Sentences with phrase «own joint climate»

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

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On Nov 11, 2014, China and the US made a joint climate pledge for the Paris conference covering 2020 to 2030.

Mr. Trudeau and the premiers agreed in March to produce a joint climate strategy by October that would be in keeping with commitments made at the Paris climate summit, where all nations agreed on the need to limit the increase in global temperatures to less than 2 degrees above preindustrial levels.

Last month ten major fossil fuel companies, including Shell, Total, BP, and Statoil, announced a joint climate declaration recognising the need to limit the global average temperature rise to 2C.

Consulates of UK, France and Germany have visited three climate adaptation projects in Dhamrai of Dhaka to emphasise on joint climate diplomacy in Bangladesh.British High Commissioner Robert W Gibson, French Chargé Babou Kamichetty and German Chargé Dr Ferdinand von Weyhe visited Dhamrai on Monday.They visited a solar home system, solar irrigation systems and a domestic [continue reading...]

Canada, Mexico, and the United States have pledged to generate 50 percent of their electricity using clean energy technologies by 2025, according to a joint climate plan unveiled today.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proposing to strike a joint climate - change pact with president - elect Barack Obama, an initiative that would seek to protect Alberta's oil sands projects from potentially tough new U.S. climate - change rules by

But Stern and Xie, who visited each other's homes in the lead - up to their joint climate announcement in November, appear to have a resilient relationship.

Not exact matches

Their joint project on the economic risks of climate change is a bold attempt to galvanize business people and investors.

Iron ore miner Centaurus Metals says it can no longer afford to develop its Candonga project in Brazil on its own, and will be seeking to either bring in a joint venture partner or sell the mine in order to survive in the tough economic climate.

WASHINGTON — French President Emmanuel Macron irked Republicans during his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday by mentioning climate science and the need to preserve the planet.

Europe's transport commissioner Violeta Bulc and climate commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said in a joint statement while the EU had «sought a higher level of ambition, this is a good starting point that will allow for further review and improvements over time».

On Friday, those constituents helped scuttle a plan for China and the European Union to issue a joint statement of support for the Paris climate accord at high - level trade talks in Brussels.

The joint statement by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the Investor Network on Climate Risk, and the Investors Group on Climate Change also encourages intensive gas users and governments in oil and gas importing regions to consider playing a role in encouraging control of methane emissions.

She also provided a link to a video of her joint presentation with Suncor CEO Steve Williams at the recent Business and Climate Summit in London, UK, where they spoke articulately about the work being done in Alberta.

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A geophysicist at the University of Washington and director of the Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, he is at the forefront of research on geoengineering, a science that focuses on manipulating the environment to, among other ends, combat climate change.

Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians have issued a joint appeal for political leaders to «support the consensus of the world» that climate change and other environmental ills have created an ecological crisis that is harming the world's poorest the most.

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.

Currently, Cambodia and IRRI are conducting joint research projects on climate change adaptation and mitigation, climate - resilient rice varieties, remote sensing - based crop monitoring, improvement of farmers» livelihoods, and postharvest technology.

The press conference was held at the State House by Senator Marc Pacheco, chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and Senate co-chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Testimony to Joint Senate and Assembly Hearing Executive Budget / Economic Development Issues, State Economic Climate and Business Competitiveness (Verbal remarks) February 3, 2009

5) A new high level dialogue to discuss a joint vision for the global governance in the area of energy and climate change could be established within the «EU - China Strategic Partnership on Climate Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary sclimate change could be established within the «EU - China Strategic Partnership on Climate Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary sClimate Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary support.

From a joint letter to the Telegraph opposing plans for a new airport in the Thames Estuary, signed by Christian Aid, Cafod, RSPB, Friends of the Earth, Tearfund, WWF, Greenpeace UK, World Development Movement, Portsmouth Climate Action Network, Airport Watch, Swindon Climate Action Network, Plantlife, Artists Project Earth, UK Youth Climate Coalition, Surfers Against Sewage, Climate Alliance — January 2012

In March 2006 Norman stood down from his portfolio to pursue other research interest and was joint runner - up for the 2006 Epolitix Environmental Charity Champion Award with Oliver Letwin for their work trying to establish a Cross Party Consensus on Climate Change.

Eminent surgeons and physicians from across the world have signed a joint letter calling for the government to see climate change as a priority health issue.

And last year the US and China launched a climate - change working group with joint plans that include carbon capture and storage, smart grids and energy efficiency.

The scientific journal Nature ecology & evolution have published a joint statement from scientists at Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, University of Copenhagen and North Carolina State University.

A «coverage gap» in future years The agency had sought $ 910 million this year for its Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), which will provide data for weather forecasts, search - and - rescue operations and climate change research.

The Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission's science and knowledge service, has published a pioneering study on the role of the chemical and petrochemical industry in reaching the EU climate targets.

On a call with reporters last Friday, White House adviser Brian Deese said the joint ratification with China showed the strong partnership the world's two largest economies have developed on climate change.

Thanks to the historical data (1930 - 2000) shared by the FAO Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS - FAO), a joint INRA / CIRAD team was able to study the climate niche and distribution of the species during recessions, and envisage the effects of possible climate changes between now and 2050 or 2090, in line with two future climate scenarios.

I am a cadet in the Old Weather Navy, a joint U.S.-U.K. web - based project that recruits citizen scientists to decipher the climate data recorded in old ship logs.

In a project sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Carbon Monitoring System research initiative, researchers from the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2006.

On the first day of the Copenhagen climate conference, 56 newspapers publishing in 20 languages in 45 countries publish an unprecedented joint editorial calling for meaningful action to face the threat posed by climate change.

Said Dr Tom Evans, WCS Director of Forest Conservation and Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate climate change.

On 24 November, the two countries signed a joint statement on environmental protection that will facilitate and guide U.S. - Cuba cooperation — both governmental and non-governmental — on issues including coastal and marine protection, the protection of biodiversity including endangered and threatened species, climate change, disaster risk reduction, and marine pollution, Wiley said.

The leaders of the world's two largest greenhouse - gas - emitting nations touted two previous joint emissions deals, gave nearly back - to - back speeches on the urgency of tackling the climate threat and together issued a statement of support for an ambitious global accord.

The first was a joint announcement in November 2014 of their respective climate targets: America's to cut emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025, and China's to peak emissions by 2030.

Joint research from the Monash branch of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science (ARCCSS) and NASA published in Nature found even though other types of rainfall has decreased in frequency and the total number of thunderstorms remained the same, the increase in big storms had elevated total rainfall.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- The United States and Canada agreed joint steps on Thursday to fight climate change, including cutting methane emissions from oil and gas operations and signing last year's Paris climate deal «as soon as feasible.»

Scientists must sharpen their message and do more to engage the public as they seek to influence policy on issues such as climate change, representatives of AAAS and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said in report issued 3 July at the Euroscience Open Forum 2010 (ESOF2010) in Turin,...

«Most climate models that incorporate vegetation are built on short - term observations, for example of photosynthesis, but they are used to predict long - term events,» said Bond - Lamberty, who works at the Joint Global Change Research Institute, a collaboration between PNNL and the University of Maryland in College Park, Md. «We need to understand forests in the long term, but forests change slowly and researchers don't live that long.»

The conclusions in this statement reflect the scientific consensus represented by, for example, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the joint National Academies» statement.

Dust will affect climate and, at the same time, climate change will affect dust,» said lead author Hongbin Yu, an associate research scientist at the Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), a joint center of the University of Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

«This joint announcement provides both practical and political momentum towards a new, universal climate agreement in Paris in late 2015 that is meaningful, forward - looking and recognizes that combating climate change is not a five - or 10 - year plan — but is a long - term commitment to keep a global temperature rise under 2 degrees [Celsius] throughout this century,» said U.N. climate chief Christiana Figueres.

The Leuphana scientists are already implementing this advanced application in a joint project with the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of North Rhine - Westphalia.

Three federal agencies announced the launch Monday of a joint program to predict climate change and its impacts on local scales over a few decades, information that decision makers will need to adapt to the inevitable.

The authors of the new study, Steven Smith and Andrew Mizrahi, both climate analysts at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, argue that for one thing, the earlier work assumes that dramatic cuts in methane and soot emissions are feasible based on shifting technologies and changes in human behavior.