Sentences with phrase «for global climate»

The need for global climate action is widely recognized.

The findings show that sustainably logged tropical forests continue to play a key role in global carbon sequestration, with important implications for global climate.

Poor countries and communities least responsible for the global climate crisis are also the most vulnerable.

«It's important for global climate models to be able to test under what conditions precipitation changes and when sources for that precipitation change,» she said.

I don't think we really have a good idea yet of what a newly open ocean at the top of the world will mean for global climate.

There are far better reasons for a global climate treaty than reducing disaster losses, since there are far better approaches to that end (as we argue in our Science paper).

However, when the protocol expires in 2013 the need for global climate protection policy will not end.

This could naturally have very serious consequences for the global climate, he says.

What does the 2 °C target imply for a global climate agreement in 2020?

They also influence whether CO2 is stored in the ocean or the atmosphere, which is very important for global climate variability.

This data can then be used to analyze the spatial and temporal dynamics of environmental conditions, including baseline data for global climate change and their relevance to changes in regional land use patterns.

2016 was something of a mixed bag for the global climate.

A vital part of our collective response will be to listen to the voices across the country insisting that this tragedy is part of the price we're all paying for global climate change.

Although agriculture is not currently being specifically discussed at the climate talks the architecture required for a global climate agreement to be implemented is.

And what are the implications for the carbon cycle and therefore for the global climate?

Many experts suggest that declaring wood burning a carbon - neutral form of energy is not only inaccurate, but a potential step backward for global climate change mitigation efforts.

In addition, they produce about one fifth of the oxygen in the atmosphere and are therefore a key factor for our global climate.

Today, he continues to promote sustainable energy and strives to raise awareness for global climate change with his international projects.

Seeing world - wide companies work together to create better tools for global climate change is encouraging.

Despite their limited size, these areas are considered to be important sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide, arguably with relevance for global climate.

But it will do little if anything for the global climate and should not be considered as climate policy.

Each tile could represent a key area for global climate change.

Here is the report's side - by - side comparison of the best - case and worst - case scenarios for global climate change in the 21st century.

If subsequent studies confirm the findings, the faulty filter could also have big implications for global climate.

This is the period world leaders are focusing on for global climate action to make a genuine showing and commitments for it are to be set next year.

Last year was something of a mixed bag for the global climate.

The Obama administration's ramping up fossil fuel exports is at odds with its push for a global climate deal.

The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action supports implementation of the Paris Agreement by enabling collaboration between governments and the cities, regions, businesses and investors that must act on climate change.

In a consortium led by the Finnish consultancy GAIA and with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), NewClimate Institute carried out a study on behalf of the Nordic Working Group for Global Climate Negotiations (NOAK) to identify how Nordic finance institutions can best contribute to mobilising climate finance to developing countries in a way that supports the implementation of the Paris Agreement.

Add to that the fact that assuming a single time scale for the global climate system contradicts what we know about the response time of the different components of the earth, and it adds up to only one conclusion: Schwartz's estimate of climate sensitivity is unreliable.

They were Jorge Sarmiento, an oceanographer at Princeton University who constructs ocean - circulation models that calculate how much atmospheric carbon dioxide eventually goes into the world's oceans; Eileen Claussen, executive director of the Pew Center for Global Climate Change in Washington, D.C.; and David Keith, a physicist with the University of Calgary in Alberta who designs technological solutions to the global warming problem.

The Obama Administration's ramp - up of fossil fuel exports is at odds with its push for a global climate deal.

The Associated Press, Nov. 5, 2004 MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill confirming Russia's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, the Kremlin said Friday, clearing the way for the global climate pact to come into force early next year.

A simple response function (Green's function) calculation [64] yields an estimate of global mean temperature change in response to a specified time series for global climate forcing.

Its targets related to holding temperature increase to below 2 °C and 1.5 °C,» said Peer Stiansen, Chair of the Nordic Working Group for Global Climate Negotiations (NOAK).

CONCLUSION The values for the global climate sensitivity published by the IPCC cover a range from 2.1 ̊C — 4.4 ̊C with an average value of 3.2 ̊C, which is seven times larger than that predicted here.