Sentences with phrase «problem of climate change»

Yes, ocean acidification is too little - known, and, like the overall problem of climate change, too often considered to be something for the future only.

This is designed to convince other countries to follow suit, hopefully eliminating what economists call the «free rider» problem of climate change mitigation programs.

Policy experts agree that voluntary, individual action is never going to solve the problems of forests, much less the larger problem of climate change.

Understanding the role that development plays in the health of forests could prove helpful in tackling the interconnected problems of climate change and poverty, the authors say.

It's all well and good to propose nuclear power as a technical solution to an objectively - defined problem of climate change, and to point out that the greens have been the ones doing most to prevent progress in this regard.

For Indigenous Australians, the enormous global problem of climate change is also an opportunity to use traditional knowledge of country in environment based commerce.

And here's a summary of a 2011 workshop at Yale (which I participated in): «Intervening to Constrain our Future Selves: Strategic Policy Interventions to Address the Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change.»]

Fortunately, laudable efforts to combat air pollution and the bigger problem of climate change aren't limited to China.

Forty years ago, the documents show, industry officials told Congress that the looming problem of climate change might require the world to back away from coal - fired power — something that is only now beginning to happen.

In the face of the daunting problem of climate change, proven solutions like the strategies of Forest Trends can offer a much - needed glimmer of hope.

Ocean Acidification — The BIG global warming story (13/09/2007) Dr Charlie Veron: It is the most serious problem of climate change.

President Obama and other world leaders will attend to discuss the urgent problem of climate change, seeking common ground in preparation for a «meaningful global agreement in 2015.»

Axon suggests that following the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015 there has been increased awareness of the growing problem of climate change among members of the public.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was founded 25 years ago to provide authoritative assessments on the emerging problem of climate change.

Today at D.A.R. Constitution Hall in Washington D.C., Al Gore delivered a speech which outlines his vision of how the United States needs another «moon shot» to solve the intertwined problems of climate change and energy independence.

This flurry of research and review is of course timed to help world leaders at Davos concentrate on the longer - term problems of climate change, environmental degradation, and food security, in addition to immediate problems of economic stagnation, poverty, conflict and so on.

I think we have three key problems of climate change, environmental pressures generally, and growing danger of resource scarcity, and they strongly interrelate, but knowing the appropriate individual response is hard, and not even the experts can say with any certainty.

Rather the world's governments (sometimes run by bad boys and girls now grown up) have failed to address the long - worsening problem of climate change.

In his testimony before the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee in July 2009, OSTP Director John Holdren took note of the National Research Council recommendation to restructure the (USGCRP) around «`... the end - to - end climate change problem, from understanding causes and processes to supporting actions needed to cope with the impending societal problems of climate change.

Indeed, Caroline Slomp of the University of Utrecht told reporters that low oxygen is the third major problem of climate change - runner up behind temperature rise and acidification.

Developing an Infrastructure Fund for the Planet explored how ecosystem service payments and markets in carbon, water and biodiversity are quickly becoming a key solution to the urgent environmental problems of climate change, fresh water pollution, biodiversity loss, soil erosion, and destruction of our coastal and marine systems.

Without bringing dietary issues to the forefront of conversations about environmental issues, then we, as a global population, don't stand a chance of solving the enormously terrifying problem of climate change.

In 2006, artist Eve Mosher was wondering what the local impacts of the global problem of climate change would look like.

We are grateful to Laura Bozzi, Peter Christensen, Jasmine Hyman, Doug Kysar, Matto Mildenberger, Andrew Revkin, and all of the participants of the workshop, «Intervening to Constrain our Future Selves: Strategic Policy Interventions to Address the Super Wicked Problem of Climate Change,» held at Yale University in June 2011.

The environment and the economy go hand - in - hand, particularly in the 21st century, as we look to solve these big problems of climate change.»

By then, however, researchers at Exxon were well aware of the looming problem of climate change.

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

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.

«Rather than contributing to the problem of climate change, food should be part of the solution.»

What they do: Edible school gardens have become more prolific in the past few years in response to the national health crisis, and the problems of climate change and industrial agriculture, said Lynn Hyndman, the SAGE garden coordinator at Dawes Elementary School in Evanston.

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.

«This link will have a vital role of play in meeting both the country's energy needs and helping to address the problem of climate change» said national grid director Nick Winser.

«The problem of climate change is finally being recognized by most world leaders, anyway,» he said.

When it comes to interpreting a climate pledge by richer countries to help poorer ones tackle the problem of climate change, about $ 60 billion last year.

That's when a new steam engine fueled by coal allowed for greater production of the dirty black rock that then fired ever more new steam engines and inaugurated the industrial revolution — as well as the problem of climate change.

So the STEM mantra won't create industries and innovations that drive a flourishing economy, and it won't bring through those who will solve the problems of climate change and energy, food and water scarcity.

Beset by rising seas and fiercer storms, Virginia's mayors voice frustration with a state government still denying the problem of climate change

However, others think the climate hubs are, at best, a partial solution to the problems of climate change.