Sentences with phrase «on international climate»

The controversy associated with our chapter on international climate agreements resulted in that entire section of the SPM being eviscerated of all meaningful substance at the Government Approval Sessions for Working Group III (WG III) in Berlin in April, 2014.

(On this, please see the work of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.)

He coordinates American Progressâ $ ™ s participation in the Global Climate Network, focusing on international climate change policy and the future of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

India has been obstructing progress on international climate talks, culminating during the two weeks of U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations that ended Saturday in Warsaw.

And no country has done more than India to stall progress on international climate negotiations during the past two months.

The plan also relies on a speedy timetable, which assumes that Mr. Obama's administration will issue and begin enacting all such regulations before he leaves office... «The United States» proposal shows that it is ready to lead by example on the climate crisis,» said Jennifer Morgan, an expert on international climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute, a Washington research organization.

Senator Barrasso is concerned that the CIA will be wasting time watching weather patterns rather than capturing terrorists, but the CIA insists that the office won't be duplicating the function of other government offices and that the research will be used to advise negotiators as they work on international climate agreements, aka Copenhagen.

Daniele is seconded from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change, where he works as senior economist on International Climate Change.

«Ironically, the exit would enter into force the day after the 2020 election in the U.S.,» says Brandon Wu, who works on international climate policy with ActionAid USA.

In the paper, we look at this and nine other issues on which either policy might come out ahead, including their scope, cost - effectiveness, ability to generate revenue, and their impact on international climate negotiations.

Before joining the U.S. government he was also a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, where he was chief adviser on international climate policy to the center's founder and chairman, John Podesta.

RFF experts Arthur G. Fraas and Nathan Richardson examined the questions associated with implementing a carbon tax versus regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act, looking at issues including scope, cost - effectiveness, ability to generate revenue, and the impact on international climate negotiations for either policy approach — finding that «there's no easy answer to whether regulation or a carbon price is the better instrument.»

The Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements

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[See the extensive work in this area of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.]

Empower women engaged in energy service delivery to achieve autonomy, authority, and decision - making power at work and thereby accelerate progress on international climate change and sustainable energy goals.

Additionally, awareness of this relationship between greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution facilitates progress on international climate negotiations.

In March national delegations are set to start the final set of negotiations on an international climate agreement.

I talked to Elliot Diringer, who works on international climate issues at the Pew Center for Global Climate Change in Washington, after getting back to the press room.

In addition you'll find special features on the international climate talks in Paris and our inspiring new School of Sustainability project, alongside detailed financial information.

The G20 has a record of leadership on the international climate change agenda.

Climate Week NYC, marking its 5th anniversary in 2013, is the global summit that has become a key event on the international climate change calendar; it is a meeting point for leading governments, investors, businesses, innovators and opinion formers.

In recent years, Harvard faculty members have made many vital contributions in this area, such as creating an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, designing new chemical processes to reduce fossil fuel dependence, developing new battery technologies, envisioning the future of green buildings and cities, proposing carbon pricing models, and helping to shape progress on international climate agreements, US energy policy, and strategies to reduce emissions in China.

Negotiations on the international climate regime have begun in Warsaw at a time when the scientific community, including the IPCC in its recent report on the Physical Basis for Climate Change Science and UNEP in its just released Emissions Gap Report, are advising the international community that the world is running out of time to prevent dangerous climate change.

Since 2012, he has served as a representative to the United Nations focusing on international climate science and policy.

«Ceremony of Climate Change Reconsidered and the Workshop on International Climate Change Science Viewpoints»

Fossil fuel interests seized on the election as a mandate to gut the EPA, strip away clean air and water protections, open up public lands for exploitation, and renege on international climate commitments.

As I write this, I'm on board a flight from Seoul, South Korea, to San Francisco, California, on my way home to Boston, having spent the week of Harvard spring break meeting with senior government officials, academics, and leaders of civil society in Tokyo and Seoul on behalf of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.

The man responsible for that phrase — Dr David Viner — formerly of the University of East Anglia's legendary Climatic Research Institute now has a job as a Strategic Global Leader on International Climate Resilience.

We generate and share knowledge on international climate negotiations, tracking climate action, climate and development, climate finance and carbon market mechanisms.

This post is part of the «Prelude to Paris» series highlighting updates and analysis on international climate negotiations in the lead up to the United Nations climate change conference — the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21)-- to be held in Paris this December.

Lastly, the study reveals that Exxon found it necessary to also focus its research on international climate change development and research programs.

The Project on International Climate Agreements at Harvard's Belfer Center has been churning out important work, including a recent paper on the value of an agreement for sequestering carbon in forests.

Roger Pielke Jr. has picked up on a response from Obama on international climate negotiations that is, at best, a huge stretch of reality.]

If you're interested in some of the research, please see the Web site of the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.

Another valuable discussion of ways to foster effective international cooperation on climate is under way just down the Charles River from M.I.T., at the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements.

India appears to be pressing the reset button on its international climate change commitments.

Pete Ogden, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who focuses on international climate policy, said that coming on the heels of the Clean Power Plan release and a proposal for oil and gas methane, Obama's Arctic visit «constitutes a very effective prelude to the international answer» on climate.

With little progress on an international climate change agreement, state and municipal governments worldwide are coming together to address the issue.

The UK also convened a security seminar in 2014 and contributed to two special projects on the Importance of Road Maintenance and on an International Climate Change Adaptation Framework for Road Infrastructure.

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.

Political scientist Keith Brownsey of Mount Royal University argues the Liberals paid close attention to the many fumbles made by Harper's Tories on the energy file: failing to build solid relationships with First Nations, allowing environmental groups to seize the public - relations initiative, not asserting federal authority and handing provinces like B.C. and Quebec control of the political agenda, keeping Canada outside of the international consensus on climate change, and ignoring legitimate criticisms of the federal review process.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

The deal in Kigali builds on momentum from other international efforts this past year aimed at addressing climate change.

He described the reversal of American policy on international agreements, including Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris climate accord, as «insane.»

But HFCs are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide on a pound - per - pound basis, making them an obvious target for international efforts to combat climate change.

«The future is foreign markets, so the last thing you want to do if you are a coal company is to give up a U.S. seat in the international climate discussions and let the Europeans control the agenda,» said the official, who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the issue.

The results of a world where developed and emerging countries are all pitted against each other will be «intensified conflict on the international stage over vitally important issues, such as international macroeconomic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change,» they said.

Since the Liberal government feels it has checked climate - change financing off its long environmental to - do list, Ottawa is expected to shift its funding focus to other international obligations on the environment, such as the UN Convention on Biological Diversity.

out of 26 energy technology categories the International Energy Agency tracks are on pace to help meet global climate goals.