There will be serious
consequences if climate change is not tackled Christine Lagarde has said.
Not exact matches
It has also had significant environmental
consequences — set aside
climate change and,
if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.
«
If we can get a better understanding of the
climate in the past, of the
consequences of
climate change and of how it shaped communities, then we might be able to interpret the future of biodiversity under the current
climate change scenario,» says Guénard.
Other recent research on geoengineering using solar radiation management has also found that
if the practice did begin but was then stopped, it could lead to rapid
climate change with potentially hazardous
consequences (ClimateWire, Nov. 27, 2013).
Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic
consequences of
climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with
climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary
if the public role in challenging global
climate change is going to increase.
If this is true, then the human
consequences are much more acute than anything we've seen with
climate change, in terms of hunger.
«The Lancet report underscores the terrible
consequences for human health
if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling
climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.
And even
if the
climate did not
change much, there would be global
consequences if a supervolcano erupted today.
«
If water temperatures increase as a result of
climate change, this could have far - reaching
consequences not only for the individual species, but also for the balance of the ecosystem, which has developed over a long period of time,» says Luckenbach.
«And
if it's
climate that played a role, whether a small role or a decisive one, that suggests we seriously need to think of the
consequences of current
climate change,» she added.
With these monumental
changes in the shielding effect of the Earth's magnetic field, you'd expect to see fairly massive
climate consequences if the GCR crowd are right.
If we looked at
climate change as a predictable
consequence of intelligent life — and a process that tends to follow specific patterns — we might be better equipped to figure out how to stop it.
The
consequences of
climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even
if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»
If we wish to assess the future
consequences of our influences on the
climate system, it is imperative that we understand the interaction between these process and the impacts of
climate change.
If human - caused
climate change is to be slowed enough to avert the worst
consequences of global warming, carbon dioxide emissions from coal - fired power plants and other pollutants will have to be captured and injected deep into the ground to prevent them from being released into the atmosphere.
At this point, the evidence suggesting the existence of man - made
climate change is undeniable, and
climate change has dire
consequences for the human race
if ignored.
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 you're referring to the sentence quoted above in # 6, then let me remind you that's a high - order
consequence, with * lots * of intervening variables between
climate change and normalized economic loss.
If current trends continue, this century will witness unprecedented
climate change and the destruction of the ecosystem, with tragic
consequences for us all.
Walt,
if you've ever studied Pleistocene geology and the million year history of glacial advances and interglacial warming cycles you would know human - induced global warming and
climate changes are the dominant cause of current and future catastrophic
consequences.
The
consequences for ecosystems, both natural and man - made (agriculture, forestry), of even relatively small or moderate
changes in
climate have a potential to be very large, especially
if the
change occurs rapidly.
If the planet's
climate were
changing solely because that's what planets do, evolve through different climatic periods of warming and cooling over millions of years, adverse
consequences like the loss of coral reefs and the potential for disappearing Polar Bears would still be undeniably sad, but at least a little easier to swallow.
If the current trend continues, this century could witness
climate change unheard of, and an unprecedented destruction of ecosystems, with serious
consequences for all of us.
He also acknowledged there will be serious
consequences from human - induced global warming and
climate change if we don't all start working together to meet this challenge.
As long as the collapse of civilization is a potential (
if unlikely)
consequence of global warming (
climate change leads to agricultural collapse leads to war leads to the end of civilization), it's worth paying those premiums.
Whereas,
if left unaddressed, the
consequences of a
changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;
If this assumption were correct, it would indeed be most cost - effective to wait and simply adapt to the
consequences of
climate change.
Under a hot summer sun, wiping his brow repeatedly as
if to underscore the presence of global
climate change, Mr. Obama told an audience of students at Georgetown University that future generations of Americans — including their children — would have to live with the
consequences of current US
climate policy.
We all know what the
consequences are
if the campaign against
climate change is shown to be the misinformation it appears to be.
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Of course, this
climate -
changing consequence of fossil fuel burning will only be an issue
if the world continues to pump fossil fuel pollution into the skies.
«
If you accept that the science is causing
climate to
change, you have to heed what those same scientists are telling us about how you prevent the inevitable
consequences and impacts.»
Around the world, governments are awakening to the idea that coping with
climate change requires a rapid response
if we are to avoid its worst
consequences.
As a professional auditor, I remain puzzled how company directors can face prosecution for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct by knowingly releasing reports to the market place that are seriously flawed
if not fraudulent... yet the
climate change charlatans (the IPCC and its assisting cabal of snake - oil salesmen scientists) can issue reports of greater
consequence to the world, which are knowingly biased and flawed, and contain blatant errors and anomalies, but they still remain «untouchables»!
If you don't accept the evidence on human - driven
climate change and its likely harmful
consequences, there is no need to support «comprehensive» legislation that would put a price on carbon through some framework to drive reductions in emissions.
Lobby your govt
if you want to pay high prices, in the meantime recognise that many of us are already livng with the
consequences of having a legally binding
climate change act.
Those who have steered Obama in the tactical direction of talking about the need for a clean energy transformation as
if this challenge could be addressed without recognizing that it is intertwined with
climate science and the
consequences of unchecked
climate change have put things on the wrong track.
Delegates know that
if approached correctly, these transparency and accountability provisions can catalyze greater efforts to curb emissions and build resilience to the
consequences of
climate change.
More extreme and violent
climate is a direct
consequence of human - caused
climate change (whether or not we can determine
if these particular tornado outbreaks were caused or worsened by
climate change).
Scientists say the world is already behind the needed trajectory of emissions reduction to meet the Paris goal, and investments in more fossil fuel assets — scheduled to be in service for up to 40 years — could commit the world to see the most catastrophic
consequences of
climate change if they are not retired early.
If the world waits until it has perfect confidence, it will be too late to prevent the
consequences of global
climate change.
As the world struggles to fashion fair and effective forms of mitigation, adaptation, too, will be essential
if we are to avoid the worst
consequences of
climate change.»
... particularly interesting questions are: will
climate change continue and, also, shifts and
changes of fish stocks, how long will this last, and which are the
consequences,
if this trend reverses?»
In the same email, Jones wrote: «
If anything, I would like to see the
climate change happen, so the science could be proved right, regardless of the
consequences.»
If climate change is understood as essentially an ethical problem, several practical
consequences for policy formation follow.
I hope that today's forum is a sign that the road transport industry is starting to understand that it is your children's future at stake − it's your children who will get lung diseases and asthma
if urban air pollution is not dramatically reduced; it's your children who will suffer the
consequences of
climate change that the scientists are trying to warn us of − more scorchers, more devastating cyclones, more Ross River Fever, more bushfires, degraded beaches, flooded houses, and the disappearance of some of Australia's unique wildlife.
Because
climate change is likely to cause death to many,
if not millions of people, through heat stroke, vector borne disease, and flooding, annihilate many island nations by rising seas, cause billions of dollars in property damage in intense storms, and destroy the ability of hundreds of millions to feed themselves in hotter drier
climates, the duty to refrain from activities which could cause global warming is extraordinarily strong even in the face of scientific uncertainty about
consequences.
Similarly, in his 2006 report on the economic
consequences of
climate change, Sir Nicholas Stern wrote that, «
If we don't act, the overall costs and risks of
climate change will be equivalent to losing at least five per cent of global GDP each year, now and forever.»
Specifically, it has been turned against the «U.S. National Assessment of the Potential
Consequences of
Climate Variability and
Change» (USNA), a document that breaks the cardinal rule of science:
If a hypothesis doesn't work, throw it out.
But to immediately frame the phenomenon as a
consequence of
climate change reveals the extent to which
climate change and its presuppositions has become an encompassing narrative, as
if an early bloom could not happen in an uncontaminated world, and was a harbinger, as deadly as Hurricane Sandy.