Sentences with phrase «about issues such as climate»

When Morano was asked about his qualifications for speaking about an issue such as climate science, he responded by saying, «I have a background in political science, which is the perfect qualification to examine global warming.»

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Writer Mooney and marine scientist Kirshenbaum argue persuasively for scientists to step up engagement with the public, in order to dispel misinformation and foster meaningful civic participation in decisions about issues such as nuclear power, climate change, and public health.

Moreover, we found that when respondents» perception of the level of scientific agreement increased, this led to significant changes in other key beliefs about the issue, such as the belief that climate change is happening, human - caused and a worrisome problem.

(The full Statement of Task appears in Appendix A.) Normally, a technical issue such as surface temperature reconstructions might not generate widespread attention, but this case brings interesting lessons about how science works and how science, especially climate science, is communicated to policy makers and the public.

A documentary about the importance of fertile soil and the positive effect it can have on environmental issues such as climate change and water scarcity.

These can be used to promote and encourage thinking about sustainable energy in many curricular areas, while dealing with broad issues such as climate change.

Whilst particularly in the primary sector many educators would say that there is an issue with respect to over-crowding of the curriculum, we would be concerned about some of the discussion around removing things such as sustainability and climate change and environmental issues from the curriculum.

It is a guide about how to incorporate discussion of global issues such as gender, climate change and poverty into your subject area.

John Akomfrah's environmentally conscious video installation, Purple, offers dialogues about climate change by foregrounding issues such as global warming, animal extinctions and the plastic ocean.

The public can't be expected to turn to the scientific literature for an educated referee about such a technically complex issue as climate science.

As a private citizen, Ettling works to educate Congress about climate change, including bringing Republicans and Democrats to the table to work out consensus solutions to controversial issues such as climate change, global warming and energy usAs a private citizen, Ettling works to educate Congress about climate change, including bringing Republicans and Democrats to the table to work out consensus solutions to controversial issues such as climate change, global warming and energy usas climate change, global warming and energy use.

There's been a sense this year of developed countries hiding behind negotiations on other issues, such as agricultural policy, to avoid reaching the point where money has to be talked about, but developing countries want to see that richer nations are doing more than just expressing sympathy and empathy and instead are putting their money where their mouth is on climate action.»

The climate is neither, as such i really have to question the veracity of anything these climate models provide, ESPECIALLY given the limitations of the models they are based upon (and this is even before you get into the other issues well known about climate models).

We won't change their minds, and their numbers aren't large enough to impact policy in a major way; at least in the U.S. such individuals don't count climate change as very high on the agenda of things they care about (I understand that in several other countries, this is a more salient issue).

For Green Prophet, I often write about (let's face it) depressing issues such as climate refugees and environmental conflicts in which everyone pays the price but I do sometimes get to write about some fun stuff too.

Alberta's talk about its actions to address the climate issue came as Redford prepares for a trip to Washington next month to lobby for the project — her fourth such visit in 18 months.

Issues like the Medieval warm period, different possible causes of climate change (such as solar activity, or even the nature of our climate), studies indicating the last interglacial period was warmer than today, and the failure of recent dire predictions about the climate all show the debate on climate change is not nearly as settled as many global warming proponents would have us believe.

The judges felt that while role play is a well - established approach to learning about geographical issues such as climate change, the quality of the resource would enable teachers to confidently set up an excellent simulation for their classes.»

I think it is important for proper democratic decision making that the public is well informed about what is scientifically known about important issues such as climate change.

Consumer behavior is another, and numerous research studies have found over 80 % of consumers would purchase a product because that company advocated for an issue — such as climate change — that they care about.

I agree that many of the issues I'd like to discuss do not imply directly climate science and should perhaps be discussed elsewhere, such as the amount of FF reserves, the effect of a tax, the discussion about the benefit - cost of fossils and so on, but they are nevertheless important in the debate, and many of you seem to have also some ideas about them.

I love RC since it brings so many issues under one blog moderated and bloggd about people in the climate sciences as such.

Concerned about appropriate temperature targets to avoid the impending climate Apocalypse; well, we'll just post an article by Knopf stating «many of these issues can not be answered solely by science, such as the question of a temperature level that avoids dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system».

In addition to the issues previously raised, there has been some «resentment» among the meteorological community about the success (particularly in terms of funding) of the U.S. climate research programs, which they view as coming at the expense of meteorological / weather research (with initiatives such as STORM, the U.S. Weather Research Program, THORPEX receiving orders of magnitude less funding).

The authors then classified those researchers as convinced or unconvinced by the evidence for human - induced climate change, based on such factors as whether they have signed public statements endorsing or dissenting from the big United Nations reports raising alarm about the issue.

Fairness does become a bigger issue when talking about other issues such as adapting to climate change impacts, but it shouldn't be the main focus for reducing emissions.

Ensure that an Indigenous perspective is provided on issues across government (such as in relation to issues which have a broader impact or focus than just Indigenous peoples — for instance, debates about climate change, social inclusion or homelessness);

Most included a definition of bullying and statements about improving school climate but many schools did not mention other important aspects, and there was low coverage of cyberbullying, homophobic bullying, bullying based on disabilities, or faith; teacher - pupil bullying; responsibilities beyond those of teaching staff; following up of incidents; and specific preventative measures such as playground work, peer support, inclusiveness issues, and bullying to and from school.