Sentences with phrase «while acting on climate change»

«In a three - way race, I think that a candidate who wants a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, health care for all, a Green New Deal to provide full employment while acting on climate change, and who supports progressive taxes to adequately funds our schools and local governments will have the most support among the voters,» stated Hawkins.

Not exact matches

While the vagaries (i.e. AMO) of climate change study may glaze the eyes of all but dedicated scientists who are paid to examine these climate change causative permutations, the consequences of being WRONG about the facts and acting on those wrong beliefs prematurely, are hardly vague.

«Thus, while research on climate change should continue, now is the time for individuals and governments to act to limit the consequences of greenhouse gas emissions on the Earth's climate over the next century and well beyond.»

While climate change alone does not cause conflict, it may act as an accelerant of instability or conflict, placing a burden to respond on civilian institutions and militaries around the world.

While we obfuscate on anthropogenic climate change and baulk at the cost of acting, entire countries and cultures are at stake.

Thus, while the model predicts that the perceived level of scientific agreement acts as a key psychological motivator, its effect on support for action is assumed to be fully mediated by key beliefs about climate change (H3).

RawStory: The rise of developing nations has cut poverty while the combined economies of Brazil, China and India are on a path to overtake wealthy nations, but failure to act on climate change could reverse those gains, a UN report said Thursday.

For the UK to be on track to achieve the emission reductions required by the Climate Change Act, it would have to become as carbon efficient as France by about 2015; which magnitudinous challenge would require the equivalent of the UK constructing and putting into service about 30 new nuclear power stations in the next five years, while retiring an equal amount of coal - fired generation!

While further policy action is required in order for low carbon investments to be brought to scale, these examples demonstrate that investors are already acting on climate change in a variety of ways.

Tallbloke, while I'm definitely not on your side of the fence on climate change, I think you've pretty much acted appropriately in the comments here.

Few people are better at getting a message across than Bill Clinton, who, while not known for being a staunch advocate for addressing climate change, has on multiple occasions voiced full - throated — and well - worded — support for clean energy, energy efficiency, and getting our act together on global warming.