Sentences with phrase «subnational governments as»

Nor is it clear (or maybe somewhere in the 120 pages it is...) whether the ratings take into account subnational governments as well as the national government.

Not exact matches

Subnational governments, usually states, may be structured as presidential systems.

While US federal cooperation on regulating greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely in the short term, there are quite a few opportunities for subnational US and Canadian governments as well as the Mexican government to explore harmonization.

As of 2013, 98 national and subnational governments had implemented FITs, nearly three times the number that had adopted them in 2004 (ren21.net).

A new report «Mapping REDD + and Land Use Financial Flows in Brazil» by research organizations Forest Trends and IDESAM shows how over US$ 2.2 billion in REDD + funds have been used by Brazil to implement deforestation policies, and highlights new ways to make these investments more effective at reducing emissions, including by making payments directly available to the stakeholders who are implementing the deforestation policies such as subnational governments, farmers, local communities and indigenous Peoples of the Amazon.

In Japan, «[t] here is splintered sentiment toward capand - trade,» with some subnational governments such as the Tokyo government implementing capand - trade while national momentum has stalled.

As the coordinating partner of the Sustainable Energy for All Building Efficiency Accelerator, we work directly with subnational governments to help them implement policies and projects to both improve buildings and save energy in their communities.

There is a 15 - 22 gigatonne gap between the current climate commitments nations made in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the respective emissions reductions needed to stay on track to limit the global temperature rise to 2C or 1.5 C. Subnational action can help bridge this gap and support national governments as they raise their climate commitments in the coming years.

At this climate conference, local and subnational governments further positioned themselves as vital partners in shaping and implementing the international architecture and the coordinated efforts of committed non-Party actors.

Local and subnational governments are clearly recognized as important climate actors, and now ICLEI is focused on ensuring they are well - positioned with adequate resources and as implementation partners supporting nations with rolling out the architecture needed to fulfill their NDCs.

We emphasized the Global Action Framework for Localizing Climate Finance as a key mechanism to mobilize actors and catalyze new financial standards, channels and coordination to the benefit of local and subnational governments.

CCC's Sandee Recabar expounded on climate policies for local governments and the role of the Commission in support of them, as well as gave examples of subnational contributions given emerging directions of nationally determined contributions or efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

I have also witnessed pats on the back for such initiatives as more legal aid money (from a cash - strapped government carrying the largest subnational debt in the Known Universe), more pamphlets, more e-filing, the re-purposing of the Shirley Dennison legacy to pay for an award for people who enhance A2J each year, and encouraging our First Nations people to make more use of (very useful) circles of healing.

«I was involved as a premier in the European trade discussions and one of the big issues for Europe was procurement for subnational governments.