Sentences with phrase «on climate commitments»

Zhang, ZhongXiang (2009): In what format and under what timeframe would China take on climate commitments?

In Lima, leaders from such cities as New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Guangzhou launched the Global Protocol for Community - Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories, which will help cities measure their emissions, compare progress, and make good on climate commitments.

Emissions data critical for targeted climate action Knowing how much CO2 is being released and from where better enables countries to act on climate commitments 7 November 2016

But many developing countries lack the tools to measure, report and verify progress on their climate commitments and actions.

«If China's CO2 trading program is perceived as a successful program, I think it could provide the other nations the confidence to adopt the emissions trading model and take on a climate commitment or a more stringent climate commitment.

Not exact matches

But it's not enough to achieve our international commitments to tackle climate change - we haven't made anything like the same progress on decarbonising buildings and transport.

EU climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard focused on the fact that as a bloc, the EU is delivering on its Kyoto commitment.

Trudeau's commitment to fighting climate change coincides with his recognition that the Canadian economy has been too dependent on oil for too long.

«Most Canadians want a credible plan to meet our climate commitments — including a minimum price on carbon that applies across the country — and are expecting federal and provincial leaders to deliver it.»

«This proposal is a big step forward on a key climate commitment, and the approach Ottawa has chosen is a promising one.

«We congratulate Canada's new prime minister and federal cabinet ministers, and we applaud the federal government's commitment to take a new approach on climate change and clean energy.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to today's federal carbon pricing discussion paper: «This proposal is a big step forward on a key climate commitment, and the approach Ottawa has chosen is a promising one.

Spelling out the next steps on carbon pricing (p. 127): A good illustration of movement without dollars: while the budget doesn't allocate any funding for carbon pricing specifically, it does map out the way Ottawa plans to move ahead on its highest - profile climate commitment.

U.N. meeting is aimed in part at strengthening countries» commitments to climate action — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Importantly, none of these groups could point to federal government dysfunction on climate policy to defend their own inaction, he said, because the wild rhetoric of government dissidents like Craig Kelly does not reflect mainstream government policy for the nation to meet its Paris commitments for a 26 - 28 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.

The research will shed light on how, exactly, this province can grow, prosper, and create jobs while meeting its climate change commitments.

It means giving up on B.C. workers, turning back our climate change commitments, and letting industry call the shots when it comes to setting their tax rate, cutting it in half.

When Japan announced that it was following Canada and backtracking on emission cut commitments previously made, and Australia gave multiple signals that it was utterly unwilling to take the UN climate process seriously, the integrity of the talks was further jeopardized.

«On June 6, Minister Freeland outlined a new foreign policy for Canada, and underscored our commitment to a rules - based international order, progressive trade policies, gender equality, and fighting climate change.»

And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agrclimate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris AgrClimate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.

Intimacy grows in a climate of trust based on commitment to fidelity and continuity.

They were, instead, making the complex decisions that any serious voter must, weighing their own moral commitments against a candidate's professed values, the policies they propose and how much is likely to be accomplished on a given issue given the political climate.

Restaurants face a tough operating climate that requires innovation and an on - going commitment to research and development.

As a founding member of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER), a coalition of leading global beverage companies working together to advance environmental sustainability, in FY17 Bacardi signed the Joint Commitment on Climate Change.

With the COP21 Climate Summit occurring in Paris later this year, this new Food Waste Resolution, together with the CGF's work on deforestation and low - carbon refrigeration, demonstrates the industry's commitment to play a leading role in limiting global temperature rises to 2 °C.

As diplomats and ministers at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly focus on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals, leaders from business, states and cities will participate in Climate Week NYC to demonstrate the resounding commitment to building a clean, resilient, inclusive global economy.

As in past election cycles, LCV Action Fund supported federal candidates who demonstrated a commitment to leading on climate change, promoting clean energy, and protecting our air, water, land and wildlife.

«Building on our climate action forum, the initiatives announced today will reduce greenhouse emissions and strengthen state environmental commitments.»

Labour will need to renew its commitments on child poverty and change gear change on climate change to bring progressive energy back to Labour.

«The individuals receiving our PAC's endorsement today have demonstrated a strong commitment to improving the business climate of New York State,» said Heather C. Briccetti, Esq., president and CEO of The Business Council of New York State, Inc. «While we will never agree on every issue, each of the endorsed candidates recognizes the challenges facing our state and is prepared to face those challenges with legislative solutions that will improve the lives of all New Yorkers.

The approval came days after Ghana ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change at the UN in New York, signaling its full commitment to linking its climate action and development path, said a release.

The bill was granted a second reading by 3444 votes to three, but several Tory MPs stood to cast doubts on the existence of climate change, raising concerns over the party's commitment to the environment.

The UK needs to take «great action» on climate change or it will miss its commitment to cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, MPs have warned.

We know that that laying more tarmac at either Heathrow or Gatwick will bust any hope we have of meeting our climate change commitments, and inflict noise and air pollution on already blighted local communities.

At 3 p.m., People's Climate Movement NY holds a press event, calling on de Blasio to «make priority commitments to offshore wind, mandatory retrofitting of large buildings, moving all NYC owned buildings to 100 renewable energy and other specific action,» City Hall steps, Manhattan.

It would be recalled that while signing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change at the sidelines of the 71st Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2016, President Buhari had said it «demonstrated Nigeria's commitment to global efforts to reverse the effects of the negative trend.»

There is now a «clear and overwhelming consensus» among scientists over the reality and risks of climate change, Mr Noon told delegates, calling on the TUC and UK to show leadership and commitment towards averting its environmental impact.

At a recent press conference, Cuomo said that makes good on the state's commitment to international climate action.

This very action of the government is therefore not only undermining and defeating the noble objectives of the country's climate change policy and that of the Paris Agreement on climate change but also a demonstration of no practical commitment to the global development agenda such as the Africa Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

If implemented, the governor's commitments will put New York on the map as a national leader — reducing dangerous climate pollution while advancing opportunities to harness the environmental and economic benefits provided by a forward - thinking renewable energy economy.

Thanks to Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo's firm commitment to action on climate change in his «Cleaner, Greener NY» environmental agenda, we fully expect that these recommendations will be aggressively pursued.»

White House Secretary Robert Gibbs told journalists that recent signals of new commitments by China and India created possible momentum toward an agreement at the U.N. - led climate change talks that started Monday and are scheduled to conclude on December 18.

The Conservatives have reneged on their commitment to be the greenest government ever after «relentlessly attacking» Liberal Democrat efforts to tackle climate change, Mr Davey added.

The survey's findings on climate change will raise fresh doubts about the depth of Tory commitment to the environment.

The analogy to the climate change legislation could be to make a statutory commitment to reduce child poverty (for example, to reach by 2020 a level of child poverty at least 90 % below the 1999 when the commitment to reduce and end child poverty was made) and then to set up an equivalent group to the Low Pay Commission or Monetary Policy Committee to report before each pre-budget report and budget as to progress towards this, and to assess and advise on the range of policy options necessary to get on track.

«We can not, as the OECD, rule on what should or should not count as climate finance relating to the $ 100 billion commitment,» said Simon Buckle, the OECD official who led research for the report.

«Logistically, negotiations on the agreement's detailed rules will likely take another year or two to finalize, and all countries will need to raise the ambition of their commitments under the agreement if we're to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and reach a goal of net - zero global warming emissions by midcentury,» said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Countries that are party to the 1997 Kyoto protocol will continue to discuss a post-2012 commitment period; negotiators on a second track that includes the United States, which is not party to Kyoto, will continue under the main UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

This decrease is about five times larger than the annual emissions reduction target for the first commitment period (2008 - 2012) of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

Present Barack Obama also spoke, highlighting a number of recent initiatives on climate and pledging his commitment to the issue.