Sentences with phrase «emissions path»

On our current emissions path, this is likely to happen by mid-century.

They are aiming to agree a deal that will push the world onto a significantly lower emissions path.

More specifically, a given combination of the main driving forces is not sufficient to uniquely determine a future emissions path.

Under a moderate emissions path, the annual average by late century is 159 days.

There are also lower possible emissions paths than the B1 scenario shown here; they would involve sizable and sustained reductions in emissions beginning very soon.

And that means — if we are foolish enough to stay anywhere near our current emissions path — we ain't seen nothing yet.

In short, while Hansen's characterization of Scenario A as «business as usual» was arguably a poor choice, we nevertheless did not follow a business as usual emissions path between 1988 and 1998, and therefore the asserted basis of Michaels» self - defense for deleting Scenarios B and C is false.

As EPA has indicated, the CPP would have little real impact on emission paths in the early years, as low gas prices and state renewable mandates have done most of the work already.

The implication is that decarbonization of energy systems - the shift from carbon - intensive to less carbon - intensive and carbon - free sources of energy - is of similar importance in determining the future emissions paths as other driving forces.

«An increased share of natural gas in the global energy mix alone will not put the world on a carbon emissions path consistent with an average global temperature rise of no more than 2 [degrees Celsius],» the report states.

Jan Kowalzig, Climate Campaigner at Friends of the Earth Europe in Brussels, said: «It's appalling how our political leaders are failing to put the European economy on a low CO2 emissions path.»

Figures 1 and 2 of the post are referenced to the year 2000; however, since 2000 the world has been on an anthropogenic emissions path leading to at least a 5oC mean global temperature rise by 2100.

I know there are always lots of caveats in science but is there enough known about feedbacks, current forcings and likely emissions paths (given the inability to even reduce emissions or the growth in emissions) to paint a reasonably probably scenario about where we are headed?

But mentioning that in the context of Hurricane Sandy is an attempt (or at least has the effect) to minimize the concern about the documented changes to the climate we have already made and the predicted catastrophic consequences of staying on the fossil emissions path we are on.

-- the need to deal with the reality that any very low emissions path for California will require doubling the state's production of electricity (without emissions) even after an aggressive, sustained push to conserve energy.

Thus far we are on track with the SRES A2 emissions path.

As temperatures in the Northwest continue to rise this century, scientists expect snowpack to keep declining.2 In the Cascades, scientists project a reduction of as much as 40 percent in the amount of snow on April 1 by the 2040s, under a business - as - usual emissions path.11, 12

It is uncertain how a given emissions path converts into atmospheric concentrations of the various radiatively active gases or aerosols.

Overall, a Trump Presidency that follows through on its anti-stable-climate agenda could cost the world as much as 1 - 2 C in additional warming this Century (on top of what's already locked in) by keeping the U.S. and other nations on a business as usual emissions path longer and essentially dismantling much of the progress that was achieved under the Obama Administration.

The green line shows, by subtraction, the severely restricted emissions path that would remain for the developing countries.

«Currently were are on the highest emission path while temps continue to go down which makes Hansen WRONG, WRONG, and WRONG.»

Climate science can not predict with absolute certainty how emissions paths will translate into temperature increases and how temperature increases will translate into damage.

The three different emissions paths start in about 2005 with different values of CO2 emissions, ranging from about 5 GtC / yr to 7 GtC / yr.

On our current greenhouse gas emissions path, New Orleans will inevitably be hit by a category 5 hurricane, and probably more than one, by 2100.

You believe there is a risk of damage from CO2 emissions, but it's hard to quantify the exact risk because we don't know either future emissions paths or climate sensitivity with enough precision and accuracy.

This reference scenario, also known as «business as usual,» is now lower (leading to 4.2 °C instead of 4.5 °C), in part because the world is already pursuing a lower emissions path than what was anticipated several years ago.

These extremely hot days will only increase if we stay on our current emissions path, with a likely increase of 16 to 29 extremely hot days on average over the next 5 to 25 years, a likely jump of 21 to 51 such days by mid-century, and 46 to 105 extremely hot days likely by the end of this century.

Ricke said: «Our results show that if we continue on our current emissions path, by the end of the century there will be no water left in the ocean with the chemical properties that have supported coral reef growth in the past.

Rather, the study looks at a range of possible future scenarios, says Garner, including the business - as - usual emissions path we are still on.

However, even if we're lucky and the climate sensitivity is just 2 °C for doubled atmospheric CO2, if we continue on our current emissions path, we will commit ourselves to that amount of warming (2 °C above pre-industrial levels) within the next 75 years.

Looking forward, if we continue on our current emissions path, the average Southeast resident will likely experience an additional 17 to 53 extremely hot days per year by mid-century and an additional 47 to 115 days per year by the end of the century.

Our key findings underscore the reality that if we stay on our current emissions path, our climate risks will multiply and accumulate as the decades tick by.

And this is only the tip of the (disintegrating) iceberg — the planet is on an emissions path to warm 10 times as much in the coming century as we warmed during the period examined in this study.

In short, absent the magical deus ex machina negative feedback, we are facing catastrophic 5 — 7 °C warming by 2100 on our current emissions path, just as the Hadley Center recently warned.

Indeed, on our current emissions path, most of the South and Southwest ultimately experience twice as much loss of soil moisture as was seen during the Dust Bowl.