Sentences with phrase «on the climate action plan»

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.

She served on the Climate Action Planning Steering Committee for the City of Minneapolis, and has been appointed to several national advisory boards.

But on the climate action plan there's certainly a lot of opportunity for improvement.

«Cities are very aggressive on their climate action plans,» says Cathy Higgins, research director for the New Buildings Institute, a Portland, Ore. — based nonprofit focused on high energy performance for commercial buildings.

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Respondents were asked about their views on climate change, support for specific policies under consideration in the federal / provincial / territorial climate action negotiations underway in Fall 2016, and the federal government's role in implementing a national climate plan.

All of these benefits, in addition to the federal government's Climate Action Plan, depend on the project going forward.

MIT made its vow in «A Plan for Action on Climate Change,» an 18 - page report released Oct. 21.

You wouldn't know it from the lacklustre media response, but Monday's signing of the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, by the elected leaders of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and California, is a big deal.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

VICTORIA — New Freedom of Information documents reveal the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, whose members donated over $ 3.6 million to the B.C. Liberals since 2011, received extensive secret backroom consultations on B.C.'s proposed Climate Action Plan.

Our best plan of action now would be to focus on how to deal with climate change once it arrives in force, instead of the current futile attempts to stop it from happening.

We were thrilled today to attend the Climate Action Plan press conference on Chicago's Museum Campus.

Resources and planning documents include technical reports on food systems planning, climate change action, and a planning resource for coordinating housing investments across the region.

Kingsnorth Climate Action and Dartford Liberal Democrat campaigner James Willis called the decision «a local victory for people power which has today forced a multinational power company to shelve plans to bring on stream this huge old fashion Coal Dinosaur.»

Eldridge also serves on the board of Scenic Hudson, where he helped fund a climate change action plan for the City of Kingston and helped fund a 3 - D printing center at SUNY New Paltz.

Erie County is developing a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which is expected to not only reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions but also save the County on energy costs.

Based on this work, Erie County will set GHG reduction targets and develop a Climate Action & Sustainability Plan (CASP) to incorporate GHG emission reduction into the daily culture of County operations.

Please bring your ideas on what you would like to see included in the Climate Action and Sustainability Plan and sign up to be notified when a draft plan is available for review and commPlan and sign up to be notified when a draft plan is available for review and commplan is available for review and comment.

The Sanders campaign is planning a rally on clean energy and and climate action in Kingston for Saturday, with a voter canvas to follow.

I commend Governor Paterson on drafting such a thorough and aggressive Climate Action Plan, which will serve as the catalyst for job creation and a healthier environment in New York State.

Today, on the second Anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Howie Hawkins and the Green Party released the following plans for climate action:

I serve on the board of Better Future Project, the leading grassroots climate nonprofit in New England, and also as the chair of the Transportation Committee of Boston University's Climate Action Plan Taskclimate nonprofit in New England, and also as the chair of the Transportation Committee of Boston University's Climate Action Plan TaskClimate Action Plan Task Force.

In line with the SAMOA Pathway approved at the Third International Conference on SIDS in 2014 and the UNESCO SIDS Action Plan adopted in 2016, this session will review imminent climate change issues within these countries.

The debate was on display last month when members of the compact met in Key Largo to release a climate action plan that aimed, in part, to offer preliminary recommendations on how cities in the area can prepare for sea - level rise and more powerful storms.

While many of the Liberals» plans remain unclear, and there is the prospect of a messy coalition government, analysts say a Trudeau government would mean less of a focus on Canadian oil and a stronger push for clean energy and action on climate change.

Athena Ballesteros, who leads work on climate finance for the World Resources Institute think tank, said, «If this meeting will help contribute to the goal of coordinating countries plans and actions to mobilize the $ 100 billion pledge, that would be most welcome, and part of the conversation is to find innovative sources of finance that would complement the scarce public resources being made available.»

The 21 - member panel composed of sea - level rise experts from the Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, reviewed projections from Maryland's 2008 Climate Action Plan and provided updated recommendations based on new scientific results that can better inform projections of sea level rise for Maryland.

«To my mind, it is not as contentious or complicated as it is being made out to be, once we are agreed that it will not be intrusive, that it will respect national sovereignty and that it will not undermine the [U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change] and the Bali Action Plan.»

Things might be different if Virginia had acted on the shelved 2008 climate action plan, which called for state agencies to educate residents about causes and impacts of climate change and costs of taking action.

UQ Associate Professor Richard Fuller said the research provided a better understanding of climate change impacts on Antarctic biodiversity and plan conservation actions.

In 2008, Chile launched its first National Climate Change Action Plan, for the period from 2008 to 2014, to gather information on what was happening in the country, identify the baselines for emissions cuts and measure other key variables.

And with the service's centennial happening in 2016, NPS is working on a «plan of action» to improve the parks for the big celebration, as well as to address long - term concerns, including cultural resource management, invasive species, and climate change.

Obviously on the energy front, our job fundamentally is to implement the climate action plan.

Similar delays on the Clean Power Plan would rob Obama of his chance to put his stamp on a climate action legacy.

Danny Cullenward, an energy economist and lawyer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, said that although it is unlikely that the loss of the Clean Power Plan would affect many states» emissions cutting goals, there will be little encouragement for states reluctant to take action on climate change to create emissions goals without the plan in plPlan would affect many states» emissions cutting goals, there will be little encouragement for states reluctant to take action on climate change to create emissions goals without the plan in plplan in place.

On the community level, many towns and cities have autonomously created action plans to prepare for the adverse effects of climate change.

The administration has yet to release the calculations behind the new targets, but EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said yesterday that the «entire target was based on a thorough interagency review of the available tools in each of the agencies — the ones that are outlined in the Climate Action Plan, but also other tools and initiatives that could be teed up and brought to fruition quickly enough.»

The ICR was part of the previous administration's plan to crack down on emissions from existing oil and gas facilities — a piece of President Obama's broader Climate Action Pplan to crack down on emissions from existing oil and gas facilities — a piece of President Obama's broader Climate Action PlanPlan.

On Capitol Hill, the plan was endorsed by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.), a climate action advocate who has proposed his own revenue - neutral carbon tax legislation with Sen. Brian Schatz (D - Hawaii).

-- The Secretary of Health and Human Services, within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the basis of the best available science, and in consultation pursuant to paragraph (2), shall publish a strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the impacts of climate change on public health in the United States and other nations, particularly developing nations.

It tracks progress on health and climate change across 40 indicators divided into five categories: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement.

Now, governments, businesses, civil society institutions and other stakeholders are focused on turning targets and plans into climate action.

Early in his second term, President Obama launched an ambitious Climate Action Plan focused on cutting carbon pollution, preparing the nation for climate impacts, and leading on the international stage to bring nations large and small to the table to pledge to act on climate Climate Action Plan focused on cutting carbon pollution, preparing the nation for climate impacts, and leading on the international stage to bring nations large and small to the table to pledge to act on climate climate impacts, and leading on the international stage to bring nations large and small to the table to pledge to act on climate climate change.

On the eve of the COP21 conference, 184 countries covering around 95 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions had delivered their national climate action plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCCOn the eve of the COP21 conference, 184 countries covering around 95 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions had delivered their national climate action plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (Uclimate action plans to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCCon Climate Change (UClimate Change (UNFCCC).

This builds on the momentum of the unprecedented effort which has so far seen 188 countries contribute climate action plans to the new agreement, which will dramatically slow the pace of global greenhouse gas emissions.

«These INDCs — or national climate action plans — represent a clear and determined down - payment on a new era of climate ambition from the global community of nations.

Participants will conduct school climate assessments and prepare action plans for demonstrating change based on identified markers.

The 77 represented U.S. and Chinese regions have pledged to establish ambitious climate targets, report on their greenhouse gas emissions, establish climate action plans, and expand bilateral cooperation.

This study identifies long range transportation planning (LRTP) best practices for climate protection and energy efficiency outcomes, which were selected based on interviews with LRTP professionals, a literature search, and a review of state LRTPs in the 29 states with Climate Action Plans, or gubernatorial initiatives directing state agencies to coordinate planning for climate and energy efficiency ouclimate protection and energy efficiency outcomes, which were selected based on interviews with LRTP professionals, a literature search, and a review of state LRTPs in the 29 states with Climate Action Plans, or gubernatorial initiatives directing state agencies to coordinate planning for climate and energy efficiency ouClimate Action Plans, or gubernatorial initiatives directing state agencies to coordinate planning for climate and energy efficiency ouclimate and energy efficiency outcomes.