Sentences with phrase «current pace of climate change»

But the downside of those opportunities is the risk that the current pace of climate change could be sped up dramatically by the release of long - trapped methane gas in the region's permafrost — a risk to which a new study has attached an eye - popping price tag of $ 60 trillion in the next several decades, on top of previous estimates.

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The Observatory will also set out to explain the current drivers of climate change arising from human activities (including industry and agriculture), and how our future actions will depend on our capacity to understand the pace and direction of change.

The current climate is certainly a very challenging one for schools with so much change happening at such a quick pace and with a financial climate that is putting the squeeze on every aspect of school life.

If we are to ensure a positive future for all students, we must create a climate in which the student body in general can enrich the learning environments of those students not keeping abreast of the current pace of change.

Yes, nature is pretty resilient, even with the current frantic pace of climate change there will be many species that do well in this changing world.

According to them, unless the current pace of fossil fuel use changes, the world is bound to experience an abrupt climate shift.

Obama said the US would aim to reduce emissions by up to 28 % on 2005 levels by 2025 — or about double the pace of reduction in its current climate change plan.

Consequently, the predicted «velocity» of climate change — that is, how fast populations of a species would have to shift in geographic space in order to keep pace with the shift of the organisms» current local climate envelope across the Earth's surface — is also unprecedented (Diffenbaugh and Field, 2013; Loarie et al.,