Sentences with phrase «threat posed by climate change»

A distinction must be made between the potential threats posed by climate change and deforestation.

If we eliminated emissions of methane and black carbon, but did nothing about carbon dioxide we would have delayed but not significantly reduced long - term threats posed by climate change.

The year the world turned, primarily because the market woke up to the economic threat posed by climate change and the economic opportunity in the inevitable decline of fossil fuels.

The bill was sponsored by Republicans and explicitly mentions sea level rise in a handful of places, a departure from recent efforts by some Republicans in Congress to downplay threats posed by climate change.

Fast action to reduce HFC use is easy and possible due to many cost - effective and energy efficient alternatives, and has the potential to achieve near - term climate benefits that will help address the global health threat posed by climate change.

Michael Bloomberg will spearhead an initiative to manage threats posed by climate change to financial stability, it was revealed in Paris on Friday.

The reality of historic responsibility, the vast disparity in per capita emissions, the legitimate development needs of countries whose populations struggle with the crisis of poverty and the existential threat posed by climate change must be faced.

She added: «President Bush appears unwilling to change direction and take urgent action to combat the devastating economic and environmental threats posed by climate change.»

The letter, which was spearheaded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, warns of the numerous threats posed by climate change — including extreme weather events, regional water scarcity, heat waves and wildfires.

An official with the Environmental Protection Agency program that directs cleaning up the nation's most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed by climate change.

a basing structure secure from threats posed by climate change as well as more traditional foes is a real national security consideration... We must anticipate new and revised missions for our military forces and factor those into our calculations of the consequences of climate change for America's national security.

If an ambitious agreement is not reached urgently to tackle the grave threat posed by climate change, it would be seen by future generations as a «massive collective moral failure», according to US secretary of state John Kerry.

Roughly nine - in - ten (88 %) in Uganda and about three - quarters of the public in Burkina Faso (77 %) and Ghana (73 %) are very concerned about the personal threat posed by climate change.

In short, by 1988 Shell was not only aware of the potential threats posed by climate change, it was open about its own role in creating the conditions for a warming world.

The bill was sponsored by Republicans and explicitly mentions sea level rise in a handful of places, a departure from recent efforts by some Republicans in Congress to downplay threats posed by climate change.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer submitted that resolution for votes at many publicly traded U.S. oil companies, noting that existing board members are not addressing shareholder concerns about how the companies will mitigate the long - term threats posed by climate change.

Promote workforce development by helping to ensure the training of a new generation of competent, experienced public health staff to respond to the health threats posed by climate change.

He said, «Last month, the 18th Saarc Summit held in Kathmandu, adopted the «Kathmandu Declaration» where the Saarc heads of government stressed on effective implementation of the Saarc Agreement on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters, Saarc Convention on Cooperation on Environment and Thimphu Statement on Climate Change, including taking into account the existential threats posed by climate change to some SAARC memberstates.»

During the hearing, Kerry spoke forcibly about national security threats posed by climate change.

Citing the threat posed by climate change, the Winnetka Park District is investigating ways to continue providing outdoor ice skating should winters become shorter.

Elsewhere in his interview, Hawking spoke of the threat posed by climate change and artificial intelligence.

He said last month: «There is now widespread agreement about the nature and scale of the threat posed by climate change.

Citing the threat posed by climate change, Gov. Cuomo on Tuesday announced plans for a new seawall and promenade along Staten Island's southern coast.

This is certainly very alarming and what NORPRA expects of government is to rededicate itself to the implementation of a very comprehensive national policy on climate change to minimize the threats posed by climate change.

«This gives reef management a major boost in the face of the threats posed by climate change and, encouragingly, suggests people can take tangible steps to improve the outlook for reefs,» Dr MacNeil says.

In a post at ThinkProgress, Joe Romm throws a wet blanket on the idea of exporting US natural gas in an attempt to curb Russia's energy leverage, saying «Sadly, few seem to care about diminishing the threat posed by climate change, since it has become increasingly clear that LNG would make things worse.»

Although the Bulletin was created by scientists, engineers and other experts who had developed the atomic bomb as part of the Manhattan Project during World War II, the group in recent years has turned a good part of its attention to the threats posed by climate change.

On the first day of the Copenhagen climate conference, 56 newspapers publishing in 20 languages in 45 countries publish an unprecedented joint editorial calling for meaningful action to face the threat posed by climate change.

World Bank head Jim Yong Kim has put a priority on highlighting the threats posed by climate change.

Given the threats posed by climate change and evolving disease, researchers say that holding on to that diversity may prove key to ensuring steady supplies of fresh milk and other animal products.

The Heartland Institute — the right - wing think tank that, after years of defending big tobacco through the lens of «smokers» rights,» has become a leading proponent of climate change denial — included Manuel on a spreadsheet of 205 scientists and economists submitted to the EPA in May for a planned red team - blue team exercise to debate the threat posed by climate change.

The threats posed by climate change are worse than those imagined by most governments, warned Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the scientist who heads the Potsdam Institute for Research on Global Warming Effects and acts as an adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel on climate - change issues.

If a moral framing resonates with values people already hold dear — protecting future generations, for example — it may shift people's perceptions of the meaning and importance of the threat posed by climate change.»

Judging from our failure to recognize the threat posed by climate change in a timely manner and our nascent knowledge of how Gaia functions, I'm going to venture to guess that human beings are in no position whatsoever to «geoengineer» their way to climate stability.

Even as nations around the world are quietly backing away from the Paris Climate Accord, Pope Francis has called for a prompt and effective response to the «threat posed by climate change» in a message to a Rome summit on water and climate.

Along with Roger Revelle, Weinberg was one of the first American scientists to draw attention to threat posed by climate change and, also along with Revelle, urged that nuclear instead of coal plants be built.

«The threats posed by climate change are far - reaching, but the ways in which we tackle them can be a source of great opportunity.

The «hockey stick» that became emblematic of the threat posed by climate change exaggerated the rise in temperature because it was created using «inappropriate» methods, according to the head of the Royal Statistical Society.

The threat posed by climate change to regional security «will limit access to food, safe water, power, sanitation, and health services and drive mass migration and competition for remaining resources.»

It is unlikely that citizens and stakeholders in Chicago have the regionally - focused media and communication resources they need to effectively participate, plan, connect, and manage the threats posed by climate change.

«Bank announces in Paris it «will no longer finance upstream oil and gas» after 2019 in response to threat posed by climate change.»

Carbon Tracker recognises many fossil fuel companies acknowledge both the threat posed by climate change and the energy transition needed to mitigate that threat.