Sentences with phrase «as usual path»

In short, while Hansen was arguably wrong to call Scenario A «business as usual,» Michaels» false assertion that emissions had continued on a business as usual path was (and still is) without basis, and in the process, he grossly misrepresented Hansen's research.

The WMO warned that continuing on a business as usual path of rising emissions could put the world on track for 10.8 °F (6 °C) increase in the global average temperature.

If we continue along a business as usual path with greenhouse gases increasing faster and faster, then it's going to become impossible to avoid losing the Arctic, for example.

Pearce urges Labour to reject a business as usual path in which the government «would tax a little more and cut a little less, leaving the architecture of the state untouched and the current framework of services and social security in place».

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Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of church as usual to the sunlit path of loving community.

But mainly, Hamilton was startled during his commentary by something he had never seen before in his nine years of describing the Braves in action: As Aaron turned third base, his solemn face suddenly broke into a bright grin, as surprising to see, considering his usual mien, as if he had started doing an Irish jig coming down the base path toward the platAs Aaron turned third base, his solemn face suddenly broke into a bright grin, as surprising to see, considering his usual mien, as if he had started doing an Irish jig coming down the base path toward the platas surprising to see, considering his usual mien, as if he had started doing an Irish jig coming down the base path toward the platas if he had started doing an Irish jig coming down the base path toward the plate.

In other news, our team seems to be rounding nicely into form, with a productive off - season and several new additions already settling in, there seems to be a renewed sense of confidence in the air... our well - oiled machine has conducted business again early this year, so we can just sit back, kick our feet up and watch all those other suckers scramble to make panic moves in the 11th hour... of course, we need to tie up a few loose ends but our team of savvy negotiators, under the tutelage of our faithful leader, will perform their usual magic with ample time to spare... I have to laugh when I look around the soccer world and see all those teams look upon us with envy and scorn as they struggle to mimic our seemingly infallible business model... thank goodness the powers that be had the foresight and fortitude to resist the temptations of the modern football era... instead of listening to all the experts and simply taking the easy way out by making the necessary improvements on the field and in the front office, we chose the path never traveled... we are truly pioneers in our field... sometimes you just have to have faith in the people that have always conducted themselves in a respectful and honest fashion... most fans aren't so fortunate, they will never know what it's like to follow a team that treats everyone in and around the club as if they were an extended member of the family... all for one I say... so when you wake up this morning, please try not to gloat when you see rival fans pacing back and forth waiting for their respective teams to pull the usual panic buys, just say nothing and be thankful that it isn't you... like I've always said, this is why you stay the course... this is when the real benefits of having someone in charge for over 2 decades really pays off... have a great day fellow Gunners

If the U.K. is fully removed from the EU soon, the EU officials may try to quickly restore the old «business - as - usual» pretending that nothing serious has happened, no changes in the EU are necessary, the U.K. has de facto never belonged to the EU so it's not a big deal, and the EU should continue along the pre-Brexit path.

Chief among its findings, UEF said, is that if the planet continues on a business - as - usual path, temperatures may rise at least 2.4 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels — or 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit — by 2020.

The model compares and contrasts two main paths that China's energy consumption could take: One, which the paper calls the «Continued Effort» scenario, is a business - as - usual trajectory.

Rather, the study looks at a range of possible future scenarios, says Garner, including the business - as - usual emissions path we are still on.

To derive the climate projections for this assessment, we employed 20 general circulation models to consider two scenarios of global carbon emissions: one where atmospheric greenhouse gases are stabilized by the end of the century and the other where it grows on its current path (the stabilization [RCP4.5] and business - as - usual [RCP8.5] emission scenarios, respectively).

Quite a bit of the discussion is along the predictable and tired paths of building in some corrective measures into «business as usual» scenarios, but at least a few brave voices from within civil society and some governments are pushing for more fundamental changes in economic and political structures.

With intake and exhaust gases now taking a slightly longer, more convoluted path, throttle response isn't quite as sharp as usual, so exploratory blips of the pedal take a little longer to elicit movements on the rev - counter.

Advice Gene Luen Yang has some advice for aspiring cartoonists, and it's not the usual — he suggests they figure out whether they place a higher value money or self - expression and choose their path accordingly; also, it seems to take about ten years to become financially self - sufficient as a comics creator.

I'm planning on trudging along as usual and hopefully, we'll never go down that path.

Langyaw — Sojourns and Off - the - beaten Path Travels will continue to feature alternative places as well as great travel photography and veer away from the usual promotional / commercial posts and tourist traps.

A pillar nearby has a clear climbing path on it for you, which you can use to hop across up to that Watcher, and head down a slope to the side entrance which works via manual override as usual.

For example, one level introduced two enemy entrances that were somewhat far apart, and then gave me the long - range missile tower as a solution to the new daunting task of defending two paths with the same amount of resources as usual.

Remember many of us older people will be long dead before the difference between the business as usual pathway and whatever path the world takes makes itself evident.

While the breakup and slipping of ice sheets is a small part of sea rise now, he wrote last year, it could easily accelerate under the heating from a «business as usual» path for emissions.

The massive reports and shorter summaries are certainly relevant to global and national energy policies, describing the possible climatic outcomes of a wide range of societal paths, from business as usual to aggressive emissions curbs.

Many too many examples of the same ol' business of politics as usual and «stay the course» policymaking, even though this course of action could take our children down a «primrose path» to dark places and horrendous circumstances not one person alive today... all 6.7 billion of us... would ever choose to go.

Many seasoned climate scientists and energy experts, some of whom walked the halls here during the meeting like an admonitory Greek chorus, still expressed optimism that nations generating the century - long spike in emissions from burning fuels and forests were poised to divert from paths long labeled on graphs as «business as usual.»

The path to a clean energy future would not be painful for the public, but it requires standing up to special interests who benefit from business - as - usual.

I am optimistic that China and the U.S. are going to see the light within the next few years and get on a new greenhouse - gas emission path that will move emissions onto a path well below business as usual, in which case that estimate is excessive.

We're headed for about 5 °C global surface warming above pre-industrial temperatures by 2100 if we continue on a business - as - usual path.

Jim D: «These reductions did not just happen, because the most profit - making path would have been business as usual.

These reductions did not just happen, because the most profit - making path would have been business as usual.

But they can say with certainty that the world will continue to warm, especially if we continue on our business - as - usual path of burning ever more fossil fuels...

We also know that if we continue on a business - as - usual path, the risk of catastrophic consequences is very high.

We also looked at carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, finding that 2040 CO2 emissions would be reduced by 35 % relative to the 2040 business - as - usual scenario, and also put carbon emissions on a 50 % reduction path by 2050.

Over the next week we will examine some of the arguments made in the Prudent Path and NIPCC documents, some of the contradictions therein, and further illustrate why business - as - usual is actually a very imprudent pPath and NIPCC documents, some of the contradictions therein, and further illustrate why business - as - usual is actually a very imprudent pathpath.

But the bottom line is that continuing on a business - as - usual path is not prudent, it is exceptionally risky.

Strong, localized sea surface temperature anomalies may reveal that an ocean current, such as the Gulf Stream Current off the east coast of the United States, has veered off its usual path for a time or is stronger or weaker than usual.

In the case where the gravitational scale height is (as usual) much larger than the mean free path and the characteristic length of secular changes in temperature (which goes to zero as the system approaches thermal equilibrium, which this paper does not study) the paper itself clearly states in the introduction that the usual symmetric Fourier law holds.

As temperatures in the Northwest continue to rise this century, scientists expect snowpack to keep declining.2 In the Cascades, scientists project a reduction of as much as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, As temperatures in the Northwest continue to rise this century, scientists expect snowpack to keep declining.2 In the Cascades, scientists project a reduction of as much as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, as much as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, as - usual emissions path.11, 12

Michaels» assumption that emissions continued on a «business as usual» path is without merit.

In short, all lines of evidence point to a climate sensitivity of close to 3 °C for doubled CO2, which in turn points to a very dangerous amount of global warming if we continue on a business - as - usual path.

Climate sensitivity in excess of 6 deg, coupled with a business as usual emissions path would lead to a global warming by 2100 in excess of 10 degrees (and not stopping in 2100 of course).

The report offers policymakers a choice: spend $ 90 trillion on the infrastructure we need, but follow the business - as - usual path, or invest that money in a dramatic change for the global economy.

Those include recognizing three realities: first that billions of people are on an irreversible course toward living something that looks like a modern life, replete with the choices, comfort, and security that those of us in the rich world take for granted; second, that everyone on the planet and billions more likely to come can and should follow that path if they choose it; and third, that achieving that outcome while limiting global temperatures to something likely above two degrees but well below the business - as - usual scenario will require developing zero - carbon technologies capable of powering that world.

This reference scenario, also known as «business as usual,» is now lower (leading to 4.2 °C instead of 4.5 °C), in part because the world is already pursuing a lower emissions path than what was anticipated several years ago.

If, for example, by doing «more of the same business - as - usual activities» that we are doing now, we could be leading our children down a «primrose path» to a recognizably horrendous fate of some unknowable kind, would reason and common sense not suggest a change in behavior?

On a continued «business as usual» trajectory, the world will burn through about 5 times that safety limit by 2100, putting the world on a path for warming of more than 4.5 degrees Celsius and about a meter of additional sea level rise.

The first, an extremely dangerous business - as - usual path, is one in which we fail to act, decisively and in time, and thus commit ourselves to disruptive, frightening, and extremely expensive near - future adjustments.

And the IPCC has quantified how much future warming we can expect in various emissions scenarios - in the ballpark of 4 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2100 if we continue on our business - as - usual path (Scenario A2)(Figure 2).

We can stay with business as usual and preside over an economy that continues to destroy its natural support systems until it destroys itself, or we can adopt Plan B and be the generation that changes direction, moving the world onto a path of sustained progress.

in the US at one of the usual suspect schools was then regarded as the path to a teaching job at a Canadian law school.

As usual, this latest development has gotten people worried that human lawyers — and, in particular, recent law grads who have traditionally been tasked with legal research — may be on a path to extinction.