Sentences with phrase «failed global mitigation»
This analytical report shows the wide range of adverse impacts of climate change in Africa and assesses the balance of economic costs, as a function of a range of scenarios including both successful and failed global mitigation efforts, and strong compared to weak implementation of adaptation measures.
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It thus seems reasonable to suggest that if we continue to fail to achieve a commensurate binding international mitigation treaty, we shall not see the end of a «lumpy plateau» in global emissions before the 2040s.
All in all, a number of U.S. fossil - fuel development and export policy positions suggest an administration that is attempting to straddle climate and energy policy in such a way that it wins support on the progressive side for having a proactive domestic climate policy while, in effect, failing to challenge the obstacle to climate change mitigation posed by corporate energy interests and their global ambitions.
I hear you, Malcolm, about the need to «be pulling all the levers in all countries as hard as possible», but I think Jon's point here is that in the face of failed leadership to undertake such a coordinated global effort, those of us who are ready to take action can focus on the «pullable levers» to get some points on the climate mitigation board.
If nations fail to base their climate change policies on what equity, ethics, and justice require of them on mitigation of their greenhouse gas emissions and funding for adaptation, losses, and damages, then the global response to climate change will not likely be ambitious enough to avoid catastrophic climate impacts while deepening existing injustices in the world.
Geo - engineering is considered the last resort option if we do nothing to drastically reverse global warming; it is described as «only if mitigation fails.»
Given the theory, given that people like me who believe in AGW ALSO believe that there is heat in the pipe, given that things will get worse before they better, given that global action has failed miserably, when will people who believe as I do, decide to support local action of mitigation and adaptation.