The phrase "a modest climate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a climate that is mild, not extreme, or moderate in temperature and conditions.
Example: "The region is known for its agriculture, thriving due to a modest climate that supports a variety of crops."
Alternatives: "a temperate climate" or "a mild climate."
The politicians could then turn to tax reform, immigration, gun violence, maybe a modest climate-change measure, and substantive oversight.
As the world gathers in Paris to pursue the possibility of a limited and modest climate accord, the planet continues to become more interconnected and interdependent than ever before.
Here is a modest proposal: Climate scientists should shut up about global warming.
He says he and the other gurus did not like Kyoto or the aggressive proposals made by Dr Cline, whom he sees as the "most alarmist of the serious climate policy experts", but Dr Schelling says he would have ranked modest climate proposals higher on the list, because he sees climate as a real problem.
In the interim, Mr. Obama has proposed two relatively modest climate and energy initiatives that could win bipartisan approval from Congress.
Even under these modest climate changes, considered "optimistic" compared to business-as-usual forecasts, the authors found that population movements could be dramatic.
Following deglaciation from the Last Glacial Maximum sometime before c. 23,070 Cal yr BP the vegetation was initially dominated by Ericaceous shrubs and following modest climate amelioration between c. 20,480 and 14,820 Cal yr BP the environment favoured the spread of Acaena.
That said, subtler effects of climate change such as more sudden rains and particularly hot days with disproportionate effects on yield are left out, which might mean the study underestimates the effects.Some people will be surprised, even dismayed, that comparatively modest climate changes are already doing measurable damage.
That past flooding shows that modest climate warming can cause the entire ice sheet to collapse.
But what is revealing is how little they talk, and how even this modest climate talk does not feature prominently in their platforms.
