Sentences with phrase «sustainable energy efforts»
Another new strategy we are pursuing is our People - Centered Accelerator, a partnership with more than 40 other groups that aims to advance social inclusion, gender equality and women's empowerment in sustainable energy efforts globally.
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Sustainable Energy takes a look at efforts in California.
McDonald's (mcd) will switch its franchisees» outlets to LED lighting, make their kitchen equipment more energy - efficient, and step up its sustainable packaging and recycling efforts.
«Regardless of whatever misinformation critics happen to be pushing this week, we are building the world's first vertically - integrated sustainable energy company, and solar is an important part of that effort,» Tesla said in a statement.
TORONTO, May 7, 2015 — Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) and MaRS Discovery District today announced a new partnership to strengthen efforts to grow Canada's clean technology and energy innovation sector.
Executive Director meets with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Discussions focus on developments in global energy markets and efforts to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services 6 April 2018
To accomplish this we extended our efforts and energy in the arena of sustainable agriculture with a commitment towards supporting and developing modules like Organic farming, Our efforts are now close to 100,000 lakh acres of land and about 10,000 farming families.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company has recognized O'Neill Vintners for our energy efficiency, conservation efforts and sustainable practices throughout our facility.
Low - cost, high - benefit efforts look promising in at least three major areas: improved energy efficiency, energy technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and sustainable land use.
Under the next White House Administration, Holdren said, science - based challenges that will require sustained, robust investment include efforts to ensure safe and sustainable food, water, and energy for everyone, reduce greenhouse gases, minimize harm from climate change already underway, combat diseases such as Zika, defeat cancer, improve quality - of - life for those who are aging, prevent devastating asteroid impacts, and send humans into space «not just to visit, but to stay.»
This partnership supports the DOE efforts to better understand and predict Earth's climate in order to develop sustainable solutions to the nation's energy and environmental challenges.
The actions we are taking include (1) the development of new sustainable chemical technologies to reduce the magnitude and the impact of society's chemical and energy activities, (2) the development of a new multidisciplinary effort, The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (http://bcgc.berkeley.edu/) to organize and enhance sustainability activities on our campus and to reach out nationally and internationally for coordination and best practices transfer, and (3) the reconfiguration of the delivery and content of our educational curriculum and activities at all levels to emphasize sustainable green chemical practice, concepts and awareness so that all members of our profession advance the sustainability of our society through their work and decisions.
Concerted efforts are thus required to address the energy challenges and support the UN initiative of «Sustainable Energy for All&renergy challenges and support the UN initiative of «Sustainable Energy for All&rEnergy for All».
«This joint effort between USDA and DOE will help accelerate research in the critical area of plant feed stocks, which hold one key to making biofuels production both cost effective and sustainable on a national scale,» said Energy Secretary Steven Chu in a statement.
Spearheaded by Naomi Klein, effort that proposes plan for fully sustainable energy economy over next 20 years is backed by over 100 prominent Canadians
The Goi Peace Foundation Essay Contest is meant to harness the energy and creativity of youths in the world in an effort to promote peace and sustainable development.
That's why Tortuga del Mar features tropical, energy efficient architecture and appliances, biological wastewater treatment and a recycling program, besides many other efforts to keep our presence at this marvelous spot sustainable.
What I'm trying to say is in our efforts to find healthier, sustainable renewable energy sources, by capturing or rescuing the current emission problem from further polluting above us, is submerging it really any better in the long run or just a «geographic» as they say in the 12 step community?
Sustainable alternative energy should find something besides the globe's natural climate regulatory mechanisms, the sun, the winds, and the water, or else run into unacceptable unintended side effects as the scale of the sustainable efforts reach the magnitude necessary to replace foSustainable alternative energy should find something besides the globe's natural climate regulatory mechanisms, the sun, the winds, and the water, or else run into unacceptable unintended side effects as the scale of the sustainable efforts reach the magnitude necessary to replace fosustainable efforts reach the magnitude necessary to replace fossil fuels.
A wide range of benefits will flow from a concerted effort to alter our energy economy now, including sustainable energy job growth, reductions in the health and economic costs of climate change, and the restoration of ecosystems and revitalisation of ecosystem services.
GSA strongly encourages that the following efforts be undertaken internationally: (1) adequately research climate change at all time scales, (2) develop thoughtful, science - based policy appropriate for the multifaceted issues of global climate change, (3) organize global planning to recognize, prepare for, and adapt to the causes and consequences of global climate change, and (4) organize and develop comprehensive, long - term strategies for sustainable energy, particularly focused on minimizing impacts on global climate.
Among Germany's efforts to secure a reliable and affordable future energy supply is the adoption of a new research program, which has ear - marked funding of roughly $ 3.5 billion through 2014 — 75 % more than from 2006 to 2009 — to support development of sustainable energy technologies.
The report will also concentrate on how ARRA - related efforts can provide the foundation for long - term achievement of California's energy and environmental policy goals and help the state transform its energy production and use in a way that will provide lasting and sustainable economic, energy, and environmental benefits.
In Indonesia, the Dayak Pasar indigenous peoples developed a project to install clean energy electricity from micro-hydro in an effort to ensure sustainable and community - based development and conservation.
The EPA's new effort also connects with existing faith - based environmental efforts focused on climate change, renewable energy use, and sustainable agricultural practices.
The US government claims that biofuels policies are an effort improve sustainable «green» energies while moving away from fossil fuel dependence.
We believe that promoting the inclusion of women and the poorest people in society within efforts to achieve universal access to sustainable energy services, and related business opportunities, can help secure a just energy transition that leaves no one behind.
However, bioenergy that entails the dedicated use of land to grow the energy feedstock will undercut efforts to combat climate change and to achieve a sustainable food future.
Executive Director meets with Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Discussions focus on developments in global energy markets and efforts to achieve universal access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy services 6 April 2018
IEA cautiously backs Portugal's efforts to build a financially sustainable energy system by 2020 Review of Portuguese energy policies also urges the government to push for greater interconnection with Europe 13 April 2016
This partnership supports the DOE efforts to better understand and predict Earth's climate in order to develop sustainable solutions to the nation's energy and environmental challenges.
«It's well past time to shift our focus and efforts toward renewable energy and sustainable practices.»
The letter, dubbed the «We Can Lead» campaign, is part of a broader effort lending support for passage of the legislation, even in the face of unprecedented lobbying from vested interests opposed to the bill (or any real action at all on climate and sustainable energy).
Basically, it's just another way to describe the worrisome fact that many energy companies are hoarding oil and gas, despite the rest of the world's effort to move to a more environmentally sustainable economic system.
The Global Tracking Framework is a milestone in this effort, said World Bank Vice President for Sustainable Development Rachel Kyte, a member of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative's executive committee.
According to a DEWA statement, the signing of the MoU will support the Dubai utility's efforts to «build strategic partnerships that employ regional and international capabilities to drive sustainable development, tackle climate change, and enhance energy efficiency».
The Alliance for a Sustainable Future is a collaborative effort between The U.S. Conference of Mayors and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.
Such technologies range from systems to grow plants without soil to the provision of sustainable energy in rural areas and are part of the global efforts to achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which is to limit the global average temperature to as close as possible to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Individual buildings can be fitted with energy management systems and sensors, but consolidating these efforts to achieve a sustainable, liveable city requires the use of smart technology, said experts at the International Green Building Conference 2015.
Watanabe, C., 1999: Systems options for sustainable development - effect and limit of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry's efforts to substitute technology for energy.
James also coordinated the efforts of various native peoples to develop sustainable sources of energy in the region.
For nearly 30 years, EDF Renewables has dedicated its efforts to creating a sustainable energy economy through the deployment of renewable energy resources.
Furthermore, all the Wind I neighbors I have examined are passionate about the need for sustainable energy in an effort to reduce fossil fuel dependence.»
Dr Birol and Minister Goyal discussed possible future collaboration on rail transport, and Minister Goyal shared the government's efforts for electrification and improvement of energy efficiency, and plans for India and the IEA to collaborate on a Global Railway Outlook to analyse prospects for the rail transport sector and how it can contribute to a more sustainable energy future.
The meeting marks the 10 - year anniversary of the Pacific Coast Collaborative, a joint effort to drive energy innovation, sustainable resource management, and conservation of the Pacific Coast.
We support local efforts in Los Angeles and across the State of California to make possible the transition to fully sustainable food, energy, and infrastructure systems.
HANGZHOU, China, 9 July 2016 — Energy is central to social and economic well - being, and all the countries in the world, as well as the United Nations, must make an effort to work together to realize the great promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the new global framework for advancing peace and prosperity for all on a healthy planet.
This guidance document highlights UNOPS's efforts to improve resource efficiency in its projects by reducing energy and water use, prioritizing the usage of sustainable, renewable and low - impact resources wherever possible and respecting the local context.
If you change the incentives, you may redirect peoples efforts away from finding ever cheaper ways of digging up the entire Orinoco basis and toward developing a sustainable energy infrastructure.
Certainly, individual efforts, no matter how heroic or effective in their own terms, seem unlikely ever to be enough in themselves; those efforts will still be embedded in assumptions, procedures, built environments and social constructs that require the use of energy in ways that aren't sustainable.