Sentences with phrase «of inaction on climate change»

Most importantly, costs of this magnitude pale in comparison with the potential costs of inaction on climate change.

Inaction Equals AnnihilationIn this context, consider the moral consequences of inaction on climate change.

There remains a real chance that Harper could be re-elected, bringing with it another four years of inaction on climate change and cheerleading for the expansion of export pipelines and the tar sands.

It might be tempting to base a lawsuit on the right to a stable climate as part of the right to life, but litigants would be wise to challenge specific government decisions in lieu of inaction on climate change.

An outspoken supporter of the U.S. coal industry, Obama has presented himself as someone who can overcome the Bush legacy of inaction on climate change.

Stanton has led domestic and international studies commissioned by the United Nations Development Programme, Friends of the Earth - U.K. and Environmental Defense, and co-authored dozens of reports with Frank Ackerman and others on topics including the cost of inaction on climate change; the economics of emissions - reduction targets, and the balance of science, policy and equity in global climate protection.

It claims that costs will increase by 40 percent for each decade of inaction on climate change.

Brulle and Roberts blamed the great conspiracy for «decades of inaction on climate change» and claimed that «Scholarly research shows that these institutes received nearly a billion dollars in funding to promulgate a series of neoliberal causes, including misinformation on the causes and impacts of climate change.»

President Obama should lead in talking about the consequences of inaction on climate change (June 18, 2009)