Watch Energy Secretary Ernie Moniz — part scientist, part politician — as he deftly answers a question about mankind's
role in climate change without stepping on political landmines.
Not exact matches
To understand the
role of human - induced
climate change in these new records they compare simulations of the Earth's
climate from nine different state - of - the - art
climate models and the very large ensemble of
climate simulations provided by CPDN volunteers for the weather@home ANZ experiments for the world with and
without human - induced
climate change.
But it is clear that policies toward construction insurance, and federal disaster relief play the dominant
role in setting up the U.S. for a string of natural disasters stretching as far as one can see into the future, with or
without climate change.
Without a plan for the future of these communities — a plan for a just transition — they will be exposed to poverty traps similar to those experienced by mining communities
in the UK during the coal closures of the 1980s... Q: What is the
role of gender
in climate change?
Given the range of natural processes and human activities that could impact the coasts of small islands
in the future,
without more and better empirical monitoring the
role of
climate change - related processes on small islands may continue to be difficult to identify and quantify.
But the local government
role in combating
climate change and building a green economy can not be fulfilled
without strong national leadership from the President and Congress.
It says, The
role of natural internal processes can be estimated by studying observed variations
in climate and by running
climate models
without changing any of the external factors that affect
climate.
E.g., research assumes greenhouse gas emissions cause warming
without explicitly stating humans are the cause»... carbon sequestration
in soil is important for mitigating global
climate change» (4a) No position Does not address or mention the cause of global warming (4b) Uncertain Expresses position that human's
role on recent global warming is uncertain / undefined «While the extent of human - induced global warming is inconclusive...» (5) Implicit rejection Implies humans have had a minimal impact on global warming
without saying so explicitly E.g., proposing a natural mechanism is the main cause of global warming»... anywhere from a major portion to all of the warming of the 20th century could plausibly result from natural causes according to these results» (6) Explicit rejection
without quantification Explicitly minimizes or rejects that humans are causing global warming»... the global temperature record provides little support for the catastrophic view of the greenhouse effect» (7) Explicit rejection with quantification Explicitly states that humans are causing less than half of global warming «The human contribution to the CO2 content
in the atmosphere and the increase
in temperature is negligible
in comparison with other sources of carbon dioxide emission»»
Without a functional democracy, there can be no federal
role in responding to voter demand, not only for a clean energy economy that is less dependent on fossil fuels, but also for clean air, water, large reductions
in greenhouse gas emissions, and a robust federal
climate change science program.
* As was recently stated
in Nature, «
Climate: The real holes in climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
Climate: The real holes
in climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate science» 463 (7279): 284 (2010): «Such holes do not undermine the fundamental conclusion that humans are warming the
climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature changes and the inability of climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate, which is based on the extreme rate of the twentieth - century temperature
changes and the inability of
climate models to simulate such warming without including the role of greenhouse - gas pollution.
climate models to simulate such warming
without including the
role of greenhouse - gas pollution.»