After the scientific and policy community realized that mitigation efforts might be insufficient to prevent climate change and the negative impacts associated with it, the discussion was broadened to include adaptation to climate change as a complement to mitigation efforts.
There are limited observational data to start with, insufficient testing of climate model simulations of extremes, and (so far) limited assessment of model projections.
If there are concerns that committing to a modest carbon price may be insufficient to address climate concerns, this commitment could be stipulated only for investment projects initiated within a certain time window.
At the time, Olson, who ran the nonprofit Our Children's Trust, was preparing to sue the federal government over its insufficient action on climate change, and she hoped to coördinate youth demonstrations and other events with the filing of the lawsuit.
It is widely recognised that the coming into force of the Kyoto Protocol will be insufficient in achieving climate change control.
The plaintiffs' lawyers argue that the current policies of the Dutch government are insufficient to halt climate change, and that the government is thus illegally endangering its citizens.
This deficiency in health information is in part a consequence of insufficient allocation of climate change funds to the health field when compared with other disciplines (Ebi et al., 2009).
It concludes that the 2C target is insufficient to avoid dangerous climate change.
Irregularities of climate and insufficient water continue to plague the region, but the completion of Alqueva dam should help to alleviate these problems.
