Sentences with phrase «on public climate»

The report focuses primarily on public climate finance flows from «north» to «south», probing the current use of funds from multi-lateral development banks (MDBs), bi-lateral financial institutions (BFIs) and carbon markets for energy efficiency projects and the design of the future climate financial mechanisms such as the Green Climate Fund to encourage energy efficiency improvements in developing countries.

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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.

«More capital at the early stage is going to drive the breakthroughs that will drive costs down,» said Brian Deese, Obama's senior adviser on climate change who announced the private - public sector initiative to reporters in Washington.

Delaware Sen. Tom Carper, a longtime climate hawk and top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, said Trump and Pruitt «are on the wrong side of history.»

The EPA, a federal agency charged with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural disasters.

Though they have made their mark in the private sector, these men and women are taking public stands on hot button social and environmental issues ranging from gay marriage to climate change to gender equality.

«Assembling a workable public consensus on energy and climate change is the most challenging agenda item in Canadian politics today.

In her prior role as the Director of Shareholder Activities at the Foundation, Laura successfully engaged public corporations on topics ranging from climate change to corporate governance.

Our mission is to support the growth of public banking in Massachusetts, initially focusing on an infrastructure bank to help cities and towns with the costs of upgrading buildings, roads, and water systems, with environmental remediation and adaption to a changing climate, and with improving city services.

The Hub is an online platform with peer - to - peer resources to assist organizations in implementing TCFD's recommendations to public companies on the use of scenario analysis to disclose climate - related risks and opportunities.

There were librarians and archivists focused on copyright term extension and digital locks; several doctors spoke to the impact of the TPP on public health and access to medicines, food experts highlighted the dangers associated with food security, environmental activists focused on the TPP and climate change, and speakers of all ages (including a 92 year old woman) expressed concern with the investor - state dispute resolution provisions.

In the 2008 federal election, Opposition Leader Stéphane Dion also tried but failed to convince the public of the need for a carbon tax, despite Canadians» support for action on climate change.

Worse still, we're missing out on opportunities to innovate, to make our economy cleaner and more competitive, to reduce pollution — and its public health and climate change impacts — and to export our metals and minerals to a growing global marketplace.

Mr. Turnbull is Chairman of the board of directors of The Canadian Ditchley Foundation, is a member of the Public Advisory Panel of the Canadian Electricity Association and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation.

Over the past decade, it has funded the right's assault on labor unions, climate scientists, public schools, economic regulations, and the very premise of activist government.

«On a public policy Richter scale, Alberta's new Climate Leadership Plan is an 11.

She imposed a five - year freeze on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse gas emissions on 70 per cent of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion plans with a built - to - fail referendum.

The National Survey of Canadian Public Opinion on Climate Change was designed by Erick Lachapelle (Université de Montréal), Chris Borick (Muhlenberg College) and Barry Rabe (University of Michigan).

The current climate on public education reform is often caustic and divisive.

Given my rather public skepticism of the thesis that humans are causing any significant climate change, my friend Bob Benne, who is the director of the ethics center at Roanoke College, invited me down to Roanoke to debate Mr. Cizik on these matters.

The impossibility of stamping «determinate sentencing» as good or bad in any given political climate points up the fact that reform measures ultimately depend on an informed, caring and articulate minority of citizens who can influence public opinion.

True believers in the dominant model tell us that the solution of our problems is to reduce taxes on corporations and the rich, reduce government services to the poor and middle class, improve the climate for business by reducing work place and environmental protections and minimum wage requirements, privatizing public services, and facilitating the investment of capital overseas.

John Beddington, the UK government's chief scientific adviser, says that climate scientists should be less hostile to doubters who question man - made global warming, and that public confidence in science depends on more openness to varied opinions.

«Meat — The Big Omission from the Talks on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour - change solutions.

It has drawn the same criticism as an issues paper the government published last month before public consultation on Australia's post-2020 emissions reduction targets, which will be set before global climate talks in Paris in December.

Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wclimate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wClimate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.

• Revising how subsidies are allotted to producers, and how different practices are taxed across the value chain; • Influence the evolution of production standards so that they guide producers toward increasingly sustainable practices; • Refining public education regarding what are best practices of production systems (and accounting for them), and how to make them more widespread; • Studying the effects different practices and production systems have on society - wide challenges such as public health (and health insurance, whether it is publicly or privately provided), climate change mitigation, job creation and family income, etc..

Australia's leading agricultural scientists have called on the public and private sectors to establish a A$ 100m (US$ 76m) agriculture fund to future - proof Australian farmers against looming shocks like climate variability and disease outbreaks.

Now, if only the media could focus its energies on educating the public instead of sensationalizing head injuries in sports, perhaps we could stop creating such a climate of fear that athletes end up literally being scared to death.

Executive Director Alison Field - Juma states, «OARS looks forward to working with Mass Audubon to educate the public about how to create a more climate - resilient landscape on their own property through better stormwater management, pet waste disposal, and increasing native plantings.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, in partnership with the Connecticut Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, has been awarded a $ 69,632 Environmental Education grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to inform their members and the public about climate change and its impacts on local ecosystems.

The plan establishes a set of six fundamental principles for the region, which include: transportation and other infrastructure upgrades; new commercial and residential growth; land use and transportation decisions based on policies like the Global Warming Solutions Act and the Clean Energy and Climate Plan; creation and preservation of workforce housing that matches new job rates; creation and maintenance of an effective public transit system; and coordinated planning and implementation efforts.

The Committee on Climate Change is an independent public body made up of highly experienced committee members, including scientists, business people, engineers and economists.

In a surprising victory for former President Barack Obama's environmental legacy, the U.S. Senate voted to uphold an Obama - era climate change regulation to control the release of methane from oil and gas wells on public land.

The EPA last night sent employees a list of eight approved talking points on climate change from its Office of Public Affairs — guidelines that promote a message of uncertainty about climate science and gloss over proposed cuts to key adaptation programs.

After moving last month against former President Obama's efforts to limit fossil fuel exploration and combat climate change, Trump will complete his effort to overturn environmental policy this week, signing two executive orders to expand offshore drilling and roll back conservation on public lands.

Carol M. Browner, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and Board Chair of the League of Conservation Voters said: «By building victories in different states and on multiple policies, we can demonstrate strong public support for climate action, demonstrate success that others will want to replicate, and drive down the costs of clean energy».

Curbed article on Borough President Adams attending «Watershed» at the Red Hook Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, an art exhibition aimed at highlighting the effects of climate change on rising sea levels.

And while most congressmembers aren't going to change their minds on climate change, women's reproductive rights, guns or immigration (the issues listed as priorities in Carson's email), rallies or meetings to put pressure on them can get local public and media attention.

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

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

There is an overlying awareness when assessing New York's environmentally progressive work - in - progress that the effects climate change and fossil fuel energy industries have on the environment, infrastructure and public health don't stop at state lines.

ALBANY — After a two - hour debate that touched on climate change and several anti-Semitic incidents at the City University of New York, Republicans in the state Senate endorsed a one - house budget resolution that shifts costs to New York City, increases aid for public schools and cuts taxes for middle - income New Yorkers.

When I signed my Executive Order last June calling on the Departments of Public Works and Environment and Planning to prepare a plan for the County to implement the United States» target contribution to the Paris Climate Agreement, reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas inventory by twenty - six percent below 2005 levels by 2025, some people laughed.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

As thousands of people from across the UK prepare to march in London this Saturday for jobs, justice and climate as part of a global «Put People First» campaign, PCS and War on Want are drawing attention to the tax gap and the missing billions of pounds which would help to fund public services and stabilise the economy.

In this new climate, where politicians are either calling for direct interference in corporate affairs, or running campaigns that put extreme public pressure on businesses to change their operations, businesses will increasingly have to find ways to defend themselves.

«Working together, California and the UK commit to build upon current efforts, share experiences, find new solutions and work to educate the public on the need for aggressive action to address climate change and promote energy diversity.»

At 9:30 a.m., Public Advocate James holds a hearing on climate change, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Richard Harris Terrace, 199 Chambers St., Manhattan.