Sentences with phrase «whether climate risk»

Therefore, they should require additional disclosure on factors such as the carbon dioxide potential of fossil fuel reserves, to provide an indicator whether climate risk is increasing or decreasing.

Economists and others have also done important work questioning whether climate risks justify extreme mitigation measures.

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Here she explains the role she thinks companies can play in this climate and the risks they face whether they're outspoken or not.

He also questions whether the signing of the French striker who could not even get into the Euro 2016 squad would be of much use to the Gunners, but he also advised Wenger to do it anyway as it would be an even bigger risk to not bring in another forward in the current climate of frustration.

The letter comes on the eve of a House hearing on the legality of the subpoenas issued by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology to Schneiderman's office over the investigation over whether major energy companies downplayed the risks of climate change.

«We looked into the question of whether — and if so, to what extent — the public's attitude to climate policy and the risks of climate change can be influenced,» explains Thomas Bernauer, professor of political science at ETH Zurich.

«Above all, we wanted to know whether it is better to provide economic justifications, such as the positive effects of climate policy on technological innovation and the labour market, and personal aspects like protection of our health, rather than to focus on conveying scientific facts and the risks of climate change.»

Citing as an example an urban infrastructure improvement project in a municipality of China, WRI researcher Milap Patel said, «without even a risk screening, we didn't know whether this project was vulnerable to climate change.»

«It is time to move on from the fake debate over whether climate change is real or poses a risk, and onto the worthy debate about what actions we must take to avoid a climate catastrophe,» he said in an email.

Given the Trump administration's questioning of climate science, the nuclear industry is hoping states will follow through with financial support while fending off a surge of cheap gas and questions from the right about whether at - risk reactors should receive federal support.

It says although there is no scientific evidence to show a specific weather event would not have happened without climate change, scientists can estimate whether it increases the risk of an event.

What's less certain is whether that physical shape - shifting will reduce extinction risks under climate change.

«Hybrid» solution with small barriers affordable now Assuming a «middle climate change» scenario of about a foot of sea - level rise by midcentury, the team further assessed the cost - effectiveness of each flood - control strategy by measuring whether its benefits, or avoided risk, would outweigh the investment costs.

An overall objective, aside from the desire to assess alternative means to combine human social system models with climate models, is to provide a rational basis to determine whether human risk perception and associated changes in behaviors can significantly affect climate projections.

The judge in the case did not, in his specific questions to the parties, ask if there was a consensus on the science, or whether climate change would present catastrophic risks.

Following preliminary assessments from the Met Office, Oxford University researchers undertook the first scientific experiment to analyse whether the risk of extreme rainfall has changed due to climate change after the winter deluge between December 2013 and February 2014.

The thesis examines whether and how spatial planning is used in urban areas to promote resilience to flood risk and climate change.

Energy stocks are subject to the world economic climate and demand for oil, unless you're talking alternative - energy stocks, which are subject to political risk regarding their subsidies and technological risk regarding whether or not their technologies pan out.

When traveling overseas, however, you do accept certain risks, whether it's the climate, medical emergencies, or something else beyond your control.

His main focus was the use of the term by the media, but he provided a very useful deconstruction of various climate - related risks and whether they had that «little nudge, big effect» quality.

If the world's foremost climate scientists didn't know whether man's activities were warming or cooling the planet, how could any responsible government condone scaring its people with «descriptions of climate - related health risks»?

Since premiums need to be set fairly, there is a need to assess climate change related changes in risk regardless of whether that will be a small factor in overall costs.

whether I believe in a serious risk posed by AGW or not (I'm not convinced of the worst - case outcomes), the biggest question in my mind is whether we can afford to launch a crash - program against climate change.

It's also important to examine whether a world without such efforts — in which citizens had a clear view of both what is known, and uncertain, about the human factor in shaping climate - related risks — would appreciably change.

Among other notions related to communicating environmental risk, I explore whether the public and media response to human - driven climate change might have been different if CO2 were pink.

I touch on a host of themes, including whether blogging and social media are, on balance, an asset or liability when it comes to gauging climate - related risks and responses.

Participants reaffirmed that the risks posed by ongoing climate change require a strong commitment to mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions, adaptation to unavoidable climate change, and development of low - carbon energy sources, independent of whether climate intervention methods ultimately prove to be safe and feasible....

The vast majority of liberals and conservatives, despite being polarized on whether global warming is occurring, also have largely the same impression of what climate scientists» view of the risks that global warming poses.

Now that climate denial's bread and butter arguments are toast, November's US elections will be critical in determining whether the country continues along the path of climate leadership established by President Obama, or allows the oil industry's puppet party to continue peddling long - debunked myths in order to delay climate action and put future generations at risk.

24 Feb: Courier - Mail: Climate researcher questions Cyclone Marcia's category 5 status Jennifer Morohasy said the bureau had used computer modelling rather than early readings from weather stations to determine that Marcia was a category 5 cyclone, not a category 3... Systems Engineering Australia principal Bruce Harper, a modelling and risk assessment consultant who analyses cyclones, said it was often difficult to determine whether a storm was a marginal 3, 4 or 5.

The SEC has also requested public comment in a Concept Release, which is looking at how the disclosure of risk could be improved and is asking whether current reporting on climate change is adequate.

«I'm saying we need to acknowledge that and rethink how we're going to deal with the risks from future climate change whether it's caused by humans or natural processes,» said Curry.

But if you're interested in asking whether climate change is currently increasing the risk of wildfires and projected to do so more, the answer is yes,» he said.

Indeed, as early as 1981, ExxonMobil was weighing whether or not to develop carbon - intense gas reserves off the coast of Indonesia because of the climate risks associated with the project.

In addition, if climate change is a moral problem, even assuming counter-factually that there is considerable scientific uncertainty about whether humans are causing serious global warming, those who are putting others at risk have duties to not endanger vulnerable people without their consent.

This is not meant to pre-judge whether those risks are worse than climate change impacts under plausible emission scenarios and is not meant to claim that all geoengineering strategies are dangerous or risky.

In the study, Soon dismissed the idea that polar bears in the Canadian Arctic were at risk from the impacts of climate change — and questioned whether the region was even warming at all.

However, the question is whether the large time and human resources that are used to create these climate model runs could be more effectively used for other scenario methodologies [which would be much less costly] and, even more importantly, in developing responses to climate (and other environmental threats) so as to reduce the risks we face.

They asked whether using alarmist language to describe the future of climate change is an effective way to develop public awareness of the risks that exist.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and New York's Attorney General's Office are investigating whether Exxon misled investors and the public about climate change risks.

Finally, we suggest that further analysis should be directed toward whether the vanguard visions we explore reflect a broader shift in operationalizing equity within multilateral climate politics, with those bearing the greatest responsibility now recast as «risk managers» on behalf of the global poor and the vulnerable.

Finally, the key issue for policymakers is not whether climate change poses risks but whether the proposed «solutions» — carbon taxes, cap - and - trade, and other schemes to rig the market against plentiful, affordable, reliable fossil fuels — would do more harm than good.

The UK government and others set up the commission to investigate whether the global economy could continue to grow while tackling the risks of climate change.

Whether the changing climate increases the risk of civil war in Africa remains disputed and little robust research is available to resolve this question.

Nor did he address whether Exxon had adequately disclosed the material risks of climate change to its own business in regulatory filings during the time when its scientists were discussing those risks in detail with top management.

However, uncertainties regarding how future emissions translate into climate change at global and regional levels remain significant, and therefore it is difficult to draw robust conclusions regarding whether a particular greenhouse gas stabilization pathway would or would not allow residual risk to be successfully managed through adaptation.

The data were then analysed together using optimisation regression modelling to identify whether climate change between 1963 and 2014 impacted the risk of conflict and displacement of people in East Africa.

In a blockbuster story, The New York Times reported that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed oil and gas industry giant ExxonMobil to «determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how those risks might hurt the oil business.»

«While the future is uncertain, the debate about whether climate change is a material risk for fossil fuel companies is settled.

The state attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, meanwhile, are investigating whether Exxon misled investors about its risks from climate change.