Sentences with phrase «play in any future climate»

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The «nitty - gritty» of how patents are developed and then protected is a big issue when it comes to the role technology can play in the future of energy security and climate change policy, for example.

It's a small country, it does not have the, kind of, a presence in the international stage of a China or an India or a Brazil, but it is concerned about the future of its forests and it wants to play in the climate game, that is it wants to participate in any kinds of offsets that might benefit its economy and also its wild areas.

«We're trying to understand how what we're doing to the Earth's atmosphere and oceans will play out in the future,» says Bette Otto - Bliesner, who runs a full - complexity climate model — and its 1.5 million lines of code — through a supercomputer named Yellowstone at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder.

«Current and future cities will be modified or designed with weather and climate in mind, and research at UGA will play a key role.

It's not clear that all of the trends will continue into the future, but the study does make clear that there is a need to understand the role climate plays in floods in order for societies to adapt, experts say.

Wheat plays an important role in feeding the world, but climate change threatens its future harvest.

Andy White, president of the Resources Renewal Institute that co-published the report, said that the findings have a central role to play in future international climate negotiations.

«Our finding that vegetation plays a key role future in terrestrial hydrologic response and water stress is of utmost importance to properly predict future dryness and water resources,» says Gentine, whose research focuses on the relationship between hydrology and atmospheric science, land / atmosphere interaction, and its impact on climate change.

Together, these ice sheets offer researchers a comprehensive record of Earth's climate history and play an important role in the future of the global climate system.

They are deeply invested in the idea that school climate and classroom culture play a role in how children treat each other, and they believe that as future teachers, they have to be prepared to «deal with» students who bully and are bullied.

In a short video, the President speaks about the importance of addressing climate change for the sake of future genrations, while scenes of stormy seas, sources of energy and American landscapes play.

Being an engineer, and at least having a slight appreciation for the complexity of the global climate and associated feedback systems, and the challenges of long term future projections, I couldn't help but wonder if there might be some other climate systems in play that have not yet been discovered.

But it is clear that policies toward construction insurance, and federal disaster relief play the dominant role in setting up the U.S. for a string of natural disasters stretching as far as one can see into the future, with or without climate change.

Rather, they mean that 1) We understand the role CO2 plays in climate very well; and 2) it is very unlikely that any future discovery in climate science will be sufficiently revolutionary to overturn that understanding.

e360: You've written recently about uncertainty over the future impacts of climate change and how that plays a role in discouraging action in reducing greenhouse gases.

It's the best «future proofing» against climate change, sea level rise and the catastrophic consequences likely to play out on coasts, as well as inland, in the future,» said Professor Geisler.

«Communities across the state are playing a larger role in combating climate change and securing a cleaner and greener future for all of New York,» Governor Cuomo said.

Panellists from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, climate and planning experts from the world of energy, plus audience members, will consider the the role big climate data can play in shaping the future energy landscape, asset resilience, and planning and investment decision - Climate Change Service, climate and planning experts from the world of energy, plus audience members, will consider the the role big climate data can play in shaping the future energy landscape, asset resilience, and planning and investment decision - climate and planning experts from the world of energy, plus audience members, will consider the the role big climate data can play in shaping the future energy landscape, asset resilience, and planning and investment decision - climate data can play in shaping the future energy landscape, asset resilience, and planning and investment decision - making.

One of the biggest debates between sceptics and their counterparts is in fact the role played by feedback mechanisms — a response in part to claims by environmentalists such as Mark Lynas in «Six Degrees: our future on a hotter planet» that a relatively small increase in CO2 could cause «runaway climate change» by triggering (unknown and possibly non-existent) feedback mechanisms to form.

It is a future in which the IWC plays a primary role in the health and protection of our oceans, a future in which the body exerts greater leadership in respect to the raft of threats that jeopardize all marine life, whether it be oil spills, radioactive contamination, entanglement in fishing gear and marine debris, ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, emerging diseases, climate change or all of these cumulatively and synergistically.

Rapidly declining costs of wind and solar energy technologies, increasing concerns about the environmental and climate change impacts of fossil fuels, and sustained investment in renewable energy projects all point to a not - so - distant future in which renewable energy plays a pivotal role in the electric power system of the 21st century.

Methane is generally considered secondary to carbon dioxide in its importance to climate change, but what role might methane play in the future if global

Given that the sector plays a vital role in economic growth of the country, it is only important to ensure a resilient urban transport system that also aims to provide access to affordable mobility means consistent with future climate change.

«There is no such thing as truly clean coal,» Luderer says in a statement, making it «increasingly implausible» it can play a role in a climate - friendly future, even with CCS.

While climate change might indeed have impacts on politics, it is now clear that how states conduct their geopolitical strategies in coming decades will have profound impacts on the future geographical configurations in which conflict or cooperation will play out.

The next president will play a pivotal role in shaping United States» climate policies, making decisions fundamental to both the future of our nation and life on this planet.

While other causes might be in play, human emissions are certainly the primary cause of the future climate catastrophe.

By joining Climate Reality Campus Corps and participating in the 100 % Committed campaign that works to get campuses to commit to being powered by 100 % renewable electricity, young people can personally play a key role in the historic movement that will transform the global economy and create a safe, sustainable, and prosperous future for us all.

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The next president will play a pivotal in shaping United States» climate policies, making decisions fundamental to both the future of our nation and life on this planet.

Abstract The purpose of this review - and - research paper is twofold: (i) to review the role played in climate dynamics by fluid - dynamical models; and (ii) to contribute to the understanding and reduction of the uncertainties in future climate - change projections.

It is also an example of how climate models can play a key role in both the interpretation of observations and the prediction of near - future climate.

As James Hansen and three other notable climate scientists urged in an open letter earlier this month: «Renewables like wind and solar and biomass will certainly play roles in a future energy economy, but those energy sources can not scale up fast enough to deliver cheap and reliable power at the scale the global economy requires.

This idea may seem as futuristic today as the automobile did in the 1879, but carbon removal likely will play a large role in preventing the adverse effects of climate change in the near future.

For Canada's part, hydrogen could play a critical role in the future development of oil sands in a climate - responsible manner.

The Fund — which plays a key role in providing the financial resources needed to enable developing countries to move to low - emission and climate - resilient futures — received only US$ 4 billion equivalent in contributions by the 30 April 2015 deadline.

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Informed by an understanding of the threat that climate change poses to current and future children, pediatricians can play a valuable role in the societal response to this global challenge.

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They also play a key role in informing near - term decisions, helping to avoid investments that are incompatible with a low - carbon and climate - resilient future.

«While we are responsible for playing our part in preventing dangerous climate change,» says Uday Gupta, the company's Managing Director, «we also future - proof our growth and profitability by taking climate action in collaboration with our partners in the value chain.»

Definitely yes, at some point in the future (billions of years), something not experienced on Earth will be affecting the climate, but over the relatively shorter - term, the same physical mechanisms control the climate, just playing on variations on the combinations, timing, and intensity of those mechanisms: namely: Milankovitch cycles, GHG concentrations, ocean cycles, hydrological cycle, volcanic activity, solar cycles, biosphere interactions, location of continents, etc..

«Business is a fundamental part of society and expectations on business play a wider role in topics that have an impact on wider society — such as a climate change and the future of energy consumption.

«As our climate starts to change over time, it may be that temperature will play a bigger role in future droughts,» Granger says.

TreeHugger recently did give Rudd a Best of Green award, but I wonder if Rudd hasn't made a deal with the devil here: CCS Can Be Part of the Solution... Rudd rightly gets that, in his words, «Carbon capture and storage is not the only answer to the climate change challenge» and that it can certainly play a part in the transition to a low - carbon future, but I just don't buy into Rudd's «cold, hard reality» that coal will remain (or at least has to remain) the globe's major source of energy for many years to come.

The IEA believes that CCS plays a key role in an ambitious, climate - friendly future energy scenario, accounting for one - sixth of required emissions reductions by 2050.

And scientists are starting to ponder whether climate change may play a role in its future spread.

This 5 - week foundational course explores the theories, research, and key dimensions of social - emotional learning (SEL), and school culture and climate, and the role they play in shaping children's emotional development, academic success, and future life and career choices.