Sentences with phrase «world continued with business as usual»

Indeed that would be a big possibility if, contrary to the IPCC's baseline assumption, the world continued with business as usual instead of severely restraining its emissions.

Yet if the world continues with business as usual, failing to address the climate issue, the earth's temperature during this century could easily rise by 6 degrees Celsius (11 degrees Fahrenheit).

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By looking at the problem on a global scale, we have calculated that if four of these strategies are applied at the same time we could actually stabilize the number of people in the world who are facing water stress rather than continue to allow their numbers to grow, which is what will happen if we continue with business as usual.»

«But, by looking at the problem on a global scale, we have calculated that if four of these strategies are applied at the same time we could actually stabilize the number of people in the world who are facing water stress rather than continue to allow their numbers to grow, which is what will happen if we continue with business as usual.»

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Isn't this a surreal transition time when many people continue with business as usual, chomping up the comforts of our world and choosing to ignore every trend except maybe global warming, and others feel that the life signs of our planet are declining so fast that it's already too late no matter what we do.

But they can say with certainty that the world will continue to warm, especially if we continue on our business - as - usual path of burning ever more fossil fuels...

Then, according to his calculations, the area of forest loss would be 3.65 million square kilometers (1.41 million square miles)-- more than half the size of Australia if the rest of the world continues with «business as usual.»

These studies compare a particular climate policy scenario with a reference scenario corresponding to the model projection of business as usual (BAU)-- that is, a world in which the economy continues on its current course with carbon emissions unchecked.

If the world continues with its business - as - usual combustion of fossil fuels, North Sea extreme tides could reach almost a metre, and Mediterranean and Black Sea levels could reach such extremes several times a year.

The INDCs in the Paris Agreement, assuming no further progress with the pledges, would put the world on track for a global temperature increase of 3.5 °C (6.3 °F) above pre-industrial levels, with a range of uncertainty from 2.1 to 4.7 °C (3.7 to 8.4 °F), down from the 4.5 °C (8.1 °F) of warming expected if nations continue business - as - usual.

If we don't change; if we continue with business as usual, then we have to ask ourselves what will we say to our kids, to our families, our communities — to the world — when this happens again?

We can stay with business as usual and preside over an economy that continues to destroy its natural support systems until it destroys itself, or we can adopt Plan B and be the generation that changes direction, moving the world onto a path of sustained progress.