Sentences with phrase «avoid irreversible damage»

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

(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.

Not exact matches

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.

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

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.

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.