Sentences with phrase «effects climate change»

She says she simply can not turn away from the effects climate change is having.

«We are here to raise awareness of the role that urban green space plays in adapting to the effects climate change is having on cities.

CIA Director Leon Panetta says, «Decision makers need information and analysis on the effects climate change can have on security.

The world's poorer populations are sadly unprepared to handle the effects climate change could have on them, the World Bank report said.

The company's support for a small, but influential, group of climate skeptics has damaged the United States» reputation by making our government appear to ignore conclusive data on climate change and the disastrous effects climate change could have.»

The «mission» is likely to carry out a comprehensive assessment of the kind of effects climate change is likely to have on human health in different regions of the country and build up capacities to respond to these and also to health emergencies arising out of natural disasters.

Their teacher Andy McFadden has described the Climate Week Challenge as «an engaging and useful way for our pupils to continue learning about the damaging effects climate change is having on our planet and also an excellent opportunity to think creatively about potential solutions to the our own and future generations problems.»

Watson said most climate studies on biodiversity focus on the effects climate change could have 50 to 100 years from now.

They are now working on forecasts of the effects climate change will have on snowfall in the mountain ranges that ring L.A., on local rivers, and on water resources in the Sierra Nevada.

While the African Union concentrates on strategies to mitigate the devastating financial effects climate change is having on Africans, I worry instead about its impact on our bodies.

There is an overlying awareness when assessing New York's environmentally progressive work - in - progress that the effects climate change and fossil fuel energy industries have on the environment, infrastructure and public health don't stop at state lines.

«I see the effects climate change is having on the poorest people in the world every day.

The study applied «medium to high» future emissions estimates of heat - trapping gases, as assumed by the California state government, to models designed to assess what effect climate change would have on national parks like Yosemite, Death Valley, Redwood, Joshua Tree and Sequoia.

More research is needed to fully understand the importance of basking and the effect climate change will have on basking behaviors of green turtle populations around the world.

May said parliamentarians had not done enough to prepare the public for the effect climate change would have on their lives in terms of efforts to reduce emissions and adapt to climate changes.

While we hear of the effect climate change is having around the world, it is refreshing to hear of innovative ways that EU countries are helping to reduce the damage.

I'm not saying that human activities do not have an impact on climate, I am just saying that we have greatly overlooked the natural cyclical nature of our solar system, as well as other factors that effect climate change.

«Using the series as a tool to bring attention to the poles and the effect climate change has had on them, the organizations are planning various activities around the FROZEN PLANET premiere including: hosting sneak peek screenings for their members, where attendees will see the premiere episode Ends of the Earth before it's U.S. debut; engagement on Facebook, Twitter, GetGlue and other social media platforms; letter writing campaigns and other grassroots efforts to ensure our polar regions are protected for generations to come.

Imagine, then, what effect climate change policies are having in the developing world — the HMDCs.

Not exact matches

The more the world feels the powerful effects of climate change and the longer we wait to reduce emissions the more attractive nuclear energy could become.

But when asked by Sen. Bob Corker (R - TN) if human activity has contributed to climate change, Tillerson said that «the increase in the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are having an effect,» and that «our ability to predict that effect is very limited.»

But these cooler streets also reflect less heat onto buildings, saving on air - conditioning costs and reducing the effects of climate change.

If current estimates are correct that the leakage rate is around 3 percent, then we calculated that switching all coal plants to average - efficiency natural gas plants would have little effect on the power sector's contribution to climate change.

That's not soon enough if the world wants to mitigate the worst effects of climate change while providing cheap, clean energy to the poor — a point not lost on a handful of American billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Paul Allen, and Peter Thiel.

But ultimately this cost will be paid by future generations, who will have to cope with the harmful effects of a changing climate that we compound every time we eat meat ---- unless we act today.

The latest report from the International Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40Climate Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 Change, an intergovernmental group charged with researching the effects of carbon emissions, said at the end of September that climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40climate change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 change is unequivocal and that going forward, sea levels will rise at a faster rate than they have over the past 40 years.

The new report «Lights Out for the Reef», written by University of Queensland coral reef biologist Selina Ward, noted that reefs were vulnerable to several different effects of climate change; including rising sea temperatures and increased carbon dioxide in the ocean, which causes acidification.

In his 2017 book «Climate of Hope,» cowritten with veteran environmentalist Carl Pope, Bloomberg wrote that he understands that there are certain executives unmoved by warnings about the effects of manmade climate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opporClimate of Hope,» cowritten with veteran environmentalist Carl Pope, Bloomberg wrote that he understands that there are certain executives unmoved by warnings about the effects of manmade climate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opporclimate change, but that they'd be unwise to ignore the business opportunity.

However, Democrats condemned the rollback as dangerous and a disregard for the effects of global climate change.

The EPA, a federal agency charged with safeguarding clean, livable air and water, funds and conducts research into the effects of climate change on public health, the environment, and natural disasters.

Business owners across the country would be wise to follow in Smith's footsteps, as the effects of climate change are undeniable.

When UCLA's Smith travelled to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change, locals would «sigh and oblige me, but then say, «There's also this oil plant going up behind me,» or, «All these Filipino immigrants are pouring in.

The effects of oilsands production on climate change must be confronted sooner or later — and given the increasing incidence of weird weather and coastal flooding, probably sooner.

Over the last two weeks, the world's politicians, businessmen, scientists and environmentalists have gathered in Paris to discuss one thing: how to save the world from the catastrophic effects of climate change.

The Paris Agreement went into effect November 2016 and is considered the world's most comprehensive plan for fighting climate change.

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.»

The authors focus on the examples of climate change, disposal of nuclear waste and the effect of permitting concealed possession of handguns.

For example, they staged a walk - out at COP19 at Warsaw when their proposal for a loss and damage mechanism, which would contribute to addressing damages occurring from adverse effects of climate change, did not receive enough traction.

Over the past three decades we have seen an increase in insured damages, and it is up to all of us — the insurance industry, governments and citizens — to do our part in responding to the effects of climate change.»

Cities are projected to require at least USD 1.7 trillion a year for climate change mitigation and adaptation above business as usual in order to align GHG levels with those that limit global warming to 2 °C and avoid the worst effects of climate change.

But while the scientific community is in consensus about climate change, its effects on insurance aren't so clear, despite the soaring cost damage.

VICTORIA — Taking meaningful action on climate change to protect British Columbia's environment and the economy from its effects doesn't matter to Christy Clark, says New Democrat environment spokesperson George Heyman.

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

In British Columbia, we see the effects of climate change in the growing number of powerful storms that pummel our coast, record wildfires that destroy our forests, and water shortages that harm our agricultural sector.

One might also point out that due to Canada's small size, our actions have negligible effect on the path of future climate change.

When the dire effects of global climate change have taken their toll half a century...

The RBPs include requests for detail regarding resiliency and preparedness for the effects of climate change.

It has also had significant environmental consequences — set aside climate change and, if nothing else, think of industrial toxicity at the scale of Lake Michigan's southwest shoreline, New Jersey's Chemical Coast, or the chemical plants and oil refineries immediately north of Louisiana's State Capitol grounds in Baton Rouge, the long - term effects of which remain unknown — and has prompted not only environmentalist discontent and backlash, but also a neo-pagan anthropology and cosmology in which nature itself is increasingly understood as sacred.

A Christian charity has called for UK banks to stop investing in fossil fuels because it contributes to devastating effects of climate change.

The groundbreaking, Oscar - winning documentary showed the world the devastating effects of climate change on the Earth.