Sentences with phrase «risk runaway climate»
«The world has just ten years to reverse surging greenhouse gas emissions or risk runaway climate change that could make many parts of the planet uninhabitable.»
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Twenty years after such a release, methane is 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide (CO2) as a greenhouse gas (after 100 years it remains 25 times more potent than CO2), so if the methane is released, the planet risks a runaway climate catastrophe.
Not exact matches
The most extreme risk envisioned in all climate studies is surely a runaway greenhouse effect, in which human activities cause a buildup of CO2 to a level (ca. 1400 ppm).
As such, AMEG has declared: «An extremely high international security risk of acute climate disruption followed by runaway global warming.»
No risk of climate runaway to Venus.
«The latest scientific assessments tell us the risks of crossing critical tipping points, capable of triggering runaway climate change, rise very significantly between 1.5 ˚C and 2 ˚C warming.
This is an interesting question — if 2 degrees of warming represents an unacceptable risk of a runaway climate and global collapse, how much risk do we want to take?