That temperature is a target above which scientists believe the most
dangerous effects of climate change would begin to occur.
Cities are responsible for about 75 percent of the world's total energy - related greenhouse gas emissions, while the vast majority of them are located on or near the coast, making cities especially vulnerable to
the dangerous effects of climate change.
Since RGGI went into effect, the nine states have cut carbon pollution by 51 percent, making important progress toward the 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say we must reach by 2050 to avoid the most
dangerous effects of climate change.
Turning to renewables will also dramatically cut carbon emissions, moving us toward climate stability and thus avoiding the most
dangerous effects of climate change.
To stand the best chance of keeping the planetary warming below an internationally agreed target of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels and thus avoiding the most
dangerous effects of climate change, the panel found, only about 1 trillion tons of carbon can be burned and the resulting gas spewed into the atmosphere.
While Eggsy undergoes the ultra-competitive training program (with only one recruit earning a spot as a Kingsman), Harry investigates a potential threat involving a tech - genius billionaire named Valentine (Samuel L. Jackson) who wants to save the Earth from
the dangerous effects of climate change by wiping out most of humanity.
«I am proud to receive the endorsement of the League of Conservation Voters because it's a validation of my work to stop offshore LNG pipelines, protect our coastline, and fight
the dangerous effects of climate change.
Not exact matches
However, Democrats condemned the rollback as
dangerous and a disregard for the
effects of global
climate change.
The theory
of dangerous climate change is based not just on carbon dioxide warming but on positive and negative feedback
effects from water vapor and phenomena such as clouds and airborne aerosols from coal burning.
«If you're wondering why so many politicians and news sources deny that
dangerous human - caused
climate change is real, and you want a relatively short and easy - to - read summary
of the issue, look no further than The Madhouse
Effect»
The
effects of climate change are more prevalent and
dangerous than ever before, but the US plans to withdraw from the Paris Agreement nonetheless.
This is one dollar for every man, woman and child in the U.S. — a small price to pay for helping to break the back
of our oil dependency — and curb the
dangerous effects of global
climate change.
At the EPA, Dr. Carter integrated the
effects of climate change into estimates
of future coastal inundation on contaminated lands, such as brownfields and superfund sites, to help guide decisions on adaptation efforts that could better protect nearby communities from the spread
of dangerous contaminants during future floods.
The
effects of urbanization and
climate change are converging in
dangerous ways.
Initially, PED showed backbone, standing up to political activists pushing the state to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards view
of climate change, which promotes the false claims that the science on
climate change is settled, that we know human activities are driving
dangerous climate change, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant that's
dangerous to human health and the environment, and that we fully understand how to counteract the
effects of climate change or control long - term global temperature.
Crystallizing scientific data and analysis reveal that the Earth is close to
dangerous climate change, to tipping points
of the system with the potential for irreversible deleterious
effects.
The idea that the extent
of climate change and its
effects might have been exaggerated is
dangerous.
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.
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.&
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.
Climate Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference in the climate system.&
Change to stabilize «greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent
dangerous anthropogenic interference in the
climate system.
climate system.»
Whereas the reports
of the United Nations» Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) warn of a dangerous human effect on climate, NIPCC concludes the human effect is likely to be small relative to natural variability, and whatever small warming is likely to occur will produce benefits as well as
Climate Change (IPCC) warn
of a
dangerous human
effect on
climate, NIPCC concludes the human effect is likely to be small relative to natural variability, and whatever small warming is likely to occur will produce benefits as well as
climate, NIPCC concludes the human
effect is likely to be small relative to natural variability, and whatever small warming is likely to occur will produce benefits as well as costs.
By T. Rees Shapiro Stephen H. Schneider, 65, an influential Stanford University climatologist who parlayed his expertise on the
dangerous effects of greenhouse - gas emissions into a second career as a leader in the public dialogue — and debate — on
climate change, died July 19 in London.
James E. Hansen worded it a bit more cleverly and eloquently before US Congress in April 2007: «crystallizing scientific data and analysis reveal that the Earth is close to
dangerous climate change, to tipping points
of the system with the potential for irreversible deleterious
effects.»
With the poor outcome
of COP18 just a couple
of weeks past, and even further evidence that we've pretty much run out
of time to avoid a good deal
of dangerous effects from
climate change, the question
of what does environmentalism do now is even more important than ever.
Few have suggested that below 2º C
of warming the
effects will be beneficial; the goal
of setting that target is to avoid the most
dangerous impacts
of climate change, and some still say it's too high.