Sentences with phrase «into dangerous climate»

As I have demonstrated, it is the most recent emissions which have pushed us into the dangerous climate change regime.

THE world is on the cusp of a «tipping point» into dangerous climate change, according to new data gathered by scientists measuring methane leaking from the Arctic permafrost and a report presented to the United Nations on Tuesday.

Were it not for these natural carbon sinks, we would by now be much deeper into dangerous climate change.

Over the last few days, we've seen discussions of a timeline for action that would lock us into dangerous climate change.

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If we are serious about avoiding dangerous climate change, 250,000 megatonnes is the maximum amount of carbon we can put into the atmosphere.

The high - carbon alternative, the report warns, will lock the world into dangerous levels of climate change that will upend economies for the foreseeable future.

The climate is harsh and the creatures are dangerous, but nothing is more unpredictable than the other clones you might run into.

To stand the best chance of keeping the planetary warming below an internationally agreed target of 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels and thus avoiding the most dangerous effects of climate change, the panel found, only about 1 trillion tons of carbon can be burned and the resulting gas spewed into the atmosphere.

The mid range warmings will tip well into the realm of dangerous climate change, and the upper range; well it is pretty much game over for the world as we know it.

On a lone and desolate promontory clings one last living human who shrieks into the maelstrom a final defiance even as the pitiless rain clogs his throat: «In the church of climate alarmism, there may be no heresy more dangerous than the idea that the world will benefit from warming.»

At the EPA, Dr. Carter integrated the effects of climate change into estimates of future coastal inundation on contaminated lands, such as brownfields and superfund sites, to help guide decisions on adaptation efforts that could better protect nearby communities from the spread of dangerous contaminants during future floods.

The threat of dangerous climate change fits perfectly into this scenario and becomes a buzz word for them to include in their overall defense narrative.

Here's a great quote from Mike Hulme, one of the authors of this article: «Self - evidently dangerous climate change will not emerge from a normal scientific process of truth seeking, although science will gain some insights into the question if it recognises the socially contingent dimensions of a post-normal science.

How much carbon can we safely emit into the atmosphere without the planet suffering dangerous climate change?

Scientists are offering widely varying estimates of how much carbon we can emit into the atmosphere without causing dangerous climate change.

As a result of the institution's continued support for dirty fossil fuel projects and its failure to approve a climate sensitive energy strategy, the WBG continues to finance unsustainable dirty energy choices that are harmful to the climate and lock developing countries into energy models that are both dangerous and expensive.

The chosen scenario assumes Trump's actions could result in the United States only achieving half of its pledged reduction through 2030 under the Paris Agreement on climate change, the worldwide but voluntary pact aiming to avoid dangerous global warming that entered into force on Nov. 4.

«Most people know that climate change is a dangerous global problem, and that it's caused by pumping carbon into the atmosphere.

In this next election, we need to decide whether we are going to build on the successes of the Obama administration — which has used a combination of bold executive actions and international diplomacy to achieve action on climate change even in the presence of intransigence, denial and outright hostility from congressional republicans — or whether we are going to retreat back into the energy - equivalent of the stone age, continuing to degrade our planet through the profligate burning of increasingly dangerous fossil carbon even as the rest of the world moves forward, embracing the renewable energy revolution destined to be the hallmark of the 21st century.

There is widespread agreement among many observers of international attempts to achieve a global solution to climate change that there is little hope of preventing dangerous climate change unless nations take their equity and justice obligations into account in setting national responses to climate change.

«In 42 engaging, bite - size chapters, Marshall presents the psychological research demonstrating why climate change simply doesn't feel dangerous enough to justify action and how we can trick our brains into changing our sense of urgency about the problem.

In the mid-1970s, Exxon invested millions of dollars into sophisticated climate research and determined that greenhouse - gas emissions would warm the planet to dangerous levels if left unchecked.

The Trump Administration has tried to enable the dumping of dental mercury into water systems, to allow the use of a substance harmful to child brain development, to enable the environmental release of such dangerous toxins as lead, to let gas companies leak poisonous and climate change enhancing methane plumes into the local environment, to allow trucks and automobiles that spew smog, to halt the protection of key species like bumblebees, and to roll back the Clean Power Plan, the Clean Air Act, and the Clean Water Act.

Scientifically - speaking, there's no definitive threshold beyond which climate change tips the balance into being «dangerous».

They were talking about how the world was recklessly pumping carbon into the atmosphere and how that was going to create dangerous climate change.

BY 2055, climate change is likely to have warmed the world by a dangerous 4 °C unless we stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere the way we do now.

Since RGGI went into effect, the nine states have cut carbon pollution by 51 percent, making important progress toward the 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that scientists say we must reach by 2050 to avoid the most dangerous effects of climate change.

The First Chart - US States» Emissions Reductions Commitments Required to Prevent Dangerous Climate Change and Adjusted To Take Equity Into Account.

The following chart depicts what US states emissions commitments should be to prevent dangerous climate change in light of the most recent climate change science and the need to take justice into account in setting ghg emissions targets.

«Into a Warming World» also states that we must get to zero carbon emissions by 2050 to avoid «dangerous climate change».

Recognition of this reality and perceptions of what is «politically feasible» may partially account for acceptance of targets for global warming and carbon emissions that are well into the range of «dangerous human - made interference» with climate.

Kumi Naidoo, director of Greenpeace International, said that «The Polish government has done its best to turn these talks into a showcase for the coal industry», and that «backsliding by Japan, Australia and Canada» was a «slap in the face to those suffering as a result of dangerous climate change» (i.e. nobody).

Which, perhaps, is the real reason why the many loopholes surplus allowed emissions (so - called «hot air»), forestry and agricultural credits (calculated from bogus baselines), and of course non-additional «offsets that the northern countries have built into their various climate laws and treaties are so dangerous.

Carbon dioxide, which we send into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels, is a pollutant because it's driving dangerous climate change.

Decades before climate change became a hotly debated political issue, the biggest oil company in the world was doing cutting - edge research into just what was causing it and how dangerous it might be.

We conclude that targets for the long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse - gas concentrations aimed at preventing a dangerous human interference with the climate system should take into account this higher sensitivity of the Earth system.

The public and policymakers need to be on guard against being steamrollered into accepting dangerous and immoral interventions with our planet, which are a false solution to climate change.

By T. Rees Shapiro Stephen H. Schneider, 65, an influential Stanford University climatologist who parlayed his expertise on the dangerous effects of greenhouse - gas emissions into a second career as a leader in the public dialogue — and debate — on climate change, died July 19 in London.

It's our only realistic way to limit any further potentially dangerous climate change than what we are already locked ourselves into.

Whether or not disrupting the operation of airports is a justified tactic in the fight against climate change, or a dangerous distraction from the debate, protesters will be livid at the prospect of paying into the coffers of Ryanair — an airline whose owner Michael O'Leary has repeatedly sought to ridicule environmental concerns.

As the coastal cities of Africa and Asia expand, many of their poorest residents are being pushed to the edges of livable land and into the most dangerous zones for climate change.

They are as dangerous as climate - change alarmists, who impede scientific advancement and lead the masses into believing extreme theories using scare tactics.

The message, after all, is that we've already crossed the thin red line into the days of «dangerous climate change.»

Nisbet argues that «urgent calls to escalate the war against climate skeptics may lead scientists and their organizations into a dangerous trap, fueling further political disagreement while risking public trust in science».

Proponents say research is needed into these technologies because humanity will probably need them one day, as society is unlikely to keep greenhouse gas emissions low enough to avoid dangerous impacts of climate change.

This development also sets up dangerous climate feedback loops as reflective white snow and ice turn into heat - absorbing dark - blue water.

Inquiries into standards in the Life of Scientists are not the appropriate way to address the emergence of the real and dangerous risks of Climate Change.

I fall into that group (though I'm not a scientist, I just like the topic), but I'm not trying to pick a fight (I believe we do affect the climate, I just see no evidence that we are in any dangerous way).

Furthermore, a transition towards a society powered completely by renewable energy without a sharp reduction in agricultural emissions would still tip the global climate into dangerous territory.