Sentences with phrase «next century growth»

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Projected increases in average U.S. temperatures «could reduce U.S. economic growth by up to one - third over the next century,» according to a Richmond Fed paper.

Let's make the next 100 years of this great country Canada's Clean Growth Century.

But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

Sometime during the next century, but beginning with actions now, man can terminate his population growth and balance this termination with a food production meeting the needs of his biological body.

«Fletcher Building has a proud history that dates back over a century and it will be a privilege to chair the company over the next period of its growth and development,» Mr Norris said in a statement to the ASX on Tuesday.

Over the last two years, scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden have examined projections and current data to identify ways in which the dairy industry may respond to challenges such as population growth, urbanisation, and climate change, in order to meet increased demand for dairy products over the next half century.

Given that atmospheric CO2 will likely continue to climb over the next century, a long - term increase in flowering activity may persist in some growth forms until checked by nutrient limitation or by climate change through rising temperatures, increasing drought frequency and / or increasing cloudiness and reduced insolation.

The House in the summer of 2009 passed a bill outlining a cap - and - trade system that could, over the next few decades, lead to an early end to conventional use of coal and oil, fuels that have underpinned prosperity and growth for more than a century.

Finding ways to keep such cities functional — and in particular mobile — as the human growth spurt hits a crest in the next few decades is vitally important if humanity is to experience a relatively smooth journey in what some have called «the century of the city.»

But remember longer term, perhaps next century, resource scarcity and it's costs may push economic growth to zero or below, and what bothers me is this sort of unplanned, forced fall will be painful to manage.

If Dr. Hansen never imagined Scenario A as being a real possibility for the next 20 years, I guess indicated by his description «Scenario A, since it is exponential, must eventually be on the high side of reality in view of finite resource constraints and environmental concerns, even though the growth of emissions in Scenario A (~ 1.5 % yr - 1) is less than the rate typical of the past century (~ 4 % yr - 1)» then his subsequent comment (PNAS, 2001) «Second, the IPCC includes CO2 growth rates that we contend are unrealistically large» seems to indicate that Dr. Hansen doesn't support some of the more extreme SRES scenarios.

There are plentiful signs that the planet's human population --- after centuries of explosive growth — will crest within the next couple of generations.

What we are talking about is more like, How much fuel will be burned by how many airplanes reaching their airstrips over the next half - century, given various projections for population growth and economic development, imponderables about changing patterns of mobility and technological breakthroughs, and market reactions to unpredictable events like terrorist hijackings?

In the next two generations, the human species is poised to shift from an astonishing centuries - long growth spurt and the pace of a teen - age sprinter to that of a mature marathoner.

[4]: 3 Longer - term speculative scenarios over the next two centuries can predict anything between runaway growth to radical decline (36.4 billion or 2.3 billion people in 2300), with the median projection showing a slight decrease followed by a stabilization around 9 billion people.

Over the next one to five centuries I can envisage population falling smoothly from 10 billion down to some lower figure, but slowly, and zero gdp growth happening (or even moderate negative growth) over this period, and this would probably be enough reduce severe resource limit impacts and social collapse.

The wind energy sector in Canada is a mature industry and mainstream supplier of the reliable, low - cost, emissions - free electricity that will drive the next century of clean growth.

Scenario A was described as «on the high side of reality,» because it assumed rapid exponential growth of GHGs and it included no large volcanic eruptions during the next half century.

If fossil fuel consumption is to blame, and if it continues to track the exponential growth rate of the past century, it stands to reason that the temperature increase over the next century will be considerably more than over the previous one.

«Nordhaus is basing his judgment on the assumption that the next hundred years will bring to the world economy a mixture of stagnation and prosperity, with overall average growth continuing at the same rate that we have experienced during the twentieth century.»

While estimating geothermal energy potential is difficult, the industry consensus is that growth will not be resource constrained over the next half century.

Scenario A was described as «on the high side of reality», because it assumed rapid exponential growth of greenhouse gases and it assumed that there would be no large volcanoes (which inject small particles into the stratosphere and cool the Earth) during the next half century.

In other words, reducing world economic growth over the next century reduces the size of the world economy in 2108 by $ 718 trillion per year.

He compared the study's conclusions and methods about ice loss to trying to predict stock market growth for the next few centuries from one decade of data.

A recent study estimated that the median onset of plant growth in spring will happen three weeks earlier over the next century, as a result of rising global temperatures.

Even if today's climate remained unchanged, water use in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah would more than double over the next century, just from population and income growth.

«The reform of legal education could bring benefits in the form of economic growth, access to justice, and ongoing legal innovation to meet the challenges of the 21st century, as well as reducing the burden of debt on the next generation of legal professionals,» Hadfield says.

«The reform of legal education could bring benefits in the form of economic growth, access to justice, and ongoing legal innovation to meet the challenges of the 21st century, as well as reducing the burden of debt on the next generation of legal professionals.

«Whether it's day one of an agent's career or a seasoned veteran looking to take their business to the next level, Gary and his management team have always maintained a laser - like focus on growth and professional development,» says Brian Rushton, executive vice president, Century 21 Canada.

Kassis says Atlanta's presence as a national and international business hub at the center of the region, along with the continued emergence of Charlotte, N.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Orlando, Fla. as business and population centers should maintain the Southeast's healthy economic growth into the next century.