Sentences with phrase «with current emissions trends»

So, with current emissions trends fully expected to continue, don't forget to bring pack galoshes on your next wintertime expedition to Antarctica.

However, with current emissions trends, this would lead to very high temperatures to the end of the 21st century.

Ultimately, the latest scientific understanding of climate change allied with current emission trends and a commitment to «limiting average global temperature increases to below 4C above pre-industrial levels», demands a radical reframing of both the climate change agenda, and the economic characterization of contemporary society.

Not exact matches

From his own research in chemical oceanography, along with data from a number of recent studies, Weber points out that some negative consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and warming «are manifesting faster than previously predicted,» including ocean acidification and oxygen loss, which are expected to affect «a large fraction of marine species if current trends continue unchecked.»

If emissions continue down a mid-range path — one consistent with the direction current policies and market trends seem to be taking us — the new results indicate a higher likely rise of 0.7 to 1.3 meters (2.2 to 4.1 feet), compared to 0.4 to 0.8 meters (1.4 to 2.5 feet) in the IPCC - consistent estimate.

If current trends continue, the 2.0 - litre TDI Ultra diesel with 187bhp will be by far the most popular engine, thanks to its economy of up to 68.9 mpg and CO2 emissions of 108g / km, for a company - car friendly Benefit - in - Kind (BiK) band of 23 %.

I agree that targeting 2C rather than nothing is a start — but is it a start in the right direction or will we be confronted with a whole new set of excuses ranging from «we don't have to do anything because of the «current» trend» or «we'll put up an aerosol emission program as soon as 1.9 C have been reached» or «our scientists say we'll never reach the 2C anyway and we don't care what your scientists say» or other ideas like that?

On the energy / emissions trends, we're about the only publication I know of that has given sustained, in - depth coverage to the glaring lack of energy research, the limits of current efforts (including the existing renewables markets), and the real - world choices that faces a species heading toward 9 billion people, all of whom would love the gifts that come with ample energy.

The report found that the gap between emissions levels consistent with meeting the target and levels expected if country pledges are met is likely to be 17 gigatons of CO2 in 2030 based on current trends.

«The current global trend of coal use is consistent with an emissions pathway above the IEA's [International Energy Agency] 6 °C scenario.

If emissions continue down a mid-range path — one consistent with the direction current policies and market trends seem to be taking us — the new results indicate a higher likely rise of 0.7 to 1.3 meters (2.2 to 4.1 feet), compared to 0.4 to 0.8 meters (1.4 to 2.5 feet) in the IPCC - consistent estimate.

WRI's Open Climate Network worked with partners in eight focus countries to evaluate current emissions trends and abatement potential out to 2030, a process which helped inform initial INDCs.

Then, Rick Baartman has come up with an equation that shows if we keep to the current trend of CO2 emissions, we will «achieve» doubling around the year 2050, at approximately 550ppm:

1.5 º C is the amount of warming projected with a doubling of CO2, but under current emissions trends, CO2 levels are on track to go well beyond doubling.