Sentences with phrase «climate if no progress»

In 2006, Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen suggested that we might need to start deliberately engineering the climate if no progress could be made on curbing our emissions.

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There'll be no progress on climate change if the White House vetoes it.

Now it may not be, you know, the solution to climate change but I think that there will be probably some form of progress made here whether it's an agreement to kind of pre-agree on what a treaty might look like or if it's progress on reducing deforestation and other issues that the country seem to be a lot closer to agreement on.

If early - career scientists «embark on careers in this field today, they [will] only find greater and greater excitement as they progress,» says Rajendra Pachauri, the Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Taking carbon out of the atmosphere will be crucial if we are to slow the progress of climate change.

It will not substantially hamper global climate progress if the USA really quits the Paris agreement, but it will hurt the American economy and society alike.

«They have tried to claim success in addressing emissions, but the reality is that they have made very little progress, and if nothing is done, emissions will continue to increase, putting climate objectives at risk,» Lutes said of the ICAO and the IMO.

The key to climate progress is watchdogging governors and state legislators, reaching out directly via phone calls and in - office visits, making sure to thank them for progress, and holding them accountable if they side with polluters.

It is challenging to create a climate of inclusion if there is little diversity on campus, so developing strategies for increasing diversity — and collecting data to clearly understand their progress — is important.

If they go this route, school systems will see dividends in more established measures that reflect SEL progress indirectly, like lower chronic absence rates, stronger school climate surveys, and better teacher - retention numbers, said Weissberg.

But even if climate scientists should see Crichton's book as a sign of progress or even as a back - handed compliment, I don't see how that should change the approach taken by this site.

A global climate strategy, for instance, will only work in the real world if it takes into account the glaring energy gap that hinders progress for the world's poorest billion or two.

If you're looking for general assessments of climate change, the IPCC 2007 report is probably the most comprehensive single source, and while there's been good progress since then on a number of topics, not thehing in «big picture» has really changed.

If we're going to achieve global progress in mitigating or reversing climate change, advocates on both sides will need to stop mixing fact with hyperbole:

Progress is continuing apace; and when (I choose to use that word rather than «if») the science becomes more robust, and when (or if) the corresponding climate trends toward volatility of weather emerge clearly from the background noise of «natural» daily weather, then more and more governments will find motivation to act.

If environmental groups and their backers want to see concrete progress on limiting the risk that humans will propel dangerous global warming, they may need more than just additional money and better organization, but also a hard look at core strategies and a philosophy that has long cast climate change as primarily a conventional pollution problem, not a technology problem.

I was engaged in a discussion with Monckton about his views of climate science and some disputes we'd had over stories I'd written when Brad Johnson, a climate blogger and editor at the liberal Center for American Progress, walked by — creating one of those volatile moments, as if matter and anti-matter had come a bit too close for comfort.

«What California's resolve shows is that even if progress on climate change and clean energy is stymied at the level of global governance or the nation - state, the subnationals can still move ahead to build a critical mass from below,» he wrote.

Though New York already offers forest owners a tax reduction, they can only receive it if they have a plan to harvest trees — not the ideal incentive for promoting climate progress.

The whole international climate debate is infused with issues of justice, and progress is possible only if each nation is seen to be doing its fair share.

If hundreds of regular men and women taking the time to train as a climate activists doesn't immediately strike you as an important indicator of progress, there are plenty of other things happening in Toronto and the larger province of Ontario that will.

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Joe Romm has gone on the record at Climate Progress on April 13, 2009 that the «median» forecast was for warming in the US by 2100 of 10 - 15F, or 5.5 - 8.3 C, and he made it very clear that if he had to pick a single number, it would be the high end of that range.

If the meeting yields progress on those three objectives «it will be a resounding success,» says Yvo de Boer, executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

«Progress was made on developing the Paris Agreement implementation rules, but the pace of negotiations must pick up significantly if the rulebook is to be finalized at the climate summit in Katowice, Poland next December.

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Congress can override the president if the House of Representatives and Senate both pass joint - resolutions — a kind of formal statement — as thinktank the Centre for American Progress and blog Climate Progress point out.

In fact, an entirely new approach is needed if much progress is to be made in characterizing and understanding the climate system.

Getting this context clearly understood as the premise for policy discussion is important now if progress is to be made in shaping the future in ways that avoid potential political pitfalls as the impacts of climate change accelerate.

Even if the accounting behind D.C.'s climate progress were trustworthy, it is highly unlikely that the rapid decline in emissions will continue without substantive new policy interjections.

The current study is an effort by Ziska and colleagues to scale up to the continental level to see if climate change had progressed to where a temperature signal could be seen for ragweed in North America.

Had I done so, I might now be a fully fledged climate scientist, though I suspect strongly that, if I had progressed further into academia in my chosen area, my CAGW scepticism would have developed a lot sooner and my career may have been seriously curtailed as a result!

That's what has to change if we are to make progress as a self - governing society in addressing the issues that climate change poses about how to secure our well - being.

If you are interested in real progress on climate and clean energy, oppose SB 5735.

In its latest assessment of the progress of climate change, the body said: «If warming is not kept below two degrees centigrade, which will require the strongest mitigation efforts, and currently looks very unlikely to be achieved, the substantial global impacts will occur, such as species extinctions, and millions of people at risk from drought, hunger, flooding.»

If up to two thirds of fossil fuels can not be burned, investors in these projects risk being left with up to $ 2 trillion in «stranded assets», investments rendered valueless by a combination of rapid technological progress from renewables, more stringent climate policies and shifts in market sentiment.

If we're to see any progress on the so - called «Paris rulebook», wealthy countries need to provide real money for climate action.»

In fairness, there remains considerable uncertainty in aerosol effects, but if there will be real progress in narrowing the credible range for climate sensitivity, it has to come from reducing the still too wide uncertainty in aerosol effects, not from flogging climate models which assume aerosol offsets inconsistent with the best available measured effects.

If this were to happen and if I were a betting man I would say that this scenario is more likely than not, then we will have not progressed at all and that the science of climate change would be dead in the wateIf this were to happen and if I were a betting man I would say that this scenario is more likely than not, then we will have not progressed at all and that the science of climate change would be dead in the wateif I were a betting man I would say that this scenario is more likely than not, then we will have not progressed at all and that the science of climate change would be dead in the water.

This latest report was made at the conclusion of these negotiations during which almost no progress was made in defining equity under UNFCCC by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Durban Platform For Enhanced Action (ADP), a mechanism under the UNFCCC that seeks to achieve a adequate global climate agreement, despite a growing consensus among most observers of the UNFCCC negotiations that nations need to align their emissions reductions commitments to levels required of them by equity and justice if the world is going to prevent extremely dangerous climate change.

Those impacts will only worsen as climate change progresses and if offshore drilling hits the Arctic coast.

If the whole policy issues did not exist, the ocean - atmosphere - climate physics realm is pretty good from for the scientific methodological perspective (consistent progress in observation, theory and modeling).

John, don't know if you're still reading these comments, but there's a worrying new post at Climate Progress that could do with some economic analysis

Stop to ask if climate problems really demand the special politics of environmentalism — that we must swap development and progress for security, for example, or that living a «sustainable lifestyle» really is the best way to express solidarity with the world's poor and to lift them out of poverty — and George Marshall will call you a conservative.

And if this progress should occur, Dr. Curry, then your talk's main theses regarding the infeasiblity of predicting regional climate change... even if they are true now... are far less likely to be true in coming decades.

If nations offer deeper, earlier emissions cuts at that time and continue progress, projected warming could be limited to 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to analysis by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan.

If anything we absolutely know climates change and modern humans need to face that reality with solid engineering approaches as we continue to progress.

Daniel J. Weiss, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said the EPA's proposal would allow the administration to tackle climate change if Congress does not limit carbon emissions through legislation.

«If France really wants to remain the guardian of the Paris Agreement,» added Lucille Dufour, policy adviser for Reseau Action Climate in France, «it must bring forth all of its political weight to drive forward progress on key issues like adaptation and loss - and - damage.»

Reblogged this on Henrik Nordborg and commented: Unfortunately, if humanity made any progress in fighting climate change in recent years, we obviously forgot to inform the atmosphere.