Sentences with phrase «even if climate change»

They can just say, «even if climate change is a problem, we can't afford to take action against it,» and that might be enough to stall any and all action.

NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised

But my second thought is that, even if climate change makes this energy transition different or more difficult... it's still an energy transition.

In fact, the Coalition has repeatedly insisted that Direct Action measures «make sense anyway» even if climate change did not exist — «sensible» things such as planting trees.

Scientists say tens of thousands of glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised.

The IPCC report demands, among other things, that governments take actions that will be good for society even if climate change fails to produce the disasters the UN claims it might.

Most of all though, we know that even if climate change is not the primary factor behind the current tragedy this humanitarian disaster and the seemingly intractable geopolitical challenges, nationalist tendencies, and crushing grief it invokes is precisely the kind of disaster security analysts expect to see worsen in a world afflicted by escalating climate change.

Even if climate change is only moderate by the end of the century, there will be an average daily increase in demand of 2.8 %, and daily peak demand could rise by up to 7 %.

Instead, they've moved past that unwinnable argument to one that contends that, hey, even if climate change is happening, that doesn't mean it's a bad thing.

In other words, the Administration's climate policy is extremely costly and extremely ineffective, even if climate change were a significant problem, which the literature indicates it is not.

These fish would likely go extinct even if climate change were particularly slow — once the temperature of the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans rise above the level that the water is unable to carry sufficient oxygen.

Even if climate change doesn't motivate you, look at the economics and foreign policy implications.

It is imperative even if climate change was not a issue that humanity gets its energy act togther for life after fossil fuels.

We should do it even if climate change isn't real!

Even if climate change brings further warm winters to the region, however, experts think this infestation has probably peaked.

NEWS: Scientists say many glaciers are melting faster than ever − and many will continue to do so even if climate change can be stabilised

The research also shows that ice - melt would continue even if climate change somehow stopped and temperatures stabilized.

«Even if climate change wasn't happening,» he says, «we'd be expecting insurance losses to be going up.»

With such episodes projected to occur more often even if climate change is mitigated, researchers are redoubling efforts to identify the factors that can make a reef resilient to harsh conditions.

For even if the climate changed overnight, it could take a century or more for the mix of trees in a forest to evolve until it accurately reflected the new conditions.

Not exact matches

«Even if you don't believe in climate change, the North American continent historically has had frequent and severe droughts,» Lall said.

In addition, if you are a VC and you pay a bubble price even at an early stage that can be hard to recover from (for both you and the company) if the climate changes radically.

Survey shows majority support for an effective climate plan and minimum carbon price, even if some provinces disagree OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows that two - thirds of Canadians believe it is more important to have a plan to meet Canada's climate change targets than to have all provincial and territorial premiers agree with that...

When even energy - friendly bodies such as the International Energy Agency say the world needs to act now if we're to avoid the worst outcomes of what climate change has to offer the planet, then Canada should realize it can ill afford to stick its head in the sand any longer.

«I don't know if they've even spent half of it,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

Because even if the predictions don't turn out to be correct — if hurricanes don't grow larger and carry more rain — if there's sea level rise due to climate change, these storms become more devastating.

I think my question to those of you who couple atheism with evolution and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

I think my question to those of you who couple evil atheism with evolution, the big bang, and climate change is: how can we as scientists even start trying to inform you about the details of what you are arguing against if you automatically presume everything we say is a blasphemous lie?

But even if we fail to make much of a dent in our established ways, our meeting may be one more step in changing the climate in which we work, and, if so, it will be worth the time and effort that has been expended.

But even if they allow some continued diversity in theological programs within the denomination, the theological climate will change.

Frankly, if I wanted to worry about climate change, I would worry about global cooling again, since the sun is behaving very weakly just now, and sun - watching scientists have even dared to suggest that a reprise of the Little Ice Age is in the offing.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Even if by some stroke of luck climate change doesn't affect us during our lifetime (wishful thinking), I would hate to leave this huge burden and mess for our children to clean up.

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Even if he manages to stay accident - free, varying climates and traveling temperatures can call for unforeseen outfit changes in a moment's notice.

wear cotton socks, which you change daily (even more frequently if you are in an extremely hot climate of sweating excessively)

But above all he urged them not to «succumb to cynicism», even if the social problems they were confronting — whether poverty, inequality or climate change — didn't disappear overnight.

Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman, said: «If the Department for Transport continues to allow unchecked airport expansion we could find that growth in aviation will gobble up all of the available emissions, forcing the rest of the economy to make even more drastic cuts.»

The question of whether or not humans cause climate change matters because for many people an answer of «no» will remove the need to act, and even if the answer is «yes» it helps determine who should pay.

Yet even without a definitive answer, it may be worth keeping the topic in the news, if only to remind people that human - caused climate change is linked to cold snaps as much as to heat waves.

Even if the near future doesn't unfold like the 2004 climate - gone - haywire film The Day After Tomorrow, scientists need to be able to produce accurate models of what abrupt change (more likely spanning hundreds or thousands or years, rather than days) would look like and why it might occur, explains Zhengyu Liu, lead author of the study and director of the University of Wisconsin — Madison's Center for Climate Reclimate - gone - haywire film The Day After Tomorrow, scientists need to be able to produce accurate models of what abrupt change (more likely spanning hundreds or thousands or years, rather than days) would look like and why it might occur, explains Zhengyu Liu, lead author of the study and director of the University of Wisconsin — Madison's Center for Climate ReClimate Research.

Even if emissions were immediately reduced enough to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at current levels, climate change would continue for centuries.

Catherine Matacic — online news editor for Science — talks with Sarah Crespi about how geoengineering could reduce the harshest impacts of climate change, but make them even worse if it were ever turned off.

But even if CO2 emissions are curbed, reefs face challenges from climate change.

I realized I could make a meaningful contribution to combating climate change by working on something I was passionate about, even if it was less directly related to a specific technology.

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Climate change has caused ocean temperatures to rise, a trend that will continue in the coming centuries even if fossil fuel emissions are curtailed.

As with climate change, the only pragmatic option is to concentrate efforts to fulfil people's desires and demands in a way that protects natural ecosystems as far as possible — not to try to challenge patterns of consumption per se by insisting that they are unsustainable, even if this appears to be the case in the short term.

Said Dr Tom Evans, WCS Director of Forest Conservation and Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate climate change.

Even if the United States implements all current and proposed policies, it would miss its 2025 target by as much as 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year — roughly 20 % of the nation's total emissions, according to the analysis published today in Nature Climate Change.