Sentence examples for climate mitigation efforts from inspiring English sources

In the meantime, climate mitigation efforts could prevent thousands of deaths.

The group met periodically to discuss climate mitigation efforts like switching to LED streetlights, retrofitting public buildings and generating energy from landfills.

For carbon capture and storage technology to successfully contribute to climate mitigation efforts, the stored CO2 must be securely isolated from the atmosphere and oceans.

The bulk of new "extreme" investments came in a doubling of loans and bonds to Canada's government-backed tar sands industry, even though its success would be disastrous for climate mitigation efforts, according to the former Nasa chief James Hansen.

For carbon capture and storage to successfully contribute to climate mitigation efforts, the captured and stored CO2 must be securely isolated from the atmosphere and oceans for a minimum of 10,000 years.

Yet several political economy factors can severely constrain the implementation of these carbon pricing policies, including opposition of industrial sectors with a concentration of assets that would lose considerable value under such policies; the collective action nature of climate mitigation efforts; principal agent failures; and a low willingness-to-pay for climate mitigation by citizens.

The higher contribution to the wood market in D overtops the higher standing biomass in RO about by factor 2. Thus, the climate mitigation effort via replacing fossil fuel increases with management.

Abbott made this sneering reference to climate science and global climate change mitigation efforts one day after becoming the leader of the Liberal party, prevailing over Malcolm Turnbull by a single vote.

In addition, a national-local agreement was effective from 2007 to 2011 in which the local government committed to national ambitions on climate change policy, which was mostly concerned with climate change mitigation efforts, but also included a few climate change adaptation goals.

It would be in the national interest to raise questions about U.S. commitment under the agreement, America's proper role in international climate policy, and the strategic direction and efficacy of domestic climate change mitigation efforts.

The indigenous communities of ACR were also present during this year's UN climate talks in Marrakesh, Morocco, working to safeguard indigenous rights in global climate change mitigation efforts.