Sentences with phrase «dent in the changing climate»

And marginal improvements may be too little and too late to make a big dent in the changing climate.

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The report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Climate Change dents many governments» hopes that recession can at least bring the consolation of a sharp contraction in greenhouse gas emissions.

They still wanted to back companies that could be both massively profitable and make a serious dent in solving big problems like climate change, education and health.

But even if we fail to make much of a dent in our established ways, our meeting may be one more step in changing the climate in which we work, and, if so, it will be worth the time and effort that has been expended.

At the same time, even if California meets its ambitious target, it may not make a huge dent in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases causing climate change.

The findings show a slight but notable increase in that average temperature, putting a dent in the idea that global warming has slowed over the past 15 years, a trend highlighted in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

We can make a dent in climate change and live to see it — with a new satellite.

If, on the other hand, we can shape an agenda that says we can create jobs, advance growth and make a serious dent in climate change and be an international leader, I think that's something that the American people would support.

Because, in order to really make a dent in climate change and issues with peak oil, it's going to take both conservation and nifty new technologies like acres of algae to save our hides.

For Bill Nye, mitigating climate change means attempting to «do everything all at once,» not dwelling on whether that will put a slight dent in the energy industry's profit margins.

It would take decades to pump all that oil and gas — enough time for the loss of sea ice driven by climate change to make a dent in the economics of Arctic shipping.

As I argue in my last book, No Rain in the Amazon: How South America's Climate Change Affects the Entire Planet, corn - based ethanol based in the American Midwest does not put much of a dent in our global warming problem.

But: what kind of carbon tax would you need to make a serious dent in carbon output, of the order that we need to deal with climate change?

«Ratepayers and taxpayers will be forced to squander billions of dollars on unnecessary and unreliable energy infrastructure that will still require conventional generation to keep the grid going, and that won't put a dent in climate change,» O'Neil said.

During the next several weeks, The Tyee Solutions Society will explore trends within green building — call it Green Building 2.0 — with an eye for ideas that could pay off by helping create sustainable jobs in British Columbia, lower energy bills and make a real dent in emissions causing costly climate change.

Study up on new MIT research, showing how EVs can make a dent in climate change, and read Climate Action Tracker's piece on why we need zero emission vehicles to meet the Paris Climate Agrclimate change, and read Climate Action Tracker's piece on why we need zero emission vehicles to meet the Paris Climate AgrClimate Action Tracker's piece on why we need zero emission vehicles to meet the Paris Climate AgrClimate Agreement.

Someone tell @BilldeBlasio he'll make a bigger and immediate dent fighting climate change by reigning in @placardabuse than he will suing Exxon.

The financial risks posed by climate change and bad investments could make an ugly dent in your retirement savings, a new report warns