Sentences with phrase «on dangerous climate»

I did not say the IPCC demanded specific policies, but rather individual scientists did claim that the science demanded emissions reductions, which gave birth to the UNFCCC and the precautionary principle on dangerous climate change.

China's view on dangerous climate question: / / j.mp / ChinaOn2C More on temp.

Thank's again for the links on dangerous climate change.

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And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agrclimate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris AgrClimate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.

If, however, the Catholic now sees that despite, and in addition to, his ethics based on essential natures, he must develop an individual ethics of concrete moral decision which goes beyond mere casuistry, and if the Protestant ethical theorist perhaps realizes that in the new and dangerous situation he must perhaps be less carefree in simply leaving the Christian to his «conscience», then perhaps the new situation will bring about a new climate in which, even theoretically, people will be compelled more readily to think towards one another rather than away from one another, and in which people will understand one another more easily and even gradually unite.

Global dairy and meat production and consumption must be cut in half by 2050 to avoid dangerous climate change and keep the Paris Agreement on track, according to a new Greenpeace report.

The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible for the release of dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest Star Wars.

The idea that the sunny weather they enjoy may be a harbinger of runaway climate change, that their beloved happy meal hamburgers are responsible for the release of dangerous methane gases and the unjust monopolization of vital water sources, and that the plastic refuse from their picnics might end up endangering the dolphins they idolize from afar — well, it's a lot to lay on a child who's still not old enough to see the latest

«The Trump Administration's persistent and indefensible denial of climate change — and their continued assault on actions essential to stemming its increasing devastation — is reprehensible, and I will use every available legal tool to fight their dangerous agenda.»

If implemented, the governor's commitments will put New York on the map as a national leader — reducing dangerous climate pollution while advancing opportunities to harness the environmental and economic benefits provided by a forward - thinking renewable energy economy.

The proposal appears in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, which focuses on «Geoscale engineering to avert dangerous climate change.»

That is well short of the 25 to 40 per cent cuts that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says are required from developed nations to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate Climate Change says are required from developed nations to avoid the most dangerous consequences of climate climate change.

Two Australian academics serving on a government climate panel have publicly criticized their own committee's latest report as «untrue and dangerous,» stoking a long - running debate over the country's carbon emissions reduction strategies.

Few operate at commercial scales today, and some researchers fear they offer policymakers a dangerous excuse to drag their feet on climate action in the hopes that future inventions will clean up the mess.

The acid test will come in 2015, when nations will meet in Paris to agree to limits on emissions beyond 2020 — when deep cuts will be needed if the planet is to have any chance of avoiding «dangerous» climate change.

Unfortunately, just two weeks ago, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) put the finishing touches to a report that shows this strategy to be based on a dangerous delusion.

The theory of dangerous climate change is based not just on carbon dioxide warming but on positive and negative feedback effects from water vapor and phenomena such as clouds and airborne aerosols from coal burning.

INTERNATIONAL climate talks may be stalled, but the fight to protect the planet from dangerous warming goes on.

Further to Fred Pearce's editorial on the outcome of the Rio +20 Earth Summit (30 June, p 3), the disarray in international politics that he highlighted with regard to climate change is now so potentially dangerous that no one can affect to be a disinterested observer.

In May 2013, the CO2 concentration in Earth's atmosphere surpassed a milestone of 400 ppm for the first time in human history, a level that many scientists consider dangerous territory in terms of its impact on Earth's climate.

While previous studies had examined the impact of climate change - induced weather patterns on violence and the increased danger of violence in weak or failing states, this is the first study to demonstrate that the combination of the two risk factors is even more dangerous than they would be separately.

The world is on track for dangerous climate change, having nearly lost room for further pollution in the mix of gases that make up the atmosphere.

Global spending to combat climate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on Tclimate change fell last year and remains far below the level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said on TClimate Policy Initiative said on Tuesday.

«The Paris Climate Agreement aims to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to Climate Agreement aims to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to climate change by limiting global warming to 1.5 oC.

The slow progress so far on cutting emissions is making dangerous climate change almost certain, say researchers.

That December, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported that greenhouse gases were rising, with human activity the likely cause and dangerous changes in the earth's conditions a likely result.

Pope Francis is to make history this week with a call for international cooperation to avert dangerous global warming — the Vatican's most powerful statement yet on the environment and climate change.

Climate modeling and observational data suggest the world is already on track to reach dangerous levels of warming by the end of the century, according to the two papers.

This simple analysis shows that the «2 degree target» of «dangerous anthropogenic interference» is looming on the horizon, as the climate equilibrates and aerosol pollution is cleaned up.

«On Avoiding Dangerous Anthropogenic Interference with the Climate System: Formidable Challenges Ahead.»

For climate scientists who are skeptical that anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions will cause a dangerous amount of warming, such as Richard Lindzen and Roy Spencer, their skepticism hinges mainly on this cloud cover uncertainty.

The challenge is to investigate the consequences and viability of different schemes, while being careful that it is not being (ab) used as an alibi not to work on emission reduction, which should be the first and foremost strategy to prevent dangerous climate change.

If adopted, the Paris agreement will become the first concrete step on our collective way towards avoiding dangerous climate change.

It's clear that momentum is building on this issue, but widespread action is needed to avert dangerous climate warming.

We know, based on the work and expertise of the vast majority of climate scientists and virtually every leading scientific organization in the world, that human - caused climate change is real and dangerous.

More than 170 nations have agreed on the need to limit fossil fuel emissions to avoid dangerous human - made climate change, as formalized in the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Chanclimate change, as formalized in the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate ChanClimate Change [6].

We have a planetary climate crisis that requires urgent change to our energy and carbon pathway to avoid dangerous consequences for young people and other life on Earth.

A new report on deep decarbonization, published last week, offers a new perspective on how countries can avoid dangerous climate change and achieve sustainable development.

Researching Egyptian pharaohs is genuinely dangerous work that takes archaeologists to unforgiving desert climates and treacherous tombs, and pits them against thieves who want to get their own hands on historical treasures for

It's painfully ironic, particularly for those of who are American citizens, given that right now the single most obstructive, denialist, dangerous government on the planet in regard to climate change is in fact ours.

The smallest warming / sea level rise in TAR figure 5 will place a wide range of human and natural systems under very considerable pressure (and based on estimates of the melt - down point for greenland place us teetering on the edge of dangerous climate change).

Presentations focused on deepening inequality, the evidence for dangerous climate change, population trends, urban problems, new economic models and more.

However, if our adaptation is informed by science cherry - picked to support a particular standpoint on «dangerous climate change» then this risks leading to wrong decisions on adaptation.

The best way forward, he said, is for the climate convention and whatever addenda emerge in coming years remain focused on the core issue enshrined in 1992 — the need to avoid dangerous human - driven disruption of the climate system and help nations most exposed to risks.

Climate talks ended in Copenhagen one year ago in raucous, then deflated, division, with the resulting accord noted, but not formally embraced, by the nearly 200 countries aiming to make good on an 18 - year - old pledge under the first climate treaty to limit dangerous human - driven wClimate talks ended in Copenhagen one year ago in raucous, then deflated, division, with the resulting accord noted, but not formally embraced, by the nearly 200 countries aiming to make good on an 18 - year - old pledge under the first climate treaty to limit dangerous human - driven wclimate treaty to limit dangerous human - driven warming.

Key Message 3: Long - Term Strategy Rapid, sustained, and effective mitigation based on coordinated global and regional action is required to avoid «dangerous climate change» regardless of how it is defined.

[Andy Revkin — The Article 2 mentioned above is the statement on avoiding «dangerous» human interference with climate in the original climate treaty, which was completed at the Earth Summit in Brazil in 1992.

The main conversation around Pope Francis's remarkable encyclical letter is appropriately on the core messages — that human - driven climate change is dangerous; access to energy matters; that consumptive capitalism is a problem, not a solution.

On July 23, I wrote about the rocky rollout, prior to peer review, of «Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise and Superstorms: Evidence from Paleoclimate Data, Climate Modeling, and Modern Observations that 2 °C Global Warming is Highly Dangerous.»

There is a paper posted on the program for the «Avoding Dangerous Climate Change» conference currently taking place in England titled «Why Delaying Climate Action is a Gamble» by Kallbekken & Rive of the CICERO Center for Int» l Climate & Envt Research.