Sentences with phrase «devastating consequences of a warming»
At best, it will cut emissions by about half as much as is necessary to stave off the most devastating consequences of a warming planet.
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Hamilton noted that the commission's report is not the first time The Lancet has taken a stab at climate change, but previous reports focused on the worst - case scenarios of global warming and their devastating health consequences, whereas the current report highlights the benefits of addressing climate change and touts «no regrets» actions that benefit the environment and health.
Speaking from Apia, Shirley Laban, the convener of the Pacific Islands Climate Action Network, an NGO, said: «Unless we cut emissions now, and limit global warming to less than 1.5 °C, Pacific communities will reap devastating consequences for generations to come.
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, said that if the buildup of greenhouse gases and its consequences pushed global temperatures 9 degrees Fahrenheit higher than today — well below the upper temperature range that scientists project could occur from global warming — Earth's population would be devastated.
He explains that CO2 levels of 550ppm will probably mean around 3oC warming and have devastating consequences for millions of people.
Increasing personal evidence of global warming and its potentially devastating consequences can be counted on to be an extremely effective teacher and motivator.
«Even if we were able to use productive plants such as poplar trees or switchgrass, and store 50 % of the carbon contained in their biomass, in the business - as - usual scenario of continued, unconstrained fossil fuel use, the sheer size of the plantations for staying at or below 2 °C of warming would cause devastating environmental consequences,» Boysen says.
These several billion individuals, who IPCC officials confirmed are currently operating in 195 countries worldwide, are together responsible for what experts called the «lion's share» of the devastating consequences of global warming affecting the entire planet.
CAN the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (Caricom) take international legal action against the states that are warming the planet with devastating consequences, not only for their survival, but in some cases even their existence?
26 July: EgyptianStreets: For most Egyptians, global warming and climate change are seemingly foreign concepts - ones that are confined in occurrence and consequences to faraway lands... Because they are virtually non-existent concepts in the public consciousness, most Egyptians are unaware of the immense harm that can befall their country as a result of climate change and its potentially devastating impacts on Egypt... http://egyptianstreets.com/2015/07/26/egypt-to-witness-grave-consequences-within-10-years-if-global-warming-endures/
«Every day, every minute, even, the consequences of global warming become more and more devastating.»
These actions will place the youth of America, as well as future generations, at irreversible, severe risk to the most devastating consequences of global warming.
Release URL BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday January 2, 2014 By Sir Ronald Sanders Can the countries of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) take international legal action against the States that are warming the planet with devastating consequences not only for their survival, but in some cases even their existence?
Now climate scientists project that we risk up to 10 times as much warming this century as in the last 50 years — with many devastating consequences from dramatic sea level rise to Dust - Bowlification (see my review of more than 60 recent studies).