Nearly two years after the world failed to achieve a decisive climate-change deal in Copenhagen, we've become inured to much of what we read about the human effects of carbon emissions.
While touted by some as a sign of continued European commitment to decisive climate action, the EC's plan is viewed as a distinct setback by many environmental leaders.
(I would also argue that the economic constraints of the capitalist system make decisive climate action difficult if not impossible, but that's a separate article/book/life's work).
Our results showed that precipitation is the most decisive climate factor for growth of Siberian larch in the mountain forest steppe.
Combating climate change is a key issue for us, and over the next 12 months the Foundation will be galvanizing momentum for decisive climate talks in Paris at the end of next year.
Citizens are already taking a public stand, committing to march on Washington, D.C., on April 29 to stand up not only for science but also for decisive climate action at all levels and across all political affiliations.
So as our nations' leaders prepare to take decisive climate actions, let's encourage them to remember that cities, regions and local governments can play a critical role in persuading countries that embracing and meeting global emissions standards are both necessary and possible.
She made a decisive decision.
Christopher Rootes, director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Political Movements is convinced that direct action has played a decisive role in recent climate campaigns.
Never mind that a decisive response to the climate crisis, grounded in big investments in renewables, efficiency, and public transit, could well have created enough jobs to undercut the discredited logic of economic austerity.
The Trump administration's withdrawal from the Paris Agreement heralds a decisive change in U.S. climate policy, but many corporate leaders say it will have little immediate impact on their investments and strategies.
