Sentences with phrase «assuming continued progress»

Scenarios showing higher temperature increases by 2100, such as Climate Interactive INDC Strict, assume no continued progress after the INDCs are achieved.

Not exact matches

Some scientists continue the assumption of the rationality and goodness of man; with such confidence in progress one does not need to be concerned about the uses that will be made of one's work, since it is assumed that the end result of all discovery is beneficial.

Also, while I think that science and technological progress and capitalism have done a pretty good job of avoiding permanent resource scarcity so far (eg, the Simon / Ehrlich bet), I don't think we should assume that they can do so forever, or that economic growth will continue at the current several percent rate forever - they might, betting against human ingenuity is always dangerous, but a good, robust strategy would take into account the possibility that there might be limits to growth even if it is difficult to pinpoint any one given constraint.

It also means we still have about 50 years of reserves in the ground, assuming continued technological progress.

The INDCs in the Paris Agreement, assuming no further progress with the pledges, would put the world on track for a global temperature increase of 3.5 °C (6.3 °F) above pre-industrial levels, with a range of uncertainty from 2.1 to 4.7 °C (3.7 to 8.4 °F), down from the 4.5 °C (8.1 °F) of warming expected if nations continue business - as - usual.