Sentences with phrase «climate change mitigation efforts by»

Not exact matches

Early definitions were unhelpfully circular «We define climate emergencies as those circumstances where severe consequences of climate change occur too rapidly to be significantly averted by even immediate mitigation efforts» (Blackstock et al 2009).

Two new studies have warned that climate change mitigation efforts will fail by merely focusing on checking of carbon dioxide emissions.

This is different than mitigation, which refers to our efforts to limit climate change by reducing greenhouse gases.

Hence, global mitigation efforts can enhance sustainable development prospects in part by reducing the risk of adverse impacts of climate change.

The HFC phase down would make a crucial contribution to the current global mitigation efforts that fall short of what is needed to curb climate change to a level considered safe by scientists.

This Synthesis Report repeats with greater certainty findings that have figured prominently in earlier IPCC assessments, that the Earth's climate is warming «unequivocally,» that the human influence in this process is «clear» and that the changing climate is very likely to bring impacts:» [w] ithout additional mitigation efforts beyond those in place today, and even with adaptation, warming by the end of the 21st century will lead to high to very high risk of severe, widespread, and irreversible impacts globally.»

I would also very much like to see some costings of the emissions pathway being championed by the Worldwatch Institute — costings both of the climate change impacts which would still occur, and of the efforts required to reduce emissions to the proposed degree — because I think this particular mitigation scenario can be as valuable in getting us on track as has been James Hansen's promotion of 350ppm as a target.

* According to the Berkeley group, the Earth's surface temperature will have risen (on average) slightly less than what indicated by NASA, NOAA and the Met Office * Differences will be on the edge of statistical significance, leaving a lot open to subjective interpretation * Several attempts will be made by climate change conformists and True Believers to smear the work of BEST, and to prevent them from publishing their data * After publication, organised groups of people will try to cloud the issue to the point of leaving the public unsure about what exactly was found by BEST * New questions will be raised regarding UHI, however the next IPCC assessment's first draft will be singularly forgetful of any peer - reviewed paper on the topic * We will all be left with a slightly - warming world, the only other certitude being that all mitigation efforts will be among the stupidest ideas that ever sprung to human mind.