Not exact matches
Moreover, looking «outside -
in» means acknowledging that business does not operate
in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to
play in collaborating on the key global challenges of our time, from
climate change to sustainable development.
«It's unfortunate that the politics of
climate change have evolved to the point
in this country where really serious games of chicken are being
played with major agencies
in our federal government,» Nesbitt said.
While it may be surprising to some, Canada's mining sector can
play an essential role
in enabling the technologies that will help the world address
climate change.
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.
Climate change is «
playing an increasing role
in the increasing frequency of some types of extreme weather that lead to billion - dollar disasters, most notably the rise
in vulnerability to drought, lengthening wildfire seasons and the potential for extremely heavy rainfall and inland flooding,» Smith said.
Or you could take a stake
in a firm that
plays a big role
in your issue of choice, like Exxon with
climate change, to try and push them
in the direction you want.
In the seven years that the application languished under the Obama administration, it faced rising opposition amid a successful play among environmental leaders to make it a crucible in the fight against climate chang
In the seven years that the application languished under the Obama administration, it faced rising opposition amid a successful
play among environmental leaders to make it a crucible
in the fight against climate chang
in the fight against
climate change.
At a recent meeting of Indian provincial environment and forestry ministers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi noted that nuclear energy will
play a critical role
in helping the country to meet both its energy security and
climate change mitigation goals.
While it may not be getting much attention at COP21, food loss and waste
plays a huge role
in the global
climate change battle.
He also mentioned the role organic farming can
play in mitigating
climate change.
Grace Boyle, chair of the student union's Love Veggie society,
played a key role
in Ulster's adoption of MFM by starting a petition to gather support for the move, because of a lack of meat free and vegan options at Ulster, and because the university does not formally acknowledge that the meat and dairy industries are major contributors to
climate change.
Climate change, smog, acid rain, dead zones and the ozone hole are real issues affecting the planet, and nitrogen pollution
plays a key role
in each of them.
With sustainable agriculture
playing an important role
in mitigating
climate change and food security, how can adoption rates rise?
Leading European healthy food business Wessanen has launched a new initiative aimed at helping small food entrepreneurs to
play an active role
in tackling
climate change.
, Lacazettes barely met let alone worked with the squad, on the back of being
in Oz the previous week, huge
changes in climate,
playing in extremely humid stadium... how does this compare to anything that's likely to occur
in 2/3 weeks time back
in the uk??
We're
in a position to inspire people from both race fans to governments to
play their part
in tackling things like
climate change.
Loss of essential grassland habitat, increased use of toxic pesticides, reduced availability of nesting grounds, disease, and a
changing climate with extreme weather patterns have all
played a role
in their decline.
Wildlife corridors will
play a particularly important role
in the age of
climate change, where many species will need to shift location to find a more comfortable setting.
To maintain its leadership role
in the fight against poverty, Britain needs to commit to
playing its part
in tackling global challenges and implementing the SDGs to address poverty,
climate change and other issues.
Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the
play follows several intertwining stories: a couple
in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a
climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conf
climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd)
in the lead up to the Copenhagen
Climate Conf
Climate Conference.
In the meantime, UK NGOs will redouble their efforts on promoting an internationalist, outward - facing Britain committed to playing its part in tackling global challenges and implementing the SDGs to address poverty, climate change and inequalit
In the meantime, UK NGOs will redouble their efforts on promoting an internationalist, outward - facing Britain committed to
playing its part
in tackling global challenges and implementing the SDGs to address poverty, climate change and inequalit
in tackling global challenges and implementing the SDGs to address poverty,
climate change and inequality.
I am proud that the UK has
played a leading role
in the revival of international
climate change talks through the United Nations at Cancun and Durban.
My government will continue to
play a leading role
in world affairs, using its global presence to tackle
climate change and address major international security, economic and humanitarian challenges.
Along with most people who recognise the reality of
climate change, I do not doubt that markets and private property rights have, or can have, an important role to
play in handling the problem, e.g., through suitably designed emissions trading systems and the like.
Over the past two decades,
in fact, the PRC has
played an increasingly pivotal role
in shaping the
climate change regime, on the one hand by influencing the global negotiating strategy and discourse, and, on the other, by building large coalitions
in support of its views.
My Government will continue to
play a leading role
in world affairs, using its global presence to tackle
climate change and address major international security, economy and humanitarian challenges.
Mr Huhne acted as home affairs spokesman when the Lib Dems were
in opposition, but was given the energy and
climate change brief after
playing a prominent role
in the coalition negotiations.
We will ensure that this country rises to the challenge that will define the 21st Century:
playing our part
in the fight against
climate change, for the sake of our children and the planet we leave behind.
«Ministers believe that new nuclear could
play a key role
in keep the lights on and meeting our
climate change targets - but they don't want to own up to supporting it,» committee chair Tim Yeo said.
The «nitty - gritty» of how patents are developed and then protected is a big issue when it comes to the role technology can
play in the future of energy security and
climate change policy, for example.
The information is being sought as Schneiderman's office investigates whether the company
played down the impact of human activity
in climate change.
Research scientists question whether the order will reduce international collaborations and remain troubled by confusion surrounding communications restrictions placed on employees of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Agriculture, two agencies that have
played vital roles
in the collection of scientific data on
climate change.
The chemical sector has a big role to
play in tackling
climate change and achieving EU energy targets.
And
climate change is
playing a key role
in the new dynamics.
Seeing the vast areas affected by
climate change during this cruise has highlighted for me the importance of the science I
play a small role
in.
«Cities of all sizes
play an important role
in combating the impact of
climate change.
Parsing the exact role a
changing climate played in the historic burns can be challenging, especially
in Western forests overstocked with woody kindling due to decades of fire suppression and a relatively hands - off forest management policy.
Three didymo experts not involved
in the study agreed that
climate change possibly is
playing a role with didymo, although the degree of the link is uncertain.
This discovery suggests that the potent greenhouse gas
plays a bigger role
in climate change that we previously imagined.
A new report confirms that coal has a large role to
play in meeting the world's energy demands, but to avoid runaway
climate change, technologies to sequester its carbon need to advance quickly
«It seems that the sun's quiescence was responsible for the most extreme phases of the Little Ice Age, implying that solar variability sometimes
plays a significant role
in climate change.
«We can not wait for climatologists to establish exactly what role
climate change played in different events,» says Kees van der Geest, also at UNU.
Stanford professor's calculations indicate that wildfires and other types of fires involving plant matter
play a much bigger role
in climate change and human health than previously thought.
«The American business community has a critical role to
play both
in preparing itself for
climate change and
in informing the policy response,» Lewis said.
«We now know that
climate change impacts bees
in major ways,» says Rebecca, «but the challenge will be to predict how those impacts
play out.
Trends might include factors like improved solar energy technology to combat
climate change, she said, while political events such as the recent United Nations
climate meeting
in Durban
play a role as well.
Most important, rewilding can
play a crucial role
in addressing
climate change.
But the latest techniques are making it possible to examine the role that
climate change played in shaping the season that has just past — whether it was a scorching summer or a particularly wet winter, for instance.
The ocean
plays a critical role
in climate and weather, serving as a massive reservoir of heat and water that influences tropical storms, El Nin?o, and
climate change.
Projects such as these illustrate the growing role that social scientists, including economists, sociologists, and political scientists, have begun to
play in climate change.