Sentences with phrase «take equity and justice»

A central issue of concern in these negotiations is the need of nations to take equity and justice seriously when they make ghg emissions reductions commitments and when considering their responsibility for adaptation, losses and damages in poor vulnerable countries.

The research agenda outlined below seeks to develop information and analyses that could be helpful in ensuring that nations take equity and justice seriously when making national commitments on climate change.

There is widespread agreement among many observers of international attempts to achieve a global solution to climate change that there is little hope of preventing dangerous climate change unless nations take their equity and justice obligations into account in setting national responses to climate change.

The willingness of nations to agree to a new treaty that is to be completed in 2015 and that comes into effect in 2020 that includes a format for emissions reductions that takes equity and justice seriously.

Currently there is no international database on how nations have taken equity and justice into account in setting national ghg reduction target or other wise responded to the ethical dimensions of climate change.

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Media are being viewed instead as products and thus discussion is taking place in the realm of trade negotiations where issues of justice and equity are often ignored as irrelevant.

Breastfeeding, Social Justice, and Equity is a highly readable volume that increases our understanding of the forces that influence breastfeeding, and outlines steps we can take to improve outcomes for both mothers and babies

«However, if the Buhari Administration fails to take immediate corrective measures to stabilize Nigeria and restore justice, equity and fairness, particularly to stop the reckless murder of Nigerians by Islamist insurgents, then all Nigerians must prepare to embark on civil disobedience and «shut down» the country.

According to Salis, whose position follows a recent quit notice order given to Igbos living in the North by a coalition of Arewa youths, the agitation for secession by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra and other ethnic nationalities in Nigeria will reduce drastically once equity and justice take precedent over ethnic domination.

Using her unlikely story of a journalist - gone - shoe - maker, Liz shares her passion for social enterprise, conscious consumerism, social justice, creative leadership, gender equity, risk - taking, and empowering women.

March 3: Take Action: Advancing Justice and Equity in Today's Climate Activists, policymakers, scholars, and researchers will join forces to discuss systems of activism and how to motivate and create lasting change in education.

They also reminded me of what it takes to ensure continued progress: all of us need to advocate for our principles, for greater justice and equity for all.

In the end, it is only when we graduate all of our students with a profound sense of commitment to equity, social justice, and taking action in ways that better the world that we will be attaining Horace Mann's vision of public education.

In recent years, with both its membership criteria and its strategic plan, UCEA has taken a public stand to foster «human progress» through its support of equity and social justice in our institutions, our organization, and our work.

Another project of the Law Center that is a wonderful source for the education community and parents is Teaching Tolerance, a free magazine that takes an in - depth look at issues of social justice and equity.

As explained above, the United States government has not explained how the US ghg emissions reduction commitments took into consideration justice and equity issues in establishing US emissions reduction targets.

In the absence of a court adjudicating what equity requires of nations in setting their national climate change commitments, a possibility but far from a guarantee under existing international and national law (for an explanation of some of the litigation issues, Buiti, 2011), the best hope for encouraging nations to improve the ambition of their national emissions reductions commitments on the basis of equity and justice is the creation of a mechanism under the UNFCCC that requires nations to explain their how they quantitatively took equity into account in establishing their INDCs and why their INDC is consistent with the nation's ethical obligations to people who are most vulnerable to climate change and the above principles of international law.

Because of the unwillingness of nations to agree on what equity requires of them, initial steps should be taken to increase awareness of the ethical and justice failures of national responses to climate change.

Differences among nations about the significance of equity and justice plagued the Warsaw meeting in regard to funding for adaptation and loss and damages, yet the ADP discussions never took up express consideration of what equity would require in regard to these issues either.

I was socialized in that way, but I understand as well, and it's taken many years to get here, that I actually will not live in a nation that is going to be who we say we are unless I, as a white person, explicitly and intentionally commit myself to racial justice and racial equity work.

Meaning a solo, small law firm or a huge law firm that takes up 10 floors in a major office building in downtown, they would begin to explicitly and consistently over the long term address issues of equity and social justice in their business as usual.

This is a broad power of justice and equity whereby a Court may allow a person who would not otherwise be a «complainant» to take proceedings» (at para 38).

Advancing the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council's mission of promoting fairness and equity in Wisconsin's civil justice system takes substantial resJustice Council's mission of promoting fairness and equity in Wisconsin's civil justice system takes substantial resjustice system takes substantial resources.

The larger firms must also «have and implement a workplace equity policy and action plan» that meets Justice's criteria; and «collect and record information on the representation and employment status of designated group members within the firm in terms of hiring, promotion, and termination in relation to other employees, and on the measures taken by the firm to achieve workplace equity goals.»

Strategies for mitigation and adaptation must be holistic, taking into account not only the ecological dimensions of climate change, but also the soclal impacts, human rights, equity and environmental justice.

As identified by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Governments must work together at all levels with the full participation of Indigenous people on a «holistic» response to climate change that takes account of not only the ecological dimensions of climate change, but also the social impacts and principles of human rights, equity and environmental justice.

ISSA provides a wealth of resources and specialized training for groups to take the first steps toward engaging in positive conversations about diversity, social justice, inclusion and equity.

Perhaps it was missed, criminal activity may allow the government to seize the property, it's not a bank foreclosure, the government takes it, auctions it off, pays liens off and sends the equity or ill gotten gains through the justice department funding operations.