Sentences with phrase «more than climate change»

California has midwifed the electric car, now joined by China: in both cases for air pollution reasons more than climate change.

I don't imagine that HIV was unleashed on the world as a punishment for people any more than climate change.

I think far more than climate change, one can link poverty and poor governance to the magnitude and duration of this terrible human tragedy.

«What I call climate disruption, which is more than climate change, is a reality for anybody,» he said.

However, Mooney's story is about more than climate change.

Improved institutions would probably reduce stock variability more than climate change would increase it.

It's more than climate change; it's also extraordinary burdens of toxic chemistry, mining, depletion of lakes and rivers under and above ground, ecosystem simplification, vast genocides of people and other critters, etc, etc, in systemically linked patterns that threaten major system collapse after major system collapse after major system collapse.

Nothing exposes our species» «future flaw» more than climate change — rarely, if ever, have the history books demonstrated a generation acting selflessly, or with sacrifice, for the sole benefit of generations to come.

The ice, the methane, the storms, the droughts — they're almost daily news, and they come to us against a dark background that involves far more than climate change or even environmental crisis.

But the bit I quoted at the beginning of this comment suggests that at some point the blog was meant to be about more than climate change.

The other facet is that our earth problem is more than climate change.

Northern voters want more than climate change: «The people of the North do care about climate change.

And as Florida's state climatologist David Zierden, who is also a researcher at Florida State University, told me, «It's this continued development in vulnerable areas that's increasing our hurricane risk much more than climate change itself.»

Not exact matches

Women are more likely than men to call climate change an important issue, 59 % to 47 %.

U.S. officials attended a meeting on Saturday of ministers from more than 30 of the nations that signed the climate change agreement.

«Now more than ever, we are excited to lead our company's global effort toward a renewable future and, partnering with Enel, set an industry example of how major companies can help to make a difference in climate change,» he added.

Hemp could help address climate change, since it absorbs four times more carbon dioxide than trees while growing in just a fraction of the time.

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 objeClimate 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 objeclimate summits have agreed in principle to this objective).

Jaime Lannister does more than just slay kings in Westeros, he's also raising awareness about climate change.

Situated on the Blagdon Estate owned by Matt Ridley, a peer and Conservative politician who has said climate change has done more good than harm, Shotton has been mined by Banks since 2008.

More than 28,000 have disappeared due to climate change, industrialization and hydroelectric dams.

China itself is suppressing its appetite for coal, albeit more for reasons of pollution than climate change.

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

But HFCs are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide on a pound - per - pound basis, making them an obvious target for international efforts to combat climate change.

And he wants more than anything for one — or several — of those hits to make a real impact on climate change.

Pragmatic environmentalists are arguing that would actually be a more desirable outcome for climate change than nixing the Keystone altogether.

Trump has said the deal isn't «fair» to the US, even though the country has contributed more to climate change than any other nation.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

That long - term data shows that modern climate change is faster and more acute than anything else in Earth's history.

But there's another tool in the pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change that will cut far more carbon pollution than federal carbon pricing, and you probably haven't heard of it.

A survey of more than 5,500 business leaders from all over the world from the 2016 Global Opportunity Report revealed widespread support of the UN's new Sustainable Development Goals, including the ones relating directly to climate change (SDG 7, 11 and 13).

Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by promoting the production and use of cleaner fuels in vehicles, buildings and industry.

Others say the situation in the U.S. shouldn't affect Canada's decision because fighting climate change is more important than protecting carbon - intensive industries.

Survey shows majority support for an effective climate plan and minimum carbon price, even if some provinces disagree OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows that two - thirds of Canadians believe it is more important to have a plan to meet Canada's climate change targets than to have all provincial and territorial premiers agree with that...

Such challenges are hardly trivial, but the climate change - inspired policy dictates looming on the horizon carry more profound ramifications for oil prices than any mere cyclical downturn.

Inadequate flood protection infrastructure, which right now might not contain high tides in El Nino years; Lack of action on annual sediment removal from spring freshets, which each year move over 30 million m3 of sediment and leave about 3 million m3 of silt in the navigation and secondary channels of the lower reaches; and, By the end of this century sea levels at the mouth of the river could potentially rise more than one meter due to climate change overtopping the diking system.

As long as financial and energy giants are more concerned about stranded assets than they are about climate change, what chance really do we have?

Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, said the following in response: «The Clean Fuel Standard is one of Canada's most important climate change policies, cutting more carbon pollution than any other measure in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and...

With decades of experience in both the business and environmental spheres — helping companies braid them together profitably for more than 15 years — Shel helps you identify profitable business opportunities within your organization's existing expertise and interests that help turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

By all indications, the Conservative party is about to once again go on a federal campaign with little more than a fig leaf in lieu of a serious climate change mitigation strategy.

However, the current federal administration has shown more concern for the oil and gas industry's bottom line than for climate change.

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Being one of the most liberal areas in the U.S. — there were more than a few cars sporting «Bernie Sanders 2016 ″ bumper stickers — the discussion revolved around climate change and the environmental impact of the tarsands.

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More than 3,500 churches are ditching fossil fuels for renewable electricity as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

Between 2004 and 2010, the partner group Donors Capital Fund, provided more than $ 28 million in funding ($ 28,490,862) to 75 groups that deny the scientific realities of climate change.

And they are; we see in polls, they are more liberal than their parents on most issues: climate change, immigration, you name it, they're probably more liberal than their parents.

The inundation came because the Bay of Bengal was some inches higher than normal (as climate changes, sea level rises because warm water takes up more space).

Should climate change be more fierce than we predict, how shall the vast majority of humans cope?

I'd like to think we did it because we didn't want to press our luck anymore, because repairs cost more than the Blue Book said you were worth, because you didn't have anti-lock brakes or passenger - side airbags, because we really couldn't have you breaking down on a late - night drive home from the airport or on a busy interstate, because of fuel economy and our deepening concern over climate change.