Sentences with «to reduce the risks of climate change»
Three strategies could potentially help reduce the risks of climate change: 1) reduce emissions (mitigation), 2) moderate impacts by increasing our capacity to cope with them (adaptation), and 3) deliberately manipulate large - scale physical, chemical or biological aspects of the climate system to counteract the climate effects of increasing greenhouse gas emissions (geoengineering the climate system). (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
• We support including the proposal presented by the Union of Concerned Scientists, most of which is included in H.R. 2454, pp. 684 - 699, to require periodic scientific reviews of the adequacy of greenhouse gas emissions reductions policy and actions to meet targeted goals in reducing the risk of climate change impacts. (climatesciencewatch.org)
Therefore, any jurisdiction taking action — whether a nation, a state, or a city — will incur the costs of its actions, but the benefits of its actions (reduced risk of climate change damages) will be distributed globally. (robertstavinsblog.org)