Sentences with phrase «asked whether climate change»

When asked whether climate change is a serious problem, 69 percent of respondents believed in 2014, but the 2015 results showed only 63 percent think the same way in 2015.

«I'm often asked whether climate change will threaten food supply, as if it's a simple yes or no answer,» said Stanford professor and study co-author David Lobell.

Very similar ideological divisions occur when the French are asked whether climate change is harming people now: Those on the right are significantly less likely to say climate change is currently affecting people.

But the pattern of repudiation extends to more - measured nominees such as Ohio's Rob Portman and California's Carly Fiorina who pointedly insisted, «I'm not sure,» when asked whether climate change was happening.

But if you're interested in asking whether climate change is currently increasing the risk of wildfires and projected to do so more, the answer is yes,» he said.

When he first started calling transportation officials across Alaska in late 2006 to ask whether climate change had damaged any roads or bridges he would often get laughs.

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Asked whether China had talked to the Trump administration about the Paris agreement, she said: «China and the United States have close communications about a wide variety of topics, and of course, this includes the issue of climate change.»

She opposed setting a target to reduce carbon emissions, backed plans - which were later reversed - to sell off Britain's forests, and last year, after being appointed energy minister, asked officials whether climate change really existed.

Update / note: To be clear, I'm not asking for views whether or not climate change is true, if we have the ability to change it for good or bad, what evidence exists, whether people want or oppose change, or anything like that.

«I do not believe that human activity is causing these dramatic changes to our climate the way these scientists are portraying it,» the first term senator said Sunday on ABC «This Week,» after being asked by ABC News» Jon Karl whether humans were contributing to the heating up of the planet.

I asked him whether he was concerned that his trip would make a contribution to climate change — we had, after all, just sat through a two - hour presentation on the topic.

«We aren't just curious about whether climate change had an impact on an event — we're also asking what can this tell us about the likelihood and magnitude of events in future.»

The researchers asked the students whether they believed that humans are causing climate change, and they also had the students complete a test intended to reveal their automatic, instinctual preferences toward the politicians.

Responses to climate - linked factual questions, such as whether Arctic sea ice area has declined compared with 30 years ago, were politicized as if we were asking for climate - change opinions.

When asked by Merkley whether the United States should step up in combatting climate change, to match major efforts in countries including India and China, Tillerson said, «I think we have stepped up.»

Sanders asked Zinke whether President - elect Donald Trump was correct in calling climate change a «hoax.»

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The poll did not ask respondents whether climate change is caused by people.

Asked whether China had talked to the Trump administration about the Paris agreement, she said: «China and the United States have close communications about a wide variety of topics, and of course, this includes the issue of climate change.»

If you ask the average person whether in the long run it is climate change or an asteroid / comet impact that's expected to kill more people annually, you'll undoubtedly get some confused replies.

The judge in the case did not, in his specific questions to the parties, ask if there was a consensus on the science, or whether climate change would present catastrophic risks.

Whether there is an equity problem in Australia is like asking is there a climate change problem in affecting Australia.

I was asking whether someone could comment on climate change in terms of Entropy, and if that were not possible, if they could at least suggest any other sources I could consult.

I asked him to elaborate and provide a few examples in which people described unfounded links between extreme events and global warming, and also whether he thought scientists and scientific institutions like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change were beyond reproach.

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In 2008, I asked the Bush administration's climate treaty team whether the world would have been better off signing a Framework Convention on Technology Change back in 1992 than one on climate cChange back in 1992 than one on climate changechange.

Systems can switch from one state to another quite abruptly, and one might ask whether such sudden state changes are predicted by the climate models.

A few years ago a climate researcher was asked whether they thought governments were going to take action to stop climate change.

Whenever there is a new record - breaking weather event, such as record - high temperatures, it is natural to ask whether the occurrence of such an event is due to a climate change.

Now, with my recent focus on nuclear power for ending poverty and mitigating climate change, a few friends have asked whether my views on climate have changed.

The SEC has also requested public comment in a Concept Release, which is looking at how the disclosure of risk could be improved and is asking whether current reporting on climate change is adequate.

It's obvious that the biosphere affects climate and vica versa so the correct question to ask via null hypothesis is whether human influence is capable of overriding the natural order, i.e. human influence by itself is able to make (adverse) changes.

He says there is scientific consensus among experts that climate change is occurring, but the nationwide online poll of 2,600 adults asked whether they believe scientists agree or disagree about it.

Sure, according to averaged, world - wide records it got a bit warmer and then stopped, but ask any sane middle - aged person whether they feel that their local climate has changed in any kind of devastating way in their lifetime, and they will say no.

«From an overall sample of 488 people, a screening item asked whether participants (1) believed humans were contributing substantially to climate change, (2) believed climate change was occurring, but that humans were not contributing substantially to it, or (3) did not believe the climate was changing.

Should there be a different survey that asks whether they trust the findings of the climate scientists in regard to climate change?

The authors then asked those scientists whether they were convinced or unconvinced by the evidence for human - induced climate change.

It would be very interesting to ask McIntyre whether Lindzen's statistics were sounder than Mann's, and as a baseline calibration also the Campaign to Repeal the Climate Change Act to which Lindzen addressed his views.

I ask the reader to think, when next he or she sees a bird, what choices does that bird have in whether something is done to slow the climate change that will severely affect that bird's habitat?

More specifically, when opponents of climate change policies make self - interest based arguments against the adoption of policies such as cost to the United States, there are no follow - up questions asked by the press about whether those who argue against climate change policies on grounds of cost to the United States are denying that the United States has duties or responsibilities to those outside the United States to prevent harm to them.

More often, models have been tested by hindcasting — they are forced with a known change starting at a past known climate state, and asked whether they can accurately project the output (e.g., a temperature change resulting from a change in CO2, solar forcing, etc.)?

On 2013/07/19 I asked Naomi Bittner, who seems to be the main spokesperson for the HF, whether she accepts the fact of anthropogenic climate change and how the group in general stand on the point.

The evidence for this widespread failure to understand the practical significance of seeing climate change as a moral issue includes the almost universal failure of the press or advocates of climate change policies to ask those governments, businesses, organizations, or individuals who oppose national climate change policies on the grounds of national economic cost alone whether they deny that in addition to national economic interest nations must comply with their obligations, duties, and responsibilities to prevent harm to millions of poor, vulnerable people around the world.

a reporter asked Scott whether man - made climate change «is significantly affecting the weather, the climate.»

When asked by the Tampa Bay Times in 2010 whether he believed in climate change, Scott simply replied, «No.»

They asked whether using alarmist language to describe the future of climate change is an effective way to develop public awareness of the risks that exist.

Chairman Markey pressed the executives on science of anthropogenic global warming, asking each whether he agreed with Don Blankenship, CEO of Massey Energy, who has referred to climate change as a «Ponzi scheme and a hoax.»

Markey asked whether, in light of the vindication of the scientists involved in the CRU e-mail hack (see links below), Boyce now accepts the scientific evidence for climate change.

In the months since the study was published, Stevens has been peppered with emails from schoolteachers and laypeople asking him, broadly speaking, whether climate change is indeed something to worry about.