Sentences with phrase «climate impacts of decisions»

``... computer simulations that help people visualize the long - term climate impacts of decisions being undertaken today....

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The long - term impact of President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord will wash over everything from agriculture to economics to housing.

Quotes Anant Sundaram in an article examining the impact of President Trump's upcoming decision regarding U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Agreement on American companies.

«The decisions you make about what you put in the center of your plate are far more important than the decisions you make regarding what type of lightbulb you put in your house or what type of car you drive in terms of impact on climate,» Mr. Brown said.

Endeavoring to soften the impact of Trump's brash decision a few weeks later, Tillerson suggested that the administration had softened its approach, and that the US would be willing to remain in the climate deal.

Bambrick said the governor should consistently consider the impacts of climate change and apply the state's energy plan when making decisions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said again on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord on climate change has «potentially devastating impact» and one that New Yorkers are already seeing.

NEW YORK STATE — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said again on Friday that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Paris Accord on climate change has «potentially devastating impact» and one that New Yorkers are already seeing.

President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement puts future generations at risk and leaves the nation without a plan to mitigate the impact of climate change on society, said Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, on June...

The opportunity now is to better incorporate climate impacts into current decisions, so that adaptation isn't an additional requirement — it's part of making good decisions.»

Through planning scenario workshops, CISA works with community leaders, scientists, and decision - makers to explore possible impacts of climate change and options for managing them.

Short - and long - term impacts The American economy is already beginning to feel the effects of climate change, the report says, and «these impacts will likely grow materially over the next 5 to 25 years and affect the future performance of today's business and investment decisions.»

The project studies water resources in the Phoenix area with the goal of understanding decisions about scarce water resources and their impacts: How do water managers think about climate uncertainty?

Although the draft decision expresses «its utmost concern» regarding the impacts of climate change on the World Heritage reefs, any action is delayed by a call «to further study the current and potential impacts of climate change» for possible action when the committee meets in 2018.

The aim is to provide useful information for decision - makers and stakeholders in assessing the environmental impact of future climate change.

Lowe says that the study also demonstrates the potential value of incorporating climate information in the public health decision - making process not only in Ecuador but also in any epidemic - prone region, impacted by El Nino events.

Trudeau has also said his party will embrace «evidence based policy» and «data - driven decision - making,» do more to address climate change, protect endangered species, and review the environmental impact of major energy and development projects.»

Ecologists» research into the tropic cascading effects of predators will assist decision makers by providing important scientific findings to prepare for the impacts of climate change occurring now and into the future.

Three federal agencies announced the launch Monday of a joint program to predict climate change and its impacts on local scales over a few decades, information that decision makers will need to adapt to the inevitable.

«Therefore it is essential to understand how different climate factors interact and impact food production when reaching decisions on how to adapt to the effects of climate change.»

There will be an analysis of how a changing climate impacts and affects those decisions.

the type and effectiveness of local political leadership and input in larger decision - making questions — northern institutions often lack the time, mandate and funding to address climate change impacts — though emerging leaders in Canada and Alaska are proving to be an exception to this pattern;

-- To the maximum extent practicable and consistent with applicable law, every natural resource management decision made by the department or agency shall consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on those natural resources.

(4) identifies decision tools necessary to develop strategies for assisting natural resources to become more resilient and adapt to and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

It includes information submitted by a wide range of UN agencies on human, socio - economic and environmental impacts as part of a drive to provide a more comprehensive, UN-wide policy brief for decision makers on the interplay between weather, climate and water and the UN global goals.

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

Mission The mission of PNNL's Aerosol Climate Initiative is to advance the current scientific understanding and parameterization of aerosol processes and properties to improve comprehensive climate modeling frameworks and to inform policy decisions related to global climate change and the environmental impacts of aeClimate Initiative is to advance the current scientific understanding and parameterization of aerosol processes and properties to improve comprehensive climate modeling frameworks and to inform policy decisions related to global climate change and the environmental impacts of aeclimate modeling frameworks and to inform policy decisions related to global climate change and the environmental impacts of aeclimate change and the environmental impacts of aerosols.

She was lead author for the chapter on mitigation in the Third National Climate Assessment, a report mandated by Congress to provide scientific information and guidance for managing potential impacts of climate change and informing long - term planning decClimate Assessment, a report mandated by Congress to provide scientific information and guidance for managing potential impacts of climate change and informing long - term planning decclimate change and informing long - term planning decisions.

In examining the impact of the school's civic climate, it is again important to take into account other factors, focusing this time on those most likely to influence the respondent's decision to vote.

It includes information on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, analytic methods and tools, GHG reduction strategies, potential impacts of climate change on transportation infrastructure, and approaches for integrating climate change considerations into transportation decision making.

The model explores short - term scenarios of policy decisions by simulating social - economical - environmental systems, including the impact of climate - induced drought on crop failures and food prices.

«Recent vivid and memorable media coverage of climate change impacts around the world and domestically have brought global warming onto the radar screen of the residents of New York, elevating it to a risk worth worrying about,» said Elke U. Weber, a psychologist and professor of international business who is co-director of the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions at Columbia University.

SO, coming back to the issues of immediacy and inertia, our hope is that the sort of commitment accounting described and demonstrated in the paper will be taken up by other analysts and used to evaluate the long - run climate impacts of current capital investments, in turn allowing policymakers to confront these distant implications of their decisions in the present.

Judge Jackson's ruling exposes the bogus economic assumptions underlying nearly all of BLM's coal leasing decisions, and it will help hold BLM accountable for the climate impacts of other decisions on coal and fossil fuel extraction.

Dr. Koonin is correct that there is still uncertainty about the magnitude of the impacts of climate change and society will have to make decisions under such uncertainty.

'' We are convinced that the Natural Capital Protocol has the power to revolutionize the way that businesses evaluate their operations and make decisions, helping them to reduce pollution, protect biodiversity, and limit the impacts of climate change», says First Climate CEO Sascha climate change», says First Climate CEO Sascha Climate CEO Sascha Lafeld.

Policy implications are not limited by the uncertainties of climate science itself, they are more limited for other reasons: uncertainties in actual impacts and most importantly uncertainties in the actual outcomes of any specific policy decision.

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«We believe that a climate impact lens should be applied to all decisions regarding new fossil fuel development, and urge that a «carbon - reducing clean energy» strategy, rather than an «all - of - the - above» strategy become the operative paradigm for your administration's energy decisions,» the letter said.

«Climate Change Reconsidered II corrects this failure, presenting an analysis of thousands of neglected research studies IPCC has downplayed or ignored in its reports so that scientists, politicians, educators, and the general public can be better informed and make decisions about the potential impacts of CO2 - induced climate change.Climate Change Reconsidered II corrects this failure, presenting an analysis of thousands of neglected research studies IPCC has downplayed or ignored in its reports so that scientists, politicians, educators, and the general public can be better informed and make decisions about the potential impacts of CO2 - induced climate change.climate change.»

As health professionals who recognize the adverse health impacts of climate change and the need to mitigate those impacts now, we support the governors» decision to strengthen the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) by committing to further cut carbon pollution.

President Obama's decision to reject Keystone XL because of its impact on the climate is nothing short of historic — and sets an important precedent that should send shockwaves through the fossil fuel industry.

«For years, BLM has been telling the public that its individual coal leasing decisions — even those approving hundreds of millions of tons of coal — have no impact on our climate.

Advocating against underlying inequalities and removing systemic barriers that hinder the lives and livelihoods of women, such as the lack of decision - making power or land (and land inheritance rights), which exacerbate the disproportionately negative climate impacts for women.

CCAMLR Members also must ensure that it has adequately accounted for climate change impacts in all of its decision - making, including when setting catch limits for fisheries.

Implementation of a human rights monitoring programs in the context of BECCs should include the use of role and capacity analysis to assess the obligations of institutions at the international and national level to monitor the impacts of climate engineering, as well as their capacity and analysis of existing information systems and networks to assess critical information gaps to effective monitoring by decision makers, rights - holders and rights - bearers.

There followed three days of discussions among the attendees who were divided into 5 roundtables each with a particular issue at hand: 1) social impacts of climate change; 2) Climate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theclimate change; 2) Climate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theClimate Ethics: responsibilities and respective capabilities; 3) Social participation in decision - making; 4) Fighting climate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in theclimate change: direct actions for transformation; 5) Responsibilities North - South: Northern commitments to strengthen action in the South.

(1) support States and Indian tribes in the development of a geographic information system database of fish and wildlife habitat and corridors that would inform planning and development decisions within each State and Indian tribe, enable each State and Indian tribe to model climate impacts and adaptation, and provide geographically specific enhancements of State and tribal wildlife action plans;

The economic uniqueness of the climate - change problem is not just that today's decisions have difficult - to - reverse impacts that will be felt very far out into the future, thereby straining the concept of time discounting and placing a heavy burden on the choice of an interest rate.

As President of Climate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) LLC, I have worked with decision makers on climate impact assessments, assessing and developing meteorological hazard and climate adaptation strategies, and developing subseasonal climate forecasting strategies to support adaptive manaClimate Forecast Applications Network (CFAN) LLC, I have worked with decision makers on climate impact assessments, assessing and developing meteorological hazard and climate adaptation strategies, and developing subseasonal climate forecasting strategies to support adaptive manaclimate impact assessments, assessing and developing meteorological hazard and climate adaptation strategies, and developing subseasonal climate forecasting strategies to support adaptive manaclimate adaptation strategies, and developing subseasonal climate forecasting strategies to support adaptive manaclimate forecasting strategies to support adaptive management.