Sentences with phrase «of addressing climate»

In countries around the world people are switching off the lights in a global call for unity on the importance of addressing climate change.

Gregory Willits, an avowed global warming worrier, recently wrote in a December Orlando Sentinel piece that «We are not capable of addressing climate change» (meaning we can't stop it), so «Let's accept climate change and deal with it in a big way.»

Estimates of the costs of ignoring climate change exceed the costs of addressing climate change by trillions of dollars by 2100, globally.

75 % think the federal government has done a somewhat to very poor job of addressing climate change.

Still other times, he appears to mock the concept of addressing climate change altogether, as he did in a joke he delivered at the RNC.

What is essential in my view is the problem of addressing climate change and of achieving the level of international cooperation that is required to address it effectively.

Strategies to implement the INDCS relating to renewable energy in the context of addressing climate change in Western and Central Africa

There is a clear logic that can be applied to the global challenge of addressing climate change: when you are in a hole, stop digging.

This method is much more expensive than other methods of addressing climate change that are currently underutilized.

It will speak to the moral imperative of addressing climate change in a timely fashion in order to protect the most vulnerable,» said Christiana Figueres, the UN's climate chief, in Bonn this week for negotiations.

If Premier Prentice is committed to achieving cost - effective, long - term GHG emission reductions in the electricity sector as part of addressing climate change, wind energy will need to play a primary and growing role in Alberta's electricity system.

While Edelman's president, Richard Edelman, has written in support of addressing climate change, [15] and has claimed that «We do not accept clients that seek to deny climate change,» [16] the company continued to represent at least three climate change deniers as of August 2014: the API, E.ON, and ALEC.

Dingell, who until last November chaired the Energy and Commerce Committee, asked Gore whether a cap - and - trade plan or an energy tax would be preferable as a means of addressing climate change.

The opportunities that will be created by the off - grid solar market hold the promise of addressing both climate disruption and energy poverty by disrupting the systems that produce them and replacing them with equitable outcomes for people and the environment.

There's a clear logic to the global challenge of addressing climate change: when you're in a hole, stop digging.

So — how important is this in terms of addressing climate change?

Hyping the public - health benefits of addressing climate change is one thing, but the introduction of terrorism into the conversation at least gives the impression that Obama is prioritizing one above the other.

«We urge the Senate to build upon the meager energy efficiency provisions in the Kerry - Lieberman bill in order to reduce the costs to consumers of addressing climate change.»

«The social and economic benefits of addressing climate change are clear, but the economic transition towards a low - carbon world is not so obvious.

The idea of addressing climate change threatens some people in the fossil fuel industry.

True, the costs of addressing climate change are likely to fall disproportionately on certain industries, communities, and workers.

Additionally she is a proponent of addressing climate change as a member of the Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change.

Over 700 businesses have signed the Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP)'s Climate Declaration asking federal and state policymakers to take action to seize the economic opportunity of addressing climate change.

Controversial Method Of Addressing Climate Change Needs More Study, Experts Say — Huffington Post.

Critically, GDRs defines both responsibility and capacity in terms of a development threshold — a level of well - being that is modestly above a global poverty line, a threshold below which individuals are not required to bear the costs of addressing the climate problem, and are instead allowed simply to prioritize development.

If this was a scientific imperative and if means of addressing climate change had anything whatsoever to do with true ecological sustainability we would be carefully implementing strategies that are known to work and environmental concerns / ecological balance would be foremost in our decision making process.

«Methane is the strongest human greenhouse gas on a political or short timescale, and also has more bang for the buck in terms of addressing climate change,» said Leifer.

Below is a personal account from an expeditioner who saw the urgency of addressing climate change firsthand.

Individual colleges and universities around the globe have been at the forefront of addressing climate change and other environmental pressures.

3) The authors do not actually put forth «moral licensing» as their favored explanation of the non-eco behaviors of the climate - believing subsample: they give equal weight, at least rhetorically, to the possibility that the «Highly Concerned» «felt that federal policies were the more effective means of addressing climate change (vs. individual pro-environmental behaviors).»

In a short video, the President speaks about the importance of addressing climate change for the sake of future genrations, while scenes of stormy seas, sources of energy and American landscapes play.

We can not afford to have an EPA administrator who fails to grasp the urgency of addressing climate change.»

Hamilton noted that the commission's report is not the first time The Lancet has taken a stab at climate change, but previous reports focused on the worst - case scenarios of global warming and their devastating health consequences, whereas the current report highlights the benefits of addressing climate change and touts «no regrets» actions that benefit the environment and health.

«Congresswoman Stefanik is a leader in Congress on the issue of addressing climate change in economically viable ways,» said Tom Flanagin.

On both a domestic and a global level, climate change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate change.

Not exact matches

Seven in 10 Americans — including some of those who aren't sure whether climate change is actually happening — think it's a problem that the U.S. government should be working to address.

«If we don't address those two issues — of climate change and growing inequalities — we will be moving towards a dark 50 years from now,» she said.

The other part of the Paris agreement is a vague provision that starting in 2020 a $ 100 billion - a-year fund will be established to help developing nations address climate change.

Hemp could help address climate change, since it absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees while growing in just a fraction of the time.

Wall Street support of similar measures also has convinced energy companies including Occidental Petroleum to address the Paris climate accord's goal of keeping global temperature increases under 2 - degrees Celsius.

WASHINGTON — French President Emmanuel Macron irked Republicans during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday by mentioning climate science and the need to preserve the planet.

He personally induced a climate where city staff were unwilling to address issues for fear of incurring the Mayor's wrath.

The book's short chapters address the economic underpinnings and challenges of everything from climate change to global governance to the imbalance between savings and investment in China.

Climate change, largely ignored in the electoral campaign, resurfaced in the president's State of the Union address.

Here's the answer: every one of these very different companies creates products and services that address one or more of the most challenging issues of our time — such as hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change — and makes a great profit.

Having been called upon by global leaders to use its technology to address the global crises of climate change and poverty, Cisco opts to pursue sustainability...

«While it may be surprising to some, Canada's mining sector could prove an important supplier of resources needed for the technologies that will help address climate change — while helping build Canada's clean economy.»

Meanwhile, the former governor of the Bank of Canada raised a red flag about the «carbon bubble,» Canada's premiers agreed to develop a Canadian energy strategy that would address climate change, and Elon Musk broke ground on his Gigafactory that will slash the costs of electric vehicle batteries and, by extension, the cars themselves.

As director of the Nathan Cummings Foundation's Corporate & Political Accountability program, Laura employs both grant making and active ownership strategies to address the ways in which corporations can both advance and hinder progress on climate change and inequality.

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