Sentences with phrase «under current scenarios»

Under current scenarios, most blue carbon sinks will be lost in the next two decades leading to a loss of annual carbon binding capacity equivalent to 4 - 8 % of the total anthropogenic input.
Under current scenarios, the aviation sector could emit 56 GtCO2 over the period 2016 - 2050, or one - quarter of the remaining carbon budget.1 It is critical that the global aviation sector contribute its fair share towards achieving a 1.5 °C future.

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«Even under a scenario with a modest recovery from current prices, producing companies will experience much lower cash flows.
I have gone into this scenario into some detail because I think it is extremely unlikely that China can maintain current growth rates except under very implausible assumptions.
Polycom's stock could reach more than $ 20 per share by the end of 2017, 50 % higher than Polycom's current price, under a merger scenario.
Under such a scenario, many of the current staff will move on.
Before concluding that under such a scenario — the lack of official federal support — the movement for a better food system for all will stall for at least four years, it is well to take a sober look at the current moment in good food matters.
In the current scenario, the prevalent rate of under - nutrition in young children is a high 46 %, in India, according to 3rd National Family Health Survey (NFHS III).
Moreover, even under a very stressed scenario — in which Spain is forced to finance the $ 200 - 220 billion it needs from today until early 2014 at yields of 8 - 9 per cent — the effect on the average interest rate of the total outstanding debt would be limited, rising from the current 4.1 per cent to about 5 per cent.
The governor, reported the Empire Center on Thursday, might have been referring to an earlier DOH estimate from January, which said full repeal of the ACA could jeopardize coverage for 2.7 million under the worst - case scenario — and the current House GOP bill stopped well short of full repeal.
Under this scenario, discretionary spending (and thus, R&D) falls off a cliff in FY 2020, as is scheduled to happen under current law following expiration of the recent spending cap deal (see this link, especially the first grUnder this scenario, discretionary spending (and thus, R&D) falls off a cliff in FY 2020, as is scheduled to happen under current law following expiration of the recent spending cap deal (see this link, especially the first grunder current law following expiration of the recent spending cap deal (see this link, especially the first graph).
«If we can get a better understanding of the climate in the past, of the consequences of climate change and of how it shaped communities, then we might be able to interpret the future of biodiversity under the current climate change scenario,» says Guénard.
Global temperatures could rise dramatically in 2100 compared with current conditions (dark red areas) under some scenarios for global greenhouse gas emissions.
Under various climate and land - use scenarios, coniferous stands are expected to lose 71 percent to 100 percent of their current range to deciduous stands across New England by 2085, particularly in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, due to increased temperature and precipitation and changes in timber harvesting.
According to the commission's own impact assessment, the union is on track to meet the current target: Under a «business - as - usual» scenario, total greenhouse gas emissions are already expected to drop by 24 % in 2020 and 32 % in 2030 compared with 1990 levels.
The Commercial Spaceflight Federation praised the bill's recommended FY2016 funding level for commercial crew (which is the same as the President's request under the aspirational scenario; less than the request, but more than current funding in the constrained scenario) and for Advanced Exploration Systems (AES).
The estimated size of and uncertainty in current observed warming rates attributable to human influence thus provides a relatively model - independent estimate of uncertainty in multi-decade projections under most scenarios.
The aforementioned scenario only applies if local emissions of smog - forming gases continue under current rates.
BC17 derive a relationship in current generation (CMIP5) global climate models between predictors consisting of three basic aspects of each of these simulated fluxes in the recent past, and simulated increases in global mean surface temperature (GMST) under IPCC scenarios (ΔT).
If we all live to 100, a scenario recently posed by The Atlantic, states and districts would likely face higher retirement costs in pension benefits, at least under current practices.
Considering the current scenario in the Indian market where under the GST, hybrids are being taxed at a higher rate, this move from Mahindra does come as a jolt.
On the other hand under a liquidation scenario wouldn't you take current assets + rig value less total liabilities.
If Elrond wants to be somewhat conservative and use 3.6 % as his sustainable withdrawal rate, then under the base case scenario, he needs to bump his current savings rate of $ 7,000 / yr up to over $ 9,500 / yr.
Under the current interest rate scenario, you can be a little right going variable, but you could be a lot wrong.
The Medicare Board of Trustees, in their annual report to Congress, references an alternative scenario to illustrate the potential understatement of costs under current law.
The table below contains a comparison of the Medicare 75 - year present values of income and expenditures under current law with those under the alternative scenario illustration.
Under the current system, the debt collector is paid a fee of more than $ 1700 while the Department of Education makes $ 45 in recovered student debt for this scenario.
But I don't believe the same risk exists here, as it seems obvious (under most scenarios) the current value of PAC Telemedia's well in excess of its debt liabilities.
Should the issuer go down or fall under financial hardships (not an unlikely scenario in the current environment), investors could bare the brunt of the blow.
The light bar provides a multitude of colours depending upon the current scenario such as flashing a light tone of red when waiting for the red lights before the race commences, green under normal racing conditions, yellow within an area of the track that has yellow waved flags following an incident, blue during the presence of blue flags, red for collisions and much more besides.
The estimated size of and uncertainty in current observed warming rates attributable to human influence thus provides a relatively model - independent estimate of uncertainty in multi-decade projections under most scenarios.
While the researchers, led by Shaun Marcott of Oregon State, conclude that the globe's current average temperature has not exceeded the warmth that persisted for thousands of years after the last ice age ended, they say it will do so in this century under almost every postulated scenario for greenhouse gas emissions.
Using a recently developed hurricane synthesizer driven by large - scale meteorological variables derived from global climate models, 1000 artificial 100 - yr time series of Atlantic hurricanes that make landfall along the U.S. Gulf and East Coasts are generated for four climate models and for current climate conditions as well as for the warmer climate of 100 yr hence under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emissions scenario A1b.
Zero: the number of periods of Earth's history during which climate records show carbon dioxide rose as rapidly and as much as projected under current «businesses as usual» scenarios.
These maps show projected changes for the middle of the current century (2041 - 2070) relative to the end of the last century (1971 - 2000) across the Midwest under continued emissions (A2 scenario).
Shifting currents, increased freshwater input from melting sea ice and glaciers, and changes in upper and lower sea - level circulation patterns are already occurring, and they'll progress rapidly if anthropogenic greenhouse gas emission continues under a business - as - usual scenario.
The same IEA report compares coal and oil's current 46 per cent share of global electricity generation to what it would be in 2030 under the 2 °C degree scenario.
«In addition, safeguarded farmland will continue providing healthy local produce and mitigating climate - change impacts of transporting food around the globe, while conserved wetlands improve the quality of our air and water and serve as buffers from potentially catastrophic storm surges predicted under current climate - change scenarios,» he added.
But the impact on the coal industry is effectively doubled, because under the current policy scenario under which much of the industry is making its investment, coal prices would be «significantly» higher, the IEA says, because of increased demand.
• The readiness of the nation to predict and avoid public and occupational health problems caused by heat waves and severe storms • Characterization and quantification of relationships between climate variability, health outcomes, and the main determinants of vulnerability within and between populations • Development of reliable methods to connect climate - related changes in food systems and water supplies to health under different conditions • Prediction of future risks in response to climate change scenarios and of reductions in the baseline level of morbidity, mortality, or vulnerability • Identification of the available resources, limitations of, and potential actions by the current U.S. health care system to prevent, prepare for, and respond to climate - related health hazards and to build adaptive capacity among vulnerable segments of the U.S. population
A new study from researchers at the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford has warned that a fifth of current global power plant capacity is at risk of becoming stranded assets under a scenario in which the planet reaches its climate goals of halting warming at 1.5 to 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.
On Twitter, Peters posted a graph comparing India's projected emissions under current policies (the purple line) with what'd be required under «inertia» or «equity» scenarios for staying below 2 °C:
BC17 derive a relationship in current generation (CMIP5) global climate models between predictors consisting of three basic aspects of each of these simulated fluxes in the recent past, and simulated increases in global mean surface temperature (GMST) under IPCC scenarios (ΔT).
Ultimately, seas rising by multiple meters this Century are a very real possibility under current warming scenarios in which such a series of cascading melt events occurs in West Antarctica.
Global emissions in 2010 under the current Protocol are estimated to be 1 1/2 percent lower than a no - controls scenario if the new forestry offsets are ignored.
The study also made several assumptions that drive the outcomes under different scenarios — two in which the standards continue but are suspended, and two in which they continue as under current law.
In the area of climate change, the report highlights the findings of its Emissions Gap Report 2013 — which details the gap between current global emissions and the reduction needed to remain on track to meet the 2 degree Celsius global warming target — and its Africa Adaptation Gap Report, which describes the costs of adaptation measures on the African continent under various global warming scenarios.
Indeed, we estimate that the extra tightening of the EU - ETS cap required to align with a Paris - compliant EU - wide trajectory for 2030 and beyond would require incremental emissions reductions of 1.6 Gt over 2021 - 30 versus our base - case scenario under the current cap.
Ellie Johnston: «Under a scenario where emissions continue at the current pace, most of the pollution growth comes from the anticipated increase in fossil fuel use by developing nations.»
Method: We used consistent climate — air - quality — health modeling framework across three geographical scales (World, Europe and Ile - de-France) to assess future (2030 — 2050) health impacts of ozone and PM2.5 under two emissions scenarios (Current Legislation Emissions, CLE, and Maximum Feasible Reductions, MFR).
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