Sentences with phrase «potential climate change risks»

While the documents show API learned of potential climate change risks as early as 1968 and had formed committees to examine smog pollution in the 1940s, Exxon CEO Lee Raymond said in November 1996 that climate science was unsettled.

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Report calls for organizations to routinely disclose potential risks and opportunities climate change poses to their business

«The primary risk that climate change may pose would be any potential increase in the frequency or intensity of strong thunderstorms, hurricanes or brushfires,» the company said on a climate risk disclosure form that California began requiring insurers to file this year.

Christopher Wheatley, PhD student at the University's Department of Biology, said: «We looked at 12 methods of assessing the potential risk of climate change on British birds and butterflies.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Failure to adapt to climate change came fifth on the WEF report's list of risks ranked by their potential impact on humankind.

Kolivras, K. N., 2010: Changes in dengue risk potential in Hawaii, USA, due to climate variability and change.

Even so, future disclosures will include information detailing the risk the company faces from «potential laws and regulations relating to climate change or coal, which could result in materially adverse effects on its markets or [the] company,» it said.

(iv) the potential for conservation of species or habitat types at serious risk due to climate change, ocean acidification, and other stressors.

On top of the risk of a deadly, engineered virus leaking into public spaces, there are also the environmental dangers of climate change, nuclear war, the potential of an enormous asteroid strike wiping us out, and the problem of humanity's overpopulation of the planet, just to name a few of the biggest challenges when it comes to remaining on Earth.

Regional analysis of the impacts of climate change on cheatgrass invasion shows potential risk and opportunity.

Importantly for risk assessment, ESMs may fail to capture the low - probability, high - impact end of potential future climate change altogether.

DOT also works to help transportation agencies evaluate potential risks from climate change and plan for improved resilience of transportation infrastructure and services.

This research workshop focused on the issue of how future climate change might affect transportation and brought together top transportation and climate change experts to explore what is currently known about the interaction between climate change and transportation and identify key potential risks.

The EPA reports, «Climate change has contributed to the expanded range of ticks, increasing the potential risk of Lyme disease, such as in areas of Canada where the ticks were previously unable to survive.

It could contribute to a comprehensive risk management strategy to slow climate change and alleviate its negative impacts, but the potential for adverse and unintended consequences implies a need for adequate research, appropriate regulation and transparent consideration.

Here we use a risk assessment framework to examine the potential impact of El Nino events and natural variability on rice agriculture in 2050 under conditions of climate change, with a focus on two main rice - producing areas: Java and Bali.

If you have not heard, IPCC was established by the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP to assess scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant for the understanding of climate change, the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

But while science can quantify climate change risks in a technical sense, based on the probability, magnitude, and nature of the potential consequences of climate change, determining what is dangerous is ultimately a judgment that depends on values and objectives.

... assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

My colleagues and I are continuing to explore sensitivities to choices made in estimating such PDFs of climate system properties given their importance in understanding potential risks of future climate change.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

A few points that have caught my interest so far: • dealing with complex problems using complex tools, ideas • the idea of reconciliation in scientific debates is to try different approaches in an experimental meeting for attempting nonviolent communication in impassioned debates where there is disagreement • reconciliation is not about consensus, but rather creating an arena where we can have honest disagreement • violence in this debate derives from the potential impacts of climate change and the policy options, and differing political and cultural notions of risk and responsibility.

Title: the Structure of Economic Modeling of the Potential Impacts of Climate Change: Grafting Gross Underestimation of Risk onto Already Narrow Science Models

But another reason I find geoengineering so fascinating is its potential to invert the cultural meanings of climate change risk.

Results do not address all sources of uncertainty, but their scale and scope highlight one component of the potential health risks of unmitigated climate change impacts on extreme temperatures and draw attention to the need to continue to refine analytical tools and methods for this type of analysis

As can be seen from its charter, it was not IPCC's brief to find out what causes climate to change, but rather to establish the risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation

Are you seriously trying to suggest that Rajendra Pachauri has no influence over the politics of proposals for transfer payments from first world to developing nations because of the «potential risk» (your words) of climate change?

Many uncertainties exist concerning the future of energy demand and supply, including potential actions that societies may take to address the risks of climate change.

«The Committee argues that, as a society, we have reached a point where the severity of the potential risks from climate change appears to outweigh the potential risks from the moral hazard associated with a suitably designed and governed research program.»

In this respect, climate change should be treated no differently from other industry risks including such as safety, cost overruns, project delays, potential political change and fiscal uncertainty.

Older people are at much higher risk of dying during extreme heat events.136, 50,241,233 Pre-existing health conditions also make older adults susceptible to cardiac and respiratory impacts of air pollution25 and to more severe consequences from infectious diseases; 257 limited mobility among older adults can also increase flood - related health risks.258 Limited resources and an already high burden of chronic health conditions, including heart disease, obesity, and diabetes, will place the poor at higher risk of health impacts from climate change than higher income groups.25, 50 Potential increases in food cost and limited availability of some foods will exacerbate current dietary inequalities and have significant health ramifications for the poorer segments of our population (Ch.

And the above statement from the IPCC's Constitution presumes that there is a «risk of human - induced climate change» (i.e. a risk of AGW) that has «potential impacts» which require «options for adaptation and mitigation».

In the face of uncertainty about future policies to address climate change, companies are using internal carbon pricing in their strategic planning to manage regulatory risk and explore future scenarios for potential investments.

Potential impacts of climate change on the transmission of Lyme disease include: 1) changes in the geographic distribution of the disease due to the increase in favorable habitat for ticks to survive off their hosts; 85 2) a lengthened transmission season due to earlier onset of higher temperatures in the spring and later onset of cold and frost; 3) higher tick densities leading to greater risk in areas where the disease is currently observed, due to milder winters and potentially larger rodent host populations; and 4) changes in human behaviors, including increased time outdoors, which may increase the risk of exposure to infected ticks.

«By analysing the potential impact of future carbon constraints driven by global climate change policies, our study shows a deterioration in the financial risk profiles for smaller oil companies that could lead to negative outlooks and downgrades,» said Michael Wilkins, head of environmental finance at Standard & Poor's.

The document is divided into five chapters, namely: 1) Uncovering mitigation potential showcasing initiatives to reduce greenhouse gases emissions; 2) Gearing up for the storm relating to adaptation and disaster risk reduction projects; 3) Nurturing youth leaders presenting activities in education, training and capacity - building; 4) Spreading the message highlighting awareness raising campaigns and materials; and 5) Shaping up the future climate change regime presenting examples of youth participation in climate change policy - making.

Their impact and potential in facilitating effective disaster risk management and climate change adaptation is assessed, as well as potential linkages between legislation and policy documents.

Since 2009, large insurers have filed a climate change and risk disclosure survey created by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), which states that «disclosure of climate risk is important because of the potential impact climate change can have on insurer solvency and the availability and affordability of insurance across all major categories.»

According to its governing principles, the IPCC is ``... to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.

The IPCC says in its own words: «The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis the scientific, technical and socio - economic information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of human - induced climate change, its potential impacts and options for adaptation and mitigation.»

The document stresses the huge potential benefits of using government action to enable the knowledge and expertise from the insurance industry to play its fullest role in risk management in developing countries, particularly those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

It is because of such complications that the National Commission on Energy Policy concluded in its December, 2004, report «Ending The Energy Stalemate» («ETES») that «hydrogen offers little to no potential to improve oil security and reduce climate change risks in the next twenty years.»

The workshop brought together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from the fields of social protection, climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction and had two core objectives: to understand better how social protection can be used to strengthen the poor's resilience to climate and natural disaster risk in developing countries; to create a forum for cross-regional learning about good practice for realizing the potential synergies between social protection, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation.

This analytical report identifies expected climate change risks for Trinidad and Tobago generally and by their potential impacts on six priority sectors, namely agriculture, human health, human settlements, coastal zones, water resources and energy.

«Climate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe CaClimate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Caclimate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón.

Other compelling reasons to begin taking action include the potential for catastrophes that defy the assumption that climate change damages will be incremental and linear; the risk of irreversible environmental impacts; the need to learn about the pace at which society can begin a transition to a climate - stable economy; the likelihood of imposing unconscionable burdens and impossible tasks on future generations; the need to create incentives to accelerate technological development the address climate change; and the ready availability of «no regrets» policies that have very low or even no costs to the economy.

«There's very little skepticism within these circles about the reality of climate change, nor about the potential risk climate change poses to national and international security.»

The federal auditors found that the federal government has not undertaken strategic government - wide planning to manage climate risks by using information on the potential economic effects of climate change to identify significant risks and craft appropriate federal responses.

This has vast implications for how we manage the potential risks posed by climate change.