Sentences with phrase «climate changes this time»

Which is fantastic since my city has unexpected and dramatic climate changes this time of year from morning till evening.

Many of these teachers - in - training are career - changers like Shapiro, who was working at a policy foundation in San Francisco focused on climate change this time last year.

Although the technologies are still nascent, the idea that humans might help remove carbon from the skies as well as put it there is a reasonable Anthropocene expectation; it wouldn't stop climate change any time soon, but it might shorten its lease, and reduce the changes in ocean chemistry that excess carbon brings about.

If the US Secretary of State has evidence that the public is clamoring for action on climate change the time to produce it is now.

The IPCC and the rest of mainstream science agrees that we will begin experiencing the effects of climate change some time after 2040.

Those who think we should deal with poverty today and climate change some time in the future have not been following the dynamics of how climate change impacts will develop.

The skeptics are losing in the court of public opinion where severe weather is being more tied to climate change every time it happens.

Evaluating on climate change time scales can't effectively be done because we only have crude climate model simulations from the 1980's and the more sophisticated coupled models really came in the mid 1990's.

Not exact matches

Methane — a compound made up of one carbon atom bonded to four of hydrogen — is, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide.

Say what you will about Exxon's long - time climate change denial, about the lingering damage from the Exxon Valdez disaster, about the fact it's the archetype of Big Oil.

The history is important, as a problematic front - page story in The New York Times, How GOP Leaders Came to View Climate Change as Fake Science, illustrates.

At that same time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Control's Fourth Assessment Report called climate change an «unequivocal» threat to humanity's stability; extinction rates were accelerating; dry regions were becoming more arid; and global fisheries were collClimate Control's Fourth Assessment Report called climate change an «unequivocal» threat to humanity's stability; extinction rates were accelerating; dry regions were becoming more arid; and global fisheries were collclimate change an «unequivocal» threat to humanity's stability; extinction rates were accelerating; dry regions were becoming more arid; and global fisheries were collapsing.

«As I've said before, if we don't do anything about climate change now, in 50 years» time we will be toasted, roasted and grilled,» Christine Lagarde said during a panel discussion Tuesday at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Over time, the pipeline took on symbolic value of epic proportions, elevated by environmentalist and energy advocates alike into a proxy battle for climate change.

Hemp could help address climate change, since it absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees while growing in just a fraction of the time.

The smog has a difficult time getting aired out considering Milan is in a valley, and it's made even worse when the climate is dry and warm, as it was this winter — an issue that will likely only intensify as climate change progresses.

However, in a recent interview with the New York Times, Trump said he was keeping an «open mind» on the topic of confronting climate change.

«For a long time, climate change was pushed by EU diplomacy and the U.S. was largely absent,» said Edward Cameron, managing director of the New York - based Business for Social Responsibility, which organized numerous briefings and panel discussions at COP 21.

Climate change requires cooperation between countries over a period of decades but we don't have much time to waste.»

In an exposé published last September, Inside Climate Change and the Los Angeles Times suggested they had found just that.

Exxon says it had no definitive view about Climate Change at the time, but now believes its threat is clear and warrants action.

But ultimately this cost will be paid by future generations, who will have to cope with the harmful effects of a changing climate that we compound every time we eat meat ---- unless we act today.

But the Pentagon maintains that climate change impacts, including refugees from drought - stricken areas of the world and rising sea levels, are a significant threat to national security, as The New York Times reported.

But new side - by - side comparisons from EDGI provide a kind of virtual trip back in time to the web before Trump took office, shedding light on the subtle ways that the administration is making it harder to track down information about climate change and alternative energy sources online.

In time, climate change is expected to spur a slow, global northern migration as temperatures become more hospitable closer to the Arctic.

But HFCs are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide on a pound - per - pound basis, making them an obvious target for international efforts to combat climate change.

Though Tillerson has conceded that climate change is an issue, notes the Times, Trump has called it a «Chinese hoax.»

Other factors that may affect the timing of a sale are availability of bank financing, interest rate trends, changes in tax law, and the general economic climate.

Clark: With that in mind, do you think that this show comes at the perfect time with everything going on on the national stage in regards to immigration and climate change?

On the other hand, it also calls for $ 100 billion from industrialized countries to help developing nations address climate change, which could be a hard sell in lean economic times.

Something is off in our society when we spend more time worrying about the color of a dress as opposed to climate change.»

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«At the same time, we will continue to resolutely be a protector and promoter of the global climate system process, proactively participating in the multilateral climate change process,» Hua said.

He also managed to find some time this week to criticize Pope Francis on his climate change views.

Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key global challenges of our time, from climate change to sustainable development.

Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, also said he was thinking about climate change and American competitiveness and «how much it will cost our companies,» he said, according to a tweet by a Times reporter in the interview.

Trump told the New York Times in an interview that he thinks there is «some connectivity» between human activity and global warming, despite previously describing climate change as a hoax.

Brown, the two - time California's governor, has been working on climate change and energy for nearly forty years at both the state and local level.

The New York Times notes that the new plan could make climate change a major talking point in the upcoming presidential election.

«It is encouraging to see this major central bank seeing the need to move with the times and understand its role in dealing with one of the major challenges facing our economies today: climate change,» said James Leaton, research director at the Carbon Tracker Initiative.

At the same time, Trump has been seen withdrawing America from its global leadership role, after exiting both the Paris Agreement on climate change and the Trans - Pacific Partnership.

During the 2015 - 2016 academic year, I chaired the Government of Alberta's Climate Change Leadership Panel, for which I was compensated by the government for 30 days of work with the balance of my time commitment (at least 34 additional days) being covered by a release from the Dean of the Alberta School of Business.

Here's the answer: every one of these very different companies creates products and services that address one or more of the most challenging issues of our time — such as hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change — and makes a great profit.

«In a nutshell, it looks like Canada is becoming a leader in just transitions in the same way that they've been a leader on climate change policy for the past two or three years,» McGowan said at the time.

We simply won't be able to avoid dangerous climate change, as all our countries have pledged to do, unless we switch over time to using clean power for activities like driving our cars and heating our homes.

She officially took MacArthur's helm last year after over a decade as a top exec there, and has moved with bold decisiveness to streamline the foundation and focus its resources on some of the biggest challenges of our time, including climate change and mass incarceration.

April 7, 2016 - Climate Change 2016: As Proxy Season Arrives, Shareholder Activists File Record Number Of Environmental Resolutions - International Business Times

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«Making progress on climate change and clean growth is hard and at times slow work, and we can't ignore the fact that Canada is still digging out from a deficit of previous federal inaction.

We also know CO2 causes climate change - but vented gas (methane - the prime component of your home heating gas) is many times stronger as a greenhouse gas.