Sentences with phrase «outcome of climate»

«Sea - level rise is a potentially disastrous outcome of climate change,» says Horton, «as rising temperatures melt land - based ice, and warm ocean waters.»
Changing methane's relative importance as a greenhouse gas does little to change the overall outcome of climate change projections.
There appears to be a profound lack of contact between climate science and the street level herd of humanity as there appears to be little or no field work as a direct outcome of climate science research to bring climate scientists and associated science into regular contact and discourse with, down to earth, street level ordinary people and in the fields and the back blocks of human residence.
It is fundamentally people's ability to adapt spontaneously and autonomously to climate — changing or not — that explains the outcome of climate change in the world that was looked at by the WHO.
For many countries and observers, legally binding targets and timetables to reduce greenhouse gas emissions have become the litmus test for a successful, near term outcome of climate change negotiations.
The plan focuses on equity as a key outcome of climate action and adds a consumption - based inventory to recognise the full capability of the city to achieve carbon reductions even beyond the city's boundaries.
«The science of climate change continues to evolve and regardless of the outcome of the climate debate, observational data suggests that we may be served well by basing our climate agenda, scientifically and economically, on a broader perspective than that in the IPCC outline...
While I don't envision human extinction as a * likely * outcome of the climate crisis, I also don't think it can be ruled out.
It is not about the details of the outcome of climate treaty talks that concluded yesterday in Lima, Peru.
The researchers recommend to lessen the production of greenhouse gasses and be serious about the outcome of the climate change.
(Ocean acidification, another outcome of climate change, is also expected to affect coral growth, but Bozec and Mumby haven't yet factored this into their simulations.)
Further to your editorial and report on the outcome of the climate change summit in Doha, Qatar (15 December, p...
«Divesting from fossil fuel stocks doesn't solve the problem, but it sends a huge message that government and its citizens should not be investing in the type of fuel that we know increase the problems we face rather than decrease and reverse the outcome of climate change.»
In this program, students define climate, discover carbon's role in climate change by becoming a carbon molecule, explore the possible outcomes of climate change, and brainstorm ways to positively impact their environment.
We need emergency action if we are going to stop the worst outcomes of climate change becoming a reality.
From Relative outcomes of climate change mitigation related to global temperature versus sea - level rise Gerald A. Meehl et al..
Threats to food security, poverty and «disasters» are all listed as likely outcomes of climate change.
If scientists can demonstrate to policymakers that we would see significantly fewer and less intense extreme weather events by putting the brakes on our emissions then it might lead to the necessary action to protect society and the environment from the worst outcomes of climate change.»
As such, then, climate campaigners are limited to «attempts to provoke fear or guilt» (# 2), and have to overstate the likely outcomes of climate change and the benefits that any political solution to it might offer (# 3), and overstate the ease at which these solutions may be implemented (# 3a, b & c).
The analysis refutes previous work that predicted the catastrophic loss of the Amazon rainforest as one of the more startling potential outcomes of climate change.
Vahrenholt and Lüning confuse what are assumptions versus what are emergent properties or outcomes of climate models.
Where we need to be more careful is in making assumptions about what the specific outcomes of climate change, peak oil, or anything else for that matter, will actually be when the rubber hits the road.

Not exact matches

Furthermore, an election outcome supportive of anti-European policies could be «harmful» for the investment climate in the Netherlands, Brzeski added.
Among those who were aware of the meeting, which resulted in the adoption of a new national plan to tackle climate change and spur clean energy, reactions to the outcome were broadly positive, with little evidence of anxiety.
Risk means variability of outcomes though, so even though this is still a negative Climate, short - term rallies should be fully expected from time to time.
The current Market Climate is characterized by a wide range of potential outcomes - which is what we call «risk», but an average return that is quite negative.
Similarly, even though the expected return to stocks is negative in the current climate, the risk (measured by the variability of possible outcomes) is also very wide.
Indeed, there is a very wide range of short - term outcomes when the market is in this climate.
When even energy - friendly bodies such as the International Energy Agency say the world needs to act now if we're to avoid the worst outcomes of what climate change has to offer the planet, then Canada should realize it can ill afford to stick its head in the sand any longer.
By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal Kvisle Published in the Hill Times — December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
By Linda Hasenfratz and Hal KvislePublished in the Hill Times - December 13, 2010 Despite clear signs of progress in building an international consensus, the outcome of the latest round of UN climate change negotiations in Cancun appears to have fallen short of the target: a clear and comprehensive plan to reduce global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.Many of the most contentious issues remain unresolved, including whether to incorporate the negotiators» goals in a legally binding agreement and how...
The distinctive character of the region is to be found in its sea, climate, terrain, and mode of production context, within which people worked hard, to meet their needs.160 At no stage of the process the farmer is able to manipulate the outcome.
This event may represent only an anomalous electoral outcome, the result of the special social character and ethical climate of a single state in the American West.
The anima mundi, to whose disposal of his own personal destiny the Stoic consents, is there to be respected and submitted to, but the Christian God is there to be loved and the difference of emotional atmosphere is like that between an arctic climate and the tropics, though the outcome in the way of accepting actual conditions uncomplainingly may seem in abstract terms to be much the same.
So pleased to hear that you made these with youngsters and that (for the most part; — RRB - the cookies were well received and perhaps expanded their ideas of baking without the usual «generosity» of ingredients that we all grew up on:p Good for you for finding a temperature that suits your climate best — experimentation is where it's at and every environment will give rise (forgive the pun) to different issues, so making adjustments can be very helpful to the outcome.
In New Westminster's proclamation, explaining the decision to adopt a Meatless Monday, mayor Jonathan Coté wrote: «Overconsumption of meat, dairy and eggs is associated with many major environmental problems, including climate change, worsened human health outcomes and animal welfare concerns.»
a small watering action under a dry climate scenario to provide flows to waterways and partial inundation of semi-permanent wetlands during spring (considered to be the minimum necessary for consolidating ecological outcomes from the large watering event in 2014);
Current research includes: co-leading organisational case studies in Birthplace in England, a national study of birth outcomes in home, midwife led, and obstetric led units; investigating the relationship between measures of safety climate and health care quality in A and E and intrapartum care; and conducting nested process evaluations of two trials of obesity in pregnancy behavioural interventions.
Many politicians and climate reports now talk about risk, which works for some audiences — particularly in the business sector — who deal every day with assessing investment, insurance and other types of uncertain outcomes.
The co-chair of the working group responsible for the report, climate scientist Chris Field, spoke repeatedly and eloquently about the need, in the face of uncertainty, to weigh up the risks of possible outcomes.
In turn, mass developing - country participation brought development concerns to the core of the climate negotiations: Article 4 of the Convention noted the «right» of parties to «sustainable development», an outcome all but guaranteed by universal participation.
President Buhari also applauded the outcome of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, held in Paris, France, in December last year.
With the outcome of the Cancún summit now hanging in the balance, attention must now focus on whether he can help to broker a climate deal.»
The President applauded the outcome of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that held in Paris in December last year.
The Earth faces a broad range of possible outcomes with climate change.
To date, concerns about climate change's impact on agriculture have focused on drought — another likely outcome of warming world.
Climate models predict that the hottest seasons on record will become the norm by the end of the century — an outcome that bodes ill for feeding the world
The model calculations, which are based on data from the CLOUD experiment, reveal that the cooling effects of clouds are 27 percent less than in climate simulations without this effect as a result of additional particles caused by human activity: Instead of a radiative effect of -0.82 W / m2 the outcome is only -0.60 W / m2.
In addition to ignoring the long - term outlook, he says, many skeptics also fail to mention the potentially most harmful outcome of rising atmospheric CO2 on vegetation: climate change itself.
Outcome: In late 2009, Monckton embarked on a tour of North America to promote his personal views on climate change.
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