That is the upbeat conclusion from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which has been holed up behind closed doors for the past 3 days here to debate options for mitigating the impacts of global warming.
But for more than six weeks now, Mr Obama has been debating options with advisers, testing the mood of Congress and conferring with foreign leaders.
The Obama Administration is debating options to salvage Iraq.
But Mr. Smith said he described for Mr. Getnick a "conceptual" discussion intended simply to frame and debate options for saving the franchise.
As the Bush administration debates options for a broad, new kind of military campaign against terrorism, the Pentagon is describing what it needs to fight it -- better intelligence, more cruise missiles and special forces, all to be financed with billions in emergency spending.
Many states are debating the options for electronic voting, said Henry Brady, a professor of political science and public policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
On DC Urban Moms and Dads, an online parenting message board, one woman posted that after debating the options for her leftover embryos, she brought the vials home, "burned some incense, held them and cried.
They expect us to debate the options for dealing with problems honestly, transparently and with open minds".
The United States will debate limited options for a military strike on Syria in response to a chemical attack on Aug. 21 that the United States government says killed more than 1,400 people, more than 400 of them children.
"[It was an]... incredibly difficult decision for all involved, and we debated different options for a long time before beginning production," Hachette spokeswoman Megan Fitzpatrick wrote in an e-mail to The Huffington Post.
