If any non-EU country introduced alternative measures with similar climate protecting effects, the geographical scope of the ETS could be modified such that flights arriving from or departing for this particular country are excluded from the scheme.
The biodiversity of our seed supply is critical in building resilience to a changing climate, protecting our cultural heritage, and ensuring that our agricultural systems are sustainable.
The EC-FP7 project CC-TAME (Climate Change – Terrestrial Adaptation and Mitigation in Europe) aimed to prepare fine-scale studies not only for the assessment of the climate protecting effects of forests, but also for the development of adaptation strategies in forestry, agriculture and water management for the next decades.
Until recently Europe's chilly climate protected it from all but a few sporadic incursions.
Please lead us in removing the barriers to scaling them quickly to save our climate, protect our economy, and restore our energy security.
28 Social influence in a network is positively related to physician performance, 39 social capital predicts overall job satisfaction, 48 positive social climate protects employees against burnout, 49 and employees with more co-worker ties have lower organisational turnover.
These cold, crisp waters of spanning three Western states -- Washington, Oregon and Idaho, will remain cold under warming climates, protecting these one-of-a-kind salmon with a one-of-a-kind habitat.
The wearing of shoes in temperate climates protects the wearer against many wounds, while the barefoot child in the tropics sustains many puncture wounds of the feet that, although minor, may yet carry tetanus spores into the tissues of the foot, where conditions may be ideal for germination and the production of toxin.
Because forest ecosystems help maintain water and air quality, regulate the local and global climates, protect soils from erosion, and host the greatest biodiversity on land, they are central to most of today's global environmental issues.
Divestment might offer some symbolic successes while doing nothing to reduce the risks of climate change: protecting the people and places harmed by dangerous weather.
"The Green Party are the real challengers, offering a million new jobs, combating climate change, protecting vital community services," she said.
