Not exact matches
As reiterated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report
issued on March 31,
scientists estimate that we can emit no more than 500 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in order to limit the increase in global temperature to just 2 degrees C
by 2100 (and
governments attending the successive climate summits have agreed in principle to this objective).
► This week's
issue of Science also includes a brief recap of the 40th annual AAAS Forum on Science and Technology Policy, attended
by «more than 400 elected officials,
government and business leaders, researchers, educators, and others» on 30 April and 1 May in Washington, D.C. «The importance of basic research for the nation's scientific and economic future was a recurring theme,» and «participants delved into the factors driving the tight budget environment»
scientists are currently facing.
Some cancellations stem from policy guidance that the U.S.
government issued to agencies this spring to clamp down on travel
by government scientists to Russia.
The threats posed
by climate change are worse than those imagined
by most
governments, warned Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the
scientist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Research on Global Warming Effects and acts as an adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate - change
issues.
Dr. Richard Black, International Life Sciences Institute of North America (ILSI N.A.), prefaced his remarks
by stating that ILSI N.A. is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) organization that seeks to bring
scientists together from industry, academia, and
government to solve
issues of mutual concern to the public health.
It's not just a problem for Kew — data
issued by the Australian
Government (Office of the Chief
Scientist, 2016) show, at a national level, student participation in most Year 12 maths and science subjects is declining.
Each of these factors is acknowledged
by the Commonwealth Science Council whose members provide strategic advice to
Government on science and technology
issues, and who work to build stronger collaboration between
scientists, researchers and industry.
The threats posed
by climate change are worse than those imagined
by most
governments, warned Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the
scientist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Research on Global Warming Effects and acts as an adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate - change
issues.
They have enlisted the help of conservative lobby groups funded
by the oil industry to attack US
government scientists if they produce work seen as accepting too readily that pollution is an
issue.
The deal arrives days after dozens of
scientists, backed
by the United Nations,
issued a sweeping review of the latest research that says climate change is already affecting life on every continent and in the oceans, and the window is closing rapidly for
governments to avert the worst damage expected to occur this century.
These fake «concerned citizens» claim to be worried about a conspiracy
by governments and
scientists to raise taxes and restrict their freedoms in the name of tackling a non-existent
issue.
A dramatic reduction in Canadian media coverage of climate change science
issues is the result of the Harper
government introducing new rules in 2007 to control interviews
by Environment Canada
scientists with journalists, says a newly released federal document.
Trump may be able to sit on a report that the
government is required to
issue but he can't
issue a report with alternate science — at least not one signed
by credentialed
scientists.»