Sentences with phrase «full impact of a changing climate»

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«These small - scale processes might be important to understanding the full impact of climate change,» Ravelo said.

Thus it can mask the full impact that greenhouse gas emissions have on climate change by temporarily negating some of the warming.

Here's the full statement that came out of the South Korea meeting: Listen to Our Voices: The Future Needs Strong Vision and Leadership photo: UNEP Global Climate Change, Activism Is Climate Change Already Impacting Your Life?

The Worldwatch Institute and Deutsche Bank Climate Change Advisors recently analyzed the full greenhouse impacts of natural gas and coal — from the well or mine to the power plant — and the work supports other studies pointing to a large and clear climate advantage from gas as a source of electClimate Change Advisors recently analyzed the full greenhouse impacts of natural gas and coal — from the well or mine to the power plant — and the work supports other studies pointing to a large and clear climate advantage from gas as a source of electclimate advantage from gas as a source of electricity.

WMO will issue its full Statement on the State of the Climate in 2017 in March which will provide a comprehensive overview of temperature variability and trends, high - impact events, and long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, sea level rise and ocean acidifiClimate in 2017 in March which will provide a comprehensive overview of temperature variability and trends, high - impact events, and long - term indicators of climate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, sea level rise and ocean acidificlimate change such as increasing carbon dioxide concentrations, Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, sea level rise and ocean acidification.

«British Columbia is one of the provinces that has felt the full effects of climate change over the past few years with the mountain pine beetle as well as increases in flooding events and other impacts.»

The argument of the paper is that this is really a problem, that this actually a source of bias in scientific information; it's an obstacle in communicating clearly about the full range of possible impacts of climate change.

The full text of this Paris Agreement goes even further, with the parties agreeing «to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above preindustrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change.»

UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown said, «I think the great thing about the Commonwealth conference is that we could find nations that were rich and poor, nations that were facing directly now climate change and nations who were debating it but hadn't felt the full impact of it, all coming together to agree something that, you know, if a third of the world can agree at the Commonwealth conference, then perhaps the whole of the world can agree at Copenhagen.»

The PROVIA Guidance on Assessing Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation to Climate Change provides a framework for considering the full range of approaches to VIA assessment.

When this is done, the results tell the full story of the on - going consistent impacts of anthropogenic climate change.

Global mean surface temperatures are only one way to assess the full impact of fossil fuel emissions and they do not reflect the regional aspects and ever - growing complexity of our changing climate.

I am single with no children and will not see the full devastation climate change will impact the children of today's Parliamentarians.

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With the falling carbon prices and very little revenue from CDM shares to fund Adaptation Fund activities, Green Climate Fund, seems to be the only ray of hope for Adaptation Fund to reach its full potential to «reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change&Climate Fund, seems to be the only ray of hope for Adaptation Fund to reach its full potential to «reduce vulnerability and increase adaptive capacity to respond to the impacts of climate change&climate change».

... incomplete and misleading because it 1) omits any mention of several of the most important aspects of the potential relationships between hurricanes and global warming, including rainfall, sea level, and storm surge; 2) leaves the impression that there is no significant connection between recent climate change caused by human activities and hurricane characteristics and impacts; and 3) does not take full account of the significance of recently identified trends and variations in tropical storms in causing impacts as compared to increasing societal vulnerability.

The full report of the National Climate Assessment provides an in - depth look at climate change impacts on thClimate Assessment provides an in - depth look at climate change impacts on thclimate change impacts on the U.S..

In his talk, «Statistical Emulation of Streamflow Projections: Application to CMIP3 and CMIP5 Climate Change Projections,» PCIC Lead of Hydrological Impacts, Markus Schnorbus, explored whether the streamflow projections based on a 23 - member hydrological ensemble are representative of the full range of uncertainty in streamflow projections from all of the models from the third phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project.

We call for the establishment of a National Center for Climate Change Preparedness, which would serve as a coordinating entity and point of entry to the federal government for states and local communities facing a set of wide - ranging impacts, to allow full and equitable access to federal expertise and resources across multiple agencies and departments.

The hope remains that once the impacts of climate change become truly explicit a full spectrum response will follow.

If they don't enact a stiff tax on carbon in 2021; and if they don't start using the full legal authority of the Clean Air Act to regulate all sources of carbon emissions — implementing what is in effect a carbon fuel rationing scheme — then they can be rightly accused of being totally dishonest and hypocritical in claiming to be concerned about the impacts of climate change.

It turns out that relying on the first flowers of spring may lead researchers to underestimate the full impact of climate change.

Thus for many applications, such as understanding the full envelope of possible impacts resulting from our current best estimates of regional climate change, lower resolution data may be more informative.

implement a full range of direct and supportive programs for people to help mitigate the impact of climate change on mental health and psychosocial well - being... [p. 18]

What is important in many climate change impacts contexts is appropriately sampling the full range of known uncertainties, regardless of spatial resolution.

Doing so would represent a fairer share of global emission reductions, ensure the country takes full advantage of its mitigation potential, and increase the chance of limiting warming to below 2 degrees C, to help avoid the most extreme climate change impacts.

We stand in solidarity with, and offer our full support for, the growing wave of impacted communities around the world who are taking action to defend and protect their lives and livelihoods in the face of fossil fuel extraction and climate change.

The report's full title was Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, and any adaptation or mitigation stories that were used looked at case studies in the developed world — there were few positive illustrations of people involved in the strategies in developing countries.

Smil claims that there has been «no global warming in the past ten years» and appears to suggest that we can safely ignore the problem of climate change because it won't hit with «full force» any time soon, and its full impact is as yet unknown.

The resolution called for one panel discussion on identifying challenges and ways forward towards the realization of all human rights for all, including the right to development, in particular those in vulnerable situations, as well as the measures and best practices to promote and protect human rights that can be adopted by States in addressing the adverse effects of climate change on the full and effective enjoyment of human rights, and another panel discussion on how climate change has had an adverse impact on States» efforts to progressively realize the right to food, and policies, lessons learned and good practices.

The broad range of data they'll collect will give scientists a full picture of the impact climate change is having on the oceans.

While the report summary runs a mere 44 pages, the full chapters are far more dense and data - rich, and they amount to a summation of almost everything that scientists have learned about the impacts of manmade changes of the climate system and how such changes may alter human society and the natural world.

Soon's 11 papers show a spectrum of perspectives, from full - fledged denial of human - caused global warming to articles that downplay the role of climate change in ecological impacts.

Should the climate negotiations try to cap CO2 pollution in the atmosphere at 550 parts per million (ppm), 450 ppm, or some other (hopefully lower) figure Or should we take an entirely different approach and try to cap temperature change itself, rather than CO2 pollution And what must we know about the kinds of impacts and instabilities that can be expected at any given level View Full Text»

So the question is: does this review take into account «the full range of the new evidence» on the impacts of climate change?

The full impact of climate change has been underestimated because scientists haven't taken into account a major source of carbon in the environment.

As identified by the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Governments must work together at all levels with the full participation of Indigenous people on a «holistic» response to climate change that takes account of not only the ecological dimensions of climate change, but also the social impacts and principles of human rights, equity and environmental justice.