Sentences with phrase «if global action»

When asked why they did not want to proceed, 34 % of them stated that they only wanted to proceed if global action was taken.

The scientists say these findings reinforce the need for assessing the risk of a wide - scale collapse of reef ecosystems, especially if global action on climate change fails to limit warming to 1.5?

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China will take military action if the U.S. decides to press ahead with legislation designed to encourage high - level contact with Taiwanese officials, according to a report by The Global Times.

«Brand trust can only come if you are consistent as a great product - maker and if your actions as a local and global citizen are trusted and admired,» Jay says.

If the global climate again turns stormy, Budget 2013's three - pronged action plan will seem inconsequential, and Flaherty's pledge for a balanced budget by 2015 will look vulnerable.

The Canadian economy benefitted from a recovery in the US and the emergence of China as a major global economy There is a lot at stake and Canada will not be immune to the consequences if policy makers in the EURO area and the U.S. fail to take decisive action.

This open - ended investigation is a more moderate course of action against China than simply slapping tariffs on it, but if it does eventually escalate, the US could find itself reshaping global trade in a big way.

If the US does actually take actions against China under the provision, it would undermine the global trade system — and could set off a whole wave of economically destabilizing tit - for - tat actions between China and the US.

In fact, the actions of many rich countries here in Warsaw are directly undermining the UNFCCC itself, which is an important multilateral process that must succeed if we are to fix the global climate crisis.

Hopefully, he's rational enough to realize that his avoidable actions would trigger a massive global economic contraction which, even if the United States is less hurt than others, history would not look kindly upon.

Both must be known (whether expressly or in a direct and global way), if the moral quality of the action is to be perceived and the action performed in a morally responsible way.

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Yet, the text clearly stipulates that the Global Compact Office can encourage corporations to take action to end violations of the Global Compact Principles and, if they do not act, the corporation can be removed from the list of participants and publicly named and shamed.

Companies have been delisted for failing to provide Communications on Progress, but as these are posted to the Global Compact website even if proven to be misleading, as in the case of Nestlé, they only serve a public relations purpose, says Baby Milk Action.

Our politicians and public need to recognise the need for global action and provide the necessary political mandate for reform and resources that are required for effective governance, if this is to be achieved.

«If we do take rapid action to counter global warming and slow the rise in temperatures, southern storms tracks are likely to return to a more northerly position.

A short list of relatively simple actions taken to reduce greenhouse gases other than CO2 could help put the brakes on global warming — if implemented globally

If voters elect Democrat Hillary Clinton, America's newfound global leadership on climate action is unlikely to change much.

If we want to save anything, proactive and efficient conservation efforts but, above all, coordinated global action against global warming should start now.»

In their latest paper, published in the February issue of Nature Geoscience, Dr Philip Goodwin from the University of Southampton and Professor Ric Williams from the University of Liverpool have projected that if immediate action isn't taken, Earth's global average temperature is likely to rise to 1.5 °C above the period before the industrial revolution within the next 17 - 18 years, and to 2.0 °C in 35 - 41 years respectively if the carbon emission rate remains at its present - day value.

According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $ 10 - $ 40 billion per year today to up to $ 100,000 billion per year by the end of century, if no adaptation action is taken.

If only modest action is taken to reign in greenhouse gas emissions, the model predicts that pikas will disappear from about 75 percent of sites by 2070 (51 to 88 percent, depending on the global climate model used).

The new study finds that as much as 37 % of global investment in coal power plants over the next 40 years could be stranded if action is delayed, with China and India bearing most of these costs.

Nitrous oxide (N20) emissions could almost double by 2050 if more aggressive action is not taken, undermining global efforts to curb climate change, the United Nations» Environment Programme (UNEP) said on Thursday.

While the challenges may be greater than ever, at least now our oceans are getting some long - overdue attention; only time will tell if we took action in time to stave off a global collapse of marine ecosystems.

For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.

«If, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report saiIf, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report saiif action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report said.

«We were heartened to find that a healthy future is possible if the global community takes stringent action on greenhouse gas emissions,» Dr Ortiz said.

My own feel for this is that if we do not achieve global agreement and real action on deep cuts in emissions over the next 10 years or so we will get locked into an inappropriate fossil fuel infrastructure until at least mid-century, that will prevent us from capturing CO2 effectively.

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Leonardo DiCaprio serves as the film's narrator and central figure as he explores the ravages of global warming on the planet, and the apocalyptic state we will be living in if action isn't taken immediately.

JE: That's right, so if you have missed out on an episode of The Research Files which is our monthly series, or Global Education, School Improvement, Behaviour Management, we've also done a series on Action Research and of course the ever popular Teaching Methods series, then it's really easy to get up to date.

JE: That's right, so if you have missed out on an episode of The Research Files which is our monthly series, or Global Education, School Improvement, we've also done a series on Action Research and of course the ever popular Teaching Methods series, then it's really easy to get up to date.

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If recent headlines are a reliable barometer of the state of the world — «43 Missing Students, a Mass Grave and a Suspect: Mexico's Police»; «Egyptian Judges Drop All Charges against Mubarak»; «Boehner Says Obama's Immigration Action Damages Presidency»; «U.N. Panel Issues Its Starkest Warning Yet on Global Warming» — then it seems that we are living in an age of intense violence, unbridled corruption, purposeful gridlock, and such persistent environmental degradation that frequent drought, flooding, and hurricanes have become the new normal.

«Either way,» he writes, «if countries follow through on their pledges and follow on with more aggressive action, keeping global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius is still within reach.»

Just wanted to let you know that I have filed a class action lawsuit on global warming in the International Criminal Court in the Hague, against all current leaders on all nations on Earth, in behalf of all future generations not born yet, forever and ever, as long as this human species shall last...... and for US$ 1 billion in damages, to be donated if case is accepted and won to groups fighting global warming now!

If global surface temperatures continue not to increase v quickly over the next decade or two then I think this could seriously slow down action to cut GHG emissions, no matter how well understood the «slow - down» is, and no matter how much additional heat is measured accumulatng in the oceans.

Action on climate change needs to be scaled up and accelerated without delay if the world is to have a running chance of keeping a global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius this century.

We can not afford to delay further action to tackle climate change if the long - term target of limiting the global average temperature increase to 2 °C, as analysed in the 450 Scenario, is to be achieved at reasonable cost.

Althouh IPCC 4th meeting pointed out global warming is very dangous, if we do not action, the White House still so dull and not like a top country in the world to lead world agaist global warming.

This is not meant to imply that scientist can not inform society of the scientifically supported consequence if a particular course of action (e.g., global warming) but if this is to remain in the sphere of science and not advocacy, then the hypotheses must remain falsifiable.

Even if some availability entrepreneurs like Al Gore are mistakenly attributing isolated weather events to global warming, aren't they serving a noble purpose by getting an otherwise apathetic public to take action against a real problem?»

That's great news, because we're in a global race to save as many of the one billion people who, if we don't take urgent action, will be killed by smoking this century.

· Among these climate change issue voters, large majorities believe global warming is happening and support action by the U.S. to reduce global warming, even if it has economic costs.

Gore's call to «make peace with the planet» requires an integrated awareness and action against both global warming and global warring, simultaneously — Gore describes the problem as huge, but in limiting it to civilian activities, not including military madness and mayhem, it is not huge enough — if a patient has both diabetes and severe trauma, both conditions must be treated now — militization trumps civilization in the headlines of today and tomorrow — if the truth is that both global warming everywhere and global warring anywhere are linked in the human biosphere, and if that truth is inconvenient to Mr Gore and the civilian scope of his campaign against global warming, lethal consequences for both humans and other species will continue — in cinematic terms, the great «An Inconvenient Truth» must be blended and coordinated with the great «Why We Fight»

We won't ever by able to effectively change anything with scary doomsday predictions, politically driven actions or half baked solutions... If we could just for a moment pull all of our hands out of proverbial the cookie jar stop with the politics and the anti-industry, global warming and end - of - the - world speak, and realize that our need is to focus on the things we ourselves can do to change our own shade of green, we would be taking one small step in the right direction.