Sentences with phrase «pace of climate»

Given the rapid pace of climate research, any summary of the «state of the art» is apt rapidly to become dated.

Anonymous Coward wrote: «The most likely effect of methane is to hasten the pace of climate change during relatively short periods.»

They also say building the pipelines would boost carbon - intensive oil sands production and therefore speed up the pace of climate change.

It stresses that generally attention has focused on mitigation - slowing the pace of climate change - and adaptation - helping people cope with its effects.

The Climate Group is Secretariat to the Under2 Coalition and works with signatories to accelerate the pace of climate action.

The case study is part of a series from our Policy Action work, which aims to accelerate the pace of climate policy development and adoption at the state and regional level.

Why: We'll slow the pace of climate change if we cut carbon dioxide and potent short - acting gases like methane.

The nature and pace of climate changes being observed today and the consequences projected by the consensus scientific opinion are grave and pose equally grave implications for our national security.

This is one of those moments when the pace of climate change and its consequences become simply extraordinary.

This impact is particularly true for corals, trees and other species that are unable to match the rapid pace of climate zone motion.

The success of this project has been directly responsible for enhancing the pace of climate research, resulting in hundreds of publications and a multimodel perspective of climate that has proven invaluable for national and international climate assessments.

The study's results support a growing body of scientific evidence that suggests it is possible to immediately slow the pace of climate change regionally by reducing emissions of short - lived climate pollutants, like black carbon.

LONDON, 26 November 2015 — Nothing is certain until it happens, but the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) is confident enough say the gathering pace of climate change means that 2015 is likely to prove the warmest year on record.

We believe that science is nonpartisan and our interest is in getting a clear view of the pace of climate change in order to help policy makers to evaluate and implement an effective response.

Frustration is deep: the ambition of the meeting falls behind the pace of climate change.

But the downside of those opportunities is the risk that the current pace of climate change could be sped up dramatically by the release of long - trapped methane gas in the region's permafrost — a risk to which a new study has attached an eye - popping price tag of $ 60 trillion in the next several decades, on top of previous estimates.

`... but the «pace of climate warming», as in the general gain in energy (or loss of energy) of the entire climate system, can only be dictated by some external forcing, such as somthing that changes the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface, volcanoes, or changes in GH gas concentrations...»

Natural variability might modulate the flow of energy between parts of the system, such as from ocean to atmosphere, but the «pace of climate warming», as in the general gain in energy (or loss of energy) of the entire climate system, can only be dictated by some external forcing, such as somthing that changes the amount of solar radiation reaching the surface, volcanoes, or changes in GH gas concentrations.

We are still headed in the right direction, but since the U.S. took its foot off the accelerator, the pace of climate action has slowed down.

We encourage you to visit the solutions section of this web feature to find out how you can take action to slow the pace of climate change and help minimize the harmful consequences described in the hot spots!

Only slowing the pace of climate change will allow adaptation investments... to keep pace...»

According to EPA, the entire reason it is regulating carbon dioxide emissions from cars and trucks is to reduce global warming and climate change, but EPA's rule does not affect the pace of climate change in any meaningful way.

In turn, it is time to focus on the main problem: The I.P.C.C. reports have underestimated the pace of climate change while overestimating societies» abilities to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Yes, nature is pretty resilient, even with the current frantic pace of climate change there will be many species that do well in this changing world.

They found a fairly high degree of consensus on the general character of the pace of climate change.

According to an international team of researchers, the rapid pace of climate change is threatening the future presence of fish near the equator.

The accelerating pace of climate warming in the earth's polar regions is spurring a new sense of scientific urgency.

By next year, the Argo project will have installed 3,000 floating sensors across all the oceans, offering a daily snapshot of global patterns of water temperature and salinity — crucial for predicting the nature and pace of climate change.

Conditions in the Arctic, where several environmental records were broken this year, are slipping rapidly from bad to worse as the pace of climate change accelerates in that region

Such a transition has been made possible by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national security).

The impact of climate on terrestrial ecosystems probably will be dramatic because of the rapid pace of climate change.

The impact of climate on terrestrial ecosystems probably will be dramatic due to the rapid pace of climate change.

One aerosol, black carbon, is of increasing concern for Arctic nations worried about the pace of climate change in the far north, which is warming twice as fast as the global average.

Particles of sulfuric acid — injected by volcanoes or humans — have slowed the pace of climate change in the past decade

In hip nomenclature, I would be a near perfect «flat - earther» in the blatant perfect pretzel logic that would make such an assignation applicable to one that comprehends the pacing of our climate by the 3 orbital variables of precession, obliquity and eccentricity.

Not exact matches

It found the rapid pace of global warming and the slow pace of coral growth meant the reef was unlikely to evolve quickly enough to survive the level of climate change predicted in the next few decades.

out of 26 energy technology categories the International Energy Agency tracks are on pace to help meet global climate goals.

For those seeking a slower pace of life, with a vibrant culture and warm and welcoming people — not to mention a never too hot, never too cold climate, Cotacachi could be your place.

With its slower pace of living, warm, welcoming climate, healthy, fresh foods and reputation as one of the «greenest and cleanest» countries in the world with little pollution, lots of clean water and fresh air... it's no wonder Costa Ricans are considered the «happiest people on the planet».

Martijn Wilder, Baker & McKenzie partner in charge of global environmental markets and climate change, said the firm hadn't done much climate litigation in the past but the pace of inquiries from companies seeking reassurance about any potential liability had quickened.

The pace of inquiries from companies seeking reassurance about any potential liability has definitely quickened, says climate lawyer Martijn...

My theory is because of constant tiki - taka passing of the ball, it amazes me sometimes how we are so good at passing and controlling the ball at such pace and power, with the amount of position we have is almost unreal, imagine the vibrations that run up your legs and knees each time you stop and kick the ball and we are the champions of tiki - taka, if your thinking why not the same to Barcelona but they have injuries too but its a warmer climate and needs less warm to the legs,

The marginal impact that years of climate negotiations have made on the pace and direction of global greenhouse gas emissions finds its roots, at least in part, in the successes of the ozone negotiations.

«Today Governor Cuomo has moved New York one step closer to being the most energy efficient state in the nation,» said Jackson Morris, Director of Strategic Engagement for the Pace Energy & Climate Center.

The idea behind the contest is to help create a more entrepreneurial climate in a region where the pace of new business creation was lagging behind the nation, and also to create an image of Buffalo as a good place to start a business.

But unlike ConEd, a private utility, LIPA is not regulated by the Public Service Commission (whose leadership the governor also appoints, by the way), so the governor can't ask the PSC to fine or decertify LIPA without changing their statutory relationship, according to Jackson Morris, director of strategic engagement at the Pace Energy and Climate Center.

The coalition also includes Earthjustice, Environmental Advocates of New York, Municipal Art Society of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York League of Conservation Voters, Pace Energy and Climate Law Center of Pace Law School and Riverkeeper.

The administration called for more research and created the Climate Change Research Initiative to concentrate on areas of uncertainty about the scope, pace, and effects of climate Climate Change Research Initiative to concentrate on areas of uncertainty about the scope, pace, and effects of climate climate change.

Now a new analysis is estimating the pace of species movement because of both climate change and land use, revealing new pressures that stem from local decisions to build, plant and cut on the warming landscape.

At the same time, House Republicans have voted to cut funding for climate research that could provide more insight into the pace and likely impacts of climate change.