Sentences with phrase «showing climate leadership»

An imbalance that allows many fossil fuel producing countries (think Norway, Canada, the U.K etc.), to insist they are showing climate leadership all the while they are continuing to explore, expand, and exploit massive fossil fuel reserves with no meaningful plan for how they are going to stop it in line with safe climate limits.

«So to see a global company like Sony showing climate leadership by committing to ambitious, science - based targets sends a powerful and encouraging message to everyone who is working towards an ambitious outcome at the climate talks in Paris.»

G20 countries must show climate leadership by signalling their intent to enhance ambition as they prepare to assess progress on their national climate plans under the 2018 Talanoa Dialogue and revise their emission reduction targets by 2020.

Not exact matches

Alberta Premier @RachelNotley shows an incredible shift in governance taking leadership in climate change.

«As the federal government turns its back on the environment, New York and states across the country are picking up the mantle of climate leadership and showing the world it's possible to address climate change while also creating good - paying careers,» Cuomo said.

China is showing a «leadership» on climate change which the UK is lacking, the chair of the Commons» environmental audit committee has told Politics.co.uk.

«Such a scheme would effectively be the death - knell for the Government's promise to be the greenest ever, and would undermine its ability to show international climate leadership.

There is now a «clear and overwhelming consensus» among scientists over the reality and risks of climate change, Mr Noon told delegates, calling on the TUC and UK to show leadership and commitment towards averting its environmental impact.

And we were right when we showed this nation true leadership and passed marriage equality; and we were right when we stood up for the women of this state and we passed the Women's Equality Act; and we were right when we passed the most aggressive law stopping sexual violence on college campuses in the nation; and we were right when we stopped fingerprinting for food; and we were right when we led the way on climate change; and we were right when we stopped discrimination based on sexual identity; and we were right when we passed commonsense gun safety laws.

As with the minimum wage, Mr. Cuomo has shown leadership on issues of national and even global importance, including climate change.

ALBANY, NY (01/09/2013)(readMedia)-- «Just weeks after communities were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy — the third massive and deadly storm in just over 12 months — Governor Cuomo showed true leadership by speaking up on the need to fight climate change.

«One of my biggest disappointments of the election so far is that neither candidate has shown the leadership that we're hoping for on the climate crisis,» Lowe said.

It is great to see US president Barack Obama showing leadership on climate change (newscientist.com/article/dn23758).

Mark Brownstein, a climate expert at the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund, said the countries, two of the world's largest petroleum drillers, showed real leadership in «setting a mark for other major oil and gas producing nations.»

«This is important, as it shows that Mexico is serious about addressing climate change even if there is a change in leadership,» agreed Jake Schmidt, international climate change policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Continually reviewing and talking about an organization's behavior statements shows employees that the leadership team isn't just checking off a box, but that they really care about changing the climate.

«The world desperately needs climate leadership, and today Barack Obama showed he might turn out to be the guy who provided it.»

«I do think there's an opportunity, if the president chooses to take it, to show leadership and get attention on the cost that climate change is likely to cause,» says Kevin Kennedy, who heads the US climate initiative of the World Resources Institute in Washington DC.

«The leadership shown by Alberta's government to replace two - thirds of existing coal - fired electricity generation capacity with renewable energy will greatly help the province in achieving its ambitious climate change objectives,» adds Hornung.

At the secondary level, high schools show a higher «leadership deficit» than middle schools, as well as lower ratings on climate, openness to parents, and district support.

Emerging research from Rutgers and Cornell Universities is showing the positive impact of collaborative partnerships on district and school climate, effective leadership, teacher efficacy and student learning.

The Community Schools model has been implemented across the country, showing that authentic engagement and shared leadership, combined with coordinated community partnerships focused on equity, can improve educational outcomes, school climate, and investment in local neighborhoods.

Declare our determination, as low - emitting countries that are acutely vulnerable to climate change, to show moral leadership on climate change through actions as well as words, by acting now to commence greening our economies as our contribution towards achieving carbon neutrality,

Winning the Nobel prize is a brilliant achievement sadly undermined by the refusal of the US to show any kind of leadership on climate change.

I'd like to see New York City show some leadership on climate change.

But it said that, on the whole, rich countries including the European Union had once again shown poor leadership and acted as if climate change is a distant prospect, when in reality it is already destroying people's lives and livelihoods around the world.

This year, with Fiji as the President of COP23, the Pacific region will show the world what true climate leadership is.

Multinational corporations driven by responsible business ethics and a desire to show leadership on climate change bought two out of every three forestry offsets sold.

«Parkes is showing real leadership around this issue,» said Fiona Ivits, media advisor for Australian climate nonprofit the Climate Council, which oversees the Climate Power Partnclimate nonprofit the Climate Council, which oversees the Climate Power PartnClimate Council, which oversees the Climate Power PartnClimate Power Partnership.

This ad was shown at the Climate Reality leadership training in SF last August to illustrate effective communication.

In short, this is a huge step, and it shows incredible climate leadership by the World Bank Group.

The 2030 climate and energy package is the first opportunity for Europe to show real leadership adopting more ambitious targets for renewables and energy efficiency in coherence with the Paris Agreement.

As the largest greenhouse gas emitting nation, China clearly needs to show strong leadership to avoid the worst global impacts of climate change.

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Opposition politicians said it showed Cameron had given up any pretence of leadership on climate change and that he was sending out the wrong signals by not filling the role.

Our city can show true leadership in the climate movement and serve as an example to cities across the country by implementing a carbon fee and rebate policy.

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Some of the world's biggest companies — including Microsoft, Aviva, the adidas group and Sony — are already showing leadership by becoming or pledging to become Climate Neutral, and are encouraging others to follow their lead.

If anything, billboard campaigns such as Heartland's show one thing clearly: one should perish any hope that the US can ever show «leadership» in climate action in the near future.

[Doha — Qatar]-- December 6, 2012 — The Qatari Presidency of the UN climate talks needs to show leadership now and help ministers finalise a deal in Doha that sees countries reduce their carbon emissions more quickly and provides adequate finance to help poorer countries deal with climate change in the next few years.

He has done so as a means of signaling to the world that the United States is willing to show exceptional leadership in the fight against climate change.

In response to the complete lack of U.S. climate leadership from the Trump administration, we organized the U.S. People's Delegation to show the force of U.S - based communities and everyday Americans at the COP.

These university presidents, mayors, governors, and business leaders will highlight their steps to reduce climate pollution and stand in solidarity with international leaders, showing the world that US leadership on climate change extends well beyond federal policy.

Where is the conservative statesman, who will show leadership in climate - change / CO2, comparable to the statesmanlike leadership of Ronald Reagan in regard to ozone - descruction / CFCs?

Now Donald Trump is pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement, it's crucial for Europe to show true climate leadership.

Bill McKibben: Because reality reality trumps political reality, we need Obama to show strong climate leadership now.

NAMA is designed to support developing countries that show strong leadership in tackling climate change and want to implement the facility.

ECO would have preferred at least 95 %, but hey, this is a leap in the right direction for Finland, which hasn't shown such strong climate leadership in the past.

But the World Wildlife Fund wants it to show leadership on climate change.

«This is the year for politicians in the UK and abroad to show leadership and to deliver the global agreements and national policy we need needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.»