Sentences with phrase «of subnational»

Pursuant to the CUSTA and the NAFTA which superseded it, the parties to the agreement are responsible for the measures of their subnational bodies.

The statement emphasized that 50 — 80 per cent of the actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to keep global temperatures below 2 degrees centigrade will happen at the subnational level, and called on world leaders to formally recognize this significant role of subnational governments.

The day kicked off with a closed session of subnational government Ministers and representatives, meeting on behalf of the states and regions alliance and chaired by Climate Group CEO Steve Howard.

Furthermore, given the recent announcement of a multi-state climate Memorandum of Understanding between California and eleven other subnational bodies (including three other US states and states / provinces in Germany, Mexico, Brazil, Canada, the UK and Spain), the international aspect of subnational cooperation is already getting additional visibility.

CCC's Sandee Recabar expounded on climate policies for local governments and the role of the Commission in support of them, as well as gave examples of subnational contributions given emerging directions of nationally determined contributions or efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

For those Parties that have subnational governments, the applicable laws, regulations, procedures, and policies include those of their subnational governments.»

The alignment of subnational strategies with national policies and sustainable supply chains

«These are important places that have a lot of people, property, and local economies that are going to struggle,» said Jessica Grannis, the adaptation program manager at Georgetown's Climate Center, at a recent Wilson Center event on the role of subnational decision - makers in achieving international goals.

To ramp up their own ambition, these countries will benefit from seeing progress and ambition in the contributions of subnational actors.

The Talanoa Dialogue is a mechanism, established by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to deliver and integrate the stories and actions of subnational actors into the formal Paris Agreement negotiation processes.

«The role of subnational governments is more important than ever, and California has shown that state and regional governments can institute policies that will grow the green economy, create jobs and clean our environment.»

Agreements like the Under2 Coalition help expand the influence of these subnational groups.

A new paper from the U.S. Institute of Peace, which builds upon fieldwork from the past three years, argues that 2014 marks an important opportunity for donors to recalibrate three central tenets of their subnational governance and development strategy.

Creation of subnational and national - scale regulations on legal palm fruit harvesting, improving fire management in coffee and cocoa production landscapes, and visitor management plans to promote sustainable tourism.

The World Trade Organization is the outcome of these negotiations; and nations, including the United States, have granted extensive sovereignty to this organization to overrule national laws, and laws of subnational political units, deemed in restraint of global trade.

California is the undeniable star of the subnationals.

Not exact matches

«Ontario is the largest subnational debtor in the world,» Oliver proclaimed from the comment pages of the Financial Post at the end of December, as if that (unsupported) fact carried profound meaning.

Perhaps the most interesting moment of the prestigious event transpired late in the afternoon when one attendee asked, «How core is solving identity to expanding digital currency or solving some of the frictions in our existing system, and how do you foresee an identity world that's based on a national or — in the US's case — subnational system working or integrating in a global financial system?»

A study conducted by the Department of Finance in 2001 examined fiscal rules in a number of countries at the national and subnational level and concluded that legislative fiscal rules are not necessary for achieving a balanced budget.

But because of the relationship between permissible expression in national discourse, and in the subnational discourse that takes place among blacks, a broadening of debate in the black community may encourage white politicians and intellectuals to speak, and think, with a greater measure of candor on this issue.

The development of legitimate state institutions at both national and subnational levels is critical, but often leaders of fragile states and international donors lack information about what the public want from those institutions.

The sheer numbers of foreign personnel and agencies operating at the subnational level — all responding to a higher - level focus on «burn rates» — further fueled the disparate character of aid distribution.

If you specify that subnational units — like States in the USA, or the four nations (and, formerly, the counties) of the UK — must each have an integer number of representatives, you face a non-trivial rounding - off problem, called the «apportionment» problem.

China is one of the most prominent cases where the central and subnational governments still intervene in nearly all economic sectors and processes.

Some countries without a presidential system at the national level use a form of this system at a subnational or local level.

Council tax is one of very few subnational revenue streams over which councils have any discretion — and even then accounts for barely a fifth of income in any council.

Though their functions are largely ceremonial, their titles are often centuries old and are usually vested in the members of historically prominent families in the various subnational kingdoms of the country.

Brown and the governors of New York and Washington said they would establish a coalition of states committed to upholding the Paris accord, while 27 California state senators sent a letter to Brown, urging him to convene a climate summit with «like - minded states and subnationals from around the world, to ensure that we continue to charge ahead without forfeiting all of our historic progress to date.»

Stymied by the slow pace of the negotiations — which they are not even allowed to participate in — these so - called «subnationals» have worked on the sidelines for years, using political will, economic leverage and the celebrity status of prominent politicians to advance their climate goals.

DEQ staff are beginning the study now and said Friday that they plan to start with the assumption that they would be linking markets with California, Quebec and other members of the Western Climate Initiative, the U.S. - Canadian subnational carbon - trading alliance.

Lead author Dr Robert Holland, also from the University's Centre for Biological Sciences, said: «Based on mapping patterns of freshwater consumption associated with energy sectors at subnational scales, our analysis also reveals that pressure on freshwater resources associated with energy production happens in a number of freshwater scarce river basins globally.

Subnational governments often support science centres, museums, and other forms of public science outreach.

Los Angeles County Doing Business with Us Graphic Version: County Home Home About this Site About this Site Online Services E-mail FAQ Public Info The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.

Instead, they endorse a concept of postnational (global) citizenship and seek to shift authority to an institutional network of international organizations and subnational political actors not bound by any clear democratic, constitutional framework.

Building on the New York Declaration on Forests launched during the Climate Summit in September 2014, it will showcase transformational examples at national and subnational level to make forests and their protection a core element of -LSB-...]

«What California's resolve shows is that even if progress on climate change and clean energy is stymied at the level of global governance or the nation - state, the subnationals can still move ahead to build a critical mass from below,» he wrote.

Mexico City, Mexico, 20 October 2017 — Current pledges by national governments are not enough to reach the goal set in the Paris Climate Change Agreement, but hope remains in the leading role being taken by subnational and non-state actors like cities, companies and organizations, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón told participants on the closing day of the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) in Mexico City.

National governments, subnational governments, the aviation industry, international institutions, the private sector, and civil society must do more to harness viable technological and policy solutions to sharply reduce the sector's emissions by 2050 and fully decarbonize within the second half of the century.

The results presented here represent a collective intent of selected subnational governments, states and cities which may not necessarily happen.

The study covers 342 subnational and non-state actions by individual actors — of which 22 are from states, 58 from cities and 262 from companies headquartered in the US.

The current analysis only covers a selected set of actions; the analysis results could change over time as more subnational and non-state actors commit to quantifiable mitigation pledges and more relevant data are collected.

In order to achieve our goal of 7.8 billion trees, we will work with partners from all levels of society, integrate trees into all of our existing campaigns, and create coalitions with national and subnational governments, mayors, faith leaders, businesses, and civil society from all across the globe.

As of 2013, 98 national and subnational governments had implemented FITs, nearly three times the number that had adopted them in 2004 (ren21.net).

This new report by Forest Trends and IDESAM (Instituto de Conservação e Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Amazônia) shows that over US$ 2.2 billion in REDD + funds have been used by Brazil to implement deforestation policies and recommends that more finance should go directly to the stakeholders who are implementing the deforestation policies, in particular subnational governments, indigenous peoples, farmers and local communities of the Amazon.

This analytical document provides an up - to - date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including national and subnational initiatives.

The BEA partnership, currently comprised of over 35 companies and organizations, is committed to assisting subnational governments take action on building efficiency.

With renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) underway, several opportunities exist to enhance trilateral, bilateral, and subnational energy - sector cooperation and policy alignment.

It was produced by CDKN's project partners as part of the CDKN - ICLEI project on Subnational climate compatible development: learning from CDKN's experience.

This process, which was initiated by the Fijian COP23 Presidency, presents an exciting opportunity to align the national and subnational spheres of climate action.

Scientist Amy Duchelle brought to the discussion her analysis of REDD + social safeguards and subnational initiatives.