Sentences with phrase «avoid irreversible»

I would argue that CO2 emissions ought to be very strongly decreased, ideally close to zero, to avoid irreversible climate change.

Business as usual is no longer an option if we are to avoid irreversible damage to the life - support systems of our planet.»

It is imperative that the agreement made in Paris recognizes and validates the principles of the convention and these thresholds to avoid irreversible harm to the climate system and those who are most affected by it.

Jan Kowalzig continues: «The world must act together to avoid irreversible climate change whose consequences are set to get worse.

(IPS)-- Packed into stifling meeting rooms in the Peruvian capital, delegates from 195 countries are trying to find a path that would make it possible for the planet to reach climate neutrality in the second half of this century — the only way to avoid irreversible damage, scientists warn.

First, there is broad agreement that if we keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius, it is «likely» that we'll avoid irreversible, runaway climate change.

Nearly fifteen years ago one of us observed: «We have only four decades left in which to gain control over our major environmental problems if we are to avoid irreversible ecological decline.»

We recognize the urgent need to act now to avoid irreversible costs to our global community's economic prosperity and public health and are optimistic that world leaders will reach an agreement to secure a transition to a low carbon future.

Consider purchasing a specially designed pet seatbelt, carrier or barrier to avoid irreversible consequences due to distractions or other mishaps.

Over what time period might this savannization process release carbon «equivalent to several years of worldwide carbon emissions», and how does that affect the assessment offered by Gore, Hansen and others that we have perhaps ten years in which to substantially reduce CO2 emissions to avoid irreversible catastrophic warming?

Not exact matches

When faced, for example, with the decision of whether or not to let a seriously ill or irreversible patient succumb voluntarily in terminal situations, we might avoid making the decision now, arguing for the possibility — maybe next week — that a new cure for the patient's condition will be discovered.

While recognizing that some damage resulting from climate change will be irreversible, McKibben is optimistic that humanity can still adapt and avoid the worst possible outcomes.

Also consider that implementing products like water temperature monitors, SIDS monitors, cabinet door locks, mini blind cord wranglers and smoke detectors can avoid death, dismemberment or irreversible scarring to your child.

«Washington State will need to respond vigorously to ocean acidification if we are going to avoid significant and possibly irreversible losses,» concluded the report from the Blue Ribbon Panel, which was co-chaired by former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief William Ruckelshaus.

Rapid emissions reduction is required to restore Earth's energy balance and avoid ocean heat uptake that would practically guarantee irreversible effects.

These are to define the reason for repairs, minimise intervention, avoid preventable damage and to seek reversibility and minimise irreversible damage.

Rapid emissions reduction is required to restore Earth's energy balance and avoid ocean heat uptake that would practically guarantee irreversible effects.

The idea (quoted in the United Nations Environmental Programme report) that in order to be reasonably sure of avoiding dangerous and potentially irreversible climate change, a minimum of a 50 % cut in global emissions compared with 1990 levels is required by 2050, is based firmly on the IPCC - led consensus, contrary to the impression you appear to have.

The core panel conclusion, of course, is that rich and developing nations are way behind on what would need to be done to avoid substantial and largely irreversible (on meaningful time scales) warming of the climate.

Need additional mitigation to avoid severe, widespread irreversible impacts Mitigation has less risk, increased benefit from mitigation now

«In Copenhagen, there will most likely be decisions that will cover how we're going to deal with avoided deforestation, and these will likely be irreversible,» he says.

Leading climate scientists say atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations should be reduced to 350 parts per million to avoid catastrophic, irreversible impacts.

Were the increase in average global temperatures held below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), then drastic climate change and long - term irreversible damage — like the melting of Greenland's glaciers — could still be avoided.

Given that existing fossil fuel operations already exceed the carbon budget left to avoid catastrophic, irreversible changes to our climate, there is no justification for new fossil fuel infrastructure, especially on the scale of the Southern Gas Corridor.

World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns If fossil fuel infrastructure is not rapidly changed, the world will «lose for ever» the chance to avoid dangerous climate change The world is likely to build so many fossil - fuelled power stations, energy - guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it will become impossible to hold global warming to safe levels, and the last chance of combating dangerous climate change will be «lost for ever», according to the most thorough analysis yet of world energy infrastructure.

«Irreversible» actions need to be avoided.»

But climate science now shows that the situation has become so urgent, and the forecasts so dire, that only radical social and economic transformation will give us a chance of avoiding dramatic and irreversible changes to the global climate.

Especially considering the monumental task that lies ahead of us if we want to avoid the «severe, pervasive and irreversible» ass - whooping that's coming our way, those are values we can't afford to abandon.

Say we need 20 years to get our sh*t together and reduce emissions, but we only have 10 before the tipping point (where ice melting becomes irreversible, for example), maybe it's worthwhile to pump out massive amounts of harmful junk, paint roofs white, whatever is possible, to avoid that tipping point.

But the cryptocurrency has many other characteristics that potentially make it interesting to a much more mainstream user - base — such as the fact transactions are irreversible, something of potential interest to online retailers wanting to avoid the hassle of chargebacks.

«Dr. Horowitz added that early therapeutic intervention to try to resolve alienation is clearly preferable in order to avoid belief systems becoming set and irreversible, to remove the stress that all family members are under and to prevent the situation from becoming the new normal, with the alienated parent becoming exhausted and ultimately capitulating.

However, while divorce and separation is necessary in many cases to avoid further troubles and emotional distress, if the problems are not only circumstantial, but also irrecoverable and irreversible.

After ruling out projects involving power tools, furniture revamps using paper måché or wallpapering a bathroom with art, and basically avoiding anything involving over 7 steps or the likelihood of any injury, colossal or irreversible damage to my house or furnishings... I decided on gift tags.