Sentences with phrase «discussion of the changing climate»

Any serious discussion of the changing climate must begin by acknowledging not only the scientific certainties but also the uncertainties, especially in projecting the future.

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Trump and his team became irrelevant to the global discussion of climate change.

«For a long time, climate change was pushed by EU diplomacy and the U.S. was largely absent,» said Edward Cameron, managing director of the New York - based Business for Social Responsibility, which organized numerous briefings and panel discussions at COP 21.

«We have some discussions we have to do with Environment and Climate Change Canada to know exactly where those caps will be, but the important part of that is that they will be declining caps year over year.»

The two were also agreed that larger national discussions need to be held around climate change, economic development and accommodation of aboriginal rights and title — and that LNG development should be seen as an opportunity to move on these issues.

Another expert, University of Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd, said that «while we have to be careful about knee - jerk cause - effect discussions, the National Academy of Science and recent peer - reviewed literature continue to show that some of today's extremes have climate change fingerprints on them.»

«As worldwide discussions relating to global climate change and environmental respect continue, the technologies being developed by BYD will be an integral part of that future.»

Being one of the most liberal areas in the U.S. — there were more than a few cars sporting «Bernie Sanders 2016 ″ bumper stickers — the discussion revolved around climate change and the environmental impact of the tarsands.

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So when the Rhodes Scholar began studying for a Ph.D. in environmental studies at Oxford University, she paired the two to study the evangelical community's discussions of climate change.

That document had a number of well - known evangelical signatories and, Wilkinson argues, served as a «watershed document» in setting the tone for current climate change discussions in the evangelical church.

Panel discussion will feature climate policy experts and leading vintners at Vinexpo Bordeaux 2017, Sunday, June 18 NEW YORK — April 20, 2017 — The impact of climate change on viticulture and wine quality is among the most critical issues facing the global wine community today, as it prepares to converge on Bordeaux, France, this -LSB-...]

The two - day event will consist of lectures, workshops, panel discussions, and dialogue on topics like climate change and coffee production economics, with a focus on the Central American context.

Discussions covered future role of eco-labels and certification schemes, transparency in global supply chains, climate change mitigation and risks, use of sustainable ingredients, and tackling food waste.

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June 1: Participate in Environmentalists Respond to the Trump Administration and Congress, a discussion of how current events in Washington impact climate change and energy (Vineyard Haven)

Demand the inclusion of breastfeeding in any list of actions to reduce our carbon and water footprint and in discussions about climate change.

He wrote on his Facebook wall that «very far - reaching» discussions on the theme «Adding Global Value» will be had along with impactful side events on Climate Change, as well as a session of the CHOGM Small Group Meeting on Anti-Corruption.

Topics of discussion roamed far and wide but with an understandable focus on climate change.

Climate change campaigners begged both Clegg and Labour leader Ed Miliband to make arrangements for the energy secretary to remain, because of the vital role he had been given by the Mexican hosts in leading discussions on the fate of the earlier Kyoto Protocol.

Other topics included discussion of post-Sandy climate change preparation, the Champlain - Hudson Power Electric power line, air traffic and campaign contributions from United Water.

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate change.

While there was much talk of Mother Nature and her effect on storms, there was little discussion of the climate change that many scientists believe is causing the more frequent and destructive storms.

In November, countries will meet for the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties for negotiations under the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, where loss and damage from climate variability and climate change will be vital to discuClimate Change, where loss and damage from climate variability and climate change will be vital to discusChange, where loss and damage from climate variability and climate change will be vital to discuclimate variability and climate change will be vital to discuclimate change will be vital to discuschange will be vital to discussions.

So a realistic look at the international policy dynamics that currently exist, as well as an informed discussion on where those policies could grow to be, is a great way to continue the conversation on actionable solutions to climate change,» said Subhashree Mishra, 2014 - 16 Executive Branch Fellow at the Department of Energy (DOE).

Some of our discussion topics have included marine science, medical research, climate change, and even volcanology!

Rather than arguing over the science of climate change, public discussion should be about actions needed to address it, he said.

With all the discussion about global climate change effects, new research shows that another kind of climate is an important factor in regional pinyon pine tree recovery after drought events — the microclimate.

The first morning lecture series for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which is focused on physics for this, its 62nd anniversary year, got off to a cosmic start, tracing the origins and evolution of the universe, before crashing back to Earth with a discussion of climate change.

Speaking at a Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars forum yesterday, Brady noted what she called a «missing middle» between the international scope of the U.N. climate change discussions and the very local, grass - roots efforts to help communities adapt to weather - related impact.

In addition to the analysis published in Nature Climate Change, the scientists working under the Global Carbon Project umbrella published a more detailed technical analysis of the world's CO2 emissions yesterday in the journal Earth System Science Data Discussions.

Most of the discussion around climate change naturally revolves around temperature, but have wind speeds increased and become more variable?

DISCOVER recently partnered with NBC Learn, the National Science Foundation, and Arizona State University to convene a town hall discussion that explored the impact of climate change on our freshwater resources.

In 2008, Louisiana passed a law requiring «open and objective discussion» of climate change, evolution and human cloning.

unequal power in diplomatic negotiations — resulting in climate change discussions prioritising the needs of the developed North over those of the global South.

«White House officials and political appointees in the agencies censored congressional testimony on the causes and impacts of global warming, controlled media access to government climate scientists, and edited federal scientific reports to inject unwarranted uncertainty into discussions of climate change.»

Sea - level rise and coral bleaching often dominate discussions about how climate change affects the ocean, but a host of more subtle — and harder to research — trends also play a role in reshaping the world's marine ecosystems.

In a new paper published this week, Dr Sealey - Huggins finds that discussion of climate change has failed to pay enough attention to the social, political and historic factors which increase the vulnerability of Caribbean societies, and calls for a new approach focused on understanding and addressing these historic inequalities.

«It appears textbook publishers include discussion of climate change to appease one segment of their market — but then to appease another segment they suggest doubt, which doesn't reflect the scientific reality,» he said.

It may enable the restarting of the discussion (Rosina Bierbaum [a PCAST member and professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor] called it the «conversation») about climate change.

Elsner added that in the past at scientific conferences on tornadoes, there was very little discussion of climate change.

It follows much discussion on the nature of global change in a warmer 21st Century at the COP23 Climate Negotiations in Bonn last week.

The office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.) noted that in a panel discussion last week, the senator called climate change a global problem that demands global leadership, adding, «This may be the only issue in which the Republican Party doesn't want the United States to exercise global leadership.

Most notable is the discussion of the human impact on climate change in Forecast Earth: The Story of Climate Scientist Ineclimate change in Forecast Earth: The Story of Climate Scientist IneClimate Scientist Inez Fung.

Clive Hamilton's article on the debate over geoengineering highlights a regrettable tendency for discussion of climate change to be polarised...

G - 20 leaders have scheduled one mealtime discussion on climate change — largely at the behest of European leaders, analysts said — because they were unable to get a formal agenda item on the issue.

As Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S. State Department, predicted, «I don't think that [climate change is] going to be a major part of the discussion in Florida.»

While they struggle to pull together know - how and funding, those with the broader view and resources - state agencies - are absent from the discussions: In a study released earlier this year, the Natural Resources Defense Council ranked Virginia as one of 29 states that were «largely unprepared and lagging behind» on planning for climate change at the state level.

«It means that none of the political discourse, the discussion among the Republican Party right now, is addressing climate change at all.

This fall, the EC's delegation in the United States, the embassy of Sweden, and AAAS have organized a series of discussions in Washington, D.C., on adaptation to climate change.