Sentences with phrase «as climate impacts»

Representing the climate movement, May Boeve, 350.org Executive Director, and Jesse Bragg, Corporate Accountability International Media Director, spoke to financial ties between Big Oil and the Science Committee, as well as climate impacts that likely could have been curbed if Exxon had told the truth when its scientists warned executives about climate change.

As climate impacts stack up in severity and frequency, so do their costs.

«We will need to act fast because as climate impacts increase, so will the difficulty and cost of eradicating poverty,» said World Bank senior director for climate change John Roome.

His research focuses on the representation of clouds and convective storms in the GISS global climate model and their role in cloud feedbacks on climate change, as well as climate impacts associated with storms.

Dr. Carl - Friedrich Schleußner, Head of Climate Science and Impacts Supports the science team in climate physics related questions as well as climate impacts; author of a series of peer - reviewed scientific studies as well as science reports such as the Turn Down the Heat reports for the World Bank.

As climate impacts continue to roll in with greater intensity, the risk that most fossil carbon will become worthless grows ever more real.

As climate impacts become more apparent, an information gap will arise.

for Carbon Brief last year, Miyuki Hino, a doctoral student at Stanford University, outlined how novel approaches to adapting to climate risks, such as «managed retreat», may in some cases prove necessary or preferable to infrastructure changes as climate impacts begin to hit.

In a guest post for Carbon Brief last year, Miyuki Hino, a doctoral student at Stanford University, outlined how novel approaches to adapting to climate risks, such as «managed retreat», may in some cases prove necessary or preferable to infrastructure changes as climate impacts begin to hit.

Critics of the TransCanada pipeline have warned of potential spills in America's heartland as well as the climate impacts of allowing more tar sands oil, which has a higher carbon footprint than conventional sources, into the US and other markets.

Smith points to the threats the pipeline poses to British Columbia's tourism industry, rising floodwaters in Bangladesh and the Maldives, drought in sub-Saharan Africa and Mexico, the homes that will be lost in future forest fires, respiratory health impacts in communities from Vancouver to Kamloops and Quesnel, and future hurricanes in the Caribbean and Gulf states as climate impacts that are left out of the narrative about the project.

The southern polar has little «amplification» and the southern hemisphere has higher annual solar insulation, a natural oscillation that shifts clouds to were they have greater reflective impact and energy where it has less atmospheric resistance, doesn't qualify as a climate impact, only a weather impact.

Even if countries take moderate action on climate change, by the end of this century, Phoenix is expected to have an extra month of days above 95 degrees Fahrenheit, while Washington, D.C., is expected to have another three weeks of these sweltering days, as the Climate Impact Lab and New York Times reported.

It's time to own up to my performance as a climate impact prognosticator.

Not exact matches

When Premier Rachel Notley announced Alberta's new climate change strategy over the weekend, analysts and pundits rushed to gauge the impact on the oilsands and on the electrical generation business, still dependent as it is on coal.

As we face future known threats like war and climate change, and unknown threats like an asteroid impact or new disease, Downey said that that's the kind of knowledge we should want to have.

Adani Group, controlled by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the impact of coal - fired power on climate change.

But the Pentagon maintains that climate change impacts, including refugees from drought - stricken areas of the world and rising sea levels, are a significant threat to national security, as The New York Times reported.

The economist accused Jill Stein of spoiling Clinton's chances in Florida and said with Trump as president there would be no way to reverse the impact of global climate change.

The report comes as the reef, considered one of the most vulnerable places in the world to the impacts of climate change, is at risk of having its status downgraded by the UN cultural organization UNESCO to «world heritage in danger».

The ruling marks the latest setback for the Trump administration as it seeks to roll back regulations aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change.

In Quebec, hearings on Energy East are on hold, as that pipeline's would - be builder chafes at the National Energy Board's new plan to weigh the impact of its upstream climate - change impact.

«If you look at conflict, it has a direct relation to gender equality, a direct impact on climate, a direct impact on cities... so I love that we're thinking about it as a cohesive subset which will allow us to build better opportunities.»

In a 2010 piece discussing the impact of climate change legislation on the U.S., Levi and Trevor Houser write that, «energy security is notoriously difficult to define and thus serves as the perfect weapon for attacking legislation.»

He discussed the impacts on climate change connected with the expansion of the oil sands and raised last summers» wildfires in BC as an example of how climate change is impacting us now.

About 87 percent of small - business owners cited one or more expected impacts of climate change as potentially harmful to their businesses, according to the report.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

TransCanada spokesperson Shawn Howard criticized the EPA's climate change impact statements as unfair and inaccurate.

He was credited by the UN's Christiana Figures as having a «major impact» on the process to agree the world's landmark deal on climate change.

Gordon described the current refugee crisis as the worst yet and one that will get worse for 65 million displaced people due to impacts of climate change and unresolved conflict.

«We seeing the impact of a changing climate as a result of those emissions on the very poorest people.»

We bring guest speakers to parliament to discuss a range of issues including food and medicine labelling, veganism as a protected belief, impact of diet on climate change, and institutional catering provisions.

Inasmuch as a burger chain can be environmentally friendly, it has striven to be so — labelling products with their individual climate impact, and planting trees to carbon offset its total climate impact.

They are planting several varieties of rice with different traits and characteristics as insurance on whatever impacts the climate may bring them.

As no one can really tell when or where the impacts of climate change will hit, aside from identifying climate tolerant varieties farmers are also using nature's strength by relying on diversity.

Panel discussion will feature climate policy experts and leading vintners at Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017, Sunday, June 18 NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this -LSB-...]

The technologies — which can repay the cost of their installation in as little as two years — will be explained by Mr Bambridge, who has decades of experience in assisting organisations manage energy, greenhouse gas emissions, and the impacts of climate change.

Furthermore, UTZ works on the landscape - based adaptation planning project with Malawian tea smallholder farmers which will not only address the effects of climate change on tea, but also tackle such environmental impacts as land degradation, deforestation and availability of clean water.

NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this June for Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017.

As the effects of climate change become a growing concern, coffee production is increasingly impacted, but the Rainforest Alliance engages with producers in a variety of ways to adapt to and reduce climate change's effects.

Reducing food waste also impacts climate change as 20 percent of total U.S. methane emissions come from landfills.

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iclimate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative iClimate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

Mass Audubon supported its passage in 2008, and as we advocate for implementation of the GWSA, we are working for future generations to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and LandVest, has developed a web - based interactive map to assist the Massachusetts land conservation community and state and municipal environmental planners in identifying parcels best suited to meet land protection goals as birds, other animals and plants, and the habitats they depend upon are impacted by climate change.

Plus as many as 8,000 fewer disposable diapers will end up in a landfill and you will help reduce the devastating climate impact of deforestation.

Plus as much as 8,000 fewer disposable diapers will end up in a landfill and you will help reduce the devastating climate impact of deforestation.

Mass Audubon, in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and LandVest, has developed a web - based interactive map to assist the Massachusetts land conservation community and state and municipal environmental planners in identifying parcels best suited to meet land protection goals as birds, other animals and plants, and the habitats they depend upon are impacted by climate change.

-- Climate change could impact many Bay State birds — including familiar species such as the Black - capped Chickadee — over the next 30 - 50 years, according to Mass Audubon's State of the Birds: Massachusetts Birds and Our Changing Climate.

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Climate change could impact many Bay State birds — including familiar species such as the Black - capped Chickadee — over the next 30 - 50 years, according to Mass Audubon's State of the Birds: Massachusetts Birds and Our Changing Climate.