Sentences with phrase «face of climate»

So this Bill is about building a viable, long - term future for the Murray - Darling in the face of climate change.
Figueroa will moderate and Hioureas will serve as a panelist for «International Water Conflict and Cooperation: Grappling with the Allocation of Freshwater Between States in the Face of Climate Change.»
Forget about polar bears — these communities are the new face of climate change.
Episcopal Church USA, The Church of Sweden and the ELCA: «Sustaining hope in the face of climate change» joint commitment
On that answer depend thousands of jobs for our residents, an abundant source of stably - priced energy, and Virginia's ability to move beyond fossil fuels in the face of climate change.
Biological reserves and ecological corridors have been either implemented or planned for the maintenance of biodiversity in natural ecosystems, and these can serve as adaptation measures to help protect ecosystems in the face of climate change.
This is particularly significant in the face of the climate change denial policy stance of the current administration which is not based on science and is merely a tool designed to financially benefit fossil fuel industries.
Instead of Man disappearing from the face of the earth it's Mann disappearing from the face of Climate.
And now, with shovels still scraping away at the mess of the last storm, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has filed legislation that would authorize over $ 1.4 billion in investments to make the Commonwealth more resilient in the face of climate impacts.
But record global temperatures have seen meltwater make its way inside, prompting new measures to fortify the facility in the face of climate change.
And like its bigger cousin, the Sandwich Tern — already threatened with coastal development and severe weather — is forecast by Audubon's climate model to fare poorly in the face of climate change.
Global Commission Charts Pathway For Achieving Food Security in Face of Climate Change.
The site was chosen, in part, because the permafrost acts as a natural freezer to preserve the seeds, but record global temperatures have seen meltwater make its way inside, prompting new measures to fortify the facility in the face of climate change.
Actress Maggie Grace returns for a town hall - style discussion about the new face of the climate movement and advances in technology that give her hope.
In its wake, city leaders resolved to take steps that would make New York stronger and more resilient in the face of climate change.
The global theme for Earth Day 2013 is The Face of Climate Change.
You must know people who're far better qualified to help get the public face of climate science back on track.
Is it possible that the most recent study of ice instability in Antarctica is cracking the unstable cliff face of climate denial?
This page summarizes recent activity by these groups, which flies in the face of the climate science denialism that has become a hallmark of the Republican Party, prior to and during the Trump Administration..
This conference will examine the psychological factors, money and politics, and infrastructures that impede change as well as the difficult choices that must be made to foster urban resilience in the face of climate change.
Oxybenzone and octinoxate leach nutrients from coral, bleach it white, and reduce its resiliency in the face of climate change.
In the face of climate change and ocean warming, this study gives managers hope that maintaining high water quality can spare corals.»
This guidance document presents the vulnerabilities of women in flood, cyclone, and drought prone areas in the face of climate change.
In the face of climate change, we have the dual challenge of both resisting new fossil fuel infrastructure projects and building a resilient, sustainable and equitable economy in the shell of the old.
Risky Business in the Face of Climate Change Catastrophic flooding in Pakistan, dam breaks around the world, and drought - caused blackouts in Africa provide ample warning of how global warming is changing the hydrological cycle.
This activity report showcases a set of case studies that present the work of a wide range of financed and supported projects that make a case for further investment in marine protected areas to restore the health of oceanic and coastal ecosystems, strengthen resilience in the face of climate change, sustain fisheries and other economic activities, and improve the lives of the world's poorest communities.
Letter to Trump: why businesses could be the face of climate progress (Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 18, 2016)
He is a steadfast supporter of the National Ocean Policy and sees the interagency coordination it enables to be more critical than ever in the face of climate change.
Environmentalists seek undevelopment — sheer retrogression — in the face of climate change!
Unlike coastal fisheries which have suffered due to more frequent and intense cyclones, these aquaculture efforts can be sustained even in the face of climate - related challenges.
«The Face of Climate Change will not only personalize and make real the massive challenge that climate change presents, it will unite the myriad Earth Day events around the world into one call to action at a critical time,» said Franklin Russell, director of Earth Day at Earth Day Network.
Yet Dennis Meritt, an adjunct professor of biological sciences at DePaul University, is concerned about how the species will fare in the face of climate change.
«We'll harness that power to show the world The Face of Climate Change,» said Russell.
We also work with local communities to provide managers with tools and training to help make their reefs stronger in the face of climate change and we are partnering with NOAA to advance coral reef conservation efforts in seven United States coral reef jurisdictions.
This is important not just for the incredible diversity of life that it will protect, but also for the contribution it makes to building resilience of the world's ocean in the face of climate change,» says Chris Johnson, ocean science manager with World Wildlife Fund / Australia.
WASHINGTON — The global theme for Earth Day 2013 is «The Face of Climate Change,» Earth Day Network announced today.
As scientists continue to monitor the Arctic for changes in the face of climate change, they recently discovered some staggering new information - temperatures in the region are rising twice as fast as anywhere else on Earth, a new NOAA - led report says.
Federal agencies, state and local governments, and businesses have begun preparing for adverse impacts of climate change on the basis of past assessments, but these actors need information more relevant to their planning and decision - making processes, which are fundamentally aimed at ensuring long - term resilience in the face of climate risks.
But because these disputes have been so visible in the blogosphere, the net result (whether the community likes it or not), long before Climategate, Mann, Jones and Briffa were much more prominent as the public face of climate science than they were within the «community».
Blocking Flood Protection Standards in face of Climate Change Would Harm Taxpayers, Communities; Top 10 States Receiving Federal Flood Funds: LA, NY, FL, TX, MS, NJ, IA, AL, NC, CA
«The fact that this ice survived the interglacials about 120,000 and 400,000 years ago, which we think were warmer than present, really illustrates how stubborn permafrost can be in the face of climate warming,» Mr. Froese said.
«The head of the Green Climate Fund had called for up to $ 15 billion — an amount itself pegged to suit the politics of developed countries, not the needs of developing countries in the face of the climate crisis,» said Karen Orenstein of Friends of the Earth U.S. «But developed countries did not even hit the $ 10 billion mark, an amount considered the lowest threshold for political momentum.
Trump's rise makes unavoidable what many people I know in the climate - justice movement, most of them young, have been saying for some time: Namely, that in the face of our climate catastrophe, our historic fights for human rights and social justice matter now more than ever.
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«We need those jobs, we need clean electricity and we need to assume our responsibility in the face of climate change,» McGuinty said.
That would be why the public face of climate science is trying so hard to distract us from that issue.
In the face of climate change, architecture in the anthropocene must change.
An innovative project on the island of Tetiaroa in the South Pacific to develop reef rebuilding and replenishing systems, helping to ensure the long - term survival of coral reefs in the face of climate change and ocean acidification.
In the face of climate change we need to radically reduce CO2 emissions.
Are you trying to justify this or do you just not like Mr Watts amd his websites relentless attempts to hold up a mirror to the face of climate science.
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