Sentences with phrase «dangerous anthropogenic interference»
The objective of the treaty is to «stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system».
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As I've explained here, to prevent «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system» we must reduce CO2 to below 350 ppm.
I picked just one of these papers at (sort of) random: Defining dangerous anthropogenic interference written by Michael E. Mann, PNAS March 09.
«I am one of those who believes that any reasonably comprehensive and up - to - date look at the evidence makes clear that civilization has already generated dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system,» Dr. Holdren said.
«Climate Change, Sea Level, and Western Drought: Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference Learn why the American West could be in trouble with surface air temperatures rising faster than elsewhere in the coterminous United States.
The most encouraging thing for me to come from this paper is not the variance in percieved GHG and related forcing levels that may or may not constitute Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference, but the acknowledgement of the rate of change in emissions due to fuel price increases and the exponential growth of public awareness.
Given the increased levels of certainty regarding human - induced global warming (from 90 to 95 %), more robust projections on sea - level rise and data on melting of ice sheets, and the «carbon budget» for staying below the 2 °C target, the WGI conclusions together with other AR5 component reports are likely to put more pressure on the UNFCCC parties to deliver by 2015 an ambitious agreement that is capable of preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
Oppenheimer, M. Defining dangerous anthropogenic interference: the role of science, the limits to science.
This is how Dr. Holdren described his stance to me in 2007: «I am one of those who believes that any reasonably comprehensive and up - to - date look at the evidence makes clear that civilization has already generated dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system....
This paper provides an assessment of key impacts of climate change at warming levels of 1.5 °C and 2 °C, including extreme weather events, water availability, agricultural yields, sea - level rise and risk of coral reef loss - The results reveal substantial differences in impacts between a 1.5 °C and 2 °C warming that are highly relevant for the assessment of dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.
«Climate Change, Sea Level, and Western Drought: Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference Learn why the American West could be in trouble with surface air temperatures rising faster than elsewhere in the coterminous United States.
Both of these effects, along with changes in natural variables must be examined explicitly by efforts to understand climate change and devise policy that complies with the objective of Article 2 of the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.»
The objective of the treaty is to «stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
«Dangerous anthropogenic interference» will most likely kick in when carbon concentrations in the atmosphere are at 450 to 550 parts per million (ppm).
Is there a safe level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to prevent «dangerous anthropogenic interference» in the climate?
The signatories to the convention have agreed to stabilise greenhouse gases at concentrations «that would avoid dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system».
Defining Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference.
But Trump's announcement sends a strong message that the US would rather be one of only two nations in the world that is not interested in preventing «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system».
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change calls for «stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
Especially since it seems to me that ALL of the empirical observations of what is happening to the Earth right now are consistent with «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system» being already well under way and accelerating rapidly as a result of GHG emissions to date, rather than being a future possibility that could be prevented.
First, the original formulation for Article 2 [the section of the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) stating the goal of avoiding «dangerous anthropogenic interference» with the climate; useful background here] carefully did not focus diplomats on a single number or metric.
According to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) greenhouse gases in the atmosphere need to be stabilized at levels low enough to «prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
(3) From the supporting perspective article: «All this would be very bad news if avoiding dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system required us to specify today a stabilization concentration of carbon dioxide (or equivalent) for which the risk of dangerous warming is acceptably low.
The UNFCCC, through its Conference of Parties, tries to negotiate, and make legally binding, pathways towards lower emissions of greenhouse gases, to avoid «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
In a Framework Convention on Climate Change, signed by more than 150 nations, they solemnly promised to work toward preventing «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
(NIPCC) demonstrate that science is far too immature to know what, if any, GHG concentrations would cause «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
«The ultimate objective of this Convention... is to achieve,... stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»
Reports such as those of the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) demonstrate that science is far too immature to know what, if any, GHG concentrations would cause «dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.»