Sentences with phrase «rise in average global temperatures»

The predicted rise in average global temperatures of 4 °C in the course of this century would transform human life over a major part of the planet.

[DC: I see no quote, just a mistaken paraphrase from a blogger: «Latif found the results would bring the remorseless rise in average global temperatures to an abrupt halt.»

That is what could happen in extreme conditions, but Dr Matthews and his colleagues wanted to know what would happen with even a modest rise in average global temperatures.

with local weather patterns, but the consistent rise in average global temperatures.

The document cites a goal of holding the global rise in average global temperatures to 2 ºC but does not specify a long - term goal for reducing emissions.

• WILDFIRES A one degree Celsius rise in average global temperature could cause the median area burned annually by wildfires to increase up to sixfold in some parts of the American West, such as the southern Rocky Mountains.

The rate of decadal rise in average global temperatures has clearly slowed over the past decade or so, compared to the previous couple of decades, but to say it has «stopped» altogether seems to be a misleading statistical sleight of hand.

The analysis concludes that even a less ambitious climate goal, like a 3 °C rise in average global temperature or more, which would pose significantly greater risks for our society and economy, would still imply significant constraints on our use of fossil fuel reserves between now and 2050.

«The absurdity is in the belief that a) global climate can be controlled by man; and b) a slight rise in average global temperature is a bad thing... Climatology has become a sad case of a scientific discipline that has in the main ceased to be scientific.»

Two Degree or Not Two Degree Furthermore, the accord only pays lip service to the summit's most - cited and oft - debated scientific mantra, that anything more than a 2 degree C rise in average global temperatures would be catastrophic.

This sharp, unprecedented rise in the average global temperature during the last decade of the 20th century can not be explained as a temporary swing produced by natural causes alone, and its is very likely that heat - trapping waste gases are at least partly responsible for it.

They are very rapidly approaching levels consistent with a 2 - 2.4 degree Centigrade rise in average global temperatures which scientists believe could trigger far reaching and irreversible changes in our Earth, biosphere and oceans.»

Scientists warn that even a modest rise in average global temperatures will put millions of city dwellers at greater risk from extreme heat.

It forms the hub of the movie and demonstrates how the rise in average global temperatures over the past 50 years correlates directly with the rise in the atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the leading heat - trapping gas.

And although companies are pledging to do more than ever to reduce emissions, «disparity [exists] between companies» strategies, targets and the emissions reductions» that climate scientists say will be necessary to limit the rise in average global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius.

Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise in average global temperatures and to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050.

But an April report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds that the current trajectory would translate to a rise in average global temperatures in the 3.7 - 4.8 degrees Celsius range (6.7 - 8.4 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of this century.

The Paris agreement, at minimum, aims to keep the rise in average global temperatures «well below» 2 degrees C compared to pre-industrial levels.

Global warming is one measure of climate change, and is a rise in the average global temperature.

«It is possible that an increase in concentration of atmospheric gases which absorb the outgoing infrared radiation could result in a rise in average global temperature,» William McCollam, Jr., then president of EEI, admitted to Congress in 1989.

«It is possible that an increase in concentration of atmospheric gases which absorb the outgoing infrared radiation could result in a rise in average global temperature,» William McCollam, Jr., then president of EEI,

While this is a significant achievement, it is far from enough to avoid the worst impact of climate change as it would only limit the rise in average global temperatures to 2.7 °C by 2100.

In fact, such events were predicted as an early symptom of a rise in the average global temperature, and now they are here.

WEO - 2016 also explores multiple decarbonisation scenarios including an analysis of the implications for the energy sector of limiting the rise in average global temperatures to 2 °C, the basis of the 450 Scenario.