Sentences with phrase «of national climate»

Piltz dubbed the undermining of the National Climate Assessment the «central climate science scandal» that occurred during the Bush years.

Even Oxfam has been in on the action releasing a Fair Shares equity review of national climate pledges.

James Taylor is asked to be a speaker on The Mark Levin Show to «break down the laughably biased and anti-scientific aspects of the National Climate Assessment report,» the same day the government's assessment is released.

«Determining the causes of extreme events remains challenging,» says Thomas R Karl, director of the national climate data centre.

Further, the legitimate concerns of the CRU regarding ownership / distribution of national climate data has been discussed many many times now.

It is unclear to how accounting for transfers can be done accurately given the diversity of national climate pledges and the ongoing discussions on features of these pledges.

Erroneous Climate Science Statement By Tom Karl, Director Of The National Climate Data Center And President Of The American Meteorological Society

A few years ago as chair of a national climate research group a bureaucrat asked for a private meeting.

Earlier this week, the newspaper - of - record published a front - page, bombshell report stating that a leaker had sent them a draft report of the National Climate Assessment, an analysis that the...

Va., forbids the Department of Defense from in any way utilizing the findings and recommendations of the National Climate Assessment or the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment on climate change, two landmark, comprehensive reports reflecting the work of hundreds of the world's top climate scientists and experts — or, as McKinley referred to it, «ideology.»

Before the release of the national climate strategy, we will be putting out a report on what communities said during the town halls.

The working groups creating the basis of the national climate strategy have already drafted their final reports, and the government portal is now closing.

Hundreds of people lined up in Ottawa to take part in the first of hundreds of national climate consultations.

The stated goal of the National Climate Assessment is to inform the president, Congress, and the public about up - to - date science on climate change and its effects in the U.S.

The idea of a National Climate Service is old, dating back to the late 1970s, but Jane Lubchenco might finally make it a reality.

At the same time, the issue of national climate preparedness is absent from policy debates among U.S. presidential candidates, most of whom have to varying degrees argued that the scientific evidence is not strong enough to justify strong policy responses.

Five sessions over the course of the day drew hundreds seeking IEA insight on subjects ranging from how to halt growth in greenhouse gas emissions to detailed analysis of national climate pledges.

The Climate Equity Reference Framework is designed to support the meaningful analysis of national climate action pledges, relative to the global challenge and relative to other national pledges.

Today the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration opened a new chapter of the National Climate Assessment by announcing the appointment of new members to the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment.

As a concrete follow - up to the launch of the national climate change learning strategy, a number of concrete priority actions will be implemented.

In some high - emitting developed nations including the United States the media is utterly failing to cover the ethics and justice dimensions of national climate change commitments.

Building on the foundation of national climate plans from 187 countries, the Paris Agreement is a reflection of the remarkable momentum from cities, companies, civil society groups and others that complement the global will to act that has grown over the years since the first international conference on climate change in 1992.

Given the growing importance of the problem, the science academy has recommended the formation of a National Climate Service that would be similar to the National Weather Service but would focus on long - range trends instead of the evanescent day - to - day flickers of weather.

In this way, Sacramento would take the place of Washington as the center of national climate policy deliberations and action.

I also examine the role that could be played by sub-national policies in the absence of a meaningful Federal policy, with the conclusion that — like it or not — we may find that Sacramento comes to take the place of Washington as the center of national climate policy.

For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.

W. Kininmonth (Retired Head of the National Climate Centre, Australia)

Wednesday, November 12, 2014: The tabling of national climate action commitments by the world's two major polluters, the US and China, adds welcome momentum to what will amount to our first steps in unison down a low carbon development pathway that brings us closer to a phase out fossil fuel pollution in favour of 100 % renewable energy.

William Kininmonth, a former head of the National Climate Centre and a consultant to the World Meteorological Organisation, is author of Climate Change: A Natural Hazard (Multi-Science Publishing Co, 2004).

Multilateral climate finance must be linked to the INDCs, particularly for the Least Developed Countries, as funding is needed to deliver the required, or conditional, aspects of our national climate plans.

, as funding is needed to deliver the required, or conditional, aspects of our national climate plans.

One of the goals of the National Climate Change Policy is to enhance awareness, skills and institutional capacity, particularly at the provincial level, on issues such as water and disaster management, and disaster risk reduction.

The Heartland Institute points out that Kininmonth was the head of the National Climate Centre at Australia's Bureau of Meteorology for 12 years from 1985 to 1998.

One of the most significant factors is likely to be what the studies assume after the target year of the national climate plans, which determines the countries» post-2025 or post-2030 emissions trajectory.

• We support the provision in H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act passed by the House in June 2009, for a 2 - year interagency planning process, led by the Office of Science and Technology Policy, to develop a proposal for the structure and functions of a National Climate Service.

The task force's recommendations led to the creation of the National Climate Change Policy, authored by Qamar - uz - Zaman Chaudhry, a climate adviser to the government and currently vice president of the World Meteorological Organisation.

The full report of the National Climate Assessment provides an in - depth look at climate change impacts on the U.S..

(ix) a description of new infrastructure, equipment, personnel or other resources, by agency, that may be needed to achieve the goals of a National Climate Service, and the time period over which these new resources will be allocated;

(iii) designation of a specific office or agency that will lead the National Climate Service and that shall be accountable for the daily operation of the National Climate Service;

(A) ensure that relevant research, assessment, and outreach activities of the National Climate Program, established by the National Climate Program Act (15 U.S.C. 2901 et seq.), are considered in developing national global and regional climate change research and assessment efforts; and

A good source for this position is the paper Waiting For Global Cooling, published last month by Robert Fawcett and David Jones of the National Climate Centre at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

-- The Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy shall transmit to the Congress at the time of the President's fiscal year 2013 budget request, and annually thereafter, a report on the annual anticipated cost of carrying out the research and operational activities of the National Climate Service, with a description of the budget for each Federal agency's activities.

Establishment of the IPCC through the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) put national weather office bureaucrats in control of national climate policy and most of the research funding.

For example, 38 nations and eight institutions have joined the NDC Partnership, which aims to accelerate action and raise ambition on implementation of national climate goals.

It notices that forests are an important component of national climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.

Governments have recognized the importance of involving women and men equally in UN Climate Change processes and in the development and implementation of national climate policies that are gender - responsive.

Laurie Geller, director of the National Research Council's review of the National Climate Assessment, criticized earlier versions of the report for not being «clear enough on how climate change interacts with other environmental problems, because it's not occurring in isolation.»

UN CC: Learn held a 3 - day workshop to promote knowledge and experience sharing among its partner countries on the development and implementation of their national climate change learning strategies.

Ten countries made carbon capture and storage (CCS) part of their national climate commitments in the run - up to COP21 in Paris last year.

Boldest practical policy idea: Creation of a National Climate Service, which could more effecitvely provide useful climate information to policymakers.