Sentences with phrase «suffering as a result of climate change»

All countries will suffer as a result of climate change, even if humanity slashes its emissions and stops temperatures rising more than 2 °C above pre-industrial levels — the stated goal of the UN negotiations.

We know that our fellow creatures are already suffering as a result of climate change.

People on the frontline of climate change, who are already suffering as a result of climate change, demand that rich countries to do their fair share of emissions reductions and provide necessary finance for an energy transformation in Southern countries.

Not exact matches

Africa continues to suffer enormous social and economic losses in billions of dollars as a result of climate change impacts.

The species would be assessed to identify which are suffering as a result of various extinction pressures: agricultural expansion and / or intensification; habitat changes; and climate change, among others.

Some countries, such as China and the United States of America, are in a win - win position of achieving economic growth through fossil fuel use with few consequences from the resulting climate change, while many other, mostly Island and African, countries suffer low economic growth and severe, negative climate change impacts (see Supplementary Table S4 online).

The lake was suffering from an algal bloom as a result of the unprecedented heat and drought that Oklahoma experienced that summer — an event that scientists have determined was tied to climate change.

Among the many risks of rising temperatures, agriculture, forestry, ecosystems and human health are all expected to suffer as a result of trends in climate change.

According to Friends of the Earth Europe, any delay will mean more people suffering from more intense weather disasters as a result of global climate change, including in the United States, but also in Europe, as the 2005 floods, droughts and storms show.

Kumi Naidoo, director of Greenpeace International, said that «The Polish government has done its best to turn these talks into a showcase for the coal industry», and that «backsliding by Japan, Australia and Canada» was a «slap in the face to those suffering as a result of dangerous climate change» (i.e. nobody).

But worst of all is your flippant remark «those suffering as a result of dangerous climate change» (i.e. nobody)» What about the people suffering from increased droughts, or floods, or sea - level rises?

As our climate continues to change as a result of our irresponsible actions vulnerable countries continue to suffer from the impactAs our climate continues to change as a result of our irresponsible actions vulnerable countries continue to suffer from the impactas a result of our irresponsible actions vulnerable countries continue to suffer from the impacts.

Given the extreme wildfires the Western U.S. has suffered over the past several years as a result of extended droughts and higher temperatures, results of changes in our global climate system, it is easy to crack a smile when reviewing these credos.

While a host of dangerous climate change impacts have already begun to cause death and destruction and to exact a toll on human populations across the globe — a fact that Mr. Tillerson has been unwilling to acknowledge — there is no doubt that it is our children, their children, and future generations that will bear the brunt of suffering as a result of our increasingly climate - disrupted world.

Indigenous people do and will continue to suffer loss, damage and substantial interference with their use or enjoyment of country as a result of climate change.