None of these challenges can be solved in isolation but rather require solutions like clean energy supergrids and microgrids that address energy poverty and
reduce climate change pollution at the same time.
Not exact matches
According to the International Energy Agency,
reducing pollution to levels consistent with limiting
climate change to less than two degrees would see 715 million EVs cruising the streets in 2040 — which would also shrink global oil demand by 20 % relative to today.
President Trump is for
reducing / eliminating
pollution — but thinks
Climate Change is a Hoax — Pollution control and Climate change are completely different from each other.&
Change is a Hoax —
Pollution control and
Climate change are completely different from each other.&
change are completely different from each other.»
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.
«These new standards will
reduce pollution, further encourage the development of renewable resources and support this state's efforts to combat
climate change,» the governor said in a statement.
«New Yorkers should demand more performance from this effort to
reduce the
pollution that is
changing our
climate.
Relicensing Indian Point will result in
reducing greenhouse gases, air
pollution, and mitigating
climate change.
As legislator, I will develop and / or support legislation and policies that promote sustainable development and a strong local economy, while
reducing pollution and mitigating
climate change.
In every region, with the exception of a number of positive examples where lessons can be learned, biodiversity and nature's capacity to contribute to people are being degraded,
reduced and lost due to a number of common pressures — habitat stress; overexploitation and unsustainable use of natural resources; air, land and water
pollution; increasing numbers and impact of invasive alien species and
climate change, among others.
Until recently, says Baker, the goal for coral - reef management was simply to create marine reserves and
reduce the pressures of
pollution and fishing, hoping that that would leave reefs strong enough to deal with
climate change.
The science - related cuts proposed by the Trump administration come in programs that deal with issues it opposes ideologically, such as
climate change and the use of regulation to
reduce pollution.
«We can
reduce health and
climate change costs while
reducing the dangerous carbon
pollution driving global warming.»
When it comes to tackling
climate change, President Barack Obama once had grand ambitions, including forging a global deal on
reducing greenhouse gas emissions and persuading Congress to enact legislation that would impose fees on U.S. carbon
pollution.
«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start
reducing the dangerous carbon
pollution fueling
climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.
«The bottom line message is that to address
climate change we really need to undertake all of the measures that are feasible to help us
reduce global warming
pollution,» Replogle said.
«The findings have clear implications on how we need to accommodate
climate change in our strategies to
reduce nitrogen
pollution.»
«To mitigate the effects of
climate change, we can talk about two types of options: to attack it at its origin, by eliminating or
reducing the human factors that contribute to it (such as,
reducing emissions, controlling
pollution, etc.) or developing strategies that allow for its effects to be
reduced, such as, in the case that concerns us, increasing green areas in cities, using, for example, the tops of buildings as green roofs,» states the University of Seville researcher, Luis Pérez Urrestarazu.
Overfishing,
climate change and
pollution have
reduced fish populations in Canadian lakes and rivers.
Projects to
reduce pollution, prevent
climate change and protect biodiversity, however, are drawing criticism that they could drive indigenous people off their lands and destroy their livelihoods.
To begin to mitigate the
pollution causing
climate change, cities around the world need to be made more efficient, adopting measures ranging from
reducing the energy costs of sanitation to constructing buildings that waste less energy.
IMO continues to contribute to the global fight against
climate change, and has adopted mandatory measures to
reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping, under IMO's
pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL).
This full - amortized fund provides targeted monthly cashflows of 8.5 % annually for 7 years, while aiding in the fight against
climate change by significantly
reducing carbon energy
pollution.
A national plan to
reduce carbon
pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of
climate change and lead global efforts to fight it.
As the world becomes more and more focused on environmental issues that cross national boundaries, such as
climate change,
reduced availability of clean water, increased water and air
pollution, and the growth of urban heat islands, landscape architects are taking the lead in finding practical, innovative solutions that leverage natural systems.
But the planning goes back at least a year or two and the main organizers are Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, a Cambridge University economist, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at the University of California, San Diego, focused on
reducing sooty
pollution and
climate change, and Archbishop Roland Minnerath of Dijon, France, who is also a professor of history and ethics at the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
climate change Oregon Business Climate Declaration reducing carbon pollution support for clea
climate change Oregon Business
Climate Declaration reducing carbon pollution support for clea
Climate Declaration
reducing carbon
pollution support for clean fuels
, and 3) those dust storms are a consequence of a)
climate change in northern China linked to
reduced rainfall that may in turn have some relationship to all that
pollution and b) are in any case being greatly enhanced by horrendous land use patterns that should be stopped ASAP.
Countering critics» charges, the NRDC analysis shows that the carbon
pollution driving
climate change can be reined in while creating a net increase of at least 210,000 jobs and modestly
reducing electricity bills, by an average of about $.90 per month.
This Tuesday, I'll lay out my vision for where I believe we need to go — a national plan to
reduce carbon
pollution, prepare our country for the impacts of
climate change, and lead global efforts to fight it.
We can avoid the worst
climate -
change scenarios while also lifting people out of poverty, growing food more efficiently, and saving lives by
reducing pollution.
Finally, there's the engineer's myth, which holds that
climate change will be easy to tackle because inventors will develop new technologies to lower the cost of
reducing pollution.
Actions to
reduce emissions of carbon
pollution and other greenhouse gases that accelerate
climate change will protect human health in both the short...
«We know that our planetâ $ ™ s future depends on a global commitment to permanently
reduce greenhouse gas
pollution, â $ President Obama said yesterday at the U.N. Summit on
Climate Change in New York, one of several references to â $ œgreenhouse gas pollutionâ $ and â $ œcarbon pollutionâ $ sprinkled throughout his speech.
By March 31, governments from 192 nations are supposed to submit their plans for
reducing their emissions of
climate - warming pollution to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
climate - warming
pollution to the U.N. Framework Convention on
Climate Climate Change.
Now, President Obama must take the reins and lead the nation in
reducing pollution, preparing our communities for the consequences of
climate change and speeding the transition to more sustainable sources of energy.
'' We are convinced that the Natural Capital Protocol has the power to revolutionize the way that businesses evaluate their operations and make decisions, helping them to
reduce pollution, protect biodiversity, and limit the impacts of
climate change», says First Climate CEO Sascha
climate change», says First
Climate CEO Sascha
Climate CEO Sascha Lafeld.
Thus, in the case of O3, the best way to
reduce or remove the threat that warming - enhanced O3 poses to human health — its
climate change risk — is almost certainly via the mitigation of nitrogen
pollution.
•
Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future gen
Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators • Conserving natural resources such as timber, water, and minerals • Saving energy by reusing materials that have already been processed • Preventing
pollution by
reducing the need to collect new raw materials • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future gen
reducing the need to collect new raw materials •
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future gen
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global
climate change • Helping to sustain the environment for future generations
«I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take, now and in the future, to
reduce pollution, prepare our communities for the consequences of
climate change, and speed the transition to more sustainable sources of energy,» he said.
Key elements include curbing human carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, improved control of local
pollution sources,
reducing coastal habitat destruction, and better preparing coastal human communities to withstand the amount of ocean acidification and
climate change that is unavoidable.
It increases
pollution using dodgy stats «proving» that solar, wind, ethanol or fracking «
reduces climate change» (a grammatically suspicious statement to say the least).
On the other side, organizations including the Environmental Defense Fund, the Union of Concerned Scientists, and the Clean Air Task Force have argued that the new standards will offer an economic boost by encouraging investment in clean energy and efficiency, along with desperately needed action on emissions that will help address
climate change and
reduce health impacts from air
pollution.
The CES is designed to fight
climate change,
reduce harmful air
pollution, and ensure a diverse and reliable low carbon energy supply.
There is a growing recognition that the magnitude of health «co-benefits,» like
reducing both
pollution and cardiovascular disease, could be significant, both from a public health and an economic standpoint.273, 272,309 Some
climate change resilience efforts will benefit health, but potential co-harms should be considered when implementing these strategies.
These standards
reduce the greenhouse gas
pollution that threatens our national security;
climate change presents clear threats to America's long - term stability.
ACT NOW Virtual Lobby Day on June 15 will demonstrate voter support for a carbon tax to
reduce carbon
pollution that causes
climate change and fund the state's biennial budget.
A number of studies have explored the opportunities available to improve health and well - being as a result of adapting to
climate change, 273 with many recent publications illustrating the benefit of
reduced air
pollution.2, 271,288,299,300,301,302 Additionally, some studies have looked at the co-benefits to
climate change and health of applying innovative urban design practices which
reduce energy consumption and
pollution while increasing public health, 99,272,303,304 decrease vulnerability of communities to extreme events263, 264,303 and
reduce the disparity between different societal groups.249, 305,306,307,308
Judy Fahys KUER 90.1 February 1, 2016 State environmental regulators want input from Utahns about
reducing the
pollution blamed for
climate change.
She also co-authored Natural Infrastructure: A
Climate - Smart Solution, a report on the role that natural infrastructure plays in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, removing carbon pollution, and building resilience to impacts of climate
Climate - Smart Solution, a report on the role that natural infrastructure plays in
reducing greenhouse gas emissions, removing carbon
pollution, and building resilience to impacts of
climate climate change.
In a future in which the Environmental Protection Agency could be led by Scott Pruitt — a denier of
climate science who has opposed efforts to
reduce air and water
pollution and combat
climate change — these disparities will only get worse.