Sentences with phrase «part of addressing climate change»

If Premier Prentice is committed to achieving cost - effective, long - term GHG emission reductions in the electricity sector as part of addressing climate change, wind energy will need to play a primary and growing role in Alberta's electricity system.

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The other part of the Paris agreement is a vague provision that starting in 2020 a $ 100 billion - a-year fund will be established to help developing nations address climate change.

That's why a group of prominent Republicans recently proposed a carbon price as one part of its «pro-growth» plan to address climate change.

As part of our work to insert the stories and perspectives of moms into the national conversation about climate change, Moms Clean Air Force DC fielded a large and visible contingent of 20 moms and kids to attend the Rally for Climate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US Coclimate change, Moms Clean Air Force DC fielded a large and visible contingent of 20 moms and kids to attend the Rally for Climate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US CoClimate Justice in September, 2015, to mark Pope Francis» climate leadership on the day of his address to the US Coclimate leadership on the day of his address to the US Congress.

The statement and the radio appearance are part of a series of outreach efforts AAAS has made to encourage the new administration to leverage scientific evidence and fact - finding in forging policy prescriptions to address challenges from climate change to infrastructure improvements that it confronts.

«Much of the foot - dragging in addressing climate change is in the perception that climate change is a ways down the road and only occurring in remote parts of the planet.

Among the responses to the growing consensus that climate change is an enormous problem that must be seriously addressed, the nuclear industry and some politicians are saying that nuclear power is a major part of the solution internationally and in the United States.

In his address to the Heads of States Summit held on the occasion of the 22nd Session of the Conference of Parties (COP22) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), French President Mr. François Hollande announced his decision to join other public and private sector investors in the establishment of the LDN Fund, as part of France's commitment to combat desertification and mobilize the necessary resources.

In parallel to the Rio +20 gestation process, the UN Secretary - General and his senior advisors, after more than two years of wholehearted efforts to bring about a major global agreement on climate change, had come to the conclusion that climate change was part of a broader package of global sustainable development challenges, and could probably be better addressed in conjunction with the rest.

As part of the Green Belt Movement International - Europe's activities in advocating for Climate Change, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate Climate Change, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate cChange, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate climate changechange.

The work addresses global climate change and will include the reinstallation of the «Longitudinal Installation» and «Endangered World» (originally created in the South Pole, 90S, during January 2007 as part of a National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writers residency).

Regarding your last sentence, I know of no - one who doesn't believe in the need to address adaptation as part of our approach to climate change.

As the new Ceres report notes: «ExxonMobil does not analyze or quantify the effect on the company and on shareholder value of any plausible greenhouse gas regulatory scenarios; in fact, the company states that «it is impossible today to assess the potential implications for shareholder value from initiatives to address climate change,» in part because no governments have established definitive regulations for the 2008 - 2012 Kyoto period or for post-2012.

«As the earth goes barreling past 400 parts per million of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, let's take action now, this year, this Congress, to address climate change,» Holt said on the House floor.

Asked about the parts of the exhibit that directly address climate change, Olstein sent an example of text that was not in the exhibit.

Realizing that the USCRN is part of Obama's own federal agency, NOAA, consider his remarks during a televised address from the September 2014 UN Climate Change Summit in New York City:

Fred — Regarding your last sentence, I know of no - one who doesn't believe in the need to address adaptation as part of our approach to climate change.

Scientists already feel that the second part of the IPCC report, which addresses the consequences of global warming, is not as sound as the first part, which deals with the underlying physical factors contributing to climate change.

Issues regarding climate change and GHG emissions must be addressed as part of strategic risk management decision - making.

The questions that Frank and Schmidt raise are part of a broader effort to address climate change from an astrobiological perspective, and a new way of thinking about life and civilizations across the universe.

This flyer highlights that migration policies and measures to address displacement need to be part of adaptation strategies, and briefly presents key UN system's activities aimed at making vulnerable people, places and sectors more resilient to the impacts of climate change.

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«We recognise the significance of climate change to global society and the importance of addressing the built environment as part of efforts to lower greenhouse gas emissions.

Because individuals in the developed world have the greatest impact each, people choosing to have smaller families in the richest parts of the world will have the greatest and most immediate positive effect — a vital choice given the urgency to address which climate change.

WWF supported H&M to develop a new strategy to address climate change which included setting ambitious short and long term targets to address climate impacts through their entire value chain as part of a broader transformational partnership between H&M and WWF.

The «pollution paradigm» of climate change limits the opportunities for addressing or solving the issue, in part because fossil fuel emissions make up such a small fraction of the annual flux of CO2 into the atmosphere (less than 3 %).

Watson, former chair of the defunct Texas Air Control Board, now part of the commission, pressed Shaw on whether the agency had addressed climate change or even prepared for U.S. regulation of heat - trapping gases.

The oil and natural gas industry will continue to be an integral part of the effort to address the issue of climate change.

«We all have a part to play in addressing the pressing issue of climate change, and through this new offer we're making it easier than ever for Co-op customers to make that choice»

The Capitol dome looms behind smokestacks of a coal - fired power plant in Washington, D.C. Obama announced plans Tuesday to issue new emissions regulations for U.S. power plants as part of a wider strategy to address climate change.

As part of the Green Belt Movement International - Europe's activities in advocating for Climate Change, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate Climate Change, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate cChange, we gather views and experiences about current strategies hoping to make some clearance in the intricate jungle of the mechanisms aimed at addressing climate climate changechange.

Unlike the effort to address climate change, Townsend said, rebalancing the nitrogen cycle doesn't automatically mean conflict — in part because a plethora of local solutions can be nearly as effective as a Kyoto - sized global one.

This is interesting, from Carbon Brief: «Hendry said the storms and flooding still battering parts of the UK have fundamentally changed the political debate around addressing the impacts of climate change.»

Previous to beginning formal work on this project and consulting him as a reviewer, I had also spoken with him at length about the media issues addressed in the report, as part of our ongoing relationship as scholars examining dimensions of climate change communication.

Any new IPCC report that does not acknowledge that there is an obvious major correlation that was previously understated between the sun, the oceans and atmosphere, the mechanism of which is not fully yet understood or adequately studied and where the sun plays the dominant part, is out of date and does not even begin to properly address the issue of climate change that is happening to day.

SB 350 codifies Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s aggressive clean energy goals and is a key part of California's strategy to address climate change as represented by Governor Brown's «Climate Change Pillars.climate change as represented by Governor Brown's «Climate Change Pillars.&change as represented by Governor Brown's «Climate Change Pillars.Climate Change Pillars.&Change Pillars.»

Part of that dialogue is talking about effective policies to address the risks of climate change.

Thousands of individuals and businesses in Canada are doing their part to address climate change and air pollution by choosing green energy with Bullfrog Power.

Part of the challenge in creating the incentives for policymakers to take action on climate change and to address the issue in a serious way is to accurately communicate about the nature of public opinion.

Regarding Nisbet and getting around skeptics, his closing line is «Part of the challenge in creating the incentives for policymakers to take action on climate change and to address the issue in a serious way is to accurately communicate about the nature of public opinion.»

Thousands of individuals and businesses in Canada are doing their part to address climate change and air pollution by switching to green energy with Bullfrog Power.

Canada is taking a holistic approach to addressing SLCPs as part of its comprehensive strategies to address climate change and air quality.

«This is part of our «eco-efficiency» initiative that we are rolling out with companies to reduce their energy and water use, and eliminate waste, as a next step for companies and investors seeking to address climate change.»

said,» We head to COP23 as part of Indigenous Environmental Network and with the U.S. People's Delegation to continue the to rise up as Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities against extraction, colonialism and to call for real action from elected leaders who have pledged to address climate change.»

Thousands of Canadian homes and businesses are doing their part to address climate change and air pollution by switching to green energy with Bullfrog Power.

Dallas Goldtooth of Indigenous Environmental Network, part of the It Takes Roots delegation said,» We head to COP23 as part of Indigenous Environmental Network and with the U.S. People's Delegation to continue the to rise up as Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities against extraction, colonialism and to call for real action from elected leaders who have pledged to address climate change.»

The MOOC is part of a work - programme of the Integrating Agriculture in National Adaptation Plans (NAP - Ag) Programme, a joint effort led by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to support countries to integrate and address climate change concerns as they affect agricultural sector - based livelihoods in national and sectoral planning and budgeting processes.

Somehow Andy Revkin picks through the wreckage of the climate fight and concludes that one of the culprits was «a failure on the part of the major environmental groups and their allies to compromise earlier in the legislative effort to address climate change.»

Developing a low carbon economy is a must as China continues to industrialize, not only for the nation's energy security strategy, but also as part of an urgent international responsibility to address global climate change.

It brought together 38 participants representing planning universities and planning professionals and aimed to: reach a common understanding on how better urban planning and design can contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation, especially in the Developing Countries context; agree on how best to equip urban planners and related professionals, especially in developing countries to deal with climate change and to conceptualize the core elements of a toolbox; and reach a common understanding on how urban planning and design schools can better address climate change as an integral part of their curricula.