Sentences with phrase «un climate change predictions»

Earth's surface will almost certainly not warm up four or five degrees Celsius by 2100, according to a study released Wednesday which, if correct, voids worst - case UN climate change predictions.

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Predictions of how much sea - levels would rise due to climate change, made by a key UN report in 2001, were conservative, say researchers on the eve of the release of the new update of the report.

To respond to the growing demand for Earth observation data, we will accelerate efforts within the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS), which builds on the work of UN specialized agencies and programs, in priority areas, inter alia, climate change and water resources management, by strengthening observation, prediction and data sharing.

Of course, the largely discredited UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is working frantically to explain away the fact that its predictions were all wrong — and the whole world knows it.

The UK Meteorological Office report just confirms the predictions of the UN's special scientific body on climate change which brings together 2,500 of the world's top climate scientists.

«These predictions are a treasure trove for those who are fighting to protect one of the world's most magnificent and important ecosystems from the ravages of climate change,» said Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment.

With a Nobel Peace Prize behind it, it's back to business for the UN's climate change watchdog IPCC and its head, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri — starting with today's dire prediction that even with present efforts to curb global warming, sea levels could still