Sentences with phrase «advancing global efforts»

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Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

In an effort to improve maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) outcomes and advance HBS activities worldwide, we are happy to share key MNCH resources and information developed by our partners and other global health organizations.

But global health efforts are driven by resourcefulness and impact and not by how far you advance the high - tech frontier.

Now, a study, recently published in the open access Biodiversity Data Journal, suggests that the latest advances in both digitization and machine learning might together be able to assist museum curators in their efforts to care for and learn from this incredible global resource.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.

It supports and inspires efforts that create and expand new frontiers for the benefit of humanity by funding innovative solutions to critical global issues in the areas of science and technology, the environment, education, and humanitarian advances.

This advanced and highly detailed data was generated using the latest sequencing technology in an effort to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the production of high quality coffee in the global market.

This Hub will ensure Australia does not miss out on advances in genomic - driven advances in drug development and oncology, and will lay the foundations for advances in the global effort to transform cancer research and treatment.

The plan also states that China will be actively involved in the global effort to address climate change, including advancing its own contribution, and will deepen its bilateral dialogue with other countries.

As Director - General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.

He directs a cross-national effort to advance the improvement of public education towards greater relevance in supporting students to gain the cognitive and socio - emotional competencies essential to thrive in the 21st century Global Education Innovation Initiative.

Currently, Reimers said, the commission is reviewing literacy programs that the Department of State would submit for UNESCO's annual literacy prize, an important global distinction designed to highlight global efforts to advance literacy and to stimulate the diffusion of best practices.

Traditional efforts to advance global education have typically come from within existing pedagogical approaches and current thinking about the field.

Our hope is to advance ongoing efforts in global citizenship education towards greater rigor, depth and access as we advance the conversation on global education and provide resources which allow large scale collaborations among teachers in developing the tools we need to offer transformative learning opportunities to our students.

CALSTART is eager to begin working with cities and transit properties that not only want to take full advantage of the advances in zero emission bus technology, but also wanted to become part of a larger global effort to prevent climate change,» said CALSTART President and CEO, John Boesel.

Andy Revkin wrote» Overall, inertia, both in Washington and elsewhere, still dominates even as the need to embark on an intensive, sustained, global effort to boost energy efficiency, curb greenhouse - gas emissions, and advance promising non-polluting energy technologies (no matter what you think of climate dangers) has grown ever clearer.

José Graziano da Silva, Director - General of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), called the advance «a major step» that will «enable the agricultural sectors to also engage in worldwide efforts to limit global warming.»

Global Green is a national leader in advancing sustainable and resilient communities to green cities, schools, and affordable housing to help protect human health, improve livability, and support our planet's natural systems in an effort to stem climate change.

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Advances in renewable energy technology have been at the forefront of efforts to address and tackle global climate change.

About Global Green Global Green is a national leader in advancing sustainable and resilient communities to green cities, schools, and affordable housing to help protect human health, improve livability, and support our planet's natural systems in an effort to stem climate change.

«Given the quantifiable impacts of climate change in India and other developing nations in the coming decades, both rich and poor countries should be ramping up our efforts to combat global climate change instead of turning our backs on commitments we have made to the international community,» said Steven J. Davis, an earth system scientist at the University of California Irvine and one of the partners in the Science Advances study.

While they all play a role in advancing a carbon capture sector that will be vital to global climate efforts, they're being used in a number of different ways.

Global efforts to dramatically reduce super greenhouse gases in the fight against climate change saw a major advance today as the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol got the go ahead to crack down on harmful hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

If we are to have any chance of exposing and halting the ongoing global climate engineering assault, awareness raising efforts must be continued and advanced on ALL fronts of the battle.

In Nairobi, meanwhile, hundreds of delegates were wrapping up a two - week conference expected to only slowly advance efforts to rein in greenhouse gases blamed for much of the 0.6 - degree - Celsius (1 - degree - Fahrenheit) rise in global temperatures in the past century.

In Beyond Kyoto: Advancing the International Effort Against Climate Change, Aldy et al., Report prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, 2003.

The report outlines the efforts of the UN CC: Learn partnership on upscaling a well established partnership for climate change learning, advancing global climate literacy, and promoting a strategic approach to climate change learning at the national and regional level.

HANGZHOU, China, 9 July 2016 — Energy is central to social and economic well - being, and all the countries in the world, as well as the United Nations, must make an effort to work together to realize the great promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the new global framework for advancing peace and prosperity for all on a healthy planet.

Todd Stern, the State Department's special envoy for climate change, said de Boer was «an enormously dedicated leader in the fight against global climate change and has made a major contribution in advancing that effort.»

The Academy does not produce practice and market - ready graduates equipped to address the industry's wicked problems: defending the rule of law, ending the access to justice crisis, advancing diversity, and participating in a global effort to advance human rights.

The well - defined, material focus of the GLH evidences a maturation of the legal tech community; it does not advance technology as an end unto itself but as a vehicle for forging a scaled global effort to solve law's «wicked problems» and to improve legal delivery for all.

The Real Estate Staging Industry's Most Influential People ™ Global is a category for anyone working within the real estate staging industry in an effort to advance professionalism and excellence in real estate staging.