Sentences with phrase «on climate action through»

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There are also policy actions which we have to take - investment climate reforms to improve business and economic competitiveness, focus on developing MSMEs, deepening long term savings through pensions, insurance and sovereign savings, land reform to eliminate constraints in time and cost around land transactions (including a review of the governor's consent requirement), and actions to reduce inflation, interest rates and business operating costs.

«Scott Stringer and the Board of Trustees must choose a side: to continue funding climate change through investments in companies like Exxon, or to take action on climate, divest and reinvest to save our future and beloved communities.»

What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

On Sandy Anniversary, the Green Party calls for Full Employment through Climate Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearOn Sandy Anniversary, the Green Party calls for Full Employment through Climate Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 Action By Howie Hawkins, Green Party Candidate for Governor On the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearOn the second anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, New York needs to become a world leader in taking action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 action on global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 yearon global warming by committing to a 100 % clean energy economy within 15 years.

The Green New Deal would provide full employment through action on climate change.

The Foundation seeks to bring about a keener appreciation of the role of science, particularly research in the Polar Regions, through a re-examination of the planet's interconnections, its fragility, the impact of human actions on the environment, and the evolution of millennial climate cycles.

The Asia - Pacific Carbon Forum (APCF) is the leading regional conference on investment in climate action through market - based approaches and carbon pricing instruments.

a implement the commitment undertaken by developed country Parties to the UNFCCC to a goal of mobilizing jointly USD100 billion annually by 2020 from all sources to address the needs of developing countries in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible

It will not fully capture the Promise's effects on overall school climate through changes in the attitudes and actions of administrators, teachers, and parents.

With a clear vision for action, educators can establish a creative, collaborative school climate that equips students with the 21st century skills necessary to thrive in the connected world through a hands - on session.

«E4E teachers have issued nationally significant policy papers; shaped new legislation, district policies, and union resolutions; and elevated their voices through thousands of media hits and advocacy actions on issues such as teacher evaluation, school funding, and school climate.

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The week includes workshops by writers and artists whose work focuses on social and political issues, including the environment, climate change, gun violence, racial violence, police brutality, violence against women, racial equity, homophobia, and immigration, all through the lens of creative action.

At the Paris meeting, nearly 2,000 participants, from countries on all continents and at all levels of development, flowed through dozens of sessions examining an array of policies and actions at all scales that could limit our influence on the atmosphere and oceans and limit risks that changes in the climate will derail human progress.

(For another example, focused on the tremendous potential for slowing climate change through action on soot, see the last issue of foreign affairs for an article co-authored with two colleagues here in La Jolla, V. Ramanathan and C. Kennel.)

I looked through the HDR last night online, and what struck me was not the call to action on climate change, but all those tables in the back of the report.

An International Tribunal of Climate Justice is hereby established to address cases of non-compliance with the commitments of developed country Parties on mitigation, adaptation, provision of finance, technology development and transfer, capacity - building, and transparency of action and support, including through the development of an indicative list of consequences, taking into account the cause, type, degree and frequency of non-compliance.]

Declare our determination, as low - emitting countries that are acutely vulnerable to climate change, to show moral leadership on climate change through actions as well as words, by acting now to commence greening our economies as our contribution towards achieving carbon neutrality,

«Given the state of U.S. politics today, climate action is entirely dependent on Democrats, With a Democrat in the White House, we got some movement through executive action; if Democrats eventually regain the House, there could be more.

Keeping the world on track to meet climate goals to support global prosperity — through the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals — requires more than just action by national governments.

UNEP is supporting countries and their partners to fast track action on this challenge through the PCFV and other programmes such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick prodClimate and Clean Air Coalition — which works to reduce short - lived climate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick prodclimate pollutants such as black carbon in a number of key sectors, including transport, agriculture, waste, household cooking and heating, and brick production.

She currently manages UCS's climate impacts analyses, work that helps shed light through new research, analysis and outreach on ongoing climate change impacts, current efforts to cope with these impacts, and the urgency of strong leadership and action.

Through interviews with Naomi Oreskes, historian of science and author of Merchants of Doubt, and Kert Davies of the Climate Investigations Centre, we uncover the story of this secretive climate denial machine and learn about some of the key players who have been sowing doubt, and blocking action on the greatest threat facing our sClimate Investigations Centre, we uncover the story of this secretive climate denial machine and learn about some of the key players who have been sowing doubt, and blocking action on the greatest threat facing our sclimate denial machine and learn about some of the key players who have been sowing doubt, and blocking action on the greatest threat facing our society.

Climate change occurs on a global scale but we as human beings bear a responsibility to mitigate climate change, so far as we can, through our everyday aClimate change occurs on a global scale but we as human beings bear a responsibility to mitigate climate change, so far as we can, through our everyday aclimate change, so far as we can, through our everyday actions.

The chosen scenario assumes Trump's actions could result in the United States only achieving half of its pledged reduction through 2030 under the Paris Agreement on climate change, the worldwide but voluntary pact aiming to avoid dangerous global warming that entered into force on Nov. 4.

In this next election, we need to decide whether we are going to build on the successes of the Obama administration — which has used a combination of bold executive actions and international diplomacy to achieve action on climate change even in the presence of intransigence, denial and outright hostility from congressional republicans — or whether we are going to retreat back into the energy - equivalent of the stone age, continuing to degrade our planet through the profligate burning of increasingly dangerous fossil carbon even as the rest of the world moves forward, embracing the renewable energy revolution destined to be the hallmark of the 21st century.

Pooley, a senior vice president at the New York - based group, said President Obama has been following through on a Climate Action Plan he unveiled last June.

«Peabody plays a major role in industry efforts to block action on climate change, with its own lobbyists and PR campaigns, as well as through front groups it supports like ALEC,» says Annie Leonard, the executive director of Greenpeace USA.

This analytical report presents the concerted action taken by the UN system to assist people and communities in developing countries to adapt to climate change through: (i) risks, impacts and vulnerability assessment; (ii) adaptation planning, including creating an enabling environment; (iii) the implementation of adaptation measures, which includes UNISDR's work on climate change related disaster risk reduction and risk sharing; (iv) awareness raising; and (v) knowledge sharing and facilitate learning.

(Sec. 265) Authorizes the Secretary to establish a research program to: (1) identify the factors affecting consumer actions to conserve energy and make improvements in energy efficiency; and (2) make grants to institutions of higher education to study the effects of consumer behavior on total energy use, the potential energy savings from changes in consumption habits, the ability to reduce GHG emissions through changes in energy consumption habits, increasing public awareness of federal climate adaptation and mitigation programs, and the potential for alterations in consumer behavior to further American energy independence.

-- Upon approval by the President, each department or agency that serves on the Natural Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall implement its adaptation plan through existing and new plans, policies, programs, activities, and actions to the extent not inconsistent with existing authority.

Some of the objectives of the project are to identify spatial vulnerability of populations during extreme heat events in selected areas; identify the impacts of extreme heat events on the health, work productivity and livelihoods of vulnerable population, to select appropriate, innovative and affordable climate adaptation measures for improving health and livelihood resilience for the urban population with consideration of gender - based implications, to strengthen the capacity of key stakeholders through training opportunities and to facilitate active use of information and evidence for policy - makers to drive the implementation of the Heat Stress Action Plans into municipal disaster strategies.

Real solutions to climate change will only come through action on all low emission technologies, and it's vital that these include CCUS.

As hinted at above, ethical responsibility with regard to taking action on climate is not discharged simply by committing to a putative or first - offered greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan, but effectively seeing through the execution of that plan.

Being a force for more immediate and direct action through a nonpartisan price on carbon, such as I - 732 or the Citizens Climate Lobby have pursued, is a critical role that needs to be carried forward.

«Already influential is work he did on climate engineering, which found that when global warming was posed as a problem that could be solved through human ingenuity, not by limiting growth, hierarchical - individualists were more likely to support action.»

Originally written in July, and updated through the year, the post showed the progression of an Amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act calling for the military to report on their actions to prepare for climate change.

Is adaptation all about minimising damage or are their opportunities as well; can adaptation proceed only through deliberately planned actions focused specifically on adaptation to climate change; how much must be known about future climates to make decisions about adaptation?

Indeed, the Paris Agreement provides for both an «enhanced transparency framework,» through which the U.S. can comment on other countries» climate action, and the submission of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which include significant pledges to mitigate GHG emissions.

The event entitled «Koronivia for climate action: raising ambition through agricultural sectors» was an opportunity to understand how the long - awaited decision on role of agriculture in climate change (i.e. the Koronivia decision) will become climate action on the ground.

«When individuals offset their carbon footprint through projects like CDI's Trees of Hope, they're not only taking action on their unavoidable, personal contribution to climate change, but they're also addressing challenges like food security and education because many farmers include income - generating crop trees in their plantings and use their carbon finance earnings to pay for their children's schooling fees.

Blue - Action will through its concerted efforts therefore contribute to the improvement of climate models to represent Arctic warming realistically and address its impact on regional and global atmospheric and oceanic circulation.

He saw that the only action likely to happen was at the state level, through the ballot, and that other states badly needed a proven template for what they could do on climate.

For conservative groups and industry associations, the analysis included a list of 42 organizations that had opposed cap and trade legislation, had dismissed expert consensus on climate science through various communication strategies and / or had exaggerated the economic costs of action.

International cooperation on climate - safe technology development and transfer and building capacity in the developing world are also strengthened: a technology framework is established under the Agreement and capacity - building activities will be strengthened through, inter alia, enhanced support for capacity building actions in developing country Parties and appropriate institutional arrangements.

Parties are to enhance understanding, action and support, including through the Warsaw International Mechanism, on a cooperative and facilitative basis with respect to loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.

The Climate Reality Project operates around the world through various branch offices focused on driving local, regional, and planet - wide action for climate solClimate Reality Project operates around the world through various branch offices focused on driving local, regional, and planet - wide action for climate solclimate solutions.

The workshop focused the discussion on climate communication with diverse U.S. constituencies, and the challenge of building awareness among the disengaged and the unconvinced that climate change is occurring due to human causes, poses significant risks to our well - being, and can be addressed through changes in energy technologies, public policies, and the actions of individuals.

Other researchers say the chances of success are so low, unless something breaks the societal impasse, that any technology quest should also include work on increasing the resilience to climate extremes — through actions like developing more drought - tolerant crops — as well as last - ditch climate fixes, like testing ways to block some incoming sunlight to counter warming.

The Challenge will run from January through May and will leverage gamification to motivate youth competitors to take actions like: having a climate conversation with a parent, generating and sharing viral content on social media, or showing up with friends to local legislative offices to demand climate action from elected leadership.