Sentences with phrase «important than climate change»

«Most adults consider security, potable water, education, etc., much more important than climate change.

Population is four times more important than climate change when it comes to water shortages.

· Overfishing is more important than climate change today; the relationship should reverse in 50 - 100 years (as overfishing is controlled)

Indeed the vulnerability and exposure of people and locations can sometimes be more important than climate change in determining future trends in risk.

Certainly the population growth is by far the most important problem we have to deal with, much more important than climate change.

But of course all you can eat buffets and rigged roulette are way more important than climate change.

But the report shows that the loss of parrotfishes and other seaweed - eating grazers has been far more important than climate change for Caribbean reef destruction so far.

Not exact matches

Women are more likely than men to call climate change an important issue, 59 % to 47 %.

Others say the situation in the U.S. shouldn't affect Canada's decision because fighting climate change is more important than protecting carbon - intensive industries.

Survey shows majority support for an effective climate plan and minimum carbon price, even if some provinces disagree OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows that two - thirds of Canadians believe it is more important to have a plan to meet Canada's climate change targets than to have all provincial and territorial premiers agree with that...

Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, said the following in response: «The Clean Fuel Standard is one of Canada's most important climate change policies, cutting more carbon pollution than any other measure in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and...

Research on these pastures also shows that the management practices developed over the past 80 years has resulted in higher levels of biodiversity and soil quality than in comparable privately - owned lands - factors that may become increasingly important with the advent of climate change.

Rainforest Alliance President Nigel Sizer, a tropical forest ecologist, explains the complex relationship between rainforests and climate change — and why it is more important than ever that those who are concerned make their voices heard.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

A coherent deal with the United States in would be much more important for the goal (prevent dangerous climate change) than one without them.

«In the face of climate change, the Adirondack Park, as a grand experiment in protecting an intact ecosystem while balancing the economic needs of its residents, is more important than ever before,» she said.

No time to adapt In terms of adaptation, the rate of climate change might be more important than how much the climate changes, said Alan Robock, a climate scientist at Rutgers University who ran some of the models for the study.

On climate change, the researchers found that political identity was a more important signal of where respondents stood than their academic acumen or scientific sophistication.

«I think that it's important to look at preventing climate change as a means rather than an end in itself,» he says.

Effects from climate change are on the rise, making it more important than ever to understand changes in seasonal flooding patterns.

There's nothing more important than engaging the brightest young minds in science to cure disease, work on climate change, and find new energy sources.»

In today's context of global change leading to extreme climate events impacting habitats, this message is more important than ever.

«Due to the current void in national leadership on the issue of climate change, efforts at the state and local level are more important than ever,» Saikawa says.

Although population is an important factor, demographic trends are more significant for climate change than total population, says the review.

Unexpectedly, this more detailed approach suggests changes in Antarctic coastal winds due to climate change and their impact on coastal currents could be even more important on melting of the ice shelves than the broader warming of the ocean.

Climate change was less important for technological innovation among Stone Age humans than previously assumed.

Therefore, climate change may have a more negative effect on the biological diversity of animals than previously assumed,» says Schleuning, and he adds, «A consideration of biotic interactions between animals and plants is therefore important for predicting the impacts of climate change on biodiversity.»

«Where climate change is most likely to induce food violence: Study finds capable governments more important than weather.»

This is an important step that can be taken now, rather than a future adaptation to climate change,» says co-author Andrés Cisneros - Montemayor, Nippon Foundation - UBC Nereus Program manager.

He said climate change, which he called the «C02 issue» wasn't any more important than any other issue.

This is taking place at an alarming rate, making it more important than ever that we understand how climate change will affect our natural world.

The distraction is unfortunate, Boslough says, adding that he only insisted on the minority opinion because it was more important to include the climate change information than to avoid the potential for distraction.

Given aging U.S. infrastructure, limited public resources and the challenges created by a changing climate, the need to understand the most cost - efficient approach to the design, construction and maintenance of structures is more important than ever.

«In today's atmosphere, the radiative forcing from human activities is much more important for current and future climate change than the estimated radiative forcing from changes in natural processes.»

«It's important to determine where we believe that some of the recent trends in circulation could potentially be linked with climate change, rather than just natural variability,» Ted Shepherd, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Reading in the U.K., said in an email.

«It's important to separate out different elements the Houston flooding rather than simply saying «climate - change caused it».

The first finding, the lessened change in temperature between LGM and the present, is an important issue in itself and suggests to me that the climate may be more sensitive to a perturbation than previously suspected.

Indirect effects of climate change on forests include disturbance — a key component of forest ecology — and may be more important, immediate, and longer lasting than direct effects.

Methane gas traps even more heat on the earth's surface than carbon dioxide, making it an important part of the climate change puzzle.

Why is CO2 more important than, say, deforestation or forest fires (as a «plant removal», not CO2 producer) as far as climate changes are concerned?

Note that the «change in precipitation» Climate Wizard map is much more important than the temperature change.

Climate change is quite possibly the most important thing humans have ever done — I mean, we're altering our planet's atmosphere perhaps at a faster rate than at any point in Earth's entire history.

The public relations efforts of developed nations on climate change are always more effective than ours, but it is more important to look at their actual actions.

When you add up that there is more methane being emitted than E.P.A. has estimated, that methane is responsible for up to half of all the greenhouse gas emissions for the entire US, and that each unit of methane emitted is far more important in causing global climate change over the critical few decades ahead, it should be clear that bridge - fuel argument just doesn't hold up.

That some economists took some time to list them is great, but the implication behind Lomborg's «list» is that these are more important than man - made climate change (Lomborg, BTW, says man is causing climate change and that CO2 emissions are behind a lot of it).

Rather than focussing on the important but inherently incremental developments in the science behind the issue, the media would do us all a favor by maintaining a consistent message regarding the underlying issue (i.e. human action is causing climate change, and climate change has the potential to do great harm to our way of life) and focus on how ordinary people can take steps in their own lives to help address the problem in ways that don't require inordinate sacrifice.

That's why investigations like «The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change» (Science, Dec. 2004) are important to show that most of the basic disagreements are nothing more than manufactured media spin.

This is the most important feedback in terms of magnitude and it makes the Earth much more sensitive to climate changes of all sorts by making the OLR vs. T curve a bit more linear than T ^ 4.

In fact, it is the TOA energy balance which takes primacy in many climate change discussions (there are some exceptions, such as if you could introduce a moist surface in the Sahara desert, the evaporative cooling would likely be more important regionally than CO2 increase).

[UPDATE 3 p.m.:] Overall, seas rose two inches in that span, but the change in rate is what is important, the experts said, because it implies greater coastal retreats than anticipated last year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cchange in rate is what is important, the experts said, because it implies greater coastal retreats than anticipated last year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeChange.