I doubt that any nation has pursued alternative energy sources solely — or even primarily —
in fear of climate change.
Not exact matches
Isn't the real problem the government's
fear of intervening
in the economy directly despite the crying need to crowd
in emissions - reduction and
climate -
change - adaptation spending?
Amid the
fear of terrorism, war,
climate change and intense division on a number
of issues, we wanted to put forward a message
of hope
in the next generation, hence the launch
of the «Generation Hope» organic baby gift set.
«For the sake
of future generations who could be harmed by irreversible
climate change, I urge New Yorkers to reject this
fear mongering and uphold science against ideology,» he said
in a statement.
Several speakers expressed concern about U.S. President Donald Trump's denial
of climate change, Vice President Mike Pence's creationist beliefs, and Trump's willingness to work with prominent antivaccine activist Robert Kennedy Jr. «
In the face
of fanaticism and
fear, science is regaining its ethical and political stance,» said Rosaura Ruiz Guitiérrez, director
of the Faculty
of Science at the National Autonomous University
of Mexico here.
Fears that
climate change will erode progress McCarty is an organizer
of a
climate change conference taking place
in Washington, D.C., this week that has brought together coastal American Indians and indigenous groups from the United States and its Pacific Island protectorates and territories.
John Rennie: Yeah and they are very serious issues about looking into the future about this and possibly a lot
of parts
of the Southwestern, Western United States,
in particular, could really be faced with some very severe drought conditions if the
climate starts to the
change the way is sometimes
feared.
Living
in a landscape
of fear means more
of the greenhouse gas driving
climate change gets stored
in plants.
The study, «Pathways
of Influence
in Emotional Appeals: Benefits and Tradeoffs
of Using
Fear or Humor to Promote
Climate Change - Related Intentions and Risk Perceptions,» published
in the Journal
of Communication, was the result
of a partnership grant between Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, where Niederdeppe is a faculty fellow, and the Environmental Defense Fund.
Overfishing, pollution,
climate change and destruction
of habitats like coral reefs are all putting our seas
in trouble but academics
fear the risk is not being taken as seriously as concerns for the loss
of animals and plants which live on land.
Scientists often measure the effects
of temperature on insects to predict how
climate change will affect their distribution and abundance, but a Dartmouth study shows for the first time that insects»
fear of their predators,
in addition to temperature, ultimately limits how fast they grow.
A new study reported
in the journal Nature
Climate Change questions
fears that Europe and North America will experience more days
of cold weather over...
Her strategies for
climate action include ways to «instill inspiration» vs «
fear,» make «
climate change part
of your curriculum» and «take part
in international projects.»
Only time will tell, but we suspect most
of the
fears out there concerning
climate change revolve around an increase
in the number
of events, not the variance
in the number
of events.
As a far - flung member
of the global
climate change blogging community, focusing specifically on the possible need for sustainable «polar cities»
in the far distant future to house potential survivors
of catastrophic global warming events,
in say the year 2500 or so (okay, so I am being generous; I don't want to be accussed
of fear - mongering
in the present).
What really concerns me is that I've read a lot about
climate models not being able to replicate the magnitude
of abrupt regional temperature
changes in the past, and Raypierre has said here that he
fears that past
climate records point towards some yet unknown positive feedback which might amplify warming at the northern latitudes.
One
of the texts that we use is With Speed & Violence: Why Scientists
Fear Tipping Points
in Climate Change by Fred Pearce.
I agree with Olson, utterly, that there's not enough experimentation, too much
fear of failure and also far too much
fear and misunderstanding at scientific institutions, from America's universities to the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, about the obligation and responsibility to engage the public
in a sustained way.
So far the most popular stories about
climate are very conservative; based
in the common
fear of change, which is a fair way
of describing both all
of Crichton's work I have read, and disaster movies like The Day After Tomorrow.
Alexander, certainly you are right, but the question that troubles you, does not solve our problem which is to know who is responsible
of the present day
climate changes; I
fear that
changing our Hydrocarbon based economy to a Hydrogene based economy, would send a much bigger green house gas
in the atmosphere, I mean water vapor
My
fear is candidates turned president will buckle like all those before them, and the medicine for our energy, environment, and
climate woes, whatever it is, will be tossed
in favor
of some quack cure, or rather a whole bevvy
of subsidies and other favorites that do not confront all
of us with the need to
changes technologies, adjust how we live and reformat our expectations.
For most recent sampling see: New Peer - Reviewed Study finds «Solar
changes significantly alter
climate» (11-3-07)(LINK) & «New Peer - Reviewed Study Halves the Global Average Surface Temperature Trend 1980 — 2002» (LINK) & New Study finds Medieval Warm Period «0.3 C Warmer than 20th Century» (LINK) For a more comprehensive sampling
of peer - reviewed studies earlier
in 2007 see «New Peer - Reviewed Scientific Studies Chill Global Warming
Fears» LINK]
NCSE, with its passion and experience defending science
in our schools, will ensure that teachers can educate students about
climate change without
fear of reprisal.»
The whole crux
of the CO2 issue is that it crystallises our
fears for the future and provides a pressure point which might force political action if CO2 can be linked to something as potentially disastrous as a runaway unnatural
change in global
climate.
Ironically, during the 1970s while some (including NASA's James Hansen) were hysterically promoting the schizoid
fears of a new ice age hitting the world
in a few decades, a new frenzy over Global Warming and
Climate Change was just beginning at Scripps Ocenaographic Institute
in San Diego, CA.
Haapala reproached, «The
fear of climate change has distorted spending priorities
in the Federal government.»
Climate change skeptics, most
of whom are not scientists, are touting the study, saying it blasts gaping holes
in global warming theory and shows that future warming will be less than
feared.
It would be an interesting exercise to discover what percentage
of opinions regarding the topic
of climate change are driven by
fear of, or desire for, actions that will impact society
in a certain way.
Their worst
fear is that Francis might successfully disabuse religious conservatives
of a longstanding and pernicious myth: that
climate change should be thought
of as a splinter issue, and that belief
in climate science and support for environmental action signify membership
in the «enemy camp.»
We
fear that the scientific progress and momentum
in tackling our biggest challenges, including staving off the worst impacts
of climate change, will be severely hindered under this next U.S. administration.
Climate change, global warming and the justifiable jitters that come with a
fear of an environmental apocalypse are scoffed at by many
in the current administration
in Washington.
Matt Ridley has an article
in the WSJ entitled Cooling Down the
Fears of Climate Change.
And we also have an essay from Kenneth Haapala, «A Short History
of Global Warming
Fears,» that explains how present worries over warming stem from an educated guess
in the 1970s, leading to projections
of climate change that have failed to be borne out by the evidence.
Acknowledging an embarrassing mistake
in its August 7 front - page article, the New York Times —
in what appears to be an attempt at
fear - mongering rather than producing news — was forced to revise a part
of an article aimed at casting the Donald Trump administration
in a
climate change - denying light for supposedly suppressing a report detailing man - made
climate change.
The phenomenon appears to offer a natural solution to
climate change, which experts
fear could lead to a rise
in sea level, flooding, and extinction
of species.
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Fears of Man - made Global Warming Exaggerated»
Undamaged so far are world leaders who secretly decided thirty - eight (38) years ago,
in fear of mutual nuclear annihilation, to Unite Nations against an imaginary «common enemy» — «Global
Climate Change» — and base future government policies on
Scientists
fear that continued clearing, together with increased incidence and severity
of drought and fire due to
climate change, could result
in a large scale die - off
of Earth's largest rainforest by the end
of the century.
«Could turn the
climate change world upside down» The rise
in skeptical scientists are responding not only to an increase
in dire «predictions»
of climate change, but also a steady stream
of peer - reviewed studies, analyses, real world data, and inconvenient developments have further cast doubts on the claims
of man - made global warming
fear activists.
In response, the Russian government carried out a concerted campaign to disrupt U.S. energy markets by fomenting
fears of fossil fuels causing catastrophic
climate change.
Yet
in an atmosphere
of vast economic uncertainty and Republican
fear - mongering about government spending, the rhetoric
of green jobs has been unable to motivate widespread public support for addressing
climate change and has opened the door to predatory attacks from those seeking to exploit scientific uncertainty for political ends.
A simple, but elegant sentence that is so often missing from many
of today's
climate change fear reporting about what might, may, could happen
in 90 years.
In a December 25, 2008 article titled Faster
Climate Change Feared, Eilperin also made many
of the same journalistic mistakes.
In December 2009 the islands stalled talks at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&raqu
In December 2009 the islands stalled talks at United Nations
Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.
Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&
Change Conference
in Copenhagen, fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&raqu
in Copenhagen,
fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction
in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&raqu
in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one
of the most vulnerable countries
in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&raqu
in the world to
climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.
climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.&
change, and our future rests on the outcome
of this meeting.»
And
of course, he provided the dramatic testimony to Congress
in the summer
of 1988 that really initiated the
fear mongering
in the U.S. regarding catastrophic global warming and
climate change disasters - like turning Earth into Venus.
Meanwhile, our sister organization, Probe International, has been working with citizens groups
in the Third World who
fear for the loss
of their livelihoods and their environments as a result
of ill - advised
climate change policies from the IPCC and other western organizations.
If the new finding leads to a bona fide legal opinion
in a court
of law, it could have significant implications
in broader
climate -
change talks because many REDD opponents
fear such schemes could promote a land - grab that decimates tribes like the Suruí and others.
FOLLOW THE MONEY:
In speaking to politically fuelled
climate change and the so called anthropogenic questions surrounding it, it might be prudent to first ask WHY people have such a need to suicidally abandon themselves to fundamentalist type Armageddon laden
fear mongering by offering to pay up front before depopulating themselves, — all for the sake
of the planet.
From the administration that brought you «man - caused disaster» and «overseas contingency operation,» another terminology
change is
in the pipeline.The White House wants the public to start using the term «global
climate disruption»
in place
of «global warming» —
fearing the latter term oversimplifies the problem and makes it sound less dangerous than it really is.
Early
in the 1980s, the lingering
fear of oil scarcity and the emerging threat
of climate change were beginning to intersect.