Sentences with phrase «of key climate»

It's easy to see how a reversal of a key climate focused initiative would have adverse effects on Apple's bottom line, in addition to all of the clear negative impact on the, you know, environment.

She has contributed to the design of key climate change instruments.

It provides a nice overview of the key climate characteristics for each region.

The study didn't explore anything like full ranges of key climate parameters: equilibrium climate sensitivities below 2 K were not included in the ensemble, only a limited range of ocean heat uptake levels appears to have been considered, and it is unclear to me to what extent the possibility of aerosol forcing being small was represented.

Our estimates of key climate model uncertainties are constrained by observations of the climate system for the period 1906 - 1995, 7 and uncertainty in emissions reflect errors in measurement of current emissions and expert judgment about variables that influence key economic projections.

The comment by Pekka Kostamo raises the issue of long term monitoring of key climate variables.

Forces from the Koch and Trump camps are converging around plans to erase some of the key climate policy gains of the past eight years.

Perhaps the kind of RICO action Whitehouse has in mind is similar to the one proposed to President Obama a few months ago by a number of key climate scientists, led by one Jagadish Shukla of George Mason University.

Worried that decades of key climate data could disappear once President - elect Donald Trump takes office, some researchers from Toronto to the University of Pennsylvania have begun efforts to copy or download as much federal data as possible in coming weeks.

This article is a first comprehensive assessment of key climate impacts for the policy relevant warming levels of 1.5 °C and 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.

A comprehensive review of key climate indicators confirms the world is warming and the past decade was the warmest on record.

I contacted you last summer about the failure by Dr Chris Forest to provide requested data and computer code used in Forest 2006, an observationally constrained study of key climate parameters.

A Greenpeace video tells the story of Indonesia's threatened forests New York Times reporter Justin Gillis is out this morning with «With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors,» a recommended read for anyone concerned about how climate change is affecting the planet and what it means for the present and future.

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, one of the most revered figures of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle and a key backer of the divestment campaign that helped end the system, was an early backer of fossil fuel divestment and said in 2014: «People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.»

Indeed, natural gas is a key part of U.S. climate change plans, and many have called President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which reduces emissions from the power industry, a natural gas power plan.

Germany's Ifo business climate index — a key chart of morale among German businesses — fell to 102.1 points in April from 103.3 points in March, marking the fifth consecutive month of declines.

Climate - change activists on Tuesday disrupted the flow of millions of barrels of crude from Canada to the United States in rare, coordinated action that targeted several key pipelines simultaneously.

Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key global challenges of our time, from climate change to sustainable development.

American competitiveness in clean energy isn't an accident either, but a key element of President Obama's desire to strengthen the American economy and tackle climate change.

From a climate point of view, the key expectation of Friday's meeting was that it would deliver enough emission reductions to hit Canada's 2030 target.

Having enough money to manage retirement and unexpected medical costs are key concerns shared by more than half (56 % and 52 % respectively) of investors, and two - thirds (69 %) are concerned about how the political climate will affect their finances.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces of the government's climate change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.

Carbon pricing can be a key policy tool, but a comprehensive national plan to address climate change must encompass many other facets of Canadian life.

Each magazine covers several communities with well thought out articles and discusses characteristics such as: Median Housing Price City / Town Profile Arts & Cultural Activities Recreation & Outdoor Activities Continuing Education Opportunities Hospital Airports Tax Info Climate & Weather At the end of the articles, key characteristics are bulleted in a quick read section.

This mix of public policies (incentives, infrastructure and investment) must be ambitious, to drive clean innovation — which is the key to generating climate solutions and securing Canadian competitiveness and jobs in a low - carbon world.

Sandy Silver, Premier of Yukon and Chair of the Council of the Federation, chaired the meeting at which Premiers discussed several key issues including health care and climate change.

Shareholder resolutions have seen rising support on key issues ranging from governance practices to climate change to pay equity, and the recent expansion of proxy access provides long - term investors with an opportunity to shape the board itself.

Teachers and administrators are keys to the growth climate of classrooms, faculty relationships, and administrative committees.

In my last column, «Three Numbers that Predict the Future of the Planet», I wrote about the state of the climate crisis and focused on three key data points that...

the key function of the dairy sector in the management of terrestrial ecosystems and the need to address environmental degradation and climate change, and to support biodiversity;

Despite the continued adverse economic climate and the significant excise tax increase in Russia, one of its key markets, Efes Breweries International, which operates in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Eastern Europe and the Balkans, has reported higher volumes, revenues and EBITDA in the first half to June 30th 2010, marked by a major -LSB-...]

Originating in 1973, Sonoma - Cutrer's foundation was built upon a selection of several key vineyard properties in the benchlands, hillsides and rocky foothills in what later became recognized as the Sonoma Coast Appellation — an area with long, even growing seasons due to the cool and foggy coastal climate.

Grace Boyle, chair of the student union's Love Veggie society, played a key role in Ulster's adoption of MFM by starting a petition to gather support for the move, because of a lack of meat free and vegan options at Ulster, and because the university does not formally acknowledge that the meat and dairy industries are major contributors to climate change.

Yogyakarta, Indonesia — The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and the Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Research and Development (IAARD), Department of Agriculture brought together key stakeholders in a 3 - day conference to tackle solutions toward addressing hybrid rice adoption challenges in Southeast Asia amid climate change threats.

Climate change, smog, acid rain, dead zones and the ozone hole are real issues affecting the planet, and nitrogen pollution plays a key role in each of them.

The emergence of climate change and critical constraints on fossil fuel and other non-renewable resources as key limiting factors for the expansion or even maintenance of existing large - scale food production systems in Australia

«New source of global nitrogen discovered: Rocks could hold key to carbon storage and improved global climate projections.»

The vast majority of this acreage is forests, which are key to our local resiliency to climate change.

I am immensely grateful for the huge contribution you have made to the government over the past 18 months; both in the trailblazing work you have undertaken as Energy and Climate Change Secretary and in your wider role in government as a key architect of the coalition.

Mr Moraes said a gap existed between the importance of European issues and their coverage in British reporting, citing temporary agency workers» rights, climate change, and working time as key issues currently affecting the UK.

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.

Alan Jarrett, Chairman of BASC said: «I welcome the RSPB and scientists» endorsement of pest control as a key action that benefits species, many of which are already of conservation concern, and which could further suffer from climate change.

If world leaders and climate advocates really want to improve the chances of mobilising political will and citizen action behind a new deal, they will need to think carefully about what sort of key messages actually work.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

Over the past decade, the climate negotiations have seen repeated attempts to shift the emphasis of discussions to non-universal settings — the George W. Bush - initiated Major Economies Meeting being a key example.

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If the EU and China, with nearly 2 billion people between them and contributing almost half the world's GDP, both adopt emissions trading as one of their key responses to climate change, other countries will follow.

In an announcement viewed by green campaigners as a key test of the coalition's credentials on the environment, the energy and climate change secretary told MPs progress would be reviewed before the end of the parliament.

In his key note speech to the party conference in Liverpool, the energy and climate change secretary delivered a passionate defense of his decision to back down on his opposition to nuclear power.