With the right policy frameworks in place, the return on investment can be enormous: increased productivity and growth, job generation, included for grass-roots entrepreneurs, improved public health, enhanced energy security and a more stable climate.
The report includes a variety of pathways to a more stable climate system by 2100, include aggressive paths that give the planet a shot to stay under an additional 2°C of warming, roughly equivalent to a carbon dioxide concentration of 450 parts per million (ppm).
It is also a down payment on a more stable climate and a stronger global economy.
It is time for lawmakers to join in the effort to bring more jobs, cleaner air, greater energy security, and a more stable climate to our nation.
Since Mauritius received more rain and had a more stable climate than Rodrigues, there was probably less need for male dodos to fight over territory.
Right now the evidence is sending a clear and resounding signal: Act now to reduce carbon pollution and ensure our children inherit a more stable climate.
If we tackle deforestation in the right way, the benefits will be far-reaching -- greater food security, improved livelihoods for millions of small farmers and indigenous people, more prosperous rural economies and above all, a more stable climate.
This reality is giving rise to a new maxim: If a lot of people vote, the Koch brothers lose -- and Americans win cleaner air and a more stable climate.
If this week's constitutional reforms create a more stable political climate, that would be a good start.
The have been short and not particularly sweet, delegates of all parties will be hoping that next year's meetings are held in a more stable international climate.
