Sentences with phrase «turns into a climate change»

In addition, it s turning into a climate change profiteer.

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Turning cities into sponges: how Chinese ancient wisdom is taking on climate change The Guardian

Recently, he's focused on the profit motive as a powerful tool for turning hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

The section of the «Impossible is a Dare» chapter that proves we already know how to turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance

Develop and market profitable new products and services that actually turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance — and improve the perception of your company

Climate change has all the potential of turning into a major corporate governance issue.

His mission is to help businesses turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

With decades of experience in both the business and environmental spheres — helping companies braid them together profitably for more than 15 years — Shel helps you identify profitable business opportunities within your organization's existing expertise and interests that help turn hunger and poverty into sufficiency, war into peace, and catastrophic climate change into planetary balance.

Climate change could severely impact the world's coffee - producing nations and turn a cup of decent java into a luxury in the years to come.

Al Gore's persona has been polarizing enough to help make climate change one of the most politicized topics of the day — turning even «science» itself into something of a wedge issue.

By turning manure and wastewater into a power source, dairy farms could curb their climate - change causing emissions and keep harmful chemicals out of the surrounding environment.

Napa on the Sound: Climate change turning Puget Sound area into prime terrain to grow valuable vines

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Procrastinating politicians are in danger of turning next month's climate change talks in Copenhagen into little more than a talking shop, a body of leading scientists and engineers has warned.

AG Eric Schneiderman has shot down a request from Republican members of a congressional committee that he turn over a number of records related to an investigation into climate change and what ExxonMobil may have known about its effects on the environment.

In that time, environmental and community groups turned the 124 - mile pipeline, which would have connected gas from Pennsylvania's robust fracking industry into a network of pipelines that terminate in Schoharie County, into a powerful symbol of the fossil fuel industry that causes climate change.

The finding suggests that an increase in hurricanes and tropical storms induced by global warming could turn forests into overall emitters of carbon dioxide, fuelling further climate change.

«The historical long - term perspective reveals that we are at a watershed moment in human history right now: adaptation — to climate change or increasing / stronger extreme events such as hurricanes — has turned from a contingent and drawn out historical process into an imperative, a prescriptive policy, almost,» said Prof. Rohland.

With the future of our country, and indeed our entire planet, possibly at stake, now is time to turn our collective concerns about climate change into concerted action.

We achieved that by tapping the energy in fossil fuels, in the process turning a carrying capacity problem into a climate change problem.

«The possibility that climate change will drive a new spate of extinctions across the world is rapidly turning from speculation into fact,» says Thomas.

A new technique could turn cement from a source of climate changing greenhouse gases into a way to remove them from the air

Going forward, the researchers plan to factor into their simulations various ways in which climate change drives adaptation, and how such adaptations in turn shape crop patterns and the agricultural landscape.

Other researchers are experimenting with using carbon dioxide as the refrigerant, turning the perennial climate change villain into the hero.

Professor Martin A. J. Parry of the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) said: «Improving the efficiency of photosynthesis — the way crops turn carbon dioxide in our atmosphere into everything we can eat — may seem ambitious but for us it offers the best opportunity for producing the scale of change in crop yield that we need to feed a growing global population in a changing world climate.»

The wildfires storming California have been four years in the making, as the drought, thought to be heavily influenced by climate change, has been starving California's forests and mountains of water and snow, turning once - lush woods into crackling tinder that has ignited in explosive and unexpected ways.

* A study published in Nature Climate Change earlier this month suggests that if the UK increased farm yields in line with what experts believe is possible, and turned spared land into forest and wetland, the resulting carbon «sink» could balance out the nation's agricultural emissions by 2050 — in line with government targets.

When it comes to using plant waste to mitigate climate change, most people think of turning it into ethanol or biodiesel for use as a fuel.

Previous studies have found that climate change will likely turn the United Kingdom into a refuge for many butterflies, as warming temperatures open up previously inhospitable habitats.

Now, however, increasing humidity in Chile, possibly caused by global climate change, has started to turn some mummies into black ooze (pictured).

He has spent more than 25 years grappling with climate change as an intellectual problem, but is most enthusiastic when talking about turning ideas into nuts - and - bolts solutions.

On a personal note, Mark turned a private property fight with off - roaders in Colorado into an important new argument in the climate change battle.

The White House's proposed «America First» budget forcefully kicks many federal climate - related energy programs to the curb, representing a possible turn away from renewable energy and a broad disinvestment in the research and development needed to transform the U.S. energy system into one better able to adapt to climate change.

Scientists have been thinking hard about the limits of wind power — and their thoughts have turned into a paper just published in Nature Climate Change.

This month we asked them to share their perspectives on the environment and climate change: Do they believe we can turn words into action?

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As the journey begins, a silky female voiceover explains the core tenets of the New Protocol — the need to elaborate a new «spiritual relationship with the universe of pattern, matter and energy we call home» in an era where «religious extremism has turned into apocalyptic death cults» and belief in the afterlife means it is pointless to worry about climate change and endangered ecosystems.

However, the scene quickly turns into a dystopia, as one realizes this virtual reality might be our future, as a consequence of the global climate changes and environmental problems.

If tropical storm Isaac does turn into a hurricane disrupting the Republican National Convention, some may see some irony in the party with the strongest climate change denial credentials having their convention disrupted, but I doubt it will do any good, and I wouldn't wish a storm big enough to matter on the people of Florida.

The Drawdown EcoChallenge provides the tools and inspiration to turn intention into action, and gives participants a fun and social way to reduce carbon and reverse climate change, one of the biggest threats to our planet and to future generations.

DR PETER COX: «2040 it could be four degrees warmer, the climate change could have led to big drying particularly in the Amazon Basin, that would make the forest unsustainable, we'd expect the forest to catch fire probably, turn into savannah and maybe ultimately even desert if it gets really really dry as our model suggests.»

Aslo, regarding climate sensitivity a very key thing to remember, especially if sensitivity turns out to be on the high side, is that the «final» equilibrium temperature (Alexi's concerns about there being such a thing aside) calculated from climate sensitivity does not take into account carbon cycle feedbacks OR ice sheet changes.

The destruction of mountains, streams, rivers and groundwater, the destruction of land laid waste by strip - mining, the loss of wildlife in these areas, the human illnesses and premature deaths that result from these practices especially in Appalachia, the CO2 emissions and resulting climate change along with the havoc this causes — all of these are externalities that do not enter into the price companies pay to mine the stuff or the costs we pay to turn on the a.c.

Some friends in Tanzania, Kenya and the US and I are currently researching the way English «global» discourse of climate change is being transmitted in Tanzania through media and professionals using the lingua franca, Swahili, and how this, in turn, shows up in 7 vernaculars down the sides of Mt. Kilimanjaro and out into the plains where Maa speaking pastoralists are also part of our research.

The success of KXL pipeline will be a Pyrhicc victory indeed as climate change turns the means of production into ashes and dust.

In considering climate change implications, it would seem that this work identifies priority areas for developing lower - carbon fuels — i.e., biofuels for aviation or, say, Qatar's process for turning natural gas into a jet fuel.

With the Paris Agreement coming into force and countries actively cutting emissions and turning to clean, renewable energy, we have both the framework we need to stop climate change and the tools to do it.

Even if we could find some magic switch, today, that would turn off all of our coal and gas and oil consumption — even then we would still have to adapt, because a certain amount of climate change is already baked into the system.

Carbon dioxide has been pumped underground and turned rapidly into stone, demonstrating a radical new way to tackle climate change.

... if predictions of climate change prove true, more erratic weather will bring more frequent droughts, with changing weather patterns bringing more rain to some portions of the world while possibly turning others into deserts.