Sentences with phrase «of urgent action on climate change»

The Royal Society - A guide to facts and fictions about climate change (PDF) «This document examines twelve misleading arguments (presented in bold typeface) put forward by the pponents of urgent action on climate change and highlights the scientific evidence that exposes their flaws.

In fact, as I've been explaining to some colleagues and friends today, the proponents of urgent action on climate change like to conflate five separate questions into one question in order to tag their opponents as being «unscientific,» «deniers,» «flat - earthers,» etc..

Michael Oppenheimer, of Princeton University, who frequently testifies before Congress in favour of urgent action on climate change, was the Environmental Defense Fund's senior scientist for nineteen years and continues to advise it.

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urgent action on climate change, mobilising the resources of public and private sectors in a way unprecedented in peacetime;

Like other panelists during the event, Horton called for urgent action on climate change because of the grave threat it poses.

LONDON — The world is far behind on delivering the low - carbon energy it needs, and unless urgent action is taken, calamitous climate change is certain, the International Energy Agency told a meeting yesterday of energy ministers whose countries account for 80 percent of global energy demand.

Then the British Government's chief adviser on the economics of climate change may not have made the mistake of asserting that urgent action was necessary to avoid what he portrayed as a «business - as - usual» outcome.

Then the British Government's chief adviser on the economics of climate change may not have made the mistake of asserting that urgent action was necessary to avoid what he portrayed as a «business - as - usual» outcome.

The UN Summit on Climate Change, convened this week in New York by Secretary - General Ban Ki - Moon, brought together more than 100 heads of state and dignitaries to tackle the urgent need for action and to mobilize real

COP18 / CMP8 entered the crucial phase of climate change negotiations on Day 9 with world leaders issuing a clarion call for urgent global action at the opening of the High Level Segment of the conference.

In 2009, Commission on Social Action to the Union for Reform Judaism issued a resolution on the «unprecedented challenge of climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions» and need for urgent aAction to the Union for Reform Judaism issued a resolution on the «unprecedented challenge of climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions» and need for urgent actionaction.

Times of India: World climate change negotiators faced warnings on Thursday that a string of extreme weather events around the globe show urgent action on emission cuts is needed as they opened new talks in Bangkok.

Instead, Chairman Smith seeks governmental «oversight» over UCS's exercise of our core First Amendment right to petition the government to take action on the urgent threat of climate change,» said Ken Kimmell, the president of UCS.

The current negotiating text for Rio +20 does not fully and explicitly recognise the urgent need to act on climate change as part of a global action plan for delivering sustainable development.

«In light of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and its worsening impacts, and the related issue of air pollution from burning fossil fuels, the United States and China recognize the urgent need for action to meet these twin challenges,» the countries said in the statement.

«That this House notes that on the first of January this year climate activist and adventurer Steve Posselt began a 1,330 kilometre kayak journey down the NSW coast from Ballina to Moruya and is today pulling his kayak inland to Canberra where later this week he will call on the Federal Government to declare a climate emergency and take urgent action to address climate change.

Kakakhel, a member of Pakistan's original task force on climate change, said the need for action is urgent.

Prof. Hulme himself believes that there is at least some man - made global warming, and in the 1990s was a major advocate of urgent action (see here for his summary of the evolution of his thoughts on «climate change»).

But this is, at least in my experience, the first time that «warmers» - those who, like Dr Romm, believe climate change is taking us to hell in a handcart and who lobby for more urgent action on the issue - have resorted to the internet equivalent of taking banners onto the street in an attempt to influence reporting of the issue.

Moreover the achievement of other energy - related SDGs, including taking urgent action on climate change (SDG 13) and providing energy for all (SDG 7), will depend on understanding the integrated nature of water and energy.

Talking about Loss and Damage without agreeing on compensation is unfair, and is delaying an urgent action to current and future destructive impacts of climate change on those most vulnerable.

Brussels, 14 June 2007 - Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded an urgent acceleration of action to fight climate change by European governments, after new data released by the European Commission today reveals that overall EU emissions are still not on track to meet Kyoto targets.

Today, Oil Change International released a comprehensive report on fossil fuel exploration and production subsidies in the U.S. — Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies under Obama — which demonstrates that at a time when we need urgent action on climate change more than ever, the U.S. government is channeling huge and growing amounts of money to increasing discovery and production of oil, gas, andChange International released a comprehensive report on fossil fuel exploration and production subsidies in the U.S. — Cashing in on All of the Above: U.S. Fossil Fuel Production Subsidies under Obama — which demonstrates that at a time when we need urgent action on climate change more than ever, the U.S. government is channeling huge and growing amounts of money to increasing discovery and production of oil, gas, andchange more than ever, the U.S. government is channeling huge and growing amounts of money to increasing discovery and production of oil, gas, and coal.

Millions of dollars spent on scientific research comes to the same conclusions our elders warned us of years ago — that «Combatting climate change is an urgent common challenge for the international community and requires immediate global action».

Pontiff says humans are turning planet into «wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth» in call for urgent action on climate change

Here is Judy: «IMO, AGU's statement is one of the worst I've seen from a professional society on this topic, in particular its title «Human - induced climate change requires urgent action.»

A recurring theme of the green argument for «urgent» and «strong» action on climate change — usually also an argument for circumventing the democratic process — is the claim that «science says... -LCB- insert fatuous pseudo-scientific statement here -RCB-».

A recent Ceres story headline well outlines the doubling down of support for action: World's Largest Investors, Worth $ 20 Trillion, Step Up Call for Urgent Policy Action on Climate Change - Doubling in Investor Support Seen For Climate Aaction: World's Largest Investors, Worth $ 20 Trillion, Step Up Call for Urgent Policy Action on Climate Change - Doubling in Investor Support Seen For Climate AAction on Climate Change - Doubling in Investor Support Seen For Climate ActionAction.

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«Importantly, the meeting agreed on the need for urgent action to protect, respect, promote and fulfill the inherent rights of Indigenous Peoples, especially in relation to the impact of climate change on the human rights of Indigenous Peoples,» Commissioner Gooda said.