Sentences with phrase «great risk from climate change»

But scientists say 0.5 C could make a crucial difference in some regions — particularly in developing countries in the tropics — that are already at great risk from climate change.

That's why these Arctic animals are some of the wildlife at greatest risk from climate change: Living about as far north as the planet allows, they have few options for adapting to rising temperatures and disappearing sea ice.

That means that the chief takeaway of HELIX's research for policymakers is that, while the greatest risks from climate change can still be avoided by reducing global emissions, it's too late, at this point, to avoid all impacts.

Not exact matches

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«Predicting which trees are at greatest risk of beetle invasion: Study helps managers protect forests from pest that is moving north with climate change.»

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

But Dr. Somerville, who has also contributed to several reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the risks that attend further silence, in the face of ever - growing emissions of heat - trapping gases, are far greater.

The U.N. report gets two things right: 1) there is a risk of serious damages from climate change if left unabated for a century and 2) poor countries in the low latitudes are likely to bear the greatest share of that risk.

Daily Pioneer: Climate change is a major challenge for developing countries like India which are exposed to greater risk from this phenomenon.

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In other countries, additional risks that could be exacerbated by climate change include greater erosion, deficiencies in yields from rain - fed agriculture of up to 50 % during the 2000 - 2020 period, and reductions in crop growth period (Agoumi, 2003).

Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer distances to find stable ice or to reach land, resulting in greater risk to their cubs, according to a new paper co-authored by a WWF expert.

Climate change has never received the crisis treatment from our leaders, despite the fact that it carries the risk of destroying lives on a vastly greater scale than collapsed banks or collapsed buildings.

Risks of waterborne illness and beach closures resulting from changes in the magnitude of recent precipitation (within the past 24 hours) and in lake temperature are expected to increase in the Great Lakes region due to projected climate change.97, 98,99,100

They include, among many others, principles on what is each nation's fair share of safe global emissions, who is responsible for reasonable adaptation needs of those people at greatest risk from climate damages in poor nations that have done little to cause climate change, should high - emitting nations help poor nations obtain climate friendly energy technologies, and what responsibilities should high - emitting nations have for refugees who must flee their country because climate change has made their nations uninhabitable?

Weitzman pointed out that, when we consider the full range of possible outcomes from climate change, the outlying possibilities on the high - cost side of the range of possible outcomes do not go quickly to zero, which implies far greater risks — and a far greater likelihood of damages — than conventional analyses would suggest.

Specifically, the greater the scientific uncertainty, the greater are the risks from climate change.

«Successfully reframing the climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values... holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change...» — George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, May climate debate in the United States from one based on environmental values to one based on health values... holds great promise to help American society better understand and appreciate the risks of climate change...» — George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, May climate change...» — George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, May 9change...» — George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication, May Climate Change Communication, May 9Change Communication, May 9, 2011

(One recent study confirmed that methane leaks from shale gas wells can travel great distances in aquifers and that regulators aren't doing enough to monitor the risks to climate change or water.)

For example some populations in temperate areas may be at less risk from extreme cold, and may benefit from greater agricultural productivity, at least for moderate degrees of climate change.

For example, the paper includes the following: «greenhouse gas pollution can impose great harms», «significantly increased risks of severe harms», and «A handful of geographic regions may experience short - term benefits from climate change, such as temporary agricultural gains in colder regions, but even in those areas, long - term, catastrophic scenarios would bring significant harms.»

It is expected that consumers will be able to choose electricity from renewable sources instead of fossil fuel - powered thermal (along with its problems in terms of climate change) or nuclear power generation (whose great risks again became evident with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, caused by the tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2great risks again became evident with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, caused by the tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011).

Because it has been scientifically well established that there is a great risk of catastrophic harm from human - induced change (even though it is acknowledged that there are remaining uncertainties about timing and magnitude of climate change impacts), no high - emitting nation, sub-national government, organization, business, or individual of greenhouse gases may use some remaining scientific uncertainty about climate change impacts as an excuse for not reducing its emissions to its fair share of safe global greenhouse gas emission on the basis of scientific uncertainty.

The Philippines, ranked second-most at risk from climate change in a recent United Nations report, reports the greatest concern about the personal toll of climate change among the Asian nations surveyed.

«Today's report recognizes that the livelihoods of people living in coastal communities, the sustainability of rich natural resources that support our economy and the security of residential, commercial and industrial assets are at great risk if we don't devise and implement plans to protect against, and recover from, the adverse effects associated with climate change.»

From our collective experience as physical and social scientists working at the intersection of climate change and society, we argue it is time for a shift in the objectives and implementation of climate change assessments — from making what amounts to a general case for «action,» to characterizing specific risks to help people develop, select, carry out, and monitor specific actions that ultimately have greater benefits than coFrom our collective experience as physical and social scientists working at the intersection of climate change and society, we argue it is time for a shift in the objectives and implementation of climate change assessments — from making what amounts to a general case for «action,» to characterizing specific risks to help people develop, select, carry out, and monitor specific actions that ultimately have greater benefits than cofrom making what amounts to a general case for «action,» to characterizing specific risks to help people develop, select, carry out, and monitor specific actions that ultimately have greater benefits than costs.

• Even greater risks to human rights than the risks posed by aggressive mitigation action arise from the profound impacts of climate change, especially if temperature increase exceeds 2 °C, which becomes increasingly likely if mitigation is delayed.

The report, which is the second installment of a three - part series of scientific updates from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island Climate Change (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island sChange (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island schange poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island states.

«Studies on the future of vital agriculture in the region have shown the following risks, which are linked to climate change: • greater erosion, leading to widespread soil degradation; • deficient yields from rain - based agriculture of up to 50 per cent during the 2000 — 2020 period;»

This is properly referenced back to chapter 9.4 of WG2, which says: «In other countries, additional risks that could be exacerbated by climate change include greater erosion, deficiencies in yields from rain - fed agriculture of up to 50 % during the 2000 - 2020 period, and reductions in crop growth period (Agoumi, 2003).»