Sentences with phrase «said international climate policy»

And last year IPCC Working Group III co-chair Ottmar Edenhofer said international climate policy is not about environmental policy; it is about «how we redistribute the world's wealth.»

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The results of a world where developed and emerging countries are all pitted against each other will be «intensified conflict on the international stage over vitally important issues, such as international macroeconomic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change,» they said.

As a diplomat, Beals said he saw the result of failed policies and noted the importance of investing in the State Department and not back out of international agreements such as the Paris Climate Accord.

So a realistic look at the international policy dynamics that currently exist, as well as an informed discussion on where those policies could grow to be, is a great way to continue the conversation on actionable solutions to climate change,» said Subhashree Mishra, 2014 - 16 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy (DOE).

«This is like the pyramids of Giza for climate policy,» said Nathaniel Keohane, vice president of international climate at the Environmental Defense Fund, referring to the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World in Egypt.

Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said there has been a developing «sense of maturity» in the climate community since Copenhagen.

Because of globalization and interdependence, the relationship between climate change, migration and security should become the «new normal» in international policy conversations, the panel said.

«This system is a starting point for being more transparent, because the more transparent we are, the more opportunities for financing further actions we will have in the international arena,» said Juan Mata Sandoval, director - general of climate change policy at Mexico's Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

Pete Ogden, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress who focuses on international climate policy, said that coming on the heels of the Clean Power Plan release and a proposal for oil and gas methane, Obama's Arctic visit «constitutes a very effective prelude to the international answer» on climate.

«Because global mismanagement of plastic is fueling the growing marine litter problem, policy responses are needed at all levels, from the international community of nations down to national and local communities,» said report co-author Cara Horowitz, executive director of the Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment.

Barbara Buchner, head of the Climate Policy Institute Europe, who has written some of the leading policy papers on climate finance, noted that the $ 364 billion that went to clean energy activity globally last year is a pittance compared to the $ 1 trillion that the International Energy Institute says is needed anClimate Policy Institute Europe, who has written some of the leading policy papers on climate finance, noted that the $ 364 billion that went to clean energy activity globally last year is a pittance compared to the $ 1 trillion that the International Energy Institute says is needed annPolicy Institute Europe, who has written some of the leading policy papers on climate finance, noted that the $ 364 billion that went to clean energy activity globally last year is a pittance compared to the $ 1 trillion that the International Energy Institute says is needed annpolicy papers on climate finance, noted that the $ 364 billion that went to clean energy activity globally last year is a pittance compared to the $ 1 trillion that the International Energy Institute says is needed anclimate finance, noted that the $ 364 billion that went to clean energy activity globally last year is a pittance compared to the $ 1 trillion that the International Energy Institute says is needed annually.

Before industry can impact climate issues and cultivate an internationally competitive clean - tech sector, the investment has to be much broader and profound, said Salman Khan, development and strategy director for the environment division of Intertek, an international testing company that helps companies assess their green policies.

«I saw firsthand how America's go - it - alone approach on climate made it harder to secure international support for President Bush's foreign policy priorities,» Purvis said.

By implementing the quartet of policies by 2015, nations could buy «precious time while international climate negotiations continue,» says economist Fatih Birol, the lead author of a report released here yesterday by the International Energy international climate negotiations continue,» says economist Fatih Birol, the lead author of a report released here yesterday by the International Energy International Energy Agency (IEA).

Brian Harding, director for East and Southeast Asia for the National Security and International Policy team at the Center for American Progress, said he expects climate to be on the agenda, but not at the top.

Duncan Marsh, director of international climate policy at the Nature Conservancy, praised Indonesia's climate efforts and noted that the government said it can achieve the deeper end of its 29 - to -41-percent emissions curb by 2030 if it receives international finance.

«By identifying climate change as the most critical issue for coming generations, the President is calling out not just science denial, but Republican attempts to undermine his specific domestic and international climate policies,» Bledsoe said in an email after the speech.

«Global efforts to stay well below 2 degrees [Celsius of warming], and especially 1.5 degrees, will be severely compromised if international aviation and shipping emissions continue to increase,» Mark Lutes, senior global climate policy adviser at the World Wide Fund for Nature's global climate and energy initiative, said by email.

Understanding how much society values those future people should be an influential component of climate policy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Afpolicy decisions,» said Noah Scovronick, co-lead author and a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University's Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International AfPolicy (STEP), which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

«Changing climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.»

«Even when global efforts fail, we show that local policies can still have a positive impact,» Tol said in the statement, «making them at least a useful insurance for bad climate outcomes on the international stage.»

Appropriate Management of Natural Resources at Centre of Solutions to Climate Change, Says International Resource Panel Decoupling economic growth from escalating resource use should be an integral part of climate policy, according to a group of the world's most renowned natural resources scieClimate Change, Says International Resource Panel Decoupling economic growth from escalating resource use should be an integral part of climate policy, according to a group of the world's most renowned natural resources scieclimate policy, according to a group of the world's most renowned natural resources scientists.

I'd love some help from you in dissecting what President Bush said Wednesday about climate change, United States policy, and international actions.

Lessons from Japan: An international group of analysts focusing on climate policy says we can look to Japan for lessons in how policies can accelerate a move away from carbon - heavy fuels and toward more efficient use of energy.

«It's absurd to watch governments sit and point fingers and fight like little kids while the scientists explain about the terrifying impacts of climate change and the fact that we have all the technology we need to solve the problem while creating new green jobs,» Tove Maria Ryding, coordinator for climate policy at Greenpeace International, said in a statement.

In Issues, a pioneer in geoengineering has laid out the framework for a comprehensive US research plan, saying it should be part of a coherent climate policy agenda that includes vigorous support for climate science, increases efforts to cut emissions, helps the most vulnerable populations to adapt, develops negative emission technologies, and renews a commitment to growing international governance on climate matters.

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In reaction, Ulriikka Aarnio, International Climate Policy Coordinator at Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe said:

Ulriikka Aarnio, CAN Europe International Climate Policy Coordinator said: «The EU played a crucial role in ensuring the Paris Agreement came into place, but domestically the EU keeps acting as if Paris never happened.

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«We've already locked in a certain amount of climate policy,» Glen Peters of the Center for International Climate Research in Norway, who was not involved with the research, said in a New Scientist article about the ficlimate policy,» Glen Peters of the Center for International Climate Research in Norway, who was not involved with the research, said in a New Scientist article about the fiClimate Research in Norway, who was not involved with the research, said in a New Scientist article about the findings.

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«CRU is just one of many climate - research institutes that provide the underlying scientific basis for climate policy at national and international levels,» said Dave Reay, a climate scientist at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

«The sooner global emissions start to fall, the lower the risk not only of major climate disruption, but also of economic disruption that could otherwise arise from the need for subsequent reductions at historically unprecedented rates, should near - term action remain inadequate,» says another of the report's authors, Michael Grubb, professor of international energy and climate change policy at University College London's Institute of Sustainable Resources.

Note that according to the here quoted article in Spiegel Online International German politician Hermann Ott said: «Climate policy needs the element of fear.

Jagoda Munic, chairperson of Friends of the Earth International said: «Our task is to challenge corporate power and exert real democratic control over our energy policies so that we can lend real muscle to grassroots initiatives and accelerate the transition to a just, climate - safe, people - centred climate system.»

Thinking about the problem in terms of temperature increase for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 (which we will probably exceed with current policies and energy trends), even studies that reinforce the skeptical narrative of low mean climate sensitivity leaves some chance of warming greatly exceeding international goals and historical boundaries (say a 5 percent chance of warming exceeding 4 °C).

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Lutz Weischer, Team Leader International Climate Policy, Germanwatch, said: «The delegates in Bonn worked through their tasks diligently and constructively, showing that countries remain committed to the Paris Agreement.

«It's encouraging to see that China and the United States aren't going to hold HFCs hostage under international climate negotiations,» said Mark Roberts, international policy advisor for EIA.

LONDON, 30 May, 2017 — In forthright language seldom heard in international climate policy negotiations, a renowned German economist says it is time for the world to accept the truth about the real cost of fossil fuel, and to reject the lie that coal, oil and gas cost society nothing.

«Given the partisan make - up of Congress, $ 3 billion is a reasonable figure,» said Karen Orenstein, Senior international policy analyst with Friends of the Earth U.S. «But if we step outside of Washington's warped politics, then $ 3 billion falls magnitudes below what is actually needed by developing countries to confront a climate crisis that is not of their making.»

In his Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance on October 5, 2009, President Obama said that the task force was by that time «already engaged in developing the domestic and international dimensions of a U.S. strategy for adaptation to climate change» and should «develop approaches through which the policies and practices of the agencies can be made compatible with and reinforce that strategy.»

«Instead, we risk significant fines for missing EU targets as well as considerable reputational damage in view of the international climate negotiations in Paris at the end of this year» said Sorley McCaughey, head of policy and advocacy at Christian Aid.

«It's a legal process that take some time,» says Susanna Dröge, a senior global energy and climate policy analyst at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, a Berlin think tank.

«Ironically, the exit would enter into force the day after the 2020 election in the U.S.,» says Brandon Wu, who works on international climate policy with ActionAid USA.

Bates says that Karl did so «in an effort to discredit the notion of a global warming pause, rushed so that he could time publication to influence national and international deliberations on climate policy.»

«It's not going to happen if we boast about how we're going to scrap international treaties, or have elected officials who are alone in the world in denying climate change, or put our energy and environmental policies in the hands of big polluters,» Mr. Obama said.»