Sentences with phrase «to climate»

It's been demonstrated in several pilot projects and features prominently in many international climate - change mitigation schemes.

The U.S. Treasury Department also said the ruling could «threaten to undermine foreign investments, the business climate in Europe, and the important spirit of economic partnership between the US and EU.»

During his confirmation hearing for Secretary of State Wednesday, former Exxon Mobil (xom) CEO Rex Tillerson said climate change exists — its future impact is just hard to predict.

Climate change is real.

The organization added that Bloomberg would make extra funds available to the UN Climate Change Secretariat if the U.S. continued to «fail to pay its share of the UN climate budget in 2019.»

In some respects, there are important differences between these markets: variable climates, advertising nuances in the Middle East, and the power of pop and film stars in South Korea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to CNBC's Geoff Cutmore, addressing claims Russia interfered in the U.S. election, climate change and ISIS.

If that threshold is exceeded, climate scientists believe subsequent severe weather events will be irreversible.

Obama has called the climate change accord the the «best chance we have to save the one planet we have.»

In May 2016, he said he was going to pull out of the Paris Climate agreement President Obama recently made.

Rather than meet in a pub, per longstanding Irish tradition, the two men laced up their sneakers and went for a run, a picture of youthful energy as they discussed shared concerns about climate change, NATO, and Europe.

That irony points to what I see as an inescapable conclusion: The world probably can't solve climate change without nuclear power.

What it does: Designs wireless - enabled lighting, plumbing fixtures and climate - control products for the home

Source: Total, Integrating Climate Into Our Strategy, May 2017.

St. Kitts and Nevis has a tropical climate and mountains covered in tropical forests.

Bloomberg's announcement was welcomed by Patricia Espinosa, the UN Climate Change Secretariat's executive secretary.

This would help us to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, like dying oceans and widespread desertification, which will harm people around the world, especially the poor.

In 2018, there are reasons to surrender to hopelessness: mass murder in schools, domestic terror paralyzing communities, and a climate of fear that tears families apart.

Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.

With climate change, growing populations, and rising affluence, the demand for water is likely to grow substantially in the years ahead.

«I'm confident Turkey will come out of this with much stronger democracy, better functioning market economy & enhanced investment climate.»

Deep learning is being touted as a way forward for climate science, medicine and genomics; it's already embedded in the way you search for something online, when you Google image search for, say, «cat,» and feline photos come up as a result of AI learning of what «cat» means.

But he likens that relaxed attitude to ignoring climate change, saying, «If you are enjoying the weather, it is difficult to see it coming.»

A drawback of being a small business owner is that the budget for such quality, such as employee incentives and benefits, is not as plentiful as it is for a larger company (especially in the economic climate we are living in today).

(After the election, Legere said he had «got way past» the feud and was optimistic about the impact of a less restrictive regulatory climate.)

Ten years later, as a young executive at a global management consultancy, I got to work in fancy, climate - controlled offices and travel the world in business class.

With its tropical climate and beautiful beaches, Hainan attracted 70 million tourists last year according to the Hainan Tourism Development Commission.

Given Xichang's warm climate and ample rainfall, a dozen of them could infest an entire neighbourhood.

«Alberta's new climate strategy, combined with a new federal government that is a true climate change partner for the provinces and territories, positions Canada to enter the Paris conference with a united voice.»

Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

Some U.S. cities have economic climates that are particularly friendly to job seekers in this demographic.

And Savage says he and other officials within Alberta Environment have been asked to prepare more research in anticipation of talks to consider changes to the province's climate strategy.

Similarly, 43 % say they're very or extremely concerned that the U.S. withdrawing from the agreement will hurt global efforts to fight climate change, while 25 % are moderately concerned.

The Alberta government announced a new climate policy Sunday that includes a carbon tax and a promise to phase out coal fired generating plants.

$ AGN is committed to doing our part to reduce climate change: decrease energy consumption, greenhouse gas, water use & waste by ~ 20 % in 2020

For the 2018 letter, the couple opted to organize their thoughts in the form of frequently asked questions about their priorities, how the current political climate is impacting the organization, how they decide where to donate funds and what kind of thought goes into their corporate partnerships.

Chris Severson - Baker, Alberta director of the Pembina Institute, said reducing methane emissions is critical because the gas is 25 times more potent as a climate warming agent than carbon dioxide.

The more the world feels the powerful effects of climate change and the longer we wait to reduce emissions the more attractive nuclear energy could become.

CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry is being welcomed by environmentalists and, with some reservations, by industry players, as a key step in fighting climate change.

Given that Canadian industry has managed to grow in a «harsh and unforgiving climate, going abroad is eminently doable,» she says.

«At some point, the cost of capture intersects with the cost of carbon, and all of a sudden you don't have to subsidize industry to do it,» explains Rob Savage, director of Alberta Environment's Climate Change Secretariat.

Political analysts and experts predict we'll see some changes in what they might entail in along the way - based both on political climate and economic factors.

In addition to the impacts Trump suggested the Paris Agreement would have on the US economy, he also suggested that participation would require the US to pay a significant sum to the Green Climate Fund that was set up by the accord.

«If we discovered nuclear power today, we would be working like mad to make it as safe and cheap as possible,» Stanford University climate scientist Ken Caldeira tweeted last summer.

Decades of scientific investigation across multiple lines of evidence corroborate a powerful yet inconvenient truth: Human - caused global warming and climate change is real, and it's briskly accelerating as we dump more carbon into the atmosphere.

The administration says they want to meet the COP 21 climate change goals, which were laid out in Paris last year.

Through water and soil monitoring software, accompanying hardware, and crop loss insurance, it's helping farmers protect their livelihoods in the era of climate change.

Unlike smart light bulbs, which I love, a Nest takes an experience that frustrates most people (regulating their home climate) and makes it a lot easier.

Carney, who now leads the Bank of England, has inserted himself into the global debate over what to do about climate change.

The key also allows you to toggle the lights, control the climate, view your fuel range.