Sentences with phrase «climate disruption»

When asked to rank the importance of climate disruption on a scale from zero to 10, the average response was 7.9.

This is precisely the sort of headline that climate scientists have been warning us about when they talk about altered precipitation patterns as a result of global climate disruption.

We know that while women are among the most negatively impacted by climate disruption, we are also key to creating climate solutions.

As we learned in the latest report from the world's climate scientists, released just two weeks ago, our window to turn the corner on climate disruption is closing fast.

Are or aren't we in grave danger from climate disruption by 2050?

The trend lines for climate disruption, water scarcity, species extinction and resource depletion say it all.

Climate disruption deniers have been claiming for years now that the global temperature has been cooling down, even though the temperature data clearly shows that it isn't.

Human - driven climate disruption poses extreme risks in the coming decades.

It includes a new section about climate disruption and the choices we can make to respond to this most pressing of environmental and social problems.

Large forests will become more and more important as climate disruption progresses.

This report is the best tool society has for making informed, rational decisions on how to deal with climate disruption.

But it's presented as the first line of defense against climate disruption instead of a fall - back plan.

Nor has he apparently read about the many studies that say the costs of addressing climate disruption will not affect the global economy as much as he seems to believe.

Local communities have challenged both the safety of transporting coal, oil and volatile gas through their communities and the role of fossil fuel export in fueling catastrophic climate disruption.

For the purposes of this post, let's pretend climate disruption does not exist -LRB-!).

I also recognize industrial climate disruption as the single greatest issue facing humanity of our time.

«What I call climate disruption, which is more than climate change, is a reality for anybody,» he said.

And it's pretty clear why: in addition to driving dangerous climate disruption, these coal plants are having enormous effects on human health.

, the one that attempts to tackle climate disruption.

Temperature rises above 2 degrees C (*) will be very difficult for contemporary societies to cope with, and will increase the level of climate disruption through the rest of the century.

But when the topic is human - caused change that will have severe consequences if people keep on burning until climate disruption stops them, public education and outreach is also very important.

If coal usage is never constrained by environmental policy nor limited by emergence of less expensive energy sources, the resulting climate disruption can be expected to reach catastrophic levels.

Using publicly available data already gathered by federal agencies, a new report shows that actions to effectively reducing climate disruption must include keeping dirty fuels in the ground.

She has also spoken up frequently about the need to restrict emissions of carbon dioxide, both to limit climate disruption and protect sea life.

The report is also very clear about this - the effects will only grow worse if we fail to curb carbon pollution, the main culprit behind climate disruption.

More than three - quarters of North American firms are not taking steps to address climate change risks, despite emerging impacts and projections of increased climate disruption.

In the first, human greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, create climate disruption, and then a hotter world.

«All of the additional mining, harvesting, building and manufacturing to provide for growing numbers of people increase greenhouse gas emissions and cause greater climate disruption,» he said.

However, ethics require all of us to find valid ways to combat climate disruption, he states, adding that we need to harness ancestral human drives to this task.

Climate change equals climate disruption — is never good.

The most serious of these problems show signs of rapidly escalating severity, especially climate disruption.

The assessment lets us know that it's not too late to act, but we must do it now if we want to stop the worst of the expected climate disruption.

Third, not only are the adverse effects of climate disruption clearly evident today, they're also speeding up.

They are feeling the emerging impacts of climate change and increasingly recognize the threat of further climate disruption.

The total amount pledged represents a disconnect between the actions that developed countries say are needed to confront climate disruption and what can actually be accomplished with the quantum of funds announced.

How many floods and droughts will it take to wake people up to the very real and immediate threats and risks associated with global climate disruption?

It also reminded me that we must cultivate those same deep instincts to protect our children from climate disruption.

We pay for climate disruption every day in the form of hurricanes, droughts, floods, heat waves, and other dangerous weather events that pose significant health and economic risks.

It is one thing to believe that you know more about climate disruption than everyone else when you've studied the field for years.

Whether the issue is terrorism or human - caused climate disruption, the reality is that we don't know precisely «the way it is,» or what lies ahead.