous pursuit for improvement, by constantly monitoring technological evolutions and increasingly involving suppliers and customers for a joint
action against climate changes.
JOHN Cook makes the mistake
of assuming that anyone who is
against action on
climate change denies that the world is warming.
«If we don't take immediate
action against climate change, we are in grave danger of disruptive and devastating changes,» said Kim Carstensen, the Head of WWF Global Climate Init
climate change, we are in grave danger
of disruptive and devastating
changes,» said Kim Carstensen, the Head
of WWF Global
Climate Init
Climate Initiative.
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — A tense opening session
of the 44th Pacific Islands Forum has been dominated by appeals from Pacific leaders for «real
action»
against the threat
of rising sea levels associated with
climate change.
A year packed with bold
climate actions against the fossil fuel industry and a growing movement telling its own stories
of impacts and resistance at the frontlines
of climate change in new and inspiring ways.
This project focuses on taking
action against the health effects
of climate change in seven European countries: Albania, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation, Tajikistan, the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia and Uzbekistan.
«One researcher told
of receiving threats
of sexual assault and violence
against her children after her photograph appeared in a newspaper article promoting a community tree - planting day as a local
action to mitigate
climate change.»
Of the many inane arguments that are made
against taking
action on
climate change, perhaps the most fatuous is that the projections
climate models offer about the future are too uncertain to justify taking steps that might inconvenience us in the present.
In the polarised world
of climate change, this cocktail has proved an irresistible temptation to organisations which campaign
against President Bush's administration in support
of enhanced
action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
In truth 10
of its protagonists have either been funded directly by fossil fuel companies, or have received paid employment from lobby groups funded by these companies, which campaign
against taking
action on
climate change (11).
The petitioners consist
of environmental activist organizations ranging the alphabet from
Action Against Climate Change Liberia to the Zona Especial Indigena de Nicaragua.
One
of the top reasons primary voters turned
against Inglis for his
actions supporting
climate change science and legislation.
The 16th Informal Meeting on Further
Actions Against Climate Change or the Japan - Brazil Informal Meeting provides an opportunity for key Parties to initiate the critical discussions that need to happen in 2018 and agree on important issues ahead
of the UNFCCC intersessions in April.
Action that helps cope with the effects
of climate change - for example construction
of barriers to protect
against rising sea levels, or conversion to crops capable
of surviving high temperatures and drought.
But he has received fees from two groups which lobby
against taking
action on
climate change — Friends
of Science and the Natural Resources Stewardship Project — both
of which receive major funding from energy companies (12).
This administration is abdicating its leadership and taking a backseat to other countries in the global fight
against climate change, New York State is committed to meeting the standards set forth in the Paris Accord regardless
of Washington's irresponsible
actions.
The leadership
of the United States and China played a critical role in spurring such early
action, but year after year, European countries have championed the fight
against climate change.
For instance, opponents
of US government
action on
climate change have for over 30 years predominantly argued
against proposed policies on two grounds.
As they tend to do from time to time in an effort to distract from the
climate science consensus, a group
of scientists who are also
climate «skeptics» have published an opinion - editorial (op - ed), trying to make the case
against taking
action to address
climate change.
With carbon dioxide levels shooting up to unprecedented levels, it is high time we group together for a concerted
action against the huge amounts
of climate -
change - inducing emissions from fires in Hell.