Sentences with phrase «with other climate policy»

Not exact matches

As with some other areas of policy, such as climate change and immigration, California's priorities in the area of international trade differ substantially from those of the Trump Administration.

Climate change is an important issue to the long - term health of our community and the world, however policies in our relatively small jurisdiction which are not aligned with the realities in other Canadian provinces and the United States put us at a competitive disadvantage.

Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what's been called Obama's «stealth climate policy.»

Insurers are already pursuing policies with an aim of reducing climate impact and they will do much more, alongside governments and other industries.»

Other studies have also suggested politics has more to do with attitudes toward climate policy than with economics.

«There is the potential for the U.S. and other countries to continue to rely on coal as a source of energy while at the same time protecting the climate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinclimate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinclimate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinClimate Change, an Arlington, Va., think tank.

The week after Warsaw, Stern met with Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Dan Utech, White House Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Domestic Policy Council Rick Duke, and others to discuss the goals with the State Department pushing for what one person called «maximum ambition.»

«Sustaining and growing support for research and development under the kinds of constraints that we have experienced in the federal budget» is one of the top S&T - related challenges — along with others involving climate change, NASA funding, and STEM education — facing the Obama administration in its last year and a half, said Holdren who is the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and assistant to the president for science and technology.

Experts are still questioning the extent to which Trump's promised Paris withdrawal, along with his systematic unraveling of other Obama - era climate and environmental policies, may affect domestic carbon emissions in the coming years.

«There is the potential for the U.S. and other countries to continue to rely on coal as a source of energy while at the same time protecting the climate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinclimate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinclimate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinClimate Change, a Washington, D.C. think tank.

Other researchers disagree with the friendly tone of many of the Trump letters, given the president - elect's policy positions — which include questioning the science underlying climate change and proposing to build a wall along the US border with Mexico.

It is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian tribes, and other interested stakeholders to use all practicable means and measures to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

Her special areas of focus include U.N. policy, U.S. foreign policy and stories about how other nations are grappling with climate change.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

The Southern Company is not only polluting the environment with carbon and other dangerous emissions — it's also polluting the debate over climate policy by funding bad science.

Lubbers observed that the issues of an asylum - seeking have henceforth been approached with prudence and led to close scrutiny of both refugee and immigration regulations.37 Refugees and asylum - seekers are the most victims of the growing climate of fear of terrorism and other transnational crimes and thus being treated with suspicion, and sometimes, arbitrary detained and, actually, deported.38 The states are changing their refugee - immigration related policies because of concern that the terrorists may gain entry to the territory through the channel of asylum system.39

Whether deciding school policy for an upcoming year or debating the consequences for an individual student arising from a single incident of misbehavior, educators juggle several factors: striking a balance between an orderly campus and a welcoming climate conducive to learning; protecting the safety of all students while recognizing the rights of individuals; treating students equitably but, when warranted, considering individual circumstances that influence behavior; and, in concert with every school's educative mission, convincing students who are behaving badly to correct their behavior while also standing ready to banish anyone who interferes with the learning of others.

Being part of the E4E - New York Teacher Policy Team on School Climate and Student Discipline, I had the opportunity to work with other passionate NYC educators in proposing recommendations to improve school discipline issues affecting our schools.

At those talks, in Milan in 2003, Mr. Watson listed a variety of initiatives begun by states and communities, which he said were like «laboratories where new and creative ideas and methods can be applied and shared with others and inform federal policy — a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»

The economic argument is not a climate science issue, it is a resulting issue, a policy issue, combined with a slew of other issues such as peak oil and industry gone wild that long term has negative return on investment written all over it, due to short term thinking inconsiderate of the ramifications of egregious exploitation of the earths resources for the benefit of a few at the cost of many.

There are signs such changes are starting to occur, both in formal inquiries like the Muir Russell report and United Nations review of the climate panel's procedures, but also even on the blogosphere, where informed individuals with varied views on climate and energy policy are no longer simply throwing verbal bombs at each other in endless rounds of contradiction and instead shifting to constructive argument.

The best recent representation of Sachs's views is the paper he and others co-authored with James E. Hansen, the longtime NASA climate scientist who now has a climate policy position at Columbia, in which they build on Hansen's longstanding call for a rising price on carbon.

Climate science is an area that exemplifies the importance of ensuring that policy makers — particularly Governments and their advisers, Non-Governmental Organisations and other lobbyists — understand the limits on what scientists can say and with what degree of confidence.

This is relevant to policy discussions, because the view on Arctic tundra fits — as with so many other parts of the climate question — the overall conclusion that rising temperatures result in rising impacts on systems and resources that matter to people.

Perhaps my pursuit of the «research needed to understand it» and my assessment there from of the «causes, risks, and hazards,» may be different from those of other AGU members, but I don't think that should exclude me from trying to «communicate clearly and objectively with those who can implement policies to shape future climate.»

His biggest goal in life was to see a rational approach to policy about climate change, where he tried to evaluate the odds and show people, just like in many other decisions in life, with climate they had to play the odds.

As Matthew L. Wald and others reported this morning, Energy Secretary Steven Chu is poised to head back to California, leaving President Obama with a new opportunity to signal his approach to energy and climate policy in his final term.

A few days ago, I had a short e-mail exchange with Vaclav Smil, a master analyst of risks and resources, on strokes and aging, climate policy, the global debt crisis and a few other light subjects.

If climate change's quantifiable effects other than hurricanes are not enough for a policy shift in themselves, they shouldn't be with the consideration of hurricanes.

I agree with her that there is plenty to debate, both on the science in tough areas like attribution and climate sensitivity and on what mix of incentives, investments, policies, communication efforts and other actions can build a more durable human relationship with the climate system.

These other factors include the economy, confusion over colder weather and other perceptual biases, general distrust of government, climate policies such as cap and trade that are not easily sold as effective or in line with public values, the absence of White House leadership on the issue, institutional barriers in Congress and at the international level, and the continued communication and policy missteps of some scientists and environmental advocates.

Perhaps the most important one comes where Mr. Romm — echoing others, including Paul Hawken here — says that meaningful climate policy, even with leadership and effective communication, still requires another element: «Bad things must be happening to regular people right now....»

While the US has refused to be a leader in addressing climate change (as in no coherent energy policy), we now must contend with other countries plagued with the same ethos that drove the US to consume 25 % of the world's energy — China, India, ad nauseum.

Fortunately, many other countries like China, India, and Canada seem to be moving in the right direction with their climate and energy policies.

He is leading efforts to build a national Climate Impacts Collaborative and working with a broad array of stakeholders to focus the attention of policy makers and others on local climate impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and policy solClimate Impacts Collaborative and working with a broad array of stakeholders to focus the attention of policy makers and others on local climate impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and policy solclimate impacts and the need for effective resilience strategies and policy solutions.

Even were that not the case, the risks imposed by climate change are real, and a policy of ignoring those risks and hoping for the best is inconsistent with risk management practices conservatives embrace in other, non-climate contexts.

China is working constructively with the US, Latin America, Europe, and other parties to reach a deal that will provide a clear timetable for transitioning to climate - friendly alternatives and strengthen finance for developing countries» transitions,» said Alvin Lin, China Climate and Energy Policy Director, NRDCclimate - friendly alternatives and strengthen finance for developing countries» transitions,» said Alvin Lin, China Climate and Energy Policy Director, NRDCClimate and Energy Policy Director, NRDC China.

The problem with climate science in general and climate scientists in particular is that CS is small, insular from the other sciences and has a disproportionate impact in public policy.

ENECO Eneco raises its voice for an ambitious climate framework As a climate policy leader Eneco leads advocacy and lobbying activities by networking with peers, industry associations, suppliers and other stakeholders, leading to new and more ambitious climate policy developments.

Collectively, the reviewers reported agreement with the conclusions of the ISPM and strong support for its publication as «a means of communicating the current state of climate science to policy makers and other general readers».

It is in this fluid international context that The Australia Institute has joined with two other think tanks — the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) in London and the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington DC — to establish a high - level International Climate Change Taskforce.

What doomed I - 732 was a fissure within the climate movement, with centrist economists and other policy wonks in favor of the initiative and progressive greens opposed.

HERE is one Ceres investor statement by 190 real - money investors with more than US$ 13 trillion of assets: «On 14 January 2010 the world's largest investors released a statement calling on the U.S. and other governments to quickly adopt strong national climate policies that will establish a stable investment climate and thus spur low - carbon investments to reduce emissions causing climate change.»

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The new policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the SO2 allowance trading system, with an eye toward identifying lessons learned for future efforts to apply cap and trade to other environmental challenges, including global climate change.

But it does suggest that if both sides of the debate paid close attention to the social consequences of policies, rather than the present intractable debate on the reality of AGW, then we might get to a point where we can agree on some action — you might think it is pointless with regard to the climate (but a substantial proportion of people think it will), but if it produces some other good outcomes it might be ok.

However, policies are typically designed with the goal of limiting damage to one or the other, but largely treat the air quality and climate effects separately.

But it does suggest that if both sides of the debate paid close attention to the social consequences of policies, rather than the present intractable debate on the reality of AGW, then we might get to a point where we can agree on some action — you might think it is pointless with regard to the climate (but a substantial proportion of people think it will), but if it produces some other good outcomes it might be OK.

Others describe Trump's climate policy as akin to chanting LA - LA - LA - LA - LA with your hands over your ears, and hoping the big monster will go away.

This webpage has a long list of businesses, investors, government officials, university leaders, and others who apparently have pledged to do what they can to comply with the goals of the Paris Climate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poClimate Treaty (and presumably the Clean Power Plan and other Obama - era executive orders and unconstitutional regulations) despite Trump's decision to re-set U.S. climate change and energy poclimate change and energy policies.