Sentences with phrase «keep global average temperature rise»

And which, it should be mentioned, climatologists say are required to keep global average temperature rise below 2 °C, but which no rich nation has pledged to meet.

All Pledges Fall Short of the Science Ultimately, though the emission cuts proposed for 2020 by the Kyoto Protocol members are dramatically more robust than those being mulled over in the Washington, none are in the 25 - 40 % range which scientists say is required to keep global average temperature rise below the critical threshold of 2 °C.

The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The Agreement aims to keep global average temperature rise «well below» the 2 °C previously agreed, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 °C.

Have national positions really moved closer to what science says is required to keep global average temperature rise below 2 °C?

The main aim of the Paris Agreement is to keep a global average temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius and to drive efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

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.

Countries in 2015 adopted the Paris Climate Change Agreement aimed at keeping the global average temperature rise well bellow 2oC and as close as possible to 1.5 oC through concerted climate action in all sectors.

The Grassroots Global Justice Alliance, an international group of US - based grass roots organisations, says there are only four years left to take the radical action needed if the Paris Agreement's ambitious target of keeping global average temperature rise at no more than 1 ° 5C above pre-industrial levels is to be achieved (Paris's other, more modest target is 2 °C).

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By signing the «Under 2 MOU,» Cuomo committed New York to the global effort to keep the earth's average temperature from rising two degrees.

If we can rein in emissions enough to keep global average temperatures from rising 2 C (3.6 F), we can avert the biggest shocks to Earth's system, scientists say.

The IPCC has determined that in order to keep Earth's average temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times by the end of the century, global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced between 40 percent and 70 percent by 2050.

For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

Hotter temperatures: If emissions keep rising unchecked, then global average surface temperatures will be at least 2ºC higher (3.6 ºF) than pre-industrial levels by 2100 — and possibly 3ºC or 4ºC or more.

The most severe impacts of climate change — damaging and often deadly drought, sea - level rise, and extreme weather — can only be avoided by keeping average global temperatures within 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) of pre-industrial levels.

Still, nations worldwide are not doing near - enough to keep their pledge of not allowing global temperatures to rise 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above the 20th Century average warns the IEA.

The announcement by the U.S. and China was important for several reasons: Together they account for around 40 percent of global GHG emissions, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists; there had heretofore been few signs of a Chinese willingness to commit to capping emissions; and it raised hope that future global negotiations might actually yield an agreement to rein in emissions enough to keep the average global temperature from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius.

The Paris agreement, at minimum, aims to keep the rise in average global temperatures «well below» 2 degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels.

For the world to reach the necessary ambition to achieve our climate commitments under the Paris Agreement, which would keep average global temperature rises well below 2 °C and even 1.5 °C, the EU, led by the European Commission, must start supporting efforts to tackle vested interests within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

How much must I reduce my greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions if I want to do my fair share to contribute towards the global effort to keep global warming below a 2 °C rise in average temperature over preindustrial times?

Pachauri told lawmakers that greenhouse gas emissions must peak in 2015 - and drop 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 - if the world is to keep global average temperatures from rising above 2.4 degrees Celsius.

When international delegates meet in Paris next year to negotiate a new global climate agreement, they'll be aiming to keep global average surface temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial levels.

The report chooses a scenario with 66 % probability of keeping the average global surface temperature rise throughout the 21st century to below 2C.

Achieving the primary goal of the Paris Agreement - to keep the average global temperature rise well below 2C degrees and as close as possible to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels - is vital to the achievement of all three Agendas.»

Further, we have no plan to reduce dependency on fossil fuels, even as we sign on to global statements about the need to keep greenhouse gases from rising above 450 ppm in the atmosphere to keep global average temperatures from exceeding a growth of 2 degrees C.

Research published in Nature recommends that, globally, a third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves, and over 80 percent of current coal reserves should remain unused from 2010 to 2050, in order to keep average global temperatures from rising no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The general question surrounding the prevention of climate change is whether the earth can avoid a 2 °C situation — that is, whether we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions swiftly enough to keep global average surface temperatures from rising to 2 °C (3.6 °F) above pre-industrial levels.

Various assessments suggest that the INDCs collectively put us on a path to keep average global temperature rise to 2.7 - 3.7 degrees C (4.9 - 6.7 degrees F).

The new global climate change agreement establishes a revised goal of keeping average global temperature rise «well below 2 degrees Celsius,» sets up a clear mechanism for countries» greenhouse gas reductions to be revisited every five years and, for the first time, commits every nation - state on Earth — 196 different entities — to do something to address this collective threat... The Paris agreement marks a real turning point in history.

Globally, we are well off track to meet commitments on emissions reductions to keep average global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

In a landmark deal struck in December, countries agreed to cut emissions enough to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C.

Anyway, on the other hand, if CO2 keeps going up, and global average temperature keeps going up, and say, 30 % of humanity is killed off by monster typhoons, floods, fires, droughts, sea level rise, etc, in the next 20 years, I'll be more amenable to your point of view:)