Sentences with phrase «greater precautionary action»

The authors highlight this with the case of future sea level, as larger uncertainty in sea level rise requires greater precautionary action to manage flood risk.

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The Precautionary Principle — which some interpret as saying that, if a course of action carries even a remote chance of irreparable damage, then one should not pursue it, no matter how great the benefits may be — gave Europeans a firm philosophical basis for saying no to GMOs.

Increased uncertainty provides a greater probability of occurrence of the catastrophe, strengthening the case for action under the precautionary principle

Strikingly, the precautionary principle also raises it's head, and probably for the same reason it shows up in climate science: action — drug use — is urged with great frequency despite the fact that our understanding of the situation — in this case various chronic diseases and how to deal with them, is often quite incomplete.