Not exact matches
Judge Coffin says the nature, facts and drivers of climate
change will be central to the case —
including whether there is a threshold at which the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere reaches a tipping point locking in
irreversible planetary damage.
Some of the
irreversible changes in men
include breast development or
Some of the
irreversible changes in men
include breast development or gynecomastia, and baldness.
The commentary by Parry et al advises us to prepare to adapt to climate
changes of at least 4 °C, even though they recognize that it may not be possible to buy our way out of most of the damage (to natural systems, for example,
including the
irreversible loss of many plant and animal species).
The filings mention an «internal» presentation from 1996, in which the GCC allegedly claimed there were «potentially
irreversible» impacts from climate
change, which could
include «significant loss of life.»
In one of the original climate lawsuits, filed in 2008 on behalf of the Alaskan village of Kivalina, the plaintiffs made the same claims as New York City, Oakland, and San Francisco —
including the specific citation of «potentially
irreversible» impacts and a «significant loss of life» as a result of climate
change.
Other compelling reasons to begin taking action
include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate
change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of
irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate
change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.
«(3) an analysis of the status of worldwide greenhouse gas reduction efforts,
including implementation of the Safe Climate Act and other policies, both domestic and international, for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases, preventing significant
irreversible consequences of climate
change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate
change.
It
includes the likelihood of
irreversible changes to societies and to nature, and even a small chance of catastrophe.
According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) a global temperature rise of great than 2C would result in
irreversible damage to society,
including «increasingly dangerous forest fires, extreme weather, drought» as well as other compounding climate impacts.
The choice of a stabilization level implies the balancing of the risks of climate
change (risks of gradual
change and of extreme events, risk of
irreversible change of the climate,
including risks for food security, ecosystems and sustainable development) against the risk of response measures that may threaten economic sustainability.
We have formulated a much broader definition of a tipping element, because (i) we wish to
include nonclimatic variables; (ii) there may be cases where the transition is slower than the anthropogenic forcing causing it; (iii) there may be no abruptness, but a slight
change in control may have a qualitative impact in the future; and (iv) for several important phase
changes, state - of - the - art models differ as to whether the transition is reversible or
irreversible (in principle).
It recommended that risk assessment needs to
include analyses of how hazards are
changing, human activities that drive environmental
changes, the creation of new hazards,
irreversible changes and the increasing probability of hazard occurrence.