Sentences with phrase «human civilization depends»

But if we want to protect the natural systems on which human civilization depends we desperately need to do better.

Whether we are able to sustain human civilization depends on not only our numbers, but also the rate at which we consume the earth's resources and create waste.

as if the continuation of human civilization depended on their victory.

Not exact matches

Human civilization has depended on our ability to «gather» solar energy through photosynthesis for millennia — this is called «agriculture» — and today's solar thermal and photovoltaic technologies make it VERY easy to gather solar energy for electricity, water and space heating, etc..

Most importantly, as long as we continue to depend on dirty fossil fuels like coal and oil to meet our energy needs, and dump 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, we move closer and closer to several dangerous tipping points which scientists have repeatedly warned — again just yesterday — will threaten to make it impossible for us to avoid irretrievable destruction of the conditions that make human civilization possible on this planet.

The future of the Earth and of human civilization now depends greatly on a single number: 350 - the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere.

The Rockefeller Foundation - Lancet Commission on Planetary Health recognizes that human health and the health of our planet are inextricably linked, and that our civilization depends on human health, flourishing natural systems, and the wise stewardship of natural resources.

He expressed the opinion that it would be «arrogant» for anyone now living to suggest that we should make any effort to maintain the Earth's climate within the range of temperatures that have existed throughout all of recorded human history, while apparently not regarding it as «arrogant» for the humans of the past century up through the present to engage in activities which threaten to radically and abruptly alter the Earth's climate and ecosystems upon which not only human civilization, but the survival of the human species, utterly depend.