That's a seemingly benign phrase that appears in a new almost 600 page study
on climate change impacts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
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The attorney generals
from 20 states announced plans to work with environmental campaign groups
on ongoing or potential investigations into whether Exxon misled investors decades ago about the
impact their business had
on climate change.
«Most of the
climate resolutions ask companies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to re-port
on the risks
from climate change on business operations,» Passoff of Proxy
Impact said.
The Risky Business Project focused
on quantifying and publicizing the economic risks
from the
impacts of a
changing climate.
The Risky Business Project focuses
on quantifying and publicizing the economic risks
from the
impacts of a
changing climate.
«Meat — The Big Omission
from the Talks
on Emissions» Humane Society, Brighter Green, Chatham House 9 Dec 15:00 — 16:30 Observer Room 04 COP21 Paris — Le Bourget Site Leading experts and government officials will discuss the
climate impacts of meat and dairy consumption, public awareness, and potential policy and behaviour -
change solutions.
As no one can really tell when or where the
impacts of
climate change will hit, aside
from identifying
climate tolerant varieties farmers are also using nature's strength by relying
on diversity.
IRRI's work in India is supported by contributions
from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for
Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
LINCOLN, MA — Mass Audubon, in partnership with the Connecticut Audubon Society and the Audubon Society of Rhode Island, has been awarded a $ 69,632 Environmental Education grant
from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to inform their members and the public about
climate change and its
impacts on local ecosystems.
The panel is expected to discuss topics ranging
from the
impact of
climate change on New Yorkers» health, the increase in extreme weather such as heightened flood risk, and recent efforts by the state to respond.
AG Eric Schneiderman says the U.S. State Department failed to fully analyze the
impacts climate change pollution
from the proposed Keystone XL and related oil pipelines will have
on New York and the nation.
David Cameron betrayed anxiety about the coincidence — and its
impact on potential Ukip supporters opposed to overseas aid or sceptical of
climate change — by refusing to say how much Britain is likely to offer and stressing the funding would come
from existing government funds.
Panels focused
on current efforts to tackle
climate change, ranging
from local environmental initiatives to the global Paris
climate agreement, as well as how divestment
from fossil fuels can be a tool for
climate justice and curbing the
impacts of
climate change.
President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States
from the Paris Agreement puts future generations at risk and leaves the nation without a plan to mitigate the
impact of
climate change on society, said Rush Holt, CEO of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,
on June...
«Higher temperatures and
changes in precipitation result in pressure
on yields
from important crops in much of the world,» says IFPRI agricultural economist Gerald Nelson, an author of the report, «
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security:
Impacts and Costs of Adaptation to 2050».
Risky Business based its findings
on data
from the National
Climate Assessment and Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) reports, as well as peer - reviewed literature
on extreme weather
impacts on crops, labor productivity and energy system performance.
This sample of recent environmental films includes looks at the ecological effects of roads and top predators, the
impact of
climate change on a native village in the Arctic, a search for seeds of wild relatives of staple foods, and the fate of solar panels
from Jimmy Carter's White House.
Beyond Kerosene The amount of emissions
from aircraft compared with other vehicles is relatively small — roughly 3 percent of total worldwide greenhouse gas emissions
from fossil fuel burning, according to the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC)-- nonetheless it has a major impact on the c
Climate Change (IPCC)-- nonetheless it has a major
impact on the
climateclimate.
«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the
impacts of
climate change and management
on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk
from climate change.
At the Environmental
Change Institute in Oxford, researchers Nathalie Schaller and Friederike Otto analysed results from almost 40,000 climate model calculations to test the impact of climate change on Britain's winter
Change Institute in Oxford, researchers Nathalie Schaller and Friederike Otto analysed results
from almost 40,000
climate model calculations to test the
impact of
climate change on Britain's winter
change on Britain's winter rains.
Smoke
from wildfires, which are becoming more frequent and intense in the U.S. West as the
climate changes, contains large amounts of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, which can have profound
impacts on human health.
Tim Maughan reports
from New York
on the first of a series of debates
on climate change, starting with the
impact of catastrophic events and global injustice
Mills has analyzed everything
from the
impact of
climate change on the insurance industry to energy use in African villages, modern buildings, and data centers.
A new report by authors
from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center
on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and
impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.
By analyzing current building codes and the like, the New York City Panel
on Climate Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils from climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
Climate Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils from climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils
from climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
change impacts directly
on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat waves.
Implications of livestock farming
on climate change should not be drawn
from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based
on a new method of carbon footprinting for pasture - based cattle production systems that can assess the
impacts of individual animals.
Prior research has largely focused
on the negative
impacts of ocean acidification
on reef growth, but new research this week
from scientists at the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB), based at the University of Hawai'i — Mānoa (UHM), demonstrates that lower ocean pH also enhances reef breakdown: a double - whammy for coral reefs in a
changing climate.
We now have data showing that lakes
from the Arctic to the Andes, and everywhere in between, are rapidly
changing due to our
impacts on climate.»
Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the
impacts of
climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners
on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform
from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.
«To understand the
impacts of deforestation and
climate change, we need reliable long - term data
on the fauna
from around the world,» explained Dr. Aide.
A recent study by Michael J. E. O'Rourke
from the University of Toronto, published in Open Archaeology, provides a new perspective
on the severe
impacts of escalating
climate change on the heritage resources of Canadian Arctic.
«O'Rourke provides a clear, well - researched perspective
on the serious
impacts that
climate change is having
on the heritage resources of northern coasts,» says Dr. Christopher B. Wolff
from the University at Albany.
The report
from the Commission
on Health and
Climate Change lays out the health
impacts of a warming world and offers policy advice
on how to address medical concerns and prevent them
from getting worse.
«Factors affecting extinction and origination of species are surprisingly different, with past
climate change having the highest
impact on extinction but not
on originations,» notes researcher Daniele Silvestro
from the GGBC who developed the mathematical model used in the study.
Dr Jeff Price, coordinator of the Wallace Initiative and also
from UEA, said: «This research provides a view
on the differing spatial
impacts of
climate change on biodiversity.
Professor Michael Benton
from the University of Bristol, another co-author of the study, said: «This work illustrates a case of the
impact of
climate change on the evolution of animal biodiversity, and shows that for crocodilians, warming phases of our earth's history constitute ideal opportunities to colonise new environments.»
This is why
on 24 March millions of people across the world will come together for Earth Hour, to show their commitment to reducing global emissions and protecting people and wildlife
from the
impacts of
climate change.
The biggest concern: that the Accelerated
Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME) project, meant to forecast local impacts of climate change and to be used on DOE's future exascale supercomputers, would dilute resources from the Community Earth System Model
Climate Modeling for Energy (ACME) project, meant to forecast local
impacts of
climate change and to be used on DOE's future exascale supercomputers, would dilute resources from the Community Earth System Model
climate change and to be used
on DOE's future exascale supercomputers, would dilute resources
from the Community Earth System Model (CESM).
7It is particularly ironic that Lomborg would offer such a ridiculously precise estimate of the cost of the
impacts of
climate change from carbon dioxide emissions, inasmuch as the entire thrust of his books chapter
on «global warming» is that practically nothing about the effects of greenhouse gases is known with certainty.
«We started
from scratch and she wanted to know glacial cycles, rate of deforesting, solar variability — all of the issues that could
impact climate and why I think that humans are the main driver of
climate change,» he explained afterward at a debriefing with colleagues at a pub
on Capitol Hill.
According to Sharp, the focus of the findings also marks an important milestone
from the perspective of glaciology, which traditionally focuses
on sea level as the most direct consequence of the
impact of
climate change on glaciers.
But the paper «Political influences
on greenhouse gas emissions
from U.S. states» adds what the MSU researchers say is an important layer to understanding human
impact on climate change.
Dr Jochen Hinkel
from Global
Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge
on climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential
impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing
on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.»
The environmental group cites the recommendations of a 2013 Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change report as a reason for EPA to dramatically shorten the time frame over which it calculates greenhouse gas
impact —
from 100 years down to 20.
Aside
from its
impact on sea levels, weather and the economy, researchers say
climate change is also an urgent public health concern, a matter that has been largely left out of the global
climate conversation until recently.
Under the Obama administration,
climate change has been
on the Department of Defense's radar
from how it affects national security to how military installations around the world should prepare for
climate impacts, like sea level rise at naval bases, melting permafrost in the Arctic and more extreme rainfall events around the world.
Nonetheless, with rising sea level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand
on water, food, and land of a growing population (albeit one likely to level out mid 21st century), the combined
impacts of
climate change and global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different
from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.
It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China,
from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their
impacts on public health, to policies to protect air quality and limit
climate change.
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