Sentences with phrase «support global climate efforts»

This is an opportunity to contribute to a highly respected and impactful programme, working to support global climate efforts.

Not exact matches

To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

Our study of the faster increases in apparent temperature has produced important findings for this kind of climate change impact assessment, providing a strong scientific support for more stringent and effective climate change mitigation efforts to combat global warming.»

During the evening, the team highlighted the GM's work to support communities across the Sahel in climate resilient development, as part of the Great Green Wall initiative and its efforts to scale up the Great Green Wall Initiative, to jointly «Grow a World Wonder», since the Great Green Wall is part of the solution to many global challenges, including food security, conflict prevention and environmental migration.

For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Uclimate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UClimate Change (UNFCCC).

But I actually owe Dan a debt of gratitude — he has shown me the true extent of the time and money amassed across the Web supporting the effort to prevent strong action to address anthropogenic global climate change.

In support of this, the international scientific community calls for a framework for regular global sustainability analyses that link existing assessments that build on the foundations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services and other ongoing efforts.

Resolved, That the House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.

«[The] House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

Lindsey Pownall, Tesco's Corporate Responsibility Committee Chair, commented: «It is recognised that we need to work together across society to build a truly sustainable future and the business fully supports global efforts to build this future, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate agreement.»

Exxon's principal investment in clean energy research appears to be support of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University, which the company describes as the «largest - ever privately funded research effort in low - greenhouse - gas energy.»

Global Green is a national leader in advancing sustainable and resilient communities to green cities, schools, and affordable housing to help protect human health, improve livability, and support our planet's natural systems in an effort to stem climate change.

The letter urges Theresa May to ask president - elect Donald Trump not to weaken efforts to fight global warming, to acknowledge the risks of climate change and to declare his support for international efforts to combat it.

The French hosts of a UN climate summit later this year insisted Thursday that combatting global warming would not undermine efforts to fight poverty as they lobbied for India's support in cutting emissions.

The survey finds both support and skepticism for major efforts to reduce climate change on the first day of a Paris summit, with international leaders aiming to forge consensus on measures aimed at slowing the rise of global temperatures.

The Kichwa cosmovison contributes to indigenous support for efforts to combat climate change, acting as a compliment to Western scientific arguments, we found in our second analysis, in Global Environmental Politics.

About Global Green Global Green is a national leader in advancing sustainable and resilient communities to green cities, schools, and affordable housing to help protect human health, improve livability, and support our planet's natural systems in an effort to stem climate change.

«SoCalGas is proud to support Global Green in this effort to help California meet its air pollution and climate goals by taking methane from organic waste and using it to make renewable natural gas,» said Trisha Muse, community relations director at SoCalGas.

For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Uclimate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UClimate Change (UNFCCC).

This activity report provides an overview of country - led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA)climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA)Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) funds.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «In the high - stakes conflict over U.S. climate - change policy, groups that deny or cast doubt on global warming brought in $ 7.2 million from 2003 to 2010... «Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about global warming,» reported Robert J. Brulle...» In the eighth paragraph, the Inquirer noted the response by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, who observed that many of the groups «support other causes as well» and, in some cases, spend «less than 10 percent of their funding... on climate - related efforts.»

Efforts to increase nationwide resilience to the human health impacts of climate change must be supported by a robust, cross-cutting research program housed in the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP).

«I fully support the efforts of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) and publication of its latest report, Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, to help the general public to understand the reality of global climate change.Climate Change (NIPCC) and publication of its latest report, Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, to help the general public to understand the reality of global climate change.Climate Change Reconsidered II: Physical Science, to help the general public to understand the reality of global climate change.climate change.»

Researchers found the state's efforts to reduce diesel emissions to have lessened the impact of global warming on California, supporting earlier theoretical computer modeling by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University that reducing black carbon from diesel combustion is a potent «climate cooler.»

The Seoul Mayors Forum on Climate Change opened on September 1 in the capital of the Republic of Korea, gathering nearly 40 cities, to share how cities can support national and global efforts to raise the level of global ambition and ensure a rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement.

Financial support for coal mines and power plants is undermining the global effort to tackle climate change, environmental groups said Tuesday.

A 30 % reduction will ensure that P&G is supporting global efforts to prevent global temperatures from exceeding two degrees Celsius, and is consistent with science - based methodologies that are helping companies align targets with climate science.

At the end of the event we asked Mr. Rogers why Duke Energy continues to support climate science denial (an obviously global and critical issue facing us today) and voter suppression by funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), especially since Duke's policies seem to oppose such efforts.

The efforts of M.D.Z. and S.A.K. were supported by the US Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Office of Biological and Environmental Research through its Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program and were performed under the auspices of the DOE by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.

Furthermore, as part of a global effort, developed country Parties should continue to take the lead in mobilizing climate finance from a wide variety of sources, instruments and channels, noting the significant role of public funds, through a variety of actions, including supporting country - driven strategies, and taking into account the needs and priorities of developing country Parties.

Angela Ledford Anderson, director of the UCS Climate and Energy Program, is leading our efforts to persuade government officials to enact policies that support clean energy and result in global warming emissions reductions.

Global efforts to address climate change can be supported through the uptake of best agricultural practices such as conservation tillage, and increases in productivity that protect carbon sinks from encroachment.

With all the networking that happens at conferences, partnerships will create connections to achieve the officially stated goal: to expand and strengthen «cooperative efforts... in support of, the next global agreement on climate change.»

The final resolution says that Congress should support «economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

Countries are due to announce their targets by the end of March 2015 as part of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's ongoing efforts to garner support for a new global deal.

Groups are urging the coalition negotiators to support European climate targets that would make a fair and adequate contribution to the global efforts of preventing catastrophic climate change, while putting the EU on track to become a climate friendly economy.