Sentences with phrase «from climate volatility»

For the first time, researchers have assessed which nations and which groups of people are most at risk from climate volatility.

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Increasing climate variability and more frequent disruptions from extreme events are projected to increase price volatility for agricultural commodities, and reduce food quality.

Progress is continuing apace; and when (I choose to use that word rather than «if») the science becomes more robust, and when (or if) the corresponding climate trends toward volatility of weather emerge clearly from the background noise of «natural» daily weather, then more and more governments will find motivation to act.

In contrast, EPA's estimate for the total gains from avoided climate change damages as well as other factors (such as reduced macroeconomic volatility from reduced reliance on oil imports), might yield as little as $ 29 billion in the year 2040, in the scenario where the «social cost of carbon» is relatively low.

Considering the risks inherent in nuclear power, the chronic political instability gripping some key oil - producing regions, and the climate volatility and pollution - related disease resulting from continued fossil fuel use, Japan's current energy economy is far from secure.