Sentences with phrase «toward irreversible climate change»

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«We found that several vulnerable elements in Earth's climate system — like the Amazon and other big rain forests, like the great ice sheets that have so much sea level locked up in their ice — could be pushed toward abrupt or irreversible change if we go on toward 2100 with our business - as - usual increase in emissions of greenhouse gases,» he said.

The near - final draft, approved Friday by representatives of more than 140 governments meeting in Valencia, Spain, said global warming is «unequivocal» and said man's actions are heading toward «abrupt or irreversible climate changes and impacts.»

We are at risk of pushing our climate system toward abrupt, unpredictable, and potentially irreversible changes with highly damaging impacts.