Sentences with phrase «not be concerned about climate change»

If the arctic ice is melting how can we not be concerned about climate change?

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Paul Bodenham from the campaign group Green Christian told Premier that he can't comprehend why some people aren't concerned about climate change.

Peter Iwanowicz, executive director of Environmental Advocates of New York and the former head of the New York State Office of Climate Change, said he wasn't concerned about the impact of Schneiderman's resignation on ongoing environmental litigation, in part because it's likely that anyone who replaces him will also be a Democrat in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans nearly 3 to 1.

An Ipsos Mori poll found many do not think climate change is as big a threat as scientists and politicians warn and are more concerned about terrorism, crime, graffiti and even dog mess.

«Reducing methane emissions is a critical issue not only for the industry, but for everyone concerned about climate change,» he said.

New IPCC chair is not concerned about his organization as much as the ambition of efforts to combat climate change

«For me, to be concerned about it [climate change] at my level and at my point, I don't think it's useful for me,» said another farmer in Niles» study.»

But perhaps it holds a lesson for anyone who is concerned about climate change and doesn't know how to talk to friends and family who aren't.

Concerns about peat fires worsening climate change Mike Flannigan, director of the University of Alberta's Western Partnership for Wildland Fire Science who was not involved with the analysis, said it's important to note that wildfires are a part of northern boreal forests» ecology.

The reason that Keystone got so much attention is not because that particular pipeline is a make - or - break issue for climate change, but because those who have looked at the science of climate change are scared and concerned about a general lack of sufficient movement to deal with the problem.

Sax, who studies amphibian responses to climate change, says, «There are a lot of species you wouldn't normally be concerned about that might be in trouble in the future» because a barrier stands between their current habitat and one they might need to occupy in coming decades.

Although not generally stressed about climate change, those with high levels of altruistic concern, or concern for the well - being of others, also engaged in some environmental coping strategies and pro-environmental behaviors — more so than those whose environmental concerns were mostly egoistic.

In an online survey of 342 parents of young children, those who reported high levels of biospheric concern also reported feeling the most stressed about global climate change, while those whose concerns were more egoistic or altruistic did not report significant stress related to the phenomenon.

«But despite their abundance, there is growing concern about krill not only because of climate change, but because they are now being harvested for human food, nutritional supplements and aquaculture feed.

The focus of the debate on CO2 is not wholly predicated on its attribution to past forcing (since concern about CO2 emissions was raised long before human - caused climate change had been clearly detected, let alone attributed), but on its potential for causing large future growth in forcings.

Would that not potentially convince you that the concerns about climate change are overstated?

«[The next ice age is] not worth worrying about compared to immediate concerns about damaging human - caused climate change expected over the coming decades if no action is taken to mitigate this likelihood.»

But lately, there have been a lot of debates about whether or not climate change is a man - made event or if it is even a real concern.

But generally, I agree that one's religious perspectives don't have much bearing on attitude to climate change, since I have met plenty of devout from all religious who are concerned about care of creation.

What really concerns me is that I've read a lot about climate models not being able to replicate the magnitude of abrupt regional temperature changes in the past, and Raypierre has said here that he fears that past climate records point towards some yet unknown positive feedback which might amplify warming at the northern latitudes.

So while polls may reveal a significant proportion of Americans concerned about climate change, it is not an important issue in comparison to all of the other concerns.

As long as you don't need to be concerned about the science or math there are an almost infinite number of ways to prove that global warming / climate change doesn't exist.

Members of the public with the highest degrees of science literacy and technical reasoning capacity were not the most concerned about climate change.

Aslo, regarding climate sensitivity a very key thing to remember, especially if sensitivity turns out to be on the high side, is that the «final» equilibrium temperature (Alexi's concerns about there being such a thing aside) calculated from climate sensitivity does not take into account carbon cycle feedbacks OR ice sheet changes.

The main reason for concern about anthropogenic climate change is not that we can already see it (although we can).

I haven't noticed that soft - money researchers are particularly in the forefront of raising concerns about climate change, as you might expect if financial incentives were primary.

By continually hammering on climate change or global warming — a challenge for sure, but abstract and not immediate to most people's experience — we've disconnected from most people who have more immediate concerns; we've virtually stopped talking about the impacts of air and water pollution on their children's health, the psychological damage all of us experience when nature around us is destroyed, and so on.

The piece, «The Nerd Loop: Why I'm Losing Interest in Communicating Climate Change,» is a long disquisition on why there's too much thumb sucking and circular analysis and not enough experimentation among institutions concerned about public indifference to risks posed by human - driven global warming.

Dan H.'s promoting a notion unrelated to Kahan's study; Kahan did not compare rational to emotional approaches (nor anything to that effect — Dan H. appears to suggest concern (about climate change) is emotional rather than rational.

And let us not forget that, even on this most politically polarized of issues, there are large numbers of conservatives who are deeply concerned about climate change and bravely hold onto this conviction despite the social pressure towards «stealth denial».

That's not surprising given that these animals have become the latest icon in efforts to boost public concern about climate change.

The more people talk about climate change the better, as far as I'm concerned: the science is so conclusive now that only by not talking about the reality of it can people continue in blissful ignorance along the path they have taken.

I've not seen a single one mention concerns about climate change as being relevant to the future of fracking, oil sands, etc — it's not just Fidelity.

This op ed is not about specific climate change policies, but rather concerns about the politicization of science in government labs that are run by political appointees.

What you are saying here is «My concern about doing something reducing climate change is magnified because I can see no set of actions» THAT WILL NOT COMPROMISE MY CUSHY WASTEFUL LIFESTYLE «that will have any reasonable prospect of reducing climate change».

But I disagree with you that «consensus» messaging creates antipathy among those who identify with an «I'm not concerned about climate change» perspective; IMO, to any significant degree, it only serves as an outlet for pre-existing perspectives.

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That does not mean climate change is about to be recognised as a security concern in its own right, but each step taken is valuable and the council is certainly on the right path to identifying climate change as the security threat it so clearly is.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer submitted that resolution for votes at many publicly traded U.S. oil companies, noting that existing board members are not addressing shareholder concerns about how the companies will mitigate the long - term threats posed by climate change.

What's prompted me is real concern that a recent opinion poll showed that half the population still don't think that there's scientific certainty about climate change; they still think there's a real debate to be had there.

Despite the president's focus on climate policy, three recent polls show the public isn't especially concerned about climate change and that any concern they do have is waning.

What energy companies must do immediately is convey their scientific beliefs and real concerns about climate change risks to Congress and the general public, many of whom do not know what to believe.

The lobbyists and check writers worked hard spinning the yarn that the richest and most pollution - intensive industrialists on earth were concerned about climate change and wanted to cut carbon emissions — but they didn't convince everybody.

While not all states are pursuing climate policies, Carbon Brief analysis showed that those concerned about the potential high cost of climate change represent 40 % of total US emissions.

Those of us involved in that research are motivated entirely by concern over the suffering of humans and non-humans alike due to climate change, and we think there is sufficient cause for alarm about the future to do the research into the idea of putting something like sulfate (not a significant part of aircraft exhaust) into the stratosphere (higher than the airplanes you see making contrails).

MC: That might be the cause, but on the other hand you look at public opinion polls about issues that are of concern to the American public, and climate change just isn't near the top of those lists, and maybe they made a calculated decision that a more sellable approach would be to focus on energy independence and self - sufficiency, because that's something that people have already bought.

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I don't tend to write much about this, but my concern over global warming is based, to a great extent, on the losses in biodiversity that will inevitably result from climate change, even at rates that don't greatly damage human economic activity in general.

The AGW supporters are rightly concerned about climate change, however, the problem is abrupt cooling (the -2 C to -4 C events) not gradual warming.

If they don't enact a stiff tax on carbon in 2021; and if they don't start using the full legal authority of the Clean Air Act to regulate all sources of carbon emissions — implementing what is in effect a carbon fuel rationing scheme — then they can be rightly accused of being totally dishonest and hypocritical in claiming to be concerned about the impacts of climate change.