Sentences with phrase «about adapting to climate change»

We should be more concerned about adapting to climate change, natural or anthropogenic, than about its causes.

(It is not just about adapting to climate change, despite the headline; always remember, writers don't control headlines.)

They're more about adapting to climate change,» says Laura Diaz Anadon, a science - policy researcher at Harvard University.

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In this segment, BNN speaks with Al Gore's right - hand man at Climate Reality Project, Stefan Sjöstrand, the president of IKEA Canada, and Merran Smith of Clean Energy Canada about what businesses are doing to adapt to climate Climate Reality Project, Stefan Sjöstrand, the president of IKEA Canada, and Merran Smith of Clean Energy Canada about what businesses are doing to adapt to climate climate change.

Only a vibrant economy will permit us all to adapt to climate changes that nature brings and about which we can do very little, since solar variations, ocean currents, and volcanic eruptions are quite beyond our control.

When most people think about wildlife in a changing climate, they think of polar bears clinging to melting ice, but even species who have adapted to tropical weather are being impacted by the changes to their environment.

We have begun an ongoing, open dialogue with city officials, community leaders, local NGOs and other stakeholders about what it means to adapt to climate change.

What is lacking, the report says, is a comprehensive strategy about how to mitigate climate change and adapt to its impacts.

A new study by WCS and other groups offers a glimmer of hope for some amphibian populations decimated by the deadly chytrid fungus: climate change may make environmental conditions for the fungus unsuitable in some regions and potentially stave off the spread of disease in African amphibian populations struggling to adapt to changes brought about by global warming.

But public awareness of the urgency of the climate challenge remains low even as journalists report more deeply about how global warming will alter our cities and environment and how we'll have to adapt to those changes as wildfires rage, ice sheets melt and seas rise.

For my Modern World History class, I adapted an argumentative writing task about climate change to ask students «How is climate change affecting people around the world?».

Project Learning Tree and the University of Florida developed this secondary module to help educators in the Southeast teach about climate change impacts on forest ecosystems, the role of forests in sequestering carbon, and strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to changing climatic conditions.

They heard from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change about its next report on impacts and prospects to adapt to what may come.

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# 103 (cont)... the rate of climate change reported and rate of change in factors affecting climate which are reported strike me as completely unprecedented by measure of any geologic era... which seem to be accelerating, they incline me to be even more cautious about geoengineering projects... I hope this thread might help me learn some better ways to mitigate, and adapt to what I will now call Climate Disrclimate change reported and rate of change in factors affecting climate which are reported strike me as completely unprecedented by measure of any geologic era... which seem to be accelerating, they incline me to be even more cautious about geoengineering projects... I hope this thread might help me learn some better ways to mitigate, and adapt to what I will now call Climate Disrclimate which are reported strike me as completely unprecedented by measure of any geologic era... which seem to be accelerating, they incline me to be even more cautious about geoengineering projects... I hope this thread might help me learn some better ways to mitigate, and adapt to what I will now call Climate DisrClimate Disruption.

Paleoclimate evidence and ongoing global changes imply that today's CO2, about 385 ppm, is already too high to maintain the climate to which humanity, wildlife, and the rest of the biosphere are adapted.

Pielke is basically saying the climate will change, there is not much we can do about the change so we better be able to adapt weather it gets warmer or colder.

Most discussions about adapting to inevitable climate change in a world with rising concentrations of greenhouse gases have focused on seawalls, drought - resistant crops and the like.

Is it about all the elements of climate change, including adapting to climate impacts and securing transfers of finance and technology to see these agreements implemented, or is it just a talk - shop?»

Have you ever wondered, when uttering your «green» blarney about «dangerous climate change» that humans have adapted to environmental lives across our planet where the temperature differences exceed 95 degrees centigrade?

One of the report's co-authors has said he believes that it displays «a more optimistic tone about our ability to adapt» to the impacts of climate change than previous reports did.

Another three — on agriculture, water and Himalayan eco-systems — are about initiating measures to adapt to the effects of climate change.

For policy - makers, the speed of climate change over the coming decades matters as much as the total long - term change, since this rate of change will determine whether human societies and natural ecosystems will be able to adapt fast enough to survive.New results indicate a warming rate of about 2.5 C per century over the coming decades (assuming no attempt is made to reduce GHG emissions).

In an interview with Yale Environment 360, the Wesleyan University economist talked about why the world needs to start taking steps to adapt to climate change and why strong action must be taken despite uncertainty about the extent of the warming and its ultimate effects.

Human societies have, through the centuries, often developed the capacity to adapt to environmental change, and some knowledge about the implications of climate change adaptation for sustainable development can thus be deduced from historical analogues (Diamond, 2004; Easterling et al., 2004).

Climate scientists Michael Oppenheimer and Kevin Trenberth also took issue with Koonin's assertion about the impact of human activity, saying, Warming is well beyond natural climate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruClimate scientists Michael Oppenheimer and Kevin Trenberth also took issue with Koonin's assertion about the impact of human activity, saying, Warming is well beyond natural climate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruclimate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruptions.

Dana: «Climate scientists Michael Oppenheimer and Kevin Trenberth also took issue with Koonin's assertion about the impact of human activity, saying, Warming is well beyond natural climate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruClimate scientists Michael Oppenheimer and Kevin Trenberth also took issue with Koonin's assertion about the impact of human activity, saying, Warming is well beyond natural climate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruclimate variability and projected rates of change are potentially faster than ecosystems, farmers and societies can adapt to without major disruptions.

«Paul Ehrlich has never been able to learn from past experience,» he said, then launched into the Cornucopian line on the greenhouse crisis — how, even in the unlikely event that doomsayers are right about global warming, humanity will find some way to avert climate change or adapt, and everyone will emerge the better for it.

That's why these Arctic animals are some of the wildlife at greatest risk from climate change: Living about as far north as the planet allows, they have few options for adapting to rising temperatures and disappearing sea ice.

That includes coming to agreements about how to both reduce and adapt to climate change, how to finance those measures, and how to share accountability.

A major theme of Climatopolis is that as climate scientists continue to make progress with modelling climate change and as we individually learn about the day - to - day challenges climate change poses for different cities, their residents will take pro-active steps to adapt to changing circumstances.

Instead of mistakenly trying to «stop» the climate from changing by worrying about our «carbon footprint», we should be investing more time and money into adapting to the natural climate changes that are always happening.

«In an ideal world, we'd put an economy - wide market price on carbon energy to create funding to pay for the necessary costs of adapting to climate change,» Jerry Taylor and David Bookbinder of the Niskanen Center wrote about the lawsuit.

But now, researchers and practitioners are starting to ask how they can help address L&D, and many are confused, particularly about how L&D mechanisms might be distinct from existing approaches to adapt to climate change, and manage disaster risk.

We certainly are very concerned about the threats that climate change poses to these nations, and we and other countries have ramped up climate assistance for climate adaptation for the most vulnerable countries to ensure that they are getting support as they seek to adapt to the effects of climate change, as well as move their economies forward on a clean and green basis.

If human - induced climate change is responsible, we need to seriously start thinking about decreasing our vulnerability to extreme storm events and pro-actively adapt to a more energetic future wave climate.»

It's now clear that Mitch Taylor was right to be skeptical of sea ice models based on pessimistic climate change assumptions; he was also right to be more optimistic than his PBSG colleagues about the ability of polar bears to adapt to changing sea ice conditions (Taylor and Dowsley 2008), since the bears have turned out to be more resilient than even he expected.

When talking about prior climate disruption, the mechanism is certainly of interest, but the salient point is that it's just not a good idea to force the biosphere to adapt to rapid environmental changes regardless of cause.

This federal investment in climate change research is working as intended: We now know more than ever about the causes and consequences of climate change, and the possible ways to avoid or adapt to it.

COP21: Settling arguments about who should provide the cash needed by poorer countries to fight and adapt to climate change is key to a strong agreement at the UN summit.

A recent expedition has revealed that the reefs around Kiritimati have suffered a catastrophic mass die - off — an event that epitomizes what may be an ugly truth about the ability of coral reefs around the world to adapt to the growing threat of climate change.

«So one thing we really need to do is think about adaptation: How are we going to adapt to climate change?»

Both groups discussed also about possible solutions to adapt to the consequences of climate change and reduce the causes of global warming.

Mummified 30,000 - year - old bison bones have been used to help scientists discover clues about how animals adapt to rapid climate change.

All the children showed many projects they have been doing to take actions to adapt to climate change, and demonstrated how concerned they are about their future regarding climate change problems.

Metro Vancouver's ability to adapt to climate change requires specific information on how changes in temperature and precipitation will play out locally, how expected changes may vary throughout the seasons, and about new climate extremes.

«The People Who'll be Most Hurt by Climate Swings Did the Least to Cause Them, Study Says» (Chris Mooney, Washington Post) «There has been a lot of debate about how rich countries can help poor countries to adapt, but they have overlooked this aspect — that the impacts of climate variability change might be worse in the poorer countries,» said Sebastian Bathiany, a climate change researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands who led the research published in Science Advances....Climate Swings Did the Least to Cause Them, Study Says» (Chris Mooney, Washington Post) «There has been a lot of debate about how rich countries can help poor countries to adapt, but they have overlooked this aspect — that the impacts of climate variability change might be worse in the poorer countries,» said Sebastian Bathiany, a climate change researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands who led the research published in Science Advances....climate variability change might be worse in the poorer countries,» said Sebastian Bathiany, a climate change researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands who led the research published in Science Advances....climate change researcher at Wageningen University in the Netherlands who led the research published in Science Advances....»

However, if there are any «lessons» to be learned from archaeology, these are not about «if» or «how» particular human groups adapted to climate change events or developments at a specific place and time in the past; such an emphasis would fail to recognise the unique nature of modern climate change.

The land sector is responsible for about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and changes to land - use practices have the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.

[1] The land sector produces about a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and has the potential to significantly contribute to reducing emissions, removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting countries» ability to adapt to a changing climate.