Sentences with phrase «warmest year in the country»

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How much the agreement reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and through that reduces warming, will depend on whether countries meet their targets for curbing emissions and deploying renewable energy and whether they ramp up their ambition in the years ahead.

I live in a beautiful part of the country that has sunny warm weather year round.

Its voluntary goals are among the weakest submitted by any country, allowing the overwhelmingly Orthodox nation to spew more planet - warming emissions in future years, not less.

Every corner of the earth wastes food, and every nation feels the effects of a warming planet, in part caused by methane released from the 1.3 billion tons of food that go uneaten every year And yet, the specifics of food loss and waste vary by country — and to be effective, the solutions have to be local.

Temecula Valley wine country is an idyllic, easily - accessible, year - round wine destination where visitors can experience premium winemaking in a warm, welcoming atmosphere along with fine dining, stunning scenery and exciting events.

Now, more than five years later, Albertville is a little brighter, because most main - street shops have been painted; a little quainter, with Victorian street lamps installed on a couple of newly cobblestoned shopping streets: a little trendier, with the opening of some antique stores and the brasserie St. Michel, a warm and woody combination of British pub and American saloon that has a sing - along piano and 71 brands of beer from 15 countries, including Bud en bo «Äö √ † √ ∂ «àö √ úte («in a can»).

Here's my question: I live in a tropical country where it's mainly sunny and warm all year round, with a short rainy season.

Following up on discussions in the regular negotiations, the accord would establish a start - up fund of roughly US$ 30 billion over the next three years to help developing countries prepare for a warmer climate, integrate new technologies into sustainable development plans and protect their forests.

That stance has triggered an international diplomatic backlash and cast a cloud of doubt over the future of a global pact to fight global warming, signed in Paris last year by nearly 200 countries.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels will rise to a record 36 billion metric tons (39.683 billion tons) this year, a report by 49 researchers from 10 countries said, showing the failure of governments to rein in the main greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.

As Vrijenhoek noted, «In the 1990s, following the discovery of plumes of warm water over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, researchers from four countries searched for seven years to find what eventually became known as the «rainbow vent field.»

As average U.S. temperatures warm between 3 °F and more than 9 °F by the end of the century, depending on how greenhouse gas emissions are curtailed or not in the coming years, the waves of extreme heat the country is likely to experience could bend and buckle rails into what experts call «sun kinks.»

If countries abide by the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, potential fish catches could increase by six million metric tons per year, according to a new study published in Science.

A spate of studies has shown over the past year that even if countries honored the pledges they made in the Copenhagen Accord in December 2009, warming would still blow past the agreed limit of two degrees.

The sum of these efforts in developing countries will reduce growth in warming emissions by billions of metric tons of warming gases per year over the coming decade.

If countries succeed in creating a hoped - for new international global warming accord next year in Paris, it could turn the decades - old system for dealing with climate change on its head.

The European Union in the draft reaffirmed its commitment to the joint developed - world pledge to mobilize at least $ 100 billion a year by 2020 to help poor countries cope with the impacts of global warming.

Some of the country's best wine comes from the high - quality grapes grown in California, but warming projections for the area could cut wine production in half within 30 years, according to Diffenbaugh's research, as well as another study published in the Proceedings of the National Academics of Sciences.

Following its warmest year on record in 2013 and third warmest in 2014, 2015 remained warm in Australia, with the country experiencing its fifth highest nationally - averaged annual temperature in the 106 - year period of record, with a mean temperature 0.83 °C (1.49 °F) higher than the 1961 — 1990 average, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

It was the second warmest year on record for the U.S., helped by an incredibly toasty December in the eastern half of the country.

Most scientists do agree that there's been a warming trend over the past 10 years that appears to be pushing the start of spring allergy season earlier in certain parts of the country; unfortunately, this doesn't mean it will end earlier.

Laura, a 16 - year - old Londoner, chronicles a year in the very near future, during which global - warming - induced carbon rationing dramatically alters how her country operates.

In countries with warmer climates it can persist all year round.

Although incidents of the Plague have been limited predominantly to the southwestern region of the country in recent years, a warmer climate could cause that to change.

The warmest day of the year so far is on tap for our Sunday here in Green Country.

Signs are seasonal, which typically are the warm summer months of flea season, but can be year around in some parts of the country.

There can be some resistance to both Advantage and Frontline, especially in warmer areas of the country with year round flea populations.

Durban — the country's third largest city — is known for its 100 kilometres of beach, all - year - round warm weather, and thanks largely to the colonial British Indian indentured labour system, more people of Indian descent than anywhere else in the country.

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California offers a wondrous mix of exciting cities, perfect beaches, renowned wine country, awe - inspiring mountain terrain, top class dining and outdoor activities, all bathed in almost year - round warm sunshine.

Year - round surf, warm waters, stunning landscape, a rich history and friendly local culture — these are just a few of the charms that await you in the magical country of Nicaragua.

Durban - the country's third largest city - is known for its 100 kilometres of beach, all - year - round warm weather, and thanks largely to the colonial British Indian indentured labour system, more people of Indian descent than anywhere else in the country.

The weather in Belize is always pleasant and warm all - year round and the country features a uniquely harmonious mix of different cultures.

With access to some of the most amazing beaches in the country, consistently warm temperatures and over 300 days of sunshine per year, this area is rapidly becoming the most sought after location in Costa Rica.

Im a underwater photographer,, with 42 years of cold & warm diving experience, in over 15 countries & 1,000 s of dives And i couldn't think of a place id rather be than Raja.

The game warms my soul in the same way that Mario 64, Donkey Kong Country, and yes, Banjo - Kazooie did all those years ago.

Proteus Gowanus's theme for this coming year is water, which is fitting, given the location of the space — right near the Gowanus Canal, one of the most polluted bodies of water in the country — as well as its larger home, New York, a city dealing with the effects of water in the globally warmed 21st century.

Climate talks ended in Copenhagen one year ago in raucous, then deflated, division, with the resulting accord noted, but not formally embraced, by the nearly 200 countries aiming to make good on an 18 - year - old pledge under the first climate treaty to limit dangerous human - driven warming.

Even if poor and rich countries agree, magically, to meet in the middle — at, say, 10 tons of carbon dioxide per person per year (about Europe's emissions rate)-- that produces a world well on the way to centuries of warming and coastal retreats, even at the low end of estimates of carbon dioxide's heat - trapping power.

In that spirit, it's an honor to extend a very warm welcome to Fred Kavli, who immigrated to our country from Norway more than 50 years ago, and whose innovations in electronic sensors revolutionized our aerospace and automotive industrieIn that spirit, it's an honor to extend a very warm welcome to Fred Kavli, who immigrated to our country from Norway more than 50 years ago, and whose innovations in electronic sensors revolutionized our aerospace and automotive industriein electronic sensors revolutionized our aerospace and automotive industries.

This year I wrote an article about how North America's amazingly variegated climate, where it's tinder dry in some places and soggy and cool elsewhere, may be one reason the country has not focused on the global warming issue as much as more compact places with more uniform climate conditions (western Europe, for instance).

Further divisions appeared in the fragile developing - country bloc when the US offered to take part in setting up a $ 30 billion «fast start» fund over the next three years to help developing countries adapt to global warming and grow on a more climate - friendly path.

They state, in other words, that their results have direct bearing on the global warming issues, issues currently before governments faced with heavy lobbying from wealthy environmentalist groups, and the United Nations, which just this year will arrange around 38 meetings in 17 countries to push the theme, not counting the other enormous resources they have devoted to the theme that humans are destroying the planet.

More than 300,000 refugees fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia in 2011 into Ethiopia and Kenya (William Davies / AFP / Getty Images) That's why, in recent years, many of the world's wealthier nations — including the United States, Germany, Britain, and Japan — have promised billions of dollars in aid to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of global warming and switch over to cleaner energy sources.

But when policymakers from around the world gather at a key U.N. climate meeting in Poland later this year, countries will be forced to reckon with the difference between how much they say they want to limit the warming of the planet and how little they actually are doing to make that happen.

While the Earth's climate does not respond quickly to external changes, many scientists believe that global warming already has significant momentum due to 150 years of industrialization in many countries around the world.

And according to emissions specialists like the Tyndall Centre's Kevin Anderson (as well as others), so much carbon has been allowed to accumulate in the atmosphere over the past two decades that now our only hope of keeping warming below the internationally agreed - upon target of 2 degrees Celsius is for wealthy countries to cut their emissions by somewhere in the neighborhood of 8 — 10 percent a year.27 The «free» market simply can not accomplish this task.

Surely the obvious rational conclusion is the climate is generally warming, but local weather conditions in a few countries cause some glaciers to advance for a few years.

In 2006, the European Union (EU), which consists of 27 members, committed to reducing its global warming emissions by at least 20 percent of 1990 levels by 2020, to consuming 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and to reducing its primary energy use by 20 percent from projected levels through increased energy efficiency.1 The EU has also committed to spending $ 375 billion a year to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80 percent by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.2 The EU is meeting these goals through binding national commitments which vary depending on the unique situation of a given country but which average out to the overall targets.

Some shift in Americans» global warming views might have been expected this year, given the near - record warm temperatures experienced this winter across much of the country — Gallup finds 79 % of Americans reporting that the weather in their area was warmer than usual, though less than half of these attributed this to global warming.