Sentences with phrase «measures against climate»

Entitled Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty, the report called for stricter and tougher measures against climate change, days before the 21st Conference of the Parties or COP - 21.

This work takes future socio - economic developments based on SSP5 (O'Neill et al. 2014), consistent with high mitigation challenges due to high - end warming and willingness to take adaptation measures against climate impacts.

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Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

Supporters of reforming the state's Forest Tax Abatement Program say the measure will help bolster the local economy while also safeguarding against climate change.

Policy - makers have been charged with taking appropriate measures against the looming threat of climate change.

If that number is significant, it could negate the climate benefit of natural gas — measured against coal — unless the leaks are plugged.

It will be held with enhanced security measures, but it is absolutely essential action against climate change, and of course it will be held,» Fabius told reporters in remarks reported by Climatclimate change, and of course it will be held,» Fabius told reporters in remarks reported by ClimateClimate Home.

Thus, the data suggests that rising seawater temperature caused by climate change has buffered against measures for the protection of the Baltic Sea.

Writing in the journal, Conservation Biology, scientists recommend the adoption of measures to mitigate against a range of effects including; food scarcity (where fisheries compete for the same resources), being caught in fishing nets, oil pollution and climate change.

One of the key goals of the subsidy is to prevent the emergence of resistance against ACTs, which would be a major crisis; for individual countries, investing in such a common good is no more attractive than investing in measures to prevent climate change, he adds.

Their results have shown that measures to protect the Baltic Sea have been somewhat effective, however, general climate change has, to some degree, buffered against these measures.

The European Union (EU), for example, has proposed a multi-stage process, whereby commitments for climate action post-2020 would be registered next year and then subjected to an international assessment to determine how well the commitments measure up against each other and against scientific assessments.

It's possible to compare this new generational chronology directly against the climate record, which researchers can also measure on a finer scale by examining changes to tree rings, lake sediments and other materials.

But, when you actually measure the predictions that climate scientists have made against observations of how the climate has already changed, you find the exact opposite: a pattern «of under - rather than over-prediction» emerges.

IMO continues to contribute to the global fight against climate change, and has adopted mandatory measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases from international shipping, under IMO's pollution prevention treaty (MARPOL).

The reason that this happens is that science isn't perfect, and someone may measure the nutrition levels of a certain type of conventional tomato, for example, compared against a different type of organic tomato, grown in a vastly different geographic area in vastly different soils and climate.

My own research has suggested the potential importance of reference bias due to differences in school climate, leading me to caution in this series against proposals to incorporate survey - based measures of non-cognitive skills into high - stakes accountability systems.

Exhibiting this new suite of tintypes in New York in summer 2017, one can measure the shifting meaning of the works against the shifting status of their subjects within the wider political climate.

Even for the Senate, where members are well - known to prefer talking to listening, the amount of unilateral jabbering on the climate change bill has been remarkable, with lawmakers both for and against the measure arguing repeatedly over how much time was allotted for them to speak.

Each year, governments and firms estimate and report CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, and their efforts to slow climate change are measured against these annual emissions.

Incremental scenarios facilitate the construction of response surfaces graphical devices for plotting changes in climate against some measure of impact (for example see Figure 13.9 b) which can assist in identifying critical thresholds or discontinuities of response to a changing climate.

But, when you actually measure the predictions that climate scientists have made against observations of how the climate has already changed, you find the exact opposite: a pattern «of under - rather than over-prediction» emerges.

Moreover, the availability of historical precedent might imply less contestation (especially from climate skeptics), a cognitively different approach to what we might consider «sufficient evidence», and easier assessment of any given eruption against some objective measure of impacts.

Climate Reality has established appropriate technical, physical, and organization security measures to protect Donors» personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized use, disclosure, or modification.

Inslee's proposal this year calls for half of the revenue to be spent on carbon reduction programs, like electric vehicle charging stations and energy efficiency initiatives, while 35 percent would be spent on climate mitigation measures meant to steel the state against fire and drought.

Until now, it's been difficult for many cities to measure and report their emissions, said Andrew Steer, president and CEO of the environmental group World Resources Institute: «If we want to turn the tide against climate change, cities will need to lead the way.»

It focuses on UNISDR's work with partners to deliver results and measures achievement against the strategic objectives for these two years, including 1) disaster risk reduction accepted and applied for climate change adaptation; 2) measurable increases in investment in disaster risk reduction; 3) disaster - resilient cities, schools and hospitals; and 4) strengthened international system for disaster risk reduction.

If measured against the average U.S. car mileage, it would increase carbon emissions the equivalent of adding 15 - 27 million cars to the road, an amount that would prevent South Korea from achieving its Paris climate commitments.

Donald Trump's presidency has climate scientists concerned about the implications for U.S. environmental policies, the worldwide effort to curb the impacts of climate change, and the ability of scientists to freely to continue their research, which can be insidiously undermined through funding cuts, gag orders, or punitive measures and retaliatory attacks against scientists who publicly discuss their research.

The new rankings used a methodology developed by the US - based Union of Concerned Scientists to measure corporate positions on climate legislation against criteria such as transparency, company performance and lobby interventions.

This policy document illustrates how well - designed climate risk insurance — when applied in conjunction with other disaster risk management measures and strategies — can protect people against climate shocks by acting as a safety net and buffer shortly after an extreme weather event.

This project will work to develop a robust analytical and policy basis for reforming producer subsidies, developing new supply - constraining measures, and engaging international regimes to overcome long - standing implicit biases against supply - side climate policies.

There is no question that governments around the world are moving slowly and sluggishly to combat climate change, especially when placed against the measures recommended by climate scientists.

Just briefly adding my thanks to Lord Monckton for this superb addition to the argument against the climate alarmists dogma and my admiration for his patient and measured responses within the comments.

Climate models do not use this measured value but instead calculate a theoretical value and balance forcing against this value begging the question what would happen if the climate models used 232 watts / sq m as measured to balance off the incomingClimate models do not use this measured value but instead calculate a theoretical value and balance forcing against this value begging the question what would happen if the climate models used 232 watts / sq m as measured to balance off the incomingclimate models used 232 watts / sq m as measured to balance off the incoming energy

On how the measures currently being taken against «climate change» are doing far more harm than good:

Countries are spending countless billions of dollars annually on faulty to fraudulent IPCC climate models and studies that purport to link every adverse event or problem to manmade climate change; subsidized renewable energy programs that displace food crops and kill wildlife; adaptation and mitigation measures against future disasters that exist only in «scenarios» generated by the IPCC's GIGO computer models; and welfare, food stamp and energy assistance programs for the newly unemployed and impoverished.

The ALP's weak suits in 2007 (experience and economic competence) will become their strong suits and they will quote the coalition against the stimulus, boast they got us out of Iraq are pressing forward with «responsible» measures on climate change and are now «building for the future».

The choice of a stabilization level implies the balancing of the risks of climate change (risks of gradual change and of extreme events, risk of irreversible change of the climate, including risks for food security, ecosystems and sustainable development) against the risk of response measures that may threaten economic sustainability.

Learn more about climate change and how «adaptation» measures can proactively protect our coast and ocean against the threats of climate change.

Led by Sen. James Inhofe, who has called climate change «the greatest hoax» committed against humanity, the powerful Environment and Public Works Committee plans to explore a wide range of measures that would slow or halt Environmental Protection Agency rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Particularly given that one complaint offered by «skeptics» is that «realist» climates scientists refuse to debate the science (with the resulting conclusion drawn by «skeptics» that the refusal to debate is some kind of protective measure against having to acknowledge error).

If the first effects of climate change are already perceptible, all alerts and measures against it have become even more pressing.»

Another is Caleb Rossiter, a left - leaning statistician at American University, who spoke out against the alarmists when he discovered that their statistics were junk and that the measures being introduced to «combat» climate change were harming the world's poorest.

We can repeat our earlier observation that CET instrumental to 1659 - this time augmented by the reconstruction using historical records to 1538, demonstrates a temperature profile that looks quite different to significant periods of the remainder of the Northern Hemisphere if the official version of extended climate - as epitomised by the «Hockey stick» - is taken as the appropriate set of data which it should be measured against.

«If the first effects of climate change are already perceptible,» said Peter Hoppe, the company's chief of geo - risks research, «all alerts and measures against it have become even more pressing.»

-- McConnell has repeatedly voted against Senate bills recognizing global warming, including a «sense of the Senate» amendment expressing «the need to address global climate change through comprehensive and cost - effective national measures and through the negotiation of fair and binding international commitments.»

It is a measure of how seriously people are taking climate change then, that Thursday night's game against NC State

That is likely to fuel attacks by critics in the oil industry and elsewhere who argue against investing in measures like clean energy until more is known about climate change.