Sentences with phrase «on developing country actions»

Yesterday's second mitigation workshop put the spotlight on developing country actions.

ECO keenly looks forward to today's presentations on developing country action as we expect they will demonstrate more ambition and readiness for action than what was presented yesterday.

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Its dominantly pacifist position forces on it the character of a protest movement, encouraging individual action in withdrawing from «destructive work»; but it has given some attention to constructive alternatives, such as research in agriculture and small industries or technical assistance openings in under - developed countries.

H. Urge a U.S. policy of neutrality toward actions taken by less developed countries to preserve their cultural heritage through restrictions on the importation of cultural products.

Reminding all in attendance «the complex picture of on farm loss» in both developed and developing countries according to the most recent studies was a great start on the significance of the problem and the need for quick actions.

As at previous population conferences in 1974 and 1984, national delegates will spend the best part of ten days trying to reach consensus on a programme of action to improve access to contraception for women in developing countries and Eastern Europe.

Industrialized countries like the United States will report on the progress of their emission reduction commitments, while developing countries will report on their mitigation actions — a slight distinction, but an important one.

To increase opportunities for research, education and training that strengthen scientific capacities in developing countries to understand, communicate and motivate action on critical global environmental change challenges.

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

The Prudential grant will fund CISS's second Full - Service Schools Conference at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on March 26 - 27, 1999, drawing interdisciplinary teams of practitioners and policymakers from schools around the country to explore full - service and community school programs and develop practical collaborative action plans.

The LDCF plays a key role in addressing urgent and immediate adaptation needs of least developed countries, focusing on reducing the vulnerability of sectors and resources that are central to human and national development, such as water, agriculture and food security; and infrastructure, as identified and prioritized in their National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs).

It builds upon a selection of relevant and practical papers and presentations given at the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development held in Washington DC in 2014 and includes perspectives from independent evaluations of the major international organisations supporting climate action in developing countries, such as the Global Environment Facility.The first section of the book sets the stage and provides an overview of independent evaluations, carried out by multilateral development banks and development organisations.

Equities primarily issued by companies in developed countries, with a combined focus on valuation and market action.

In a three - day summit at the United Nations on global warming this week, a parade of representatives from developing countries expressed growing discontent with the lack of action by rich ones to start curbing emissions of greenhouse gases that, in the long run, are likely to exact the most harm in the world's poorest places.

Developing countries that were once reluctant to join in the first phases of a global response to the climate crisis have themselves now become leaders in demanding action and in taking bold steps on their own initiatives.

Here's a 2009 post on «the climate bill in climate context» with a bit more background on how American legislation relates to the need for global action, mostly in developing countries, to blunt the rising human impact on the atmosphere.

By committing to targets for emissions cuts and financing for developing countries for mitigation, forest protection and adaptation, G8 countries can build trust and confidence and lead the way on global climate action - both for the MEF as well as for the UN negotiations which will culminate in Copenhagen in December.

In order to meet the scale of financial resources required -LCB- and the commitments under Articles -LCB- 4.1 -RCB-, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 -RCB- to support enhanced action on adaptation and mitigation by developing country Parties and for technology cooperation and capacity - building, developed country Parties -LCB- and Annex II Parties -RCB--LCB- and other Parties according to agreed eligibility criteria, which shall be updated through a periodic review -RCB--LCB- shall -RCB- provide scaled - up, new and additional, -LCB- over and above -LCB- existing -RCB- ODA -RCB-, sustainable, adequate, predictable and stable financial resources, in a measurable, reportable and verifiable manner.

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.]

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

No / Low Regrets Actions: (1) Fast Mitigation; (2) Renewables following sound engineering economics; (3) Increased use of Natural Gas internationally; (4) ABB's view on Energy Efficiency (supercritical coal); (5) Land / Agricultural Practices; (6) Win / Win Foreign Trade with Developing Countries; (7) Greater R&D.

These include a 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (KP), and comparable mitigation actions by developed countries for non-KP parties under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG - LCA) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) from developing countries with support from means of implementation, these are finance and technology tractions by developed countries for non-KP parties under the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long Term Cooperative Action (AWG - LCA) and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) from developing countries with support from means of implementation, these are finance and technology trActions (NAMAs) from developing countries with support from means of implementation, these are finance and technology transfer.

He has indicated that he wants to kick - start international action on climate change, and in particular to find a new way of engaging the USA, Australia and developing countries.

SciDev.Net: Fast - developing countries such as India should offer up their domestic action plans as part of global efforts when the world gathers for the UN climate talks in Copenhagen this December, says Rajendra K. Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The developing world is waiting for the U.S. to deliver on its promises of finance, which so far developing countries say developed countries have yet to translate their words into action.

There is not going to be, we can be quite certain, there's not going to be any action on reducing greenhouse gas emissions by China or India or Indonesia or Brazil unless all developed countries are making a major...

This action plan lays out concrete actions to help countries deliver on their Nationally determined contributions and sets targets for 2020 in high - impact areas, including clean energy, green transport, climate - smart agriculture, and urban resilience, as well as in mobilizing the private sector to expand climate investments in developing countries.

This analytical report builds on the first volume and communicates experiences of selected Least Developed Countries (LDCs) in addressing adaptation through National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) and other adaptation initiatives.

More precisely, the activities included aim to enable children to: explain the issue of climate change and its impact on children and child rights; explain how reducing carbon emissions in industrialized countries can reduce climate change and its negative effects, and that they can contribute personally to achieving this; and develop skills to undertake action.

But there are big pressures on developing countries to undertake new obligations for reporting on and monitoring their emissions and their actions, and being subject to international review, far beyond what was agreed in Bali on what they would do.

The developing countries would take on enhanced actions that would be monitored more stringently.

This document draws on the experience of three Partnership for Action on Green Economy (PAGE) partner countries; Ghana, Mongolia and South Africa that have conducted learning assessments and developed action plans or stratAction on Green Economy (PAGE) partner countries; Ghana, Mongolia and South Africa that have conducted learning assessments and developed action plans or strataction plans or strategies.

The Cancun text also obliges developing countries to report their national emissions every two years as well as on their climate actions and the results in terms of emission avoidance.

As a developing country, India is not bound to set a greenhouse gas emissions target, but Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said India has adopted what he called an «ambitious» National Action Plan on Climate Change with eight national missions covering both mitigation and adaptation.

There's been a sense this year of developed countries hiding behind negotiations on other issues, such as agricultural policy, to avoid reaching the point where money has to be talked about, but developing countries want to see that richer nations are doing more than just expressing sympathy and empathy and instead are putting their money where their mouth is on climate action.»

At the same time, Ecosystem Marketplace analysis of existing action plans — to be published in early November, in this year's State of Forest Carbon Markets Report — shows at least 29 developing countries explicitly plan to implement a national REDD framework or sell REDD offsets, while more than 50 of them have proposed more aggressive targets contingent on international financing flows.

This analytical report explores and unpacks what were the drivers and process to develop joint national action plans on disaster risk management and climate change (JNAPs) and sustainable development plans addressing disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in Pacific islands countries.

In particular, it introduces the Climate Finance Options platform which addresses information needs on the multitude of funds available for climate action in developing countries.

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.

More specifically, the workshop focused on the government's role in incentivizing action in cities, including by highlighting the leadership role taken by cities in both developed and developing countries, and private sector and civil society efforts to support local governments and cities.

Starting in 2014, the UN's Green Climate Fund, a plan to divert an additional $ 100 billion per year from the treasuries of developed countries to those of developing nations to help them «take action on climate change», will commence operation.

They had debates on the provision of financial support to developing countries for reducing emissions and adapting to climate change, as well as on action to reduce emissions domestically.

New Delhi: The European Commission has proposed a $ 2 - 15 billion funding every year to developing nations from 2020 for action on climate change, but has implied that countries such as India be kept out of this.

This analytical report synthesizes the information provided by Parties and relevant organizations on the preparation and implementation of national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs), including on accessing funds from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF).

So far, local and city governments across countries have developed a voluntary cooperation on climate action while staying within the nationally determined climate policy.

«For the purposes of decreasing the likelihood of catastrophic climate change, preserving tropical forests, building capacity to generate offset credits, and facilitating international action on global warming, the Administrator shall set aside the percentage specified in section 781 of the quantity of emission allowances established under section 721 (a) for each year, to be used to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries in accordance with part E.

«(1) to induce foreign countries, and, in particular, fast - growing developing countries, to take substantial action with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the Bali Action Plan developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changaction with respect to their greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the Bali Action Plan developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangAction Plan developed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; and

«(6) under the Bali Action Plan, developed country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the United States, committed to «enhanced action on the provision of financial resources and investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&rAction Plan, developed country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, including the United States, committed to «enhanced action on the provision of financial resources and investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&raction on the provision of financial resources and investment to support action on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties&raction on mitigation and adaptation and technology cooperation,» including, inter alia, consideration of «improved access to adequate, predictable, and sustainable financial resources and financial and technical support, and the provision of new and additional resources, including official and concessional funding for developing country parties».

Legal readiness for climate finance will become increasingly critical as developing countries start to translate their NDCs into specific actions on the ground.