Sentences with phrase «consequences of our changing climate»

The consequences of our changing climate are one of the main issues facing crop production.

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;

Higher temperatures are only one — and not the most worrisome — of the consequences of a changing climate.

Its goals are to promote «practices and economic growth that help both vulnerable communities and business adapt to the impacts of climate change; and... public policies that facilitate adaptation efforts to prepare for and respond to the consequences of a changing climate.»

Atmospheric CO2 concentrations are already at unprecedented levels and the consequences of a changing climate are already underway.

The resolution text assigns human emissions some responsibility for driving harmful warming, and it states that «if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest.»

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This would help us to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, like dying oceans and widespread desertification, which will harm people around the world, especially the poor.

«The Trump administration's continued denial of climate change in service of big polluters will have grave consequences for our children and our grandchildren,» Udall added.

«Events with severe consequences are becoming more frequent and intense, due to climate change, and have been the principal contributors to an observed increase in the frequency and duration of power outages in the United States,» according to the draft.

In his May 2009 paper «The Canadian Oil Sands: Energy Security vs. Climate Change» (long one of my favorite sources), Levi identifies a list of six security and economic consequences of oil consumption and production and then examines how increased oil sands production and exports to the U.S. would mitigate or exacerbate these impacts.

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.

The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.

The risk of water scarcity is a direct consequence of unsustainable agricultural practices, climate change, and growth in demand for agricultural commodities.

With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives from governments.

The economic, environmental and human health consequences of climate change are already being felt.

In particular it might help to frame the story in terms not so much of potentially devastating consequences in distant parts of the world, but in terms of more local impacts of the climate changing and what people are doing about it.

Delaying infrastructure decisions is no longer simply inconvenient, it's a matter of life and death for people in countries most affected by the adverse consequences of climate change, Mr Clarke will claim in a debate to be held during the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Science

The pamphlets warn that consequences of climate change in the UK would include summer heat related deaths, sea level rises and food shortages by the end of the century.

The evidence is stark as to the serious and urgent nature of climate change and the consequences we face from our every - day actions.

Unless... Suppose David Cameron and Nick Clegg announced that they agreed with Ed Miliband's warning over the weekend that Britain is «sleepwalking to a crisis», and that «climate change threatens national security» — and went on to commit themselves to working together on a long - term plan to protect the nation not just from extreme weather conditions but the other consequences of climate change.

This is because in our own homeland of Nigeria, the direct consequences of the natural phenomenon of climate change have occurred by way of flood disasters in many parts of Nigeria including Lagos, Niger, Nsukka, Enugu state, Owerri, Imo state and Makurdi in Benue state.

On his way back from the hurricane - ravaged Florida on Thursday, Trump assured that Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Harvey haven't changed his skepticism about the consequences of climate change.

On his way back from the hurricane - ravaged Florida, Trump assured that Hurricane Irma and Tropical Storm Harvey haven't changed his skepticism about the consequences of climate change.

WHEREAS, the physical consequences of climate change are already evident, including rising sea levels, increased hurricane intensity, increased winter storm intensity, and species migration;

Banning the words «climate change» won't stop the reality of climate change and its dire consequences.

Recognition of gathering generational storms on pensions, public debt, housing and — until very recently — climate change not addressed by clear strategies and openness with the public about the consequences.

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OGDEN, Utah (AP)- A group of Utah teenagers convinced state lawmakers to adopt a resolution that recognizes the consequences of climate change and encourages the reduction of emissions.

«It's a slow process, but within two, three years, all of America's going to realize how bad, you know, the consequences of climate change and we're going to start doing something,» Schumer said.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

It allows greenhouse gases to increase for another decade until the commitments each country made (known as Intended Nationally Determined Contributions or INDCs) mature in 2025 or 2030 and it provides very few specific targets with the exception of a financial target that «strongly urges» wealthy countries to contribute ($ 100 billion / year by 2020) to support developing countries that are suffering the consequences of climate change but don't have the ability to adapt to it.

Hill leads an NSF - supported program for future K - 12 science teachers to help infuse their classrooms with climate change science, and an industry - academic partnership to understand the consequences of ocean acidification on shellfish farmers.

Whether or not farmers agree about the causes or even existence of climate change, researchers agree that farmers still have to prepare their farms for the consequences of rising temperatures, increased atmospheric CO2 and more extreme weather events.

Little coverage has raised public health consequences of climate change such as higher incidence of asthma, allergies, disease and heat stroke amongst many.

«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.

As a result, their range shifts are largely a secondary consequence of climate change, but like rattlesnakes, they may not be able to move fast enough.

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.

Citizens empowered through education will be better able to improve their own living conditions, as well as the conditions of their societies, and will be better prepared for adapting to the consequences of climate change.

Plants, animals and humans will be living with the consequences of climate change for at least the next thousand years.

Experiments at UC Davis» Bodega Marine Laboratory show that the snails lose this escape response as waters become more acidic, a consequence of climate change.

No one knows whether the sum of all the carbon emissions from such fires adds up to anything of consequence for climate change.

To seek to present distorted science to those who will have to deal with the consequences of worsening climate change is deeply cynical.

Gleick said while climate change did not set off the Syrian conflict, it has exacerbated the harshness of droughts with all the attendant consequences, including diminished agricultural and economic productivity.

The potential consequences of climate change are great and the policies of the next few decades will determine human influences on the climate for centuries.»

«This is the first study to quantify what the consequences of climate change on pollen allergy may be.»

A new study attempts to estimate the effects of climate change on global agriculture — and outline ways to mitigate its most dire consequences

As the public debate shifts from the diminishing possibility of avoiding climate change to adapting to its consequences, some steps are being considered to help the poor.

The 2007 International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative source of climate science, spelled out the likely consequences of inaction, including extreme heat and precipitation, droughts, and risinClimate Change (IPCC), the most authoritative source of climate science, spelled out the likely consequences of inaction, including extreme heat and precipitation, droughts, and risinclimate science, spelled out the likely consequences of inaction, including extreme heat and precipitation, droughts, and rising seas.

«It is also important to add that climate change consequences will not be restricted to ragweed — and a range of other pollen - producing species are likely to be affected.

Yet, the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and leaders of the world's eight richest nations, including President Bush, among others, have called the development of clean coal technology essential to preventing the consequences of climate Climate Change (IPCC) and leaders of the world's eight richest nations, including President Bush, among others, have called the development of clean coal technology essential to preventing the consequences of climate cChange (IPCC) and leaders of the world's eight richest nations, including President Bush, among others, have called the development of clean coal technology essential to preventing the consequences of climate climate changechange.