Sentences with phrase «problem of a changing climate»

On the green view, this creates a tension between human needs and wants and the need for political leaders to address the urgent problem of a changing climate.

Not exact matches

Seven in 10 Americans — including some of those who aren't sure whether climate change is actually happening — think it's a problem that the U.S. government should be working to address.

The problems facing us, many of them are global, like rogue nuclear states, like climate change, and other forms of environmental threats, like terrorists, like maximizing global wealth and prosperity, and none of these are going to be solved if we think of the international arena as one of each nation striving for its individual greatness.

She is also the co-founder of Rad Campaign, a web agency that works with nonprofits to fight the world's toughest problems, ranging from climate change to health care reform.

Founder and CEO Social Capital LP and Golden State Warriors Owner Chamath Palihapitiya has a mission which is, «To advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems including the advancement of human capital, the eradication of disease, solutions to global climate change, and other really difficult things that are non obvious.»

Being able to roll up our own sleeves and help out certainly creates a narrative of optimism, where climate change isn't such a big problem that we just want to run and hide from it, burying our heads in the sand (as the sea level rises).

Despite this and other authoritative warnings about the dangers of climate change, Mr. Pruitt persists in pointing to uncertainty about the precise extent of humanity's contribution to the problem as a basis for resisting taking any regulatory action to help solve it.

So far most of the government apps seem modest in scope (think: Mapping crime reports or finding out when the next train will come), but O'Reilly suggested that this is only the beginning and that the approach can work for big problems like rising health care costs, poorly performing schools, and climate change.

«This is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that is causing climate change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her government's new policy in Edmonton on Sunday.

These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet global challenges, ranging from climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

If the company can control and contain this energy, it would have a positive impact on the problem of carbon emissions and climate change in the decades to come.

One problem is that dangerous levels of climate change are exacerbated by positive feedback loops — changes that release more greenhouse gases from nature due to warming driven by humans.

... It may have been a strong storm, and it may have caused a lot of problems anyway — but [human - caused climate change] amplifies the damage considerably.»

In response to albeit leading questions posed to many of the integral players in the company who were on hand for the premiere of General Magic, most focused on climate change and lack of diversity in tech (not of the ideological kind) as major problems.

Isn't the real problem the government's fear of intervening in the economy directly despite the crying need to crowd in emissions - reduction and climate - change - adaptation spending?

This is because of too many problems haunting mankind, including climate change and asteroid strike.

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is on the forefront of the movement to use food technology and markets to solve some of the world's biggest problems, from climate change and global hunger to antibiotic resistance and the exploitation of billions of animals annually.

And that will presumably help counter the problem of climate change.

There are lots of problems to pick apart here, but let's tackle the big one: climate change.

«Climate change is a problem with serious implications for the global environment, social, economic, distribution [systems] and policies and constitutes one of the main challenges for humanity.

The remaining funds went towards two companies aimed at reducing humanity's dependence on fossil fuels and so counteracting the problem of climate change: Tesla Motors ($ 70m), a luxury electric car manufacturer that has since expanded to provide energy to homes and businesses through battery technology; and SolarCity ($ 10m) which seeks to offer a cleaner and more affordable energy solution.

Its ultimate objective, however, goes beyond the proliferation of specialized services to the improvement and ultimate change of the community climate which produces the problems.

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.»

Environmentalist Paul Hawken calls on the food industry, as a big part of the problem, to lead the way against climate change.

Kuntzsch was not sure if it was proof of long term climate change, but said it was a problem for the country's seafood industry.

In regions with continental climate, soils are subject to desiccation, meaning climate change will aggravate problems of salinity, erosion, and desertification.

Global climate change is considered one of the most urgent environmental problems.

Granted, there are more benefits to reducing particulate and greenhouse gas emissions than just climate change, i.e. PM 2.5 which can be stuck in the human lung and cause cancer / respiratory issues, SO2 which contributes to acid rain (we've already eliminated the majority of this problem), as well as soot (nobody wants the surrounding area covered in ash).

«A doomer is one who believes that problems of ecological overshoot, such as over population, climate change, pollution and especially peak oil, will cause the collapse of industrial civilization, and, a significant human population die - off.

Then I try to remember that there are bigger things going on in our world, like the intense problems of global climate change, for one thing.

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change on our community.

Deanna, who writes the blog Crunchy Chicken, Putting the Mental into Environmental pulls no punches, getting straight to a serious point and problem facing climate change action the world over... instead of action we see too much apathy.

By bringing a big global problem to a local and more manageable scale, we can gain insight on the effects of climate change in our community.

This is especially true, given that many of the problems we face have a longer - term dimension: climate change, pensions and social care, and international economic development are just some of the more obvious examples.

Chancellor Gordon Brown will also make a speech on the environment today and is expected to emphasise the importance of international co-operation to tackle the problem of climate change.

There is also growing understanding of the links between atmospheric problems such as local air pollution, acid rain, global climate change and stratospheric ozone depletion.

Along with most people who recognise the reality of climate change, I do not doubt that markets and private property rights have, or can have, an important role to play in handling the problem, e.g., through suitably designed emissions trading systems and the like.

Given the effects of climate change, and a less «ice - bound» Arctic, new problems and pressures have arisen.

«I am worried there is a tendency on the Conservative right wing, a significant part of its parliamentary party, that does not appreciate the importance of being at the table in Brussels when it comes to negotiating the rules for the single market — and does not understand the strength the EU gives us globally in tackling problems like climate change,» the energy and climate change secretary said.

According to the United Nations, the meat industry is «one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global», and the UN has concluded that a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to saving the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst effects of climate change.

The format of the initiatives meant that they not only learnt about the science of environmental problems such as climate change, but were also engaged in considering solutions and how to bring them about, both in terms of their own lives and community and the wider political context.

But the mayor cautioned that the only way cities like Syracuse will be able to fix the larger problem of leaking water pipes is if Congress provides financial aid while tackling a root cause of the problem — climate change.

The visitor to the institution who identified series of challenges confronting the nation including «infant mortality, extreme poverty, insecurity, climate change, the rabid activities of terrorists, described these problems as monsters which can not be allowed to prowl the street without being controlled.

Whoever's in charge come May 8th, unless they put climate change at the heart of their programme for office the UK will be building up huge economic and ecological problems for the future.

Also at 7 p.m., EPA Regional Administrator Judith Enck will address climate change, the scope of the problem, major steps that EPA is taking to fight climate change and tips on how people can help, The College of St. Rose, Thelma P. Lally School of Education, Touhey Forum, 1009 Madison Ave., Albany.

Rex Tillerson, Exxon's former CEO - turned - President Donald Trump's secretary of state, once suggested climate change is «an engineering problem.»

«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.»

The Liberal Democrat warned that there was no time to lose in dealing with the problem if the world was to avoid the potentially disastrous effects of climate change.

Environmental Advocates of New York, and all New Yorkers, stand ready to work hand - in - hand with Governor Cuomo and Mayor Bloomberg to fight climate change, decrease our state's contribution to this global problem, and keep our communities safe when the next super storm event comes knocking.»