Sentences with phrase «cent of global»

And 93 per cent are interested in some kind of international element to their work, which compares to 78 per cent of their global peers.

After all, the potential is huge: research by Morgan Stanley estimates that 50 per cent of all global internet traffic will come from a mobile device by the end of this year.

At the Mobile World Congress, Huawei has warned that smartphone makers having less than 10 per cent of global m, arekt share wouldn't be making profits, and would find it difficult to survive.

The EU is preparing to launch tough new data protection rules next month, under which companies could be fined up to four per cent of their global turnover for breaches.

This yields a total of 562,455 potentially affected people in India, which is 0.6 per cent of the global number of potentially affected people,» the spokesperson added.

The service was initially launched in the United States back in August 2104, and today, the service accounts for 20 per cent of global trips every day.

Failing to comply with the new rules, which are being implemented across the UK in line with similar EU legislation, could see firms face fines of up to $ 20 million or up to four per cent of global annual turnover whichever is the greater, for the most serious breaches.

A new Data Protection Bill will give the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) the power to issue higher fines, of up to # 17m or four per cent of global turnover.

Nearly 6,000 companies with some 60 per cent of global market capitalization disclosed environmental data through CDP in 2016.

Any move by the Norwegian wealth fund to offload its fossil fuel assets would send shockwaves around global markets, given that the fund, itself built on the country's offshore oil and gas revenues, holds an estimated 1.3 per cent of global market capitalisation.

Since any sensible program for global climate change stabilisation involves the purchase of emissions credits from poor countries, achieving both goal together would not cost much more than 5 per cent of global income.

The cost of stabilising the global climate is likely to be between 1 and 3 per cent of global income.

So Gray and anyone so inclined is right to follow the money, but since 80 per cent of the global and U.S. economy runs on fossil fuels, if you do some real math the trail leads directly to those who profit most from fossil fuels, not those worth one - ten thousandth or less who study their effects.»

In 2013, 28 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions came from China, and the country was responsible for 58 per cent of the emissions increase compared to a year before.

Over 90 per cent of global emissions come from burning fossil fuels and cement production.

Under a high emission scenario, the projections show that by 2100, 3 - sigma heat waves will cover 85 per cent of the global land area and five - sigma heat waves will cover around 60 per cent of global land.

Ditto the challenge of flight: «If aircraft carbon emissions continue to rise they could contribute up to 15 per cent of global warming from human activities within 50 years.»

Meanwhile, more - severe summer heat waves — classified as five - sigma events — will go from being essentially absent in the present day to covering around three per cent of the global land surface by 2040.

In 2008, more than 85 per cent of global primary energy supply came from fossil fuels, with coal and gas accounting for over 50 per cent.

That led to a minor controversy, with some people comparing that figure to the 3 to 11 per cent of global consumption cost estimate in a leaked version of the IPCC's report.

In order for it to remain «likely» that the two degrees target can be achieved, the IPCC says governments will have to implement policies that will cost between 0.04 and 0.14 per cent of global consumption growth each year.

For comparison, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says tackling climate change would cost an annual average of 0.06 per cent of global consumption.

In September they accounted for 18 per cent of global demand — a level only matched twice in IEA data stretching back to the 1980s.»

Remember, this would be just to fulfill the new demand for energy, not to displace the vast existing supply of energy from fossil fuels, which currently supply 80 per cent of global energy needs.

For anyone who, like me, is confident that the expected costs of doing nothing about emissions, relative to stabilisation, are well above 5 per cent of global income that makes the basic choice an easy one.

Our estimates suggest that the global mean power at which this potential energy is released by condensation is around one per cent of the global solar power — this is similar to the known stationary dissipative power of general atmospheric circulation.

Nuclear went from 18 per - cent of global electricity in 1996 to 12 percent in 2011.

Similarly, in his 2006 report on the economic consequences of climate change, Sir Nicholas Stern wrote that, «If we don't act, the overall costs and risks of climate change will be equivalent to losing at least five per cent of global GDP each year, now and forever.»

Transportation accounts for about 14 per cent of global emissions and is now the largest source of CO2 emissions in the U.S., mostly from cars and trucks.

Less than a year after it was adopted, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change came into force on 4 November 2016, following ratification by 55 countries whose economies account for 55 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

CO2 is not driving the climate; it caused less than 20 per cent of the global warming in the last few decades.»

Gardner also notes that the study does not include Greenland and Antarctica — which contain 30 per cent of global glacier ice — and their «ice sheets are the big unknowns for future contributions to sea level».

Australian coal exports represent 11 per cent of the global market.

The maritime sector is responsible for 2 - 3 per cent of global emissions, but this is predicted to rise by 50 - 250 per cent by 2050 as global trade grows, according to a report by the IMO in 2014.

One scenario foresees wind sup plying more than 33 per cent of global electricity demand, but...

It makes a compelling economic and social case for investing two per cent of global GDP in greening ten central sectors of the economy in order to shift development and unleash public and private capital flows onto a low - carbon, resource - efficient path.

sentinelassam.com Wind power could supply up to 20 per cent of global electricity by 2030 owing to dramatic cost reductions and efforts to check climate change, said a Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) report released on Tuesday.

It already drains an area roughly the size of Britain or the U.S. state of Florida, accounting for around four per cent of global sea - level rise — an amount that has doubled since the mid-1990s.

The Masterbuilder Wind power could fuel 20 per cent of global electricity by 2030, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has estimated in its biennial Global Wind Energy Outlook.

The report makes a compelling economic and social case for investing two per cent of global GDP in greening ten central sectors of the economy in order to shift development and unleash public and private capital flows onto a low - carbon, resource - efficient path.

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The cost of action was, by contrast, estimated at just one to two per cent of the global GDP.

Known as a policy wonk, Campbell was profoundly affected by the 2006 Stern Review, which warned that 20 per cent of global gross domestic product (GDP) could be lost by climate inaction.

With rapid growth in developing countries, by 2050 HFCs could account for up to 19 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The report states that 90 countries, representing 90 per cent of the global economy, have committed to limit their greenhouse gas emissions, and lists the efforts of major economies, country by country, in an appendix.

The report notes that in 1990, there were ten «mega-cities» with 10 million inhabitants or more, which were home to 153 million people or slightly less than seven per cent of the global urban population at that time.

In its quarterly update of the Global Games Market Report, the firm forecasted mobile games revenues to grow 25.5 per cent year - on - year and to account for more than 50 per cent of the global games market as it reaches $ 137.9 billion this year.

• 484,594 serviced apartments in 6,426 locations across The Americas and Canada, together with 70,300 corporate housing units • US accounts for 25 per cent of the $ 100 billion global vacation rental sector, which is expected to be worth $ 170 billion by 2019 • Region accounts for region accounts for 58.61 per cent of the global serviced apartment inventory • US corporate housing Average Daily Rate was $ 150 in 2016 • 800 extended stay hotels in Hilton portfolio, with more than 500 in the pipeline, representing 15 per cent of the Hilton portfolio • 1 serviced apartment, branded residence, aparthotel, corporate accommodation and short - term rental conference and exhibition for the Americas • US corporate housing inventory is estimated at 66,863 units • Around 7,700 serviced apartments in 95 locations across LATAM region • US corporate housing revenues increased 10.2 %, to $ 3.2 billion in 2016 • Canadian corporate housing revenue is an estimated $ 278 million.

The integration provides hotel partners in particular with a new way to convert potential guests; 82 per cent of global travellers cite proximity to key attractions as important to their decision to book accommodation.

These two factors are well represented in our portfolio,» confirms Filippi, who confirms that around 60 per cent of the global portfolio is held in equity and commodity assets.