Sentences with phrase «third less climate»

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Tearfund said a third of all food produced globally is not eaten and waste on this scale is «fueling climate change, causing more droughts, floods and less reliable rain, making life harder for the people in poverty across the world that Tearfund works with».

And the lame - duck Clinton appeared to still be optimistic that a climate deal would eventually be ratified by two - thirds of the Senate — a hurdle that has come to be viewed as impossibly high, even for international agreements on less contentious topics.

«So in terms of shifting the balance of power in Europe toward less ambition on climate, it would be quite a big deal for European power in the world,» said Nick Mabey, CEO at the U.K. - based Third Generation Environmentalism.

Less than one - third of assessments of future climate vulnerability account for the dynamics of both socio - economic and spatial aspects of climate risks, says Alexandra Jurgilevich

The Climate Research Unit only directly obtains less than one third of its station records from the Historical Climatology Network (1617 out of 5583), and the Berkeley Earth group gets less than one fifth of its records from them (7280 out of 39028).

Even with the new commitments, the United States has committed less than two - thirds (62 %) of the money that it should provide, based on its role as a climate polluter and the size of its economy.

In the United States, over a third of climate articles published during the study period in selected newspapers reported sceptical standpoints while less [continue reading...]

The project will result in two thirds of a million tonnes less carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere each year, slowing climate and ocean acidity damage;

The third is less widely known but should be front - and - center: It is well - known among people who study such things that, human civilization has seen several warm periods and several cold periods all within the span of recorded history and the archeological record timeframe, so we have a pretty good understanding of what each kind of climate change bodes for mankind.

Although the first two sources of model uncertainty - different climate sensitivities and regional climate change patterns - are usually represented in climate scenarios, it is less common for the third and fourth sources of uncertainty - the variable signal - to - noise ratio and incomplete description of key processes and feedbacks - to be effectively treated.

The consequences of such doubts are important: elimination of the science is settled arguments; less money and talk on drastic climate change mitigation measures; more focus on alleviation of Third World poverty.

Audubon's climate model predicts a less secure future, however, as less than a third of currently suitable climate space in summer is forecast to remain in that condition by century's end.

But even if there exists a consensus about the temperature record and its cause, there remains less of a consensus about what the first, second, third, and Nth - order effects of climate change will be.

But the study finds one - quarter to one - third less severe climate change when greenhouse gas emissions follow the alternative scenario.

However, the study finds much less severe climate change — one - quarter to one - third that of the «business - as - usual» scenario — when greenhouse gas emissions follow the alternative scenario.

A recent survey of school teachers in the U.S. found that although two - thirds of them accepted a major human role in recent global warming, less than half were aware of the overwhelming consensus among climate scientists.