Sentences with phrase «climate research as»

Only a small fraction of the US amount goes to climate research as such.

«had identified Climate Research as a journal where some editors were not as rigorous in the review process as is otherwise common».

With three grown - up children and his first grandchild on the way, he sees money spent on climate research as an investment in the world his grandchildren will inherit.

This is truly the state of climate research as the current references can not be trusted to be accurate at a tenth of degree.

I have seen estimates of the money spent by governments on climate research as high as a billion $ US a week.

When Climate Research published a paper dissenting from the Jones - Mann «consensus,» Jones demanded that the journal «rid itself of this troublesome editor,» and Mann advised that «we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer - reviewed journal.

So, you really do view climate research as evidence - free speculation all with the aim of wealth redistribution from wealthy to poor countries, organized and perpetrated by scientists.

On the other hand if you just love climate research as a really interesting intellectual pursuit, that's when you've got an interest in shedding doubt on the reigning view that CO2 - induced climate change is a serious policy program, requiring action.

See Skeptical Science's profile of John Christy for a through explanation of why he is not a credible voice in the scientific community studying climate change, using peer - reviewed climate research as refutation.

And consider the CRU e-mail comment on a journal that committed the mortal sin of publishing one of the heretical papers: «I think we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer - reviewed journal.

Not exact matches

«As a Catholic Church bank, we feel strongly responsible to participate in tackling the issue of climate change,» Tommy Piemonte, the bank's sustainability research officer, said in a statement.

Thaddeus R. Miller, an Arizona State University scientist who helps lead a national research network focused on «Urban Resilience to Extreme Events,» said in an email that boosting the capacity of cities to stay safe and prosperous in a turbulent climate requires a culture shift as much as hardening physical systems:

Looking at how this research unfolds may provide insight to countries affected by climate migration, such as Bangladesh and India.

The aim of the dialogue was to exchange ideas on the topic of low - carbon city development as well as share research conducted on climate change, renewable energy, and environmental governance in both Canada and China.

The beachhead groups were part of a larger constellation of advisers, including Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm (once considered for energy secretary), billionaire investor Carl Icahn (last seen shadily pushing for policy that would benefit his oil refineries), GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna (in charge of the DOE transition team), longtime climate skeptic (and hopeless dope) Myron Ebell, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (the oil devotee who supposedly wrote Trump's big energy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staffers.

The Globe «s Jeffrey Simpson offers Canadian politicians plaudits for the following good deeds: Ed Stelmach's decision to fund research into carbon capture and storage; Dalton McGuinty's decision to protect the boreal forest (because «untouched forests are wonderful carbon sinks») and to sign on to the Western Climate Initiative; Stephen Harper for agreeing to pour money into Ontario infrastructure; and the premiers for finally agreeing «that within one sovereign country, there ought to be as few obstacles to the movement of people and capital as possible.»

The paper has benefited from input from CICERO Center for International Climate Research, the Nordic Investment Bank, SEB, and Crédit Agricole CIB as well as several investors throughout the process.

I would like to share with you the work of our senior economist Marc Lee, who heads up our Climate Justice Project, as well as the work of one of our research associates, veteran earth scientist David Hughes (who spent 32 years working for the Geological Survey of Canada, where he focused on unconventional gas, coal and oil research).

Quite obviously, we do not know all that he meant by it — we can not hope to, separated as we are by twenty centuries from his time and dependent as we are upon a few meager records — but we are by no means altogether in ignorance of his meaning, and as historical research enables us to recover more fully the mental climate of Jesus» environment, our understanding becomes deeper and more adequate.

New research showing organic farming more effectively restores soil carbon and reduces the cause of climate change compared to conventional techniques could sway more shoppers to buy organic — especially as conscious consumerism continues to rise.

In his time with IRRI, Dr. Morell has been instrumental in shaping the institute's research and outreach agenda, including IRRI's leadership on climate change - ready rice, healthier rice varieties, farmer - friendly crop management and value chain practices as well as encouraging the next generation of rice scientists.

Focali - Forest, Climate, and Livelihood Research Network December 8, 2017 - Göteborg, Sweden Marcus Schaefer will represent the Rainforest Alliance as a speaker at this meeting on imports without deforestation with scientists, practitioners and industry.

As he explained to the Financial Times: «[Granata and I] were both very concerned by climate change and we wanted to do something about it, so we started meeting scientists at the Polytechnic University of Milan and started research to develop that technology.»

U.S. Advocates Human & Property Rights Solely for Those Nations Who Have the Power to Demand Them Dean Baker, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, took note this morning of the Obama Administration's perverse rationale regarding the compensation of the poorer nations bearing the earliest and worst effects of climate change, as spelled...

The effect of these kinds of supports on home visitors has not been well studied, but some research on similar interventions indicates implementation of evidence - based practices with fidelity monitoring and supportive consultation predicts lower rates of staff turnover, as well as lower levels of staff emotional exhaustion relative to services as usual.29, 30,31 Moreover, a supportive organizational climate has been associated with more positive attitudes toward adoption of evidence - based programs.32

As to education being a requirement: well, you should just look at the current debate on climate research to see how unreliable of a proxy education is.

Very worrying, the Economist which is hardly green left like me has had some great and worrying material on climate change... however the Economist is the intelligent voice of the free market right, where as as the excellent research above shows the tory bloggers are just a little dumb.

Jane Fae is an expert in issues relating to energy and climate change issues, writing a series of major reports for research companies (such as Datamonitor and Clarion) and consulting on behalf of UK energy providers.

The Cambridge University research for the NUT found a «noticeable change in the climate of schooling» as some teachers offered incentives such as snacks or «credits» towards a day off school in a bid to encourage unruly pupils to pay more attention in the classroom.

The University at Buffalo Foundation used an offshore fund to invest in fracking and fossil fuels, even as university officials sought to portray UB as a national leader in climate - change and sustainability research.

The so - called «skinny budget» also proposes eliminating international climate change programs, climate change research and partnership programs, as well as research funding and monies to clean up Superfund sites.

The agency's own independent research shows the campaigns have been effective based on factors such as increased website traffic and improved perceptions of the state's business climate, according to Empire State Development.

Beyond its use as a tool against large financial institutions, Schneiderman has used the act as a basis for a probe into ExxonMobil, arguing that its alleged failure to disclose to its shareholders and the public research that showed the potential impact of climate change constituted a Martin Act violation.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said ministers should change their mind and use the cash specifically for projects such as improving energy efficiency of homes, investing in low - carbon technologies and helping poorer countries cope with climate change.

He described Pawa, and his knowledge about the oil industry and its research on climate change, as an asset.

Leading U.S. scientists have complained about threatening communications and abusive e-mails as a result of their research on the climate impact of heat - trapping gases from human activity.

U.S. - Iranian research teams have collaborated to address serious global concerns, such as public health, climate change, biodiversity, earthquake management, and water and sanitation.

What's more, Berkeley Lab's research is showing that healthy soils are more resilient to system shocks such as climate change, drought, and insects.»

When compared to other religious groups, Evangelicals have often been more wary of science as evidenced in debates about evolution, stem cell research, and climate change.

The research will become important across agricultural regions, she says, as climate change is expected to increase the frequency of extreme weather events around the world.

«Rather than trying to assess the probability of an extreme event occurring, a group of researchers suggest viewing the event as a given and assessing to which degree changes in the thermodynamic state (which we know has been influenced by climate change) altered the severity of the impact of the event,» notes Dorit Hammerling, section leader for statistics and data science at the Institute for Mathematics Applied to Geosciences, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

«We can not, as the OECD, rule on what should or should not count as climate finance relating to the $ 100 billion commitment,» said Simon Buckle, the OECD official who led research for the report.

The study was conducted as part of the Austrian Climate Research Program.

The research in Nature Climate Change signals that many climate models may be too conservative in their projections through this century, as they are not considering ice loss from the northeast portion of GreClimate Change signals that many climate models may be too conservative in their projections through this century, as they are not considering ice loss from the northeast portion of Greclimate models may be too conservative in their projections through this century, as they are not considering ice loss from the northeast portion of Greenland.

Next - generation sensors to be used in fields as diverse as mineral exploration and climate change will be turbo boosted thanks to University of Queensland and University of Sussex research.

Gerald Meehl, a climate scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research who was also an author on the paper, said this research expanded on past work, including his own research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface Research who was also an author on the paper, said this research expanded on past work, including his own research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface research expanded on past work, including his own research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface research, that pointed to the Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation as a factor in a warming slowdown by finding a mechanism behind how the Pacific Ocean was able to store enough heat to produce a pause in surface warming.

While the threat of coral bleaching as a result of climate change poses a serious risk to the future of coral reefs world wide, new research has found that some baby corals may be able to cope with the negative effects of ocean acidification.

A University of Alaska Fairbanks - led research project has provided the first modern evidence of a landscape - level permafrost carbon feedback, in which thawing permafrost releases ancient carbon as climate - warming greenhouse gases.

While being publicized in the mainstream media certainly makes researchers a target, being picked up in the skeptic blogosphere, which includes widely read blogs such asWatts Up With That, Climate Audit and Morano's Climate Depot, can also lead to scientists receiving email barrages, even when, as in Norgaard's case, the research has not received mainstream media attention.

Their research, published today in Nature Communications, found these reactive gases cool our climate, meaning deforestation would lead to higher temperatures than previously anticipated as less of the gases would be created.