Sentences with phrase «happen over the course of this century»

A newspaper is mostly set up to talk about what happened today, maybe sometimes what may happen tomorrow, but not what is going to happen over the course of a century.

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But climate activists in Bonn and elsewhere said the G7 recognition that decarbonisation of the global economy was needed «over the course of this century» was too slow, arguing it should happen by 2050 instead.

Back in the 1890s, that of course represented a tiny fraction of the fossil fuels that we burn today; but what, they asked themselves, might happen if mankind burnt ever - increasing amounts over many centuries?

Of course, the PDO is something that happens over a few decades, whereas global warming has been going on for most of the past centurOf course, the PDO is something that happens over a few decades, whereas global warming has been going on for most of the past centurof the past century.