Sentences with phrase «of avoiding catastrophe»

What I am giving in my plan / proposal are the temperature targets required to offer any chance of avoiding catastrophe, and the components required to meet these targets.

Look, I have continually asked for radically new self - consistent plans that would give any chance of avoiding the catastrophe, and NONE have been forthcoming.

It seems to me that a max construction effort combined with a max non-essential energy reduction effort, and complemented by a max reforestation effort started early, might actually give a reasonable chance of avoiding catastrophe.

Despite your stated philosophy of what is required to ameliorate climate change, far more sacrifice will be required if we have any hope of avoiding the catastrophe.

People may even be willing to tolerate a significant decline in living standards if it is in the interests of avoiding catastrophe, but we won't get there if we don't actually have the conversation about what life would be like in 40 % - by - 2020 Australia.

wHAT KEEPS ME GOING IS MY BELIEF THAT THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF AVOIDING CATASTROPHE.»

What keeps me going is my belief that there is still a chance of avoiding catastrophe.»

Not exact matches

Instead of correcting course to avoid further catastrophe, the Maduro regime is attempting to circumvent sanctions through the Petro digital currency — a ploy that Venezuela's democratically - elected National Assembly has denounced and Treasury has cautioned U.S. persons to avoid,» Mnuchin said in a statement.

This one from McMaster University via Coursera is focused more on career issues, and the topics covered sound like a top hits list of common work questions: «Mindshift teaches you essentials such as how to get the most out of online learning and MOOCs, how to seek out and work with mentors, the secrets to avoiding career ruts (and catastrophes) and general ruts in life, and insights such as the value of selective ignorance over general competence.»

For Toccarra Thomas, a small - business owner and graduate student in Knoxville, Tennessee, putting together that kind of generous emergency fund wasn't just about avoiding catastrophe, it was also about freeing herself up to seize a high - risk, high - reward opportunity.

Like the weary sailor, the refugee from wreck and storm, who escapes half «dead, and then, in terror, shudders with dread at the very mention of the name of the «sea»; who swears he'll never sail again, who raves he'll stay home, even on the calmest days, but then, in time, forgets his fearful ways, and seeks, again, his fortune above the waves; I, too, have barely escaped the storms that revolve around you, my love, traveling far away, vowing to avoid another catastrophe, but I can't; the thought of you breaks my resolve, and so, I return to where, on that fateful day, Inearly drowned in your tempestuous sea.

For me, I need some sort of complete catastrophe that I can neither avoid nor fix.

World War III could leave the earth much more impoverished than World War II, even if the finality of a thermonuclear catastrophe was avoided.

This transformation must also include at least some minimal comprehension of the basic steps which must be taken in order to avoid catastrophe and realize the enormous potential for human enjoyment which is within our reach.

It is my judgment that the reforms that a morally concerned group of elite faculty would propose, even if all were quickly enacted, would not change the course of world affairs in such a way as to avoid catastrophe for the planet.

But to avoid the horrors of environmental catastrophe, we must make radical changes in our way of living, and we do not yet even have a clear idea of what those changes should be.

Most children know that you're in danger of being pinched, so to avoid that catastrophe, help your little ones to make these fun little pins to wear.

You should give her a good grade if your most - disliked candidate has a strong chance to win (to avoid a catastrophe), and a bad grade if your most - liked candidate has a strong chance to win (to avoid rivalry, i.e. risking a victory of your candidate 2 whereas your candidate 1 could win).

But there are no signs of any cross-party Brexit committee being formed, nor that the Labour leadership wishes to help the Tories avoid a catastrophe of their own making.

The medical outreach, which would last till 13 April 2018, became necessary to avoid humanitarian catastrophe due to the recent withdrawal of humanitarian services by Non-Governmental Organizations from Rann, following the recent attack by remnants of Boko Haram Terrorists.

To avoid any kind of catastrophe, the reptiles went into hibernation for millions of years before being awakened by secret nuclear experiments in a Welsh mine.

If I was to claim that I need huge amounts of revenue from you to avoid certain catastrophe from a future asteroid collision, and that my computer models now predict this collision to be much more likely than previously thought, would you give me the same benefit of the doubt?

Once people understand that sea - levels will continue to rise, will eventually make most major cities uninhabitable, and the glaciers which feed much or Asia's agriculture will disappear, marine life will face an acid catastrophe, and nobody can see how a net food deficit can be avoided, we all know that the political option of «just adapt to it when it happens» will melt away as fast as the glaciers.

Moreover, moderate to serious complications described with classic fat graft 40 as chronic oedema, calcification, fibrosis, acne, headache, dysesthesia, drooping, infections, damage of the underlying skeletal structures, cutaneous discolouration or vascular catastrophes were completely avoided when applying this technique but were not seen also in our previous experience.

«Global warming threatens the basic fabric of life on which birds — and the rest of us — depend, and we have to act quickly and decisively if we are going to avoid catastrophe,» Langham said.

The specific ending of the film, which wisely avoids the worst mistakes of the book and at least cuts things mercifully short after a series of catastrophes, is not successful or convincing; in fact, it's rather clichéd and banal, but the intuition that violent, terrible acts flow inexorably in part from Americans» unawareness and incomprehension of the simplest facts of their own lives is undeniably true.

When you think of all the potential benefits of time travel — going back to avoid catastrophes, make smarter investments, inform your...

In order to avoid any future catastrophes; the US government, along with the support of other world leaders, has decided to build a massive weather - controlling satellite system, strangely entitled the «Dutch Boy», which will be able to combat the forever - changing weather conditions.

To avoid a catastrophe, forex traders usually implement a strict trading style that includes the use of stop orders and limit orders designed to control potential losses.

To me, home bias is a more unique / significant risk, with some (perhaps small) probability of catastrophe (which unfortunately is often amplified in the rest of your life / finances in the worst case scenario), and something I want to avoid.

If you have insurance and you find yourself embroiled in a complaint, pat yourself on the back for avoiding the potential catastrophe of having to come out of pocket to defend yourself.

Cat lovers need to work together with environmentalists who cherish all of nature if we are to avoid a catastrophe.

Some of my clients think I'm overplaying the importance of choosing the right type of bone for their dog, but part of the reason I'm so detailed and thorough is to avoid fractures and other chew bone - related catastrophes.

To avoid the catastrophe of too many cat fanciers trying to visit at the same time, reservations are encouraged.

Many people believe seizure alert dogs (dogs that sense and warn their masters of upcoming seizures) or seizure response dogs (dogs that provide assistance to their masters during and after a seizure) can provide epilepsy patients with a greater sense of control over their disorder because they seem to be able to help them avoid catastrophe in public places, such as driving a car.

While you may not be able to keep the airline from losing your luggage, you can avoid many credit card catastrophes — or at least minimize the damage they cause — with a little bit of advance planning.

Once people understand that sea - levels will continue to rise, will eventually make most major cities uninhabitable, and the glaciers which feed much or Asia's agriculture will disappear, marine life will face an acid catastrophe, and nobody can see how a net food deficit can be avoided, we all know that the political option of «just adapt to it when it happens» will melt away as fast as the glaciers.

One book that has slipped under the radar but has been praised by many climate and energy experts is «The Middle Path: Avoiding Environmental Catastrophe,» by Eric Lambin (University of Chicago Press).

We have advocates assuring us that rapid introduction of renewables, or rapid introduction of nuclear, or rapid introduction of carbon capture, are all we need to avoid catastrophe; no need for sharp demand reductions independent of non-fossil technology introduction.

I also suggested that the ones thinking that a very small chance of something going wrong in the LHC being enough to stop it go to the AGW denialists and tell them that even a small chance of catastrophe MUST be avoided.

> We have advocates assuring us that rapid introduction > of renewables,... nuclear, or... carbon capture, are > all we need to avoid catastrophe; no need for sharp > demand reductions

Anyone who follows climate science, solutions, and politics knows that climate change is in the process of emerging as the story of the century — and that's only if every major country pulls together to rapidly transform the global economy to avoid catastrophe.

A slim chance of avoiding climate catastrophe?

Suppose the polywater scare had happened now, perhaps we would have had an IPPC set up to make recommendations as to how to avoid a possible catastrophe involving a small quantity of polywater entering the sea and nucleating the rest of it to convert to polywater — like a wet windscreen on a cold winter's day.

The new IPCC report shows that we must keep roughly 80 - to - 95 % of proven reserves of fossil fuels in the ground if we want a decent shot at avoiding catastrophe.

None of its core scenarios for the future of energy provide a reasonable chance that the world will avoid climate catastrophe.

As the biblical Joseph tells us — to avoid catastrophe in the times of need requires a wise and honest person to manage things in the times of abundance.

«We are talking about the big world of avoiding climate catastrophe, but we are talking about the immediate world of people living in Riverside, Los Angeles and other places,» Brown said.

To avoid any kind of catastrophe, the reptiles went into hibernation for millions of years before secret nuclear experiments in a Welsh mine awakened them.

The EPA says the Kemper County Energy Facility offers a real - life example that it is possible to go on burning the dirtiest of fossil fuels and still make the cuts in carbon dioxide emissions needed to avoid a climate catastrophe.