Not exact matches
«We
often talk
about climate change and how it will affect us in the
future, but the truth is we are already seeing those changes,» said Camille Stevens - Rumann, assistant professor in the Department of Forest and Rangeland Stewardship at CSU.
The Paleocene - Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM)- an ancient warming event that occurred
about 56 million years ago - is
often thought of as a potential framework for
future climate change.
When we talk
about climate change and global warming, we
often talk of it in the
future.
When we talk
about future climate change, our discussion
often stalls at the uncertainties inherent in scientists» statistical models and forecasts.
e.g., in the preface: ``... very
often scientific disputes
about climate change end up being used as a proxy for much deeper conflicts between alternative visions of the
future and competing centres of authority in society.»
«Such surveys are
often cited as demonstrating a near - unanimous scientific consensus in favor of a
climate policy, when they never ask any question
about whether and to what extent the anthropogenic component in recent warming might be dangerous or
about whether a «
climate policy» should be adopted in attempted mitigation of
future warming.»
In this chapter we make no specific assumptions
about the rate and direction of technological change into the
future, recognising that very wide ranges of potentials will exist at the local and organisational levels at which
climate vulnerability and responses will
often be shaped, and also that the knowledge base referenced in the chapter reflects a range of assumptions
about future trends.