Sentences with phrase «against climate impacts»

Indigenous people significantly contribute to achieving a sustainable planet and mitigating against climate impacts.

This work takes future socio - economic developments based on SSP5 (O'Neill et al. 2014), consistent with high mitigation challenges due to high - end warming and willingness to take adaptation measures against climate impacts.

Our mission is to strengthen collaboration between governments and key stakeholders to immediately lower emissions and increase resilience against climate impacts.

Third, tree based agricultural systems often provide additional benefits such as fruits, fodder, fuelwood and timber and thereby diversifies the production system to buffer against weather related production losses and hence raise smallholder resilience against climate impacts (Nair et al..

However, it is plausible to argue that implementing Kyoto has distracted attention and effort from real opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect society against climate impacts.

But it could take on greater significance as governments develop a Green Climate Fund to help vulnerable countries protect themselves against climate impacts.

Not exact matches

A new federal infrastructure package presents a critical opportunity to strengthen America's infrastructure against the growing risks posed by extreme weather and other impacts of climate change.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Confclimate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate ConfClimate Conference.

The lawsuit, against BP Plc, Chevron Corp, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp and Royal Dutch Shell Plc, follows similar lawsuits filed last year by San Francisco and other California cities seeking billions of dollars in damages from rising sea levels due to climate impacts.

The CCPA is a landmark piece of legislation that would put New York at the forefront of the fight against climate change by creating individualized plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and direct energy funding to communities like the 20th state senate district that are most impacted by climate change.

For most of my life I have stood firmly against expansion of Heathrow airport, largely on the grounds of aviation's impact on climate change.

Beyond its use as a tool against large financial institutions, Schneiderman has used the act as a basis for a probe into ExxonMobil, arguing that its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholders and the public research that showed the potential impact of climate change constituted a Martin Act violation.

«Conventional conservation is not going to cut it against the impacts of climate change.

Highly protected marine reserves can help mitigate against the impacts of climate change, a study by a team of international scientists has concluded.

The control of ragweed is important for public health and as an adaptation strategy against the impacts of climate change.

The paper, «Intact ecosystems provide the best defense against climate change,» published in Nature Climate Change, discusses how certain adaptation strategies may have a negative impact on nature which in turn will impact people in the long climate change,» published in Nature Climate Change, discusses how certain adaptation strategies may have a negative impact on nature which in turn will impact people in the long Climate Change, discusses how certain adaptation strategies may have a negative impact on nature which in turn will impact people in the long - term.

The environmental impacts of alternative energy need to be balanced against the impacts of the energy they replace, such as fossil fuels driving global climate change, Schimel said.

The League of Conservation Voters gives McMorris Rodgers a 4 percent lifetime score out of a possible 100 in their environmental scorecard because she has voted against bills that would have required the federal government to account for the social cost of carbon in administrative actions and required federally funded projects to be resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Towards their safeguarding research within HERACLES project («HEritage Resilience Against CLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hCLimate Events on Site», GA 700395) is dedicated to the design, testing and promotion of responsive systems, methodologies and techniques with the aim to mitigate the impact of climate changes and natural hclimate changes and natural hazards.

GBM's approach empowers communities to take action against climate change, the impacts of which are already being witnessed across Africa, through food security and water harvesting activities (adaptation) and planting the appropriate trees in appropriate places (mitigation).

Working at the community level, the environmental and social benefits can help protect communities against the impacts of climate change.

These climate impacts must be weighed against the long - term impacts of CO2.

Checking 20 years of projections by the foremost global climate science panel against reality finds that the group has consistently underestimated the pace and impacts of climate change — with severe consequences for the public it is tasked to inform -LSB-...]

The post is «Climate Hawks Go on Offense Against Skeptics, but Impact Uncertain.»

Incremental scenarios facilitate the construction of response surfaces graphical devices for plotting changes in climate against some measure of impact (for example see Figure 13.9 b) which can assist in identifying critical thresholds or discontinuities of response to a changing climate.

Dr. Earle has dedicated her life to protecting and preserving our oceans against human impacts like climate change and ocean acidification, as well as overfishing and pollution.

Part 2: We think an environmental NGO like ours can have a catalytic impact the fight against climate change.

A year packed with bold climate actions against the fossil fuel industry and a growing movement telling its own stories of impacts and resistance at the frontlines of climate change in new and inspiring ways.

on A good federal court decision against a coal mining expansion: There are no remedies for failure to consider climate change impacts

«Protected species and habitats in the German Baltic Sea and in the North Sea and their sensitivities against anthropogenic impacts and climate change»

Moreover, the availability of historical precedent might imply less contestation (especially from climate skeptics), a cognitively different approach to what we might consider «sufficient evidence», and easier assessment of any given eruption against some objective measure of impacts.

John Carter August 8, 2014 at 12:58 am chooses to state his position on the greenhouse effect in the following 134 word sentence: «But given the [1] basics of the greenhouse effect, the fact that with just a very small percentage of greenhouse gas molecules in the air this effect keeps the earth about 55 - 60 degrees warmer than it would otherwise be, and the fact that through easily recognizable if [2] inadvertent growing patterns we have at this point probably at least [3] doubled the total collective amount in heat absorption and re-radiation capacity of long lived atmospheric greenhouse gases (nearly doubling total that of the [4] leading one, carbon dioxide, in the modern era), to [5] levels not collectively seen on earth in several million years — levels that well predated the present ice age and extensive earth surface ice conditions — it goes [6] against basic physics and basic geologic science to not be «predisposed» to the idea that this would ultimately impact climate.»

Gary — If you view the Richard Alley videos (see my several comments above), it appears that they are investing considerable money and effort into protection against potential adverse climate change impacts, and that this has become a priority item in the QDR for the first time.

In the event that politicians start to act with serious risk management against increasingly devastating climate impacts, the fossil fuel assets then

The Great Global Warming Swindle, like Against Nature, had a huge impact, persuading many people that manmade climate change is not taking place.

This infographic on the actions that need to be prioritized to improve the adaptive capacity in agriculture sectorsto ensure food security and build resilience against climate change impacts.

Advocating against underlying inequalities and removing systemic barriers that hinder the lives and livelihoods of women, such as the lack of decision - making power or land (and land inheritance rights), which exacerbate the disproportionately negative climate impacts for women.

But to be in compliance with the Paris Agreement, all EFSI projects have to be assessed against their long - term climate impacts.»

Secondly, city governments are the drivers for addressing risks through ensuring basic services, which are the first line of defense against the impacts of climate change and natural hazards.

Last month, three Colorado municipalities — the City and County of Boulder and the County of San Miguel — filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor, blaming them for the impacts of climate change.

Natural Resources Defense Council, California, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oregon, Vermont and Washington — State transportation departments will have to to continue to comply with an Obama - era rule and assess the impacts their projects will have on climate change, thanks to the NRDC and the states that filed suit against the Trump administration.

The best defense against the harmful impacts of adverse weather / climate change is the construction and maintenance of robust infrastructure.

Donald Trump's presidency has climate scientists concerned about the implications for U.S. environmental policies, the worldwide effort to curb the impacts of climate change, and the ability of scientists to freely to continue their research, which can be insidiously undermined through funding cuts, gag orders, or punitive measures and retaliatory attacks against scientists who publicly discuss their research.

7 June, 2017 — Marine reserves can give protection against the impacts of climate change to both sea life and land - dwelling species, including humans.

As FoE's forest program gains ground against interests that wreck forest and wreak climate havoc, we are committed to addressing the root causes of deforestation and climate change, and to continuing to advance the perspectives of the indigenous and grassroots communities most impacted by these crises.

While the recent moratorium on new coal leases on federal land will not directly impact the Colorado Roadless Rule decision, advocates are hopeful it signals that the Obama Administration will use this opportunity to take another stand against coal and climate pollution.

California cities San Francisco and Oakland filed separate lawsuits against five oil companies on Wednesday seeking billions of dollars to protect against rising sea levels they blamed on climate change... Marin and San Mateo counties and Imperial Beach, California, in July brought similar public nuisance and failure to warn lawsuits alleging climate change impacts.

More importantly, against the combined threats of whaling, habitat degradation, pollution, disturbances from sonar and drilling activities, overfishing of prey species, and the uncertain looming impacts of climate change, whales are surviving.

Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, hit back against climate denier Lord Nigel Lawson's accusation that the Bank had its priorities wrong by researching the impact of climate change in the insurance industry.

My opponent would lower taxes on multi-millionaires, even though this could have a dramatic impact on our nation's budget and our war against climate change.