Sentences with phrase «climate change damages see»

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Over the past three decades we have seen an increase in insured damages, and it is up to all of us — the insurance industry, governments and citizens — to do our part in responding to the effects of climate change.»

The Ozone Satellite, 1991 - 2011: It proved the damage caused by CFCs, helped predict climate changes, and saw the beginning of the recovery of the ozone layer.

It proved the damage caused by CFCs, helped predict climate changes, and saw the beginning of the recovery of the ozone layer.

«We need pristine reefs to see what we've lost elsewhere, to better manage damaged reefs and to isolate the effects of climate change.»

Her concern has seen her create compelling work that explores industrial damage, nuclear testing and climate change through her images of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, dust storms and toxic fires.

For many people, when it comes to climate change, they remain blissfully unaware of any damages because they simply don't see it.

That model has worked for other environmental problems, most notably the Montreal Protocol reducing ozone - damaging chemicals, but it is badly suited to climate change, which is better seen as a problem of economics, infrastructure, and innovation.

The main damage that I see is that it could take money from people who want to really do something about climate change and waste it on «offsets» that are unproven, at best.

Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage associated with Climate Change Impacts (see also related title in the Joint item page)

Australian flora and fauna will suffer badly as the climate changes; damage is already to be seen if you look for it (photo below).

How much environmental damage do we have to see before people like the BDLG say, «yes, we want to do our bit to slow down climate change»?

See: Laughable: UN Report: «Damage being caused by climate change... is no longer a matter of debate» — «The science has become more irrevocable than ever» — Sept. 24, 2009 — Also, AP's Seth Borenstein delivered his usual pabulum on global warming, complete with extensive quotes from Corell.

I see the Administration's treatment of the 2000 National Assessment, and the abandonment of high - level support for an ongoing process of scientist - stakeholder interaction, as the central climate science scandal of the Administration — the action that has done, and continues to do, the greatest damage in undermining national preparedness in dealing with the challenge of global climate change.

Before discussing tornadoes, it is important to note that it is scientifically uncontroversial to conclude that climate change is causing more violent weather particularly in the form of: (a) more damaging thunder storms, (b) the kind of devastating flooding we have seen this year in Australia, Pakistan, Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela, along the Mississippi and the Tennessee valleys, and (c) more severe droughts such as those experienced this year in China, Brazil, and Texas.

The Colorado communities are already seeing climate - related damage to property, health and safety, and «the damage will only multiply as climate change worsens,» the lawsuit says.

We have also seen that greater uncertainty means that the expected damages from climate change will necessarily be greater than anticipated, and that the allowance we must make for sea level rise will also be greater than anticipated.

«We know that the largest damages are through extreme weather events... [By] linking event attribution with the damages we see and say [ing] which ones of those are made more likely by climate change (and it is by no means all of them), we can get an inventory of the impacts of anthropogenic climate change, which can then inform the loss - and - damage debate.»

Yet, unless the ethical and justice issues raised by climate change are seriously considered by nations when they formulate their international emissions reductions commitments under the UNFCCC, the international community is not likely to find a global solution to prevent potential enormous damages from human - induced warming (See, On The Practical Need To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethicaclimate change are seriously considered by nations when they formulate their international emissions reductions commitments under the UNFCCC, the international community is not likely to find a global solution to prevent potential enormous damages from human - induced warming (See, On The Practical Need To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An Ethicalchange are seriously considered by nations when they formulate their international emissions reductions commitments under the UNFCCC, the international community is not likely to find a global solution to prevent potential enormous damages from human - induced warming (See, On The Practical Need To Examine Climate Change Policy Issues Through An EthicaClimate Change Policy Issues Through An EthicalChange Policy Issues Through An Ethical Lens)

For example, representatives of countries that are particularly vulnerable to the threat of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, such as the members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), want to see greater representation of these countries in the decision - making body.

As we shall see, these countries, among others, have continued to negotiate as if: (a) they only need to commit to reduce their greenhouse gas emission if other nations commit to do so, in other words that their national interests limit their international obligations, (b) any emissions reductions commitments can be determined and calculated without regard to what is each nation's fair share of safe global emissions, (c) large emitting nations have no duty to compensate people or nations that are vulnerable to climate change for climate change damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate climate change for climate change damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cchange for climate change damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate climate change damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Cchange damages or reasonable adaptation responses, and (d) they often justify their own failure to actually reduce emissions to their fair share of safe global emissions on the inability to of the international community to reach an adequate solution under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Climate ChangeChange.

It's always fun to read articles about the damage from climate change, then see at the bottom mention of factors as large or even larger — but not as trendy!

That said, the likelihood that there will be strong international efforts before we see clear, uncontrovertable and disastrously damaging and costly effects of climate change is low — and is probably going to remain low even after.

He and those like him, in positions of power who dishonestly oppose action on climate change, so abetting irreparable damage to this planet that we all share and love, will be seen by future generations as the worst of the worst.

«Well I'm sitting like a rose between two thorns here and I have to take practical decisions - erm - the climate's always been changing - er - Peter mentioned the Arctic and I think in the Holocene the Arctic melted completely and you can see there were beaches there - when Greenland was occupied, you know, people growing crops - we then had a little ice age, we had a middle age warming - the climate's been going up and down - but the real question which I think everyone's trying to address is - is this influenced by manmade activity in recent years and James is actually correct - the climate has not changed - the temperature has not changed in the last seventeen years and what I think we've got to be careful of is that there is almost certainly - bound to be - some influence by manmade activity but I think we've just got to be rational (audience laughter)- rational people - and make sure the measures that we take to counter it don't actually cause more damage - and I think we're about to get -»

Having said that, I'm not comfortable with Pielke's assertion that climate change has played no role in the observed increase in damages from natural hazards; I don't see how the data he cites support such a confident assertion.

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Australians who are intelligent enough to see the damage that climate change will bring with it, and who have not been corrupted by the greed that is associated with the coal industry, are fiercely opposed to allowing any more coal mining.

Countries also approved afive - year workplan on «loss and damage», which will start in 2017 and will see countries start to formally address topics such as slow - onset impacts of climate change, non-economic losses (for example, culture and identity) and migration.

As we saw, the IPPR and the Director of the UK's Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research — none of them sceptics — were warning back in 2006 that the climate change pudding had been over-egged, and was likely to damage the possibility of reaching the Climate Change Research — none of them sceptics — were warning back in 2006 that the climate change pudding had been over-egged, and was likely to damage the possibility of reaching the pChange Research — none of them sceptics — were warning back in 2006 that the climate change pudding had been over-egged, and was likely to damage the possibility of reaching the climate change pudding had been over-egged, and was likely to damage the possibility of reaching the pchange pudding had been over-egged, and was likely to damage the possibility of reaching the public.

It also directly contradicts Roger Pielke Jr.'s peddling of the idea that no globally climate change connected consequences have yet (if they ever will) been seen in hurricane damage).

(11/05/2012) As the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy — killing over 100 people and producing upwards of $ 50 billion in damage along the U.S. East Coast — has reignited a long - dormant conversation on climate change in the media, it's important to note that this is not the only weird and wild weather the U.S. has seen this year.