Sentence examples for pledges put forward from inspiring English sources

Even if emissions are held to the level of pledges put forward ahead of the Paris deal, southern Europe would experience a "substantial" expansion of deserts.

The US insists that the current structure of the agreement, which relies on voluntary pledges put forward by each country, acknowledges those differences in economic history.

The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) said that pledges put forward to cut emissions would see temperatures rise by 3C above pre-industrial levels, far above the the 2C of the Paris climate agreement, which comes into force on Friday.

Under the current regime, pledges put forward by all nations will add up to 3 degrees Celsius or more.

Hours after Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina agreed to sign a loyalty pledge put forward by party officials in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York followed suit.

Me, too!" She noted recently, "I'm particularly proud to have signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge" — a no-tax-increase pledge put forward by Americans for Tax Reform, a Washington lobbying group — "the day I announced my candidacy, something Mr. Campbell has refused to do".

Last October, Faso had signed a repeal pledge put forward by a conservative group.

While Sanders and O'Malley both signed a July pledge put forward by 350 Action and The Nation to reject money from fossil fuel companies, Clinton did not respond to the petition.

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: "The coalition government pledged to put forward a motion to allow a free vote on the Hunting Act.

The pledge was put forward by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and three other groups asking presidential candidates to agree to "six clear steps that will put Fifa on the road to ensuring its events do not cause or contribute to human rights abuses and corruption".

More than that, the pledges, which were put forward from the end of January onwards, have not been formally acknowledged by the UN Climate Convention in any way at all, other than by being listed on its website.