climate sensitivity

collocation in English

meaningsofclimateandsensitivity

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climate
adjective[only before noun]
uk
/ˈklaɪ.mət/us
/ˈklaɪ.mət/
relating to ...
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sensitivity
noun
uk
/ˌsen.sɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/us
/ˌsen.səˈtɪv.ə.t̬i/
an ability to understand what other people need, and be helpful and kind ...
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(Definition ofclimateandsensitivityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclimate sensitivity

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The analysis does not directly link development to a change inclimatesensitivity.
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Theclimatesensitivityof farms in both countries has fallen over time.
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However, future development will likely reduce theclimatesensitivityof developing countries by the time warming occurs.
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There is still a great deal to be learned aboutclimatesensitivity, especially in the tropical regions of the world.
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We now wish to explore the relationship between technology andclimatesensitivity.
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Combining thisclimatesensitivitywith the higher temperatures at low latitudes suggests that low-latitude agriculture would be hurt if warming occurred today.
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The lowerclimatesensitivityimplied in more advanced economies apparently has little effect on aggregate impacts.
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If capital becomes more of a substitute (complement) for climate with new technology, development will reduce (increase)climatesensitivity.
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The model explores how technology could affectclimatesensitivity.
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Technology will increase productivity in more marginal areas and will flatten theclimatesensitivityfunction (figure 1).
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The effect of development onclimatesensitivityis therefore an empirical question.
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The analysis consequently suggests that development may reduceclimatesensitivity.
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In order to determine how development affectsclimatesensitivity, one must first establish a measure of development.
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This paper develops a theoretical model to examine how development might affect theclimatesensitivityof agriculture.
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The paper begins by developing a theoretical model of agriculture to understand how development could affectclimatesensitivity.
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One set of response functions has a high and the other set a lowclimatesensitivity.
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In fact, a formal theory explaining whyclimatesensitivitywould fall as the level of development rises has not yet been developed.
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Even if new technology has not historically tried to move crops into new climate zones, technology could affectclimatesensitivityby changing the production function.
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Not only will this have direct benefits to current farmers, but also it will likely reduce theirclimatesensitivity.
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The relationship between development andclimatesensitivitydepends upon whether new technology encourages capital to be a complement or a substitute for climate.
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