Sentences with phrase «avert dangerous levels»

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WHEN it comes to avoiding dangerous rises in sea level, every little bit of global warming we can avert will make a difference.

Even as negotiators meet in Marrakech, Morocco to take the next steps to avert dangerous human - caused climate change — and, even as the U.S. decides whether or not to elect a president who is skeptical it is happening — a new study has highlighted the sharp stakes involved, particularly when it comes to the ongoing rise in global sea level and the dramatic but uneven way in which it could affect the world's coastlines.

A recent UNEP report shows that current voluntary pledges for emission reductions are far below the levels necessary to avert dangerous climate change, and could lead to a 5C rise in temperature.

They join a UN Environment Programme report also released on Wednesday showing dangerous growth in the «emissions gap» — the difference between current carbon emission levels and those needed to avert climate change.