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Drilling in the Arctic Ocean not only would exacerbate climate change effects in the region through the emission of black carbon, but it also takes the country in the wrong direction in the fight to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

«Consideration of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change effects in NEPA Reviews,» Frontiers of Freedom, March 29, 2015.

The article included claims about climate change effects in the Cooks which can not...

Regarding climate change effects in the WHO results, according to the UK's Hadley Center climate model (HadCM2 — IS92a scenario) climate - change induced disease risks could double by the year 2030 — all other factors held constant.

The Climate Change Commission, consisting of five members with expertise in climate change in Hawai`i, advises CCSR with the latest science and information on climate change effects in the City and provides advice to CCSR, the mayor, City Council, and executive departments of the City.

Research priorities in the IRRI - China collaboration include China's national program on breeding super hybrid rice, improving the grain quality of inbred rice lines, and addressing the challenges of climate change effects in farming through climate - smart technologies.

In a paper, recently published in the ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Frangopol and Dong propose a framework to aid the optimal adaptation of residential buildings considering climate change effects in a life - cycle context.

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But when asked by Sen. Bob Corker (R - TN) if human activity has contributed to climate change, Tillerson said that «the increase in the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are having an effect,» and that «our ability to predict that effect is very limited.»

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

In his 2017 book «Climate of Hope,» cowritten with veteran environmentalist Carl Pope, Bloomberg wrote that he understands that there are certain executives unmoved by warnings about the effects of manmade climate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opporClimate of Hope,» cowritten with veteran environmentalist Carl Pope, Bloomberg wrote that he understands that there are certain executives unmoved by warnings about the effects of manmade climate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opporclimate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opportunity.

Business owners across the country would be wise to follow in Smith's footsteps, as the effects of climate change are undeniable.

When UCLA's Smith travelled to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change, locals would «sigh and oblige me, but then say, «There's also this oil plant going up behind me,» or, «All these Filipino immigrants are pouring in.

Over the last two weeks, the world's politicians, businessmen, scientists and environmentalists have gathered in Paris to discuss one thing: how to save the world from the catastrophic effects of climate change.

Over the past three decades we have seen an increase in insured damages, and it is up to all of us — the insurance industry, governments and citizens — to do our part in responding to the effects of climate change.»

Cities are projected to require at least USD 1.7 trillion a year for climate change mitigation and adaptation above business as usual in order to align GHG levels with those that limit global warming to 2 °C and avoid the worst effects of climate change.

But while the scientific community is in consensus about climate change, its effects on insurance aren't so clear, despite the soaring cost damage.

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

In British Columbia, we see the effects of climate change in the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sectoIn British Columbia, we see the effects of climate change in the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sectoin the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sector.

It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate change and, if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.

A Christian charity has called for UK banks to stop investing in fossil fuels because it contributes to devastating effects of climate change.

However, the continued effect of climate change on grazing lands has pushed the Fulani herdsmen further south in search of grass and water, widening the scope of the conflict in southern parts of the country.

A U.K. - based Antarctic research project called Project MIDAS monitoring the effects of climate change on an ice shelf called Larsen C announced that a vast rift in the rapidly warming pole has split entirely and created a brand new iceberg — the third largest in the world.

Although MIDAS is studying climate change's effect on Antartica, they said they weren't sure whether or not global warming was actually the culprit in this particular calving (although they said it does leave the ice shelf in a «vulnerable position.»)

«I see the effects climate change is having on the poorest people in the world every day.

Bill McKibben, whose book The End of Nature was one of the first to protest against the effects of climate change, offers us, in Eaarth, one of the most important books on environmental justice in the 21st century.

A study by Historic Environment Scotland into the effects of climate change on buildings in Scotland... More

A new insurance program has been launched to help small farmers in developing countries recover from devastating effects of climate change.

Growing scarcity In addition to a growing scarcity of natural resources such as land, water and biodiversity «global agriculture will have to cope with the effects of climate change, notably higher temperatures, greater rainfall variability and more frequent extreme weather events such as floods and droughts,» Diouf warned.

The combined effects of climate change could reduce potential output by up to 30 percent in Africa and up to 21 percent in Asia, the FAO Chief noted.

The Rainforest Alliance will continue its commitment to reduce the effects of climate change by building climate resilience in some of the world's most vulnerable regions through forest conservation and sustainable agriculture.

«Linking health and climate change in challenging our eating habits could have more effect than focusing on each of these issues alone,» said Springmann.

Last year, a report by the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University, led by Professor Marco Springmann, said a tax on animal products could have a «substantial» effect in terms of mitigating their contributions to climate change.

The world's five million smallholder cocoa farmers — many of whom are already struggling with economic hardship — are also contending with the effects of climate change: hotter temperatures, unpredictable rainfall and a shift in growing seasons.

Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wclimate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global wClimate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.

For three years, UTZ and the DE Foundation worked on an ambitious Coffee Climate Care (C3) project with 1,250 coffee farmers in Vietnam to help them adapt to the effects of climate Climate Care (C3) project with 1,250 coffee farmers in Vietnam to help them adapt to the effects of climate climate change.

Working with in - country partners, IRRI develops advanced rice varieties that yield more grain and better withstand pests and disease as well as flooding, drought, and other harmful effects of climate change.

Farmers in Mexico and Central America are already dealing with the effects of climate change: shorter growing seasons, unpredictable rainfall, and a surge in plant diseases and pests.

«Our missions are very similar, to work with farmers and communities in an effort to protect the natural environment and help mitigate the effects of climate change on a global scale.

As the effects of climate change become a growing concern, coffee production is increasingly impacted, but the Rainforest Alliance engages with producers in a variety of ways to adapt to and reduce climate change's effects.

We want to do our part to reduce our carbon emissions from fossil fuel consumption in order to help prevent the worst effects of climate change.

Among the most visible and dramatic effects of climate change in Massachusetts is sea level rise and ocean acidification.

Notebaert museum exhibit drives home climate change - Daily Herald - April 3, 2016 The museum is helping to educate visitors on the causes and effects of climate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oclimate change - Daily Herald - April 3, 2016 The museum is helping to educate visitors on the causes and effects of climate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oclimate change, and how they can help, through the exhibit «Weather to Climate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out oClimate: Our Changing World,» which runs in Chicago through Oct. 23 before heading out on tour.

The birds, pollinators, land mammals, and marine mammals in Massachusetts have already started feeling the effects of climate change on their habitats and life cycles.

As individuals, by working in our communities, and by supporting climate policy, we can effect dramatic positive change at the community level.

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change in our community.

Energy conservation and the development of renewable energy resources, including wind energy, are an important step in reducing the effects of climate change.

According to him, the House is in the final stages of providing legal framework to address natural disasters caused by the effects of climate change.

Clearly there is a balance to strike between doom - ridden messages and «bright - side» opportunities, and uncertainties around the science and the expected effects of climate change must be factored in too.

«Governor Cuomo has been a national leader in the fight to protect and preserve the environment from the effects of climate change.

In a break with all but two nations across the world, President Donald Trump announced today that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a historic agreement to lessen the country's carbon footprint in an attempt to fight the global effects of climate changIn a break with all but two nations across the world, President Donald Trump announced today that the United States would withdraw from the Paris climate accord, a historic agreement to lessen the country's carbon footprint in an attempt to fight the global effects of climate changin an attempt to fight the global effects of climate change.