Sentences with phrase «positive effect on climate change»

Liberal Democrat environment spokesman Chris Huhne says carbon offsetting must be more than just a fashion statement if it is to have a real positive effect on climate change.

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«Above all, we wanted to know whether it is better to provide economic justifications, such as the positive effects of climate policy on technological innovation and the labour market, and personal aspects like protection of our health, rather than to focus on conveying scientific facts and the risks of climate change.»

The findings suggest that effective new greenhouse gas controls could help lessen the effects of climate change on the release of carbon from soils of the northern permafrost region and therefore decrease the potential for a positive feedback of permafrost carbon release on climate warming.

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.

The study also finds that Tea Party supporters with higher levels of education are less likely to trust scientists or accept scientific consensus on topics like evolution or climate change, which runs opposite to the positive effect education has on trust in science among Independents and Democrats.

A documentary about the importance of fertile soil and the positive effect it can have on environmental issues such as climate change and water scarcity.

Likewise, they prefer to debate urban heat island effects rather than to discuss the rising temperature trends, other clear signs of rising temperatures, the positive feedbacks which are beginning to kick in so that climate change will take on a life of its own independently of what we do in the future if changes are not made now (# 111, «Storm World» post, comment # 141) and what such climate change will imply for humanity as a whole (Curve manipulation, comment # 74, A Saturated Gassy Argument, comment # 116).

I am writing to pick back up on some themes your postings explored before Hurricane Sandy hit — one on the role of certification in climate change and hunger and others on individuals or groups battling long odds to effect positive change in their communities.

In comparison, relocating population away from flood plains, building up wetlands to protect from storm surges, protecting artic habitat to compensate for climate change, etc. can have mainly positive effects on the environment.

Nearly all of the assertions by the Australian blogger in the second chart were inflammatory and untrue, with only thin threads leading to legitimate issues (one being that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, as noted in a review by the Dutch environment agency, has traditionally focused its summaries on worst - case outcomes and left out potential positive effects or other factors, like population growth, that contribute to climate vulnerabClimate Change, as noted in a review by the Dutch environment agency, has traditionally focused its summaries on worst - case outcomes and left out potential positive effects or other factors, like population growth, that contribute to climate vulnerabclimate vulnerability).

ANY conclusions vis a vis a change in a trace atmospheric gas, that itself has both positive and negative effects on Earth's climate are hard to analyze yet — another 100 years of satellite data will help correct that!

In fact the Summary says that negative impacts of climate change on crop yields have been more common than positive impacts, with wheat and maize yields negatively affected in many regions and effects on rice and soybean yields smaller in major production regions.

Now the Earth's climate system is a dynamic one, we can all agree on that, changing one process will often lead to a change in a connected process which may be a positive or negative effect.

This flyer stresses that the threats of climate change can have a negative effect on human health and welfare but at the same time can constitute an opportunity to leverage positive social transformations with a particular focus on the needs of the most vulnerable within a comprehensive sustainable development framework.

On the other hand, the national news stories citing positive effects for climate change are pretty thin on the grounOn the other hand, the national news stories citing positive effects for climate change are pretty thin on the grounon the ground.

Just seems on top of the un / certainty pick - ems (uncertainty about negative or positive feedback) or the other of gritty hinges we see are at the «core» of the issue that we're almost assuming we can explain the last 14,000 years in climate history to a resolution of a decade and rule out all factors effecting all changes over that time prior to 1850 effectively when we hear statements «high» (most, likely, probably, etc) certainties of understanding what we are seeing being used to support invoking PP.

«The implications are that wildfire management may help offset rising atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, and climate change does not appear to have a large positive effect on carbon storage.»

On the vital question of how to approach climate change, the most influential economist is William Nordhaus whose explicit position is that we should decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions only if cost - benefit analysis or an optimisation model concludes that the net benefits to humans are positive, where the relevant effects are essentially impacts on economic output (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996On the vital question of how to approach climate change, the most influential economist is William Nordhaus whose explicit position is that we should decide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions only if cost - benefit analysis or an optimisation model concludes that the net benefits to humans are positive, where the relevant effects are essentially impacts on economic output (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996on economic output (Nordhaus and Yang, 1996).

Climate change supporters may be glad to know that anti-climate change media is having little effect on public opinion; however, this report also indicates that positive climate change remarks have little to no weight Climate change supporters may be glad to know that anti-climate change media is having little effect on public opinion; however, this report also indicates that positive climate change remarks have little to no weight climate change media is having little effect on public opinion; however, this report also indicates that positive climate change remarks have little to no weight climate change remarks have little to no weight either.

In terms of effects on nature, climate change so far has overall been net positive, at least where I live (UK).

But «these positive effects will be increasingly outweighed, worldwide, by the magnitude and severity of the negative effects of climate change,» according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on climate change,» according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on hchange,» according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Climate Change report on hChange report on health.

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«Our results show that maize yields are expected to be negatively affected by climate change, while the impacts on wheat and soybean are generally positive, unless CO2 fertilisation effects have been overestimated»....