Sentences with phrase «risk from climate change»

«Our survey shows that, even among the world's largest companies, very few are yet providing investors with adequate indications of value at risk from climate change,» he said.

But scientists say 0.5 C could make a crucial difference in some regions — particularly in developing countries in the tropics — that are already at great risk from climate change.

These differences shape differential risks from climate change....

Given the evident risks from climate change, this puts scientists in a moral dilemma.

The bank is helping countries assess and manage risks from climate change.

Others, particularly practitioners, suggested that it would be more productive to work with existing disaster risk management and humanitarian efforts, to ensure that these incorporate the added risk from climate change.

Of course, uncertainty surrounding expected damages is highly relevant because it must be taken into account when assessing the total expected risk from climate change.

But while the American economy faces significant risks from climate change, most businesses are not yet taking into account the economic risks of a changed climate.

Some estimates have suggested that up to one in six species are at risk from climate change.

Former U.S Secretary of the Treasury Hank Paulson was in Portland this summer with more evidence that the U.S. faces significant and diverse economic risks from climate change in a report called Risky Business.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailA recent headline in the Globe and Mail summed it up well: «Business risk from climate change now top of mind for Canada's corporate boards.»

Current predictions of extinction risks from climate change vary widely depending on the specific assumptions and geographic and taxonomic focus of each study.

If we can't get it right with tobacco, where there's no benefit to weigh against the toll in lives and costs, how can we get it right with fossil fuels, where the real - time benefits of affordable energy seem always to trump the long - term risks from climate change?

There is also evidence that media coverage surrounding climate change is often misleading and that some media organs disseminate falsehoods routinely, thereby denying the public the right to be accurately informed about risks from climate change.

Telegraph: A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change while rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released Wednesday.

A recent headline in the Globe and Mail summed it up well: «Business risk from climate change now top of mind for Canada's corporate boards.»

Humanitarian needs are rising as the rising world population faces increased risks from climate change, environmental degradation and the consequences of conflict; and much more needs to be done to reduce the impact of disasters before they happen, and to build local capacity.

The report comes amid increasing public concern and intensifying pressure for limits on heat - trapping emissions from U.S. power plants and rising investor concern about companies» long - term financial risk from climate change.

The paper says: «We used the theory of planned behavior to create a social model to link perceived risk from climate change to changes in emissions behaviors.»

Norfolk's butterflies, bees, bugs, birds, trees and mammals are at major risk from climate change as temperatures rise — according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

«A better understanding of the human perception of risk from climate change and the behavioral responses are key to curbing future climate change,» said lead author Brian Beckage, a professor of plant biology and computer science at the University of Vermont.

Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to produce fewer flowers, new research shows.

Unfortunately for coral reefs (and for us), they face a serious risk from climate change; experts estimate that as much as RELATED TAGS: OCEAN, IMAX

Incorporating species» physiological, ecological and evolutionary characteristics, in conjunction with their predicted climate change exposure, will therefore facilitate more accurate identification of the species most at risk from climate change [15]--[17].

The trailer (above) is overheated and polemical, mashing up risks from climate change driven by accumulating greenhouse gases with the deep and inherent climate and coastal vulnerability from New Orleans to sub-Saharan Africa (vulnerability that is mainly created by poverty, a lack of governing capacity, poor planning and / or population growth, not by changing environmental risks).

The polar bear has been the poster child of species loss risk from climate change, but the emergence of the extremely rare «grolar bear,» the offspring of a grizzly and a polar bear, is new evidence of how climate affects species.

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Left unchallenged, they could stifle the search for solutions to the real risks from 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.»

Policymakers must do cost / benefit analysis, taking into account tradeoffs, such as balancing risks from climate change against those from poverty, and as Hans von Storch points out, «judgments of the value of costs versus benefits is [sic] a highly subjective, value - laden calculation.»

But obviously the agreement wasn't soft enough for Trump, who made no mention of the clear risks from climate change laid out by his secretary of defense, James Mattis, after his confirmation hearing earlier this year, but warned of «massive legal liability» if the United States remained a signatory.

It won't come as much of a surprise that most people in the UK think that flooding is the main risk from climate change (bear with me — it gets more interesting).

Several penguin species are at high risk from climate change, because they can not adapt their rearing patterns to the warmer conditions.

The letter emphasizes, «Effective disclosure of the market risks from climate change would focus on how low - carbon scenarios would impact commodity demand and price and include the knock - on effects of those shifts on future capital expenditure plans, liquidity and reserves valuations, if any.»

The efforts so far can broadly be categorised to either be an assessment of financial stability risk from climate change or recommendations to improve disclosure of climate risk information to investors.

Climate change is a major public health threat, already making existing problems like asthma, exposure to extreme heat, food poisoning, and infectious disease more severe, and posing new risks from climate change - related disasters, including death or injury.

Today we have the Honorable Foua Toloa, head of Government of Tokelau in the Pacific, who believes the island's 1,400 inhabitants are at grave risk from climate change lack of money.

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Australia faces acute risks from climate change.

Preston studies how adaptation efforts can reduce risk from climate change, especially at the state and city level (such as impacts to critical energy, water and transportation systems).