Sentences with phrase «strong international climate agreement»
We can avoid climate change, and boost the world's economy — if we act now Reversing the damage is within our grasp, but it will hinge on a strong international climate agreement and policies that make polluters pay
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We finally had a strong international agreement in the Paris Climate Accord.
They are expected to culminate in a new international agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions and possibly put in place a system by which nearly 200 countries can regularly enact new and stronger climate targets.
«We need a strong, lasting, equitable international climate agreement in Paris at the end of 2015.
Prof. Joost Pauwelyn, a law professor at Duke University subsequently published U.S. Federal Climate Policy and Competitiveness Concerns: The Limits and Options of International Trade Law, which holds out strong hope that border tax adjustments could pass muster under WTO and GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs & Trades) rules.
In the first comprehensive international report on Antarctica's climate, there was strong agreement that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet will contribute substantially to the ongoing rise in sea levels in a warming world, while increased snowfall in the interior could offset the contribution somewhat.
«As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting... a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally - binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low - carbon technologies... the shift to a low - carbon economy will create significant business opportunities».
One message was loud and clear from this year's LACCF programme: carbon markets and climate investment will grow steadily stronger, if we get good rules for market cooperation under the Paris Agreement,» said Dirk Forrister, President and Chief Executive Officer of the International Emissions Trading Association.
Despite the strong international momentum for an agreement, as embodied in the ousting of climate change - denying administrations in both Canada and Australia, the negotiations could still implode.
Although there are numerous bilateral and multilateral agreements on which EPA might rely, the strongest evidence may be found in the procedural rights provided and the substantive commitments made through the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the international efforts to address climate change which recently coalesced in Paris in DecembeClimate Change (UNFCCC) and the international efforts to address climate change which recently coalesced in Paris in Decembeclimate change which recently coalesced in Paris in December 2015.
Polls: Strong Majority Of Americans Support International Climate Change Agreement.
For the new international climate agreement to be universal, countries acknowledged that effective capacity building is vital to enable developing countries to take strong climate action.
If successful, the new international climate agreement forged in Paris will send strong signals to financial markets — and therefore to businesses and investors — about the direction of energy for the foreseeable future.
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At The Climate Reality Project we believe COP21 is our best chance yet to secure a strong international agreement that includes meaningful emissions reductions commitments based on national circumstances, a system of periodic review for these commitments and a long - term goal of net zero carbon emissions.