Sentences with phrase «current national climate»

We already know that current national climate commitments cover only one - third of the emissions reductions needed to achieve that target — and the IPCC report should assess the feasibility of technologies and policy options to get us there.

«In our current national climate, local municipalities must now become the stewards of protection for all people of color; no matter their country of origin,» Ampry - Samuel said.

Not exact matches

The current political climate within the American Church is full of debate over a myriad of national and moral issues, however, protecting the environment should not be up for debate...

Current research includes: co-leading organisational case studies in Birthplace in England, a national study of birth outcomes in home, midwife led, and obstetric led units; investigating the relationship between measures of safety climate and health care quality in A and E and intrapartum care; and conducting nested process evaluations of two trials of obesity in pregnancy behavioural interventions.

David Cameron led Ed Miliband by 15 points (42 % to 27 %) as best Prime Minister in the national poll, though it was notable that his lead was twice as high among men (22 points) than among women (10 points), and more than twice as high among private sector workers (24 points) than public (10 points)-- though for him to have any sort of lead among public sector workers in the current climate is an achievement worth noting.

«There is a potential risk that if you cool the planet by albedo modification, it could provide less incentive to reduce reliance on fossil fuels,» says Marcia McNutt, a geophysicist, current editor - in - chief of Science and chair of a committee that evaluated climate intervention techniques for the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

The 2017 Climate Science Special Report, which lays out the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, will be rolled into the fourth National Climate Assessment, set to be released in latClimate Science Special Report, which lays out the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change, will be rolled into the fourth National Climate Assessment, set to be released in latclimate change, will be rolled into the fourth National Climate Assessment, set to be released in latClimate Assessment, set to be released in late 2018.

If CO2 emissions reductions are moderately reduced in line with current national pledges under the Paris Climate Agreement, biomass plantations implemented by mid-century to extract remaining excess CO2 from the air still would have to be enormous.

Starting from the same kernel of scientific truth as did The Day After Tomorrow — that global warming could disrupt ocean currents in the North Atlantic — a study commissioned by the Pentagon, of all organizations, concluded that the «risk of abrupt climate change... should be elevated beyond a scientific debate to a U.S. national security concern.»

A new scientific paper by a University of Maryland - led international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there are critical two - way feedbacks missing from current climate models that are used to inform environmental, climate, and economic policies.

-- The Under Secretary shall provide a report to Congress within 9 months after the date of enactment of this Act that compiles information on the current climate products being delivered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its partner organizations to users and stakeholders and on the needs of users and stakeholders for new climate products and services.

Mike Wallace's talk was about the «National Research Council Report on the «Hockey Stick Controversy»... The charge to the committee, was «to summarize current information on the temperature records for the past millennium, describe the main areas of uncertainty and how significant they are, describe the principal methodologies used and any problems with these approaches, and explain how central is the debate over the paleoclimate record within the overall state of knowledge on global climate change.»

Ben Sanderson, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and co-author of a commentary on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement published in the journal Nature Climate Change in February 2017, says this move signals that the current administration doesn't consider climate change to be an urgent or pressingClimate Change in February 2017, says this move signals that the current administration doesn't consider climate change to be an urgent or pressingclimate change to be an urgent or pressing issue.

eHarmony did a national survey recently and found one if four unmarried men and women want a long term relationship more as a result of the current economic climate.

Marc Tucker, president and CEO of the National Center for Education and the Economy, a not - for - profit educational research organization, says the U.S.'s weak standing in labor skills shown in the report offer a blueprint to understanding the current political climate.

Analysis about changes in LGBT student experiences over time can be found in Part Three of our current National School Climate Survey (pdf).

During his address, King provided reflections on the importance of local work in achieving the goal of ensuring all children have the opportunity to thrive, particularly in the current national education climate.

Former Secretary King provided reflections on the importance of local work in the current national education climate in achieving the goal of ensuring all children have the opportunity to thrive.

So obviously National papers are finding it hard to compete in the current market climate but what about the locals?

Requests to adopt a cat via the charity's national helpline have also slumped by around 40 per cent this year compared to 2012, which the charity says is due to people putting off adopting a pet in the current economic climate.

Over 2,000 students participated in game design courses and game jams, and nearly 400 games were submitted about three themes: Climate Change (supported by NOAA), Future Communities (with Current by GE) and Local Stories & Immigrant Voices (sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities).

Today, he's somewhat of a «national treasure», having adopted the role of cultural commentator on art and class, masculinity, and the current socio - political climate.

Her current work, WATERSHED is a public art projection dealing with Climate Change that will be projected on the face of the National Theater on the Thames as part of the Totally Thames Festival in September 2015.

«In the current climate they were very keen to make this public rather than for it to come on their death, because they wanted to encourage others to give works to the national collection,» he said.

A clash between North and South and the national divide over race, slavery, and the economy, the war altered American history and, while much more grave, in many ways echoes the current climate and contention in the United States.

Importantly, though, the exhibition prompts questions about the role of galleries in the current politicized climate, and their goals and obligations to national and local artists.

«They don't receive any tax benefit from this gift but in the current climate they were very keen to make it public because they wanted to encourage others to give works to the national collection.»

Directed by Academy Award - winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and presented by National Geographic, it features DiCaprio in his current role as a U.N. Messenger of Peace, on a three - year quest to learn about climate change and emphasize the need for urgent, widespread solutions.

Current national and international innovation programs are not sufficient to effectively manage the risk of policy failure or higher ranges of climate sensitivity.

«Current climate change models greatly underestimate the amount of methane being released by thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic, according to Canada's National Institute of Scientific Research (INRS).

Current attempts by national governments worldwide to control industrial CO2 emissions following the recommendations of the IPCC could be viewed within the scientific paradigm as the projection of a large scale experiment on the earth's climate system to validate the hypothesis that anthropogenic CO2 emissions through the burning of fossil fuels and land use changes (inter alia) are a major factor driving climate change.

Speaking at Energy Storage and Connected Systems, an event hosted last week in London by the national Renewable Energy Association (REA), shadow minister for energy and climate change Alan Whitehead claimed current energy legislation was now «obsolete» in the face of the changes underway in the sector.

The current press campaign against Dr Soon began after he had co-authored a paper titled Why models run hot: results from an irreducibly simple climate model, published in January 2015 in China's leading learned journal of scientific research, the Science Bulletin of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, co-sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

Mar 24: «Debate Night (争论夜晚2010)-- Motion: Given its current state of development, China has taken sufficient steps to mitigate climate change» with Mark Levine, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs & Debbie Seligsohn, World Resources Insitute vs. Even Rogers Pay, Energy Foundation & Huang He, Sino - Danish Programme on Renewable Energy.

Mexico City, Mexico, 20 October 2017 — Current pledges by national governments are not enough to reach the goal set in the Paris Climate Change Agreement, but hope remains in the leading role being taken by subnational and non-state actors like cities, companies and organizations, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón told participants on the closing day of the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) in Mexico City.

In the absence of clear, national policy on climate change — aside from the current administration's tendency to ignore it or call it a hoax — CCS advocates said carbon capture gives power to the private sector until the time is right.

(08/31/2009) If current melting trends continue, the Arctic Ocean is likely to be free of summer sea ice by 2015, according to research presented at a conference organized by the National Space Institute at Technical University of Denmark, the Danish Meteorological Institute and the Greenland Climate Center.

Overall, the Panel finds that given the current state of the science and the scope of resources available, the 2013 National Climate Assessment does a reasonable job of fulfilling its charge to inform the President, the Congress, and the nation about the current state of scientific knowledge regarding climate change eClimate Assessment does a reasonable job of fulfilling its charge to inform the President, the Congress, and the nation about the current state of scientific knowledge regarding climate change eclimate change effects.

The cover of the current National Geographic, showing the impossible - the Statue of Liberty half way under a rising sea - is a great example of climate porn.

Here, we measure the current pattern of global climate change equity, and assess whether the situation will improve or worsen by 2030, using data on GHG emissions17 and newly available national climate change vulnerability assessments18.

On 2014/03/13, Mr Fraser, in his current position as chair of the Climate Change Authority, gave a scathing speech to the National Press Club.

This price level has been proposed based on the best current economic and climate science expertise, taking into account other national and sub-national carbon pricing proposals.

In the current political climate, Robin Bell, a research professor at Columbia's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory, and president - elect of the American Geophysical Union, said scientists need to ``... continue to articulate how science is key to what the new administration cares about: intelligent investment in infrastructure, national security, public health.

The Climate Scoreboard calculates the long - term global temperature rise if all the current national proposals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions were implemented.

This analytical collates perspectives of young people from all over the world, gathered from five years of UNICEF research at international, national and regional level, accompanied by key statistics and analysis of the current and expected impacts of climate change on children.

The aim of this document is to give background information and guidelines for tailored and consistent climate data and information for studies on the impact of the current and future climate for transnational road networks in Europe, suitable for National Road Authorities (NRA's).

Requires the Secretary of the Interior to establish the National Climate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing sucClimate Change Wildlife Science Center within USGS to: (1) assess current physical and biological knowledge and prioritize scientific gaps in such knowledge to forecast the ecological impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing succlimate change on fish and wildlife at the ecosystem, habitat, community, population, and species levels; (2) develop and improve tools to identify, evaluate, and link scientific approaches and models for forecasting impacts of climate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing succlimate change; (3) develop and evaluate tools to adaptively manage and monitor climate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing succlimate change impacts; and (4) develop capacities for sharing such data.

Requires the OSTP Director to: (1) report to Congress on current climate products provided by federal agencies and on the needs of users and stakeholders for new climate products and services; and (2) report to Congress and the President on the National Climate Service proposal of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resclimate products provided by federal agencies and on the needs of users and stakeholders for new climate products and services; and (2) report to Congress and the President on the National Climate Service proposal of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resclimate products and services; and (2) report to Congress and the President on the National Climate Service proposal of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural ResClimate Service proposal of the Senate Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.

Requires the Director of the National Science Foundation and the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enter into an arrangements with NAS to study: (1) the current status of ice sheet melt, as caused by climate change, with implications for global sea level rise; and (2) the current state of the science on the potential impacts of climate change on patterns of hurricane and typhoon development and the implications for hurricane - prone and typhoon - prone coastal regions.