In his point # 6 (Scale of Task), he states: «Scientists describe warming of two degrees Celsius (2C) not as the boundary
for dangerous climate change, but as representing a boundary between dangerous and extremely dangerous CLIMATE CHANGE, pointing to a safe boundary as being under 350 parts per million carbon dioxide equivalent (ppm CO2e), more than 120 ppm CO2e below the current level.
As a candidate and as President, Donald Trump has rejected clear scientific evidence that climate change poses a serious global threat, and has populated his cabinet with those who deny that fossil fuel emissions currently are the primary driver of climate change, and reject imperatives to cut carbon emissions and prepare
for dangerous climate change impacts happening now.
One source says the new draft confirms that humans are responsible
for dangerous climate change.
For example, it is unwise to continue to stall on ambition while the evidence
for dangerous climate change mounts, the vulnerability of communities around the globe increases, and the time to protect ecosystems and the people who depend on them drains away.
«The possibility of another [volcanic eruption like] Katla or Laki reminds us of the need to prepare
for dangerous climate change of the natural as well as the man - made variety.
The Arctic shows that tipping points
for dangerous climate change and large sea - level rises have already been passed, a fact that the IPCC did not recognise in failing to include any emission scenarios for less than 2 — 2.4 ˚C in its 2007 report.
The identified critical threshold
for dangerous climate change saying that the increase in global temperature should be below 2 degrees Celsius seems not to have helped the climate negotiations so far.
The evidence
for dangerous climate change is lacking so now you'd prefer to argue that we should make extremely costly decisions based on people person values — which have been influenced by the catastrophic climate change propaganda.
It maintained that «there is no evidence at all»
for dangerous climate change.
Presentations focused on deepening inequality, the evidence
for dangerous climate change, population trends, urban problems, new economic models and more.
Governments have promised to limit the world to 2 °C of warming — the agreed threshold
for dangerous climate change.
The world is on track
for dangerous climate change, having nearly lost room for further pollution in the mix of gases that make up the atmosphere.
Not exact matches
However, Democrats condemned the rollback as
dangerous and a disregard
for the effects of global
climate change.
«Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, we will be heading
for dangerous temperature increases by the end of this century, well above the target set by the Paris
climate change agreement,» Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary - general, said in a statement.
We simply won't be able to avoid
dangerous climate change, as all our countries have pledged to do, unless we switch over time to using clean power
for activities like driving our cars and heating our homes.
I would love to move to a state with enough land and a warmer
climate for my sons to ride their race bikes, my daughter to have the horse she dreams of and me to finally be at peace, I also believe that there should be someone home with the kids no matter what their ages are and as a single Mom with no family support or father involvement being at home
for me is even more important, especially now that they are teenagers, There are no more nap times or time outs and the things you worry about during this age are so much more
dangerous than falling down and hitting their heads as toddlers.
But as the Mueller Risk Index forecasts an increasingly
dangerous political and legal
climate for the president, markets have climbed steadily higher.
We simply must change our consumption habits to avoid
dangerous climate change in our lifetimes and
for generations to come.»
The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway
climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible
for the release of
dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest Star Wars.
The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway
climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible
for the release of
dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest
But he took issue with Labour's Emily Thornberry who contended that that Trump's election as U.S. president was a «hugely
dangerous development
for the future of our planet» because he believes that
climate change is a hoax.
A coherent deal with the United States in would be much more important
for the goal (prevent
dangerous climate change) than one without them.
Even terming things as this
for that is a
dangerous thing to do in the
climate of the presumption of guilt.»
«Even terming something as «this
for that» is a
dangerous thing to do in the
climate of the presumption of guilt.»
«So you've got that hanging over everybody's head, so that's another reason why I think things aren't coming together because even turning something as this -
for - that is a
dangerous thing to do in the
climate of the presumption of guilt.»
«We are quickly running out of time to prevent hugely
dangerous, expensive, and perhaps unmanageable
climate change,» wrote the report's authors, who include former U.N. Environment Programme chief Achim Steiner and Mexican chemist Mario Molina, who won the Nobel Prize
for his role in discovering the threat that chlorofluorocarbon gases pose to the Earth's ozone layer.
A 2009 report published by the U.K.'s Royal Society argued that such drastic efforts could become important short - term tools
for reversing
dangerous changes to the
climate.
That's the message one researcher has
for the planet's physicians, the
climate scientists who are diagnosing whether a new international agreement can keep us from busting the boundary of
dangerous global warming.
In May 2013, the CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere surpassed a milestone of 400 ppm
for the first time in human history, a level that many scientists consider
dangerous territory in terms of its impact on Earth's
climate.
«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences
for human health if we don't start reducing the
dangerous carbon pollution fueling
climate change — and dramatic benefits
for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.
The high - carbon alternative, the report warns, will lock the world into
dangerous levels of
climate change that will upend economies
for the foreseeable future.
A shift to healthier diets across the world is just one of a number of actions that need to be taken to avoid
dangerous climate change and ensure there is enough food
for all.
Pope Francis is to make history this week with a call
for international cooperation to avert
dangerous global warming — the Vatican's most powerful statement yet on the environment and
climate change.
I don't care about consensus, but
for what it's worth: 10 out of 17 means a 59 % consensus that
climate sensitivity is likely to be 2C or lower and as such global warming is not
dangerous according to UN politically agreed criteria.
For climate scientists who are skeptical that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions will cause a
dangerous amount of warming, such as Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer, their skepticism hinges mainly on this cloud cover uncertainty.
Today, scientists around the world, including those at the Potsdam Institute
for Climate Impact Research that Schellnhuber founded in 1992, are successfully investigating the nonlinear dynamics of the complex climate system, and religious leaders like Pope Francis - whose green Encyclical Schellnhuber had the honor to present to the world in 2015 - joined in the call for avoiding dangerous climate
Climate Impact Research that Schellnhuber founded in 1992, are successfully investigating the nonlinear dynamics of the complex
climate system, and religious leaders like Pope Francis - whose green Encyclical Schellnhuber had the honor to present to the world in 2015 - joined in the call for avoiding dangerous climate
climate system, and religious leaders like Pope Francis - whose green Encyclical Schellnhuber had the honor to present to the world in 2015 - joined in the call
for avoiding
dangerous climate climate change.
There was a conference held at the begining of this year that went over this sort of thing, it was subtitled «Avoiding
Dangerous Climate Change» and you can find the presentation [slides] that were presented at http://www.stabilisation2005.com/programme.html There's a lot of interesting things about possible thresholds, stabilisation levels
for CO2 and emission reduction pathways and the potential costs.
It can be
dangerous rappelling hundreds of feet deep inside caves, but the cave deposits inside are a «Rosetta Stone»
for geoscientists looking to better understand
climate history.
For all countries, it says, there are many ways in which energy - sector actions can still be accelerated in order to increase the chances of averting
dangerous climate change in the future.
Rajendra Pachauri, head of the U.N.
Climate Panel, says the cuts are needed to limit temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, an amount seen by the EU, some other nations and many environmentalists as a threshold for «dangerous» climate
Climate Panel, says the cuts are needed to limit temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius, an amount seen by the EU, some other nations and many environmentalists as a threshold
for «
dangerous»
climate climate change.
And in common with all other
climate pledges so far, its INDC remains well short of what would be required to meet the agreed 2C target
for avoiding
dangerous climate change.
The 2015 Urgenda
Climate Case against the Dutch Government was the first in the world in which citizens held their government accountable for contributing to dangerous climate
Climate Case against the Dutch Government was the first in the world in which citizens held their government accountable
for contributing to
dangerous climate climate change.
In other words, if
climate sensitivity is toward the low end, 2 K is more
dangerous than we currently give it credit
for, and arguments
for low risk because of low sensitivity are less valid because that means that more ecological changes occur
for a given temperature change than currently thought.
For example, the report summarizes recent research underpinning the scientific rationale for large and rapid reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, in order to reduce the likelihood of dangerous human - induced climate chan
For example, the report summarizes recent research underpinning the scientific rationale
for large and rapid reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, in order to reduce the likelihood of dangerous human - induced climate chan
for large and rapid reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, in order to reduce the likelihood of
dangerous human - induced
climate change.
We have a planetary
climate crisis that requires urgent change to our energy and carbon pathway to avoid
dangerous consequences
for young people and other life on Earth.
Researching Egyptian pharaohs is genuinely
dangerous work that takes archaeologists to unforgiving desert
climates and treacherous tombs, and pits them against thieves who want to get their own hands on historical treasures
for
A single mosquito bite can infect your dog, which makes Austin's hot, wet
climate particularly
dangerous for dogs.
Not sure which came first, but such opulence amid poverty in developing nations makes
for a decidedly ripe
climate of
dangerous «we vs. them».
It's painfully ironic, particularly
for those of who are American citizens, given that right now the single most obstructive, denialist,
dangerous government on the planet in regard to
climate change is in fact ours.
The smallest warming / sea level rise in TAR figure 5 will place a wide range of human and natural systems under very considerable pressure (and based on estimates of the melt - down point
for greenland place us teetering on the edge of
dangerous climate change).