Sentences with phrase «dangers of climate»

It's never been easier to spread the word about the dangers of climate change — and now you don't even have to use words.

«These front groups are paid to spin a web of denial wrapped in ideology with the aim of purposely deceiving the public about the dangers of climate change.»

James Hansen, the director of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space Studies who first warned the world about the dangers of climate change in the 1980s, has joined other scientists in submitting statements to be considered by a judge at the Information Rights Tribunal on Friday... James Hansen told the Guardian: «Our children and grandchildren will judge those who have misled the public, allowing fossil fuel emissions to continue almost unfettered, as guilty of crimes against humanity and nature... If successful, the FOI request may, by exposing one link in a devious manipulation of public opinion, start a process that allows the public to be aware of what is happening, what is at stake, and where the public interest lies.»»

If a carbon tax is established at a price that economists and policymakers agree compensates society for the potential dangers of climate change, then anyone who wants to pay the price is implicitly welcome to emit the carbon dioxide.

With barely a day going by without another gloomy global warming story making the headlines, it is difficult to know what it will take for the current US administration to wake up to the dangers of climate change - or to predict what effects our abuse of the planet will have on us, or our children.

A brave group of protesters risked their lives to highlight the dangers of climate change.

An analogy is sometimes drawn between those who have resisted the tide of scientific evidence on the dangers of climate change and those who once questioned the link between smoking and lung cancer in the face of overwhelming medical evidence.

«It's ironic that the nation's capital — the place least responsive to the dangers of climate change — is sitting in one of the worst spots it could be in terms of this land subsidence,» said Paul Bierman, a UVM geologist and the senior author on the new paper.

Frustrated that few were heeding alarms about the dangers of climate change, he turned to civil disobedience a couple of years ago.

Each additional ton we emit going forward only increases the dangers of climate change, multiplying the economic, environmental, and human toll.

Hansen recounts several past experiences in his own life in which he saw that «scientists preaching caution and downplaying the dangers of climate change fared better in receipt of research funding.»

That's the message of this huge art exhibition, Earth: Art of a changing world, dedicated to warning of the dangers of climate change at the esteemed Royal Academy of Arts.

In an article titled «Climate Skeptics Have Already Won» (The Financial Times, 5/22/13), Martin Wolf put it very well: «Humanity has decided to yawn and let the real and present dangers of climate change mount.»

Eliminating that list does not eliminate the all dangers of climate change.

For many years I have been giving public talks about the dangers of climate change.

Floods, bushfires and this year's scorching summer heatwave have raised awareness of the dangers of climate change, but an «infantile» debate over the validity of the science has cost Australia precious time, according to a key Climate Commission expert.

According to Ward, those with dissenting views about the dangers of climate change feel they have not been represented on the enquiry's panel.

The scientists say that the public has misunderstood the imminent dangers of climate change, believing that it will happen sometime in the future rather than now.

I've been busy on other things but this article reminded me of the other thread where scientists were accused of downplaying the dangers of climate change.

Now and in the coming years, the United States will be able to provide the most cushion to its citizenry (at least, to the upper classes) from the dangers of climate chaos (of course, indigenous people, low - income people, and people of color, will continue to be more disposable).

It seems that Dr Lomborg in the past had attracted controversy for suggesting that the dangers of climate change are overstated, and that modern society faces other more pressing challenges such as global poverty.

LONDON, 30 September, 2016 − A rise in world temperatures of 1.5 °C degrees can no longer be avoided, according to the world's leading climate scientists, who say that the majority of people have yet to wake up to the stark realities and dangers of climate change.

In 2007, he wrote: «When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint.

If 2011 turns out to be the first of man years in which mankind can no longer rely on Mother Nature to save it from the dangers of climate change, then a Plan B will be needed, and fast.

However, it was clear to anyone familiar with how research is done that this was complete and utter bilge; the scientists were not trying to hide anything, were not trying to trick anyone, and were not trying to falsely exaggerate the dangers of climate change.

In addition to concealing the known risks, Exxon and Suncor... directed, participated in, and benefited from efforts to misleadingly cast doubt about the causes and consequences of climate change, including: (1) making affirmative and misleading statements suggesting that continued and unabated fossil fuel use was safe (in spite of internal knowledge to the contrary); and (2) attacking climate science and scientists that tried to report truthfully about the dangers of climate change.

One such tactic includes facilitating ongoing and potential joint investigations into whether fossil fuel companies and industry groups mislead the public about the dangers of climate change or the viability of renewable energy resources.

The dangers of climate change were worse than previously thought?

It is imperative to create a healthier future and protect this planet from the dangers of climate change.

At the same time, science increasingly points to the dangers of climate change and various mitigation plans continue to emphasise the critical role of CCS to limit temperature increase.

We collaborate with clients to develop alternatives to diminishing fossil fuels and to combat the dangers of climate change.

The dangers of climate change are rising as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation worldwide boost atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.

In 1988, Hansen first warned about the dangers of climate change when he testified before Congress.

We've recently seen a number of proposals for protecting coral reefs from the dangers of climate change, and now it turns out that corals already have a self - defense mechanism.

What has happened there shows the dangers of climate change.

Ball, a long - retired geographer who is more famous for overstating his own credentials than for anything accomplished during his academic career, had accused Weaver (then a lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) of bias and scientific incompetence — casting him as part of a politicized campaign to fleece Canadian taxpayers of grant money while overselling the dangers of climate change.

iT is hard to find a single claim on the dangers of climate change where the so called experts have been right.

President Barack Obama used his visit to Yosemite National Park on Saturday to tout his administration's environmental record and to warn Americans about the dangers of climate change — albeit with false information.

Kerry has long warned of the dangers of climate change, and it's been one of his favorite topics to discuss abroad since he was sworn in as Obama's top diplomat.

Concerned about the dangers of climate change and the violation of fundamental rights held by citizens, courts are requiring governments to take adequate actions to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

If we are to truly prepare for the dangers of climate change and build more resilient environments, we must first understand natural climate change.

With the impacts of rising temperatures already being felt and the IPCC drawing into sharper focus the range of impacts expected in the coming decades, SRM is attracting increasing attention as a potential cheap, fast - acting, albeit temporary response to some of the dangers of climate change.

«a national coalition intended to educate the media, public officials and the public about the dangers of CLIMATE CHANGE.

Sen. Boxer — Time TBD — Hoover Institution, Reason Foundation, Pacific Research Institute Sen. Coons — Time TBD (or Monday)-- Group TBD Sen. Schatz — 5 pm — Center for Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, Heartland Institute Sen. Franken — 5:15 pm — Heritage Foundation Sen. Warren — 5:30 pm — Science and Public Policy Institute Sen. Heinrich — 5:45 pm — American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Shaheen — 6 pm — Competitive Enterprise Institute, Energy and Environmental Legal Institute Sen. Reed — around 6 pm — SEC climate change disclosures and the dangers of climate change denial from a national security perspective Sen. Markey — 6 pm to 6:30 pm — Acton Institute, George C. Marshall Institute, Lexington Institute, Global Climate Coalition Sen. Peters — 6:30 pm — Cato Institute Sen. Blumenthal — Time TBD — Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council Sen. Whitehouse — Time TBD — The Advancement of Sound Science Center, Chamber of Commerce, Committee for Constructive Tomorrow, Franklin Center for Government and Policy Integrity, James Madison Institute, John Locke Foundation, Locke Institute

Obama's disingenuous Tweet, whether it be «dangerous», «catastrophic» or «apocalyptic» — and he did use the word dangerous — is disingenuous because there is no such consensus on the dangers of climate change, only that climate is changing and it is likely caused, at least in part, by humans.

Hansen, featured prominently in Al Gore's global warming documentary, «An Inconvenient Truth,» has been warning of the potential dangers of climate change since the 1980s.

They're right, of course: The «97 percent» statistic was never meant to establish a consensus on the dangers of climate change.

This includes standing up to those who deny the dangers of climate change and who would do away with commonsense limits on ocean dumping and pollution.

It's hard to take Anschutz's papers seriously given their distortions of the benefits oil and gas drilling, their dismissal of the environmental impact of oil and gas extraction, and their failure to acknowledge the dangers of climate change.

I certainly wouldn't expect Ms Szweda Jordan to cease scoffing at a «one man global content provider», but it would be nice if she were to take a similarly scofftastic attitude to the easily checkable hooey peddled by the likes of Michael Mann, instead of asking him questions like how he talks to his French poodle about the dangers of climate change.