Sentences with phrase «change as a threat»

Climate Change as a Threat Multiplier SHERRI GOODMAN, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center CHRISTINE GREENE, Cultural Ambassador, Pacific Rising GREG STONE, EVP & Chief Scientist for Oceans, Conservation International

There's a third reason: They have long understood Climate Change as the threat it is and have had national policies in place for years.

Proponents are finding encouragement in the Military's acknowledgement of Climate Change as a threat but fail to see how consistent the military's outlook would be absent Climate Change.

• action on climate change as a threat to their personal freedom.

Military planning should view climate change as a threat to the balance of energy access, water supplies, and a healthy environment, and it should require a response, General Kern said in the report.

Climate change is not a greater threat, but false promotion of climate change as a threat is greater than international terrorism.

The Center for Naval Analyses also published a report over two years ago also identifying climate change as a threat to national security.

Not exact matches

As we face future known threats like war and climate change, and unknown threats like an asteroid impact or new disease, Downey said that that's the kind of knowledge we should want to have.

The problems facing us, many of them are global, like rogue nuclear states, like climate change, and other forms of environmental threats, like terrorists, like maximizing global wealth and prosperity, and none of these are going to be solved if we think of the international arena as one of each nation striving for its individual greatness.

The national security strategy the Trump administration released in December made no mention of climate change whatsoever, despite the fact Defense Secretary James Mattis has acknowledged it as a threat.

But the Pentagon maintains that climate change impacts, including refugees from drought - stricken areas of the world and rising sea levels, are a significant threat to national security, as The New York Times reported.

Only in Asia did the CEOs cite economic factors — the skills shortage and the rapid pace of technological change — as the top threats facing their business.

Bt as a rule using a work computer for personal reasons or doing work on a personal computer (or tablet or smartphone) can significantly change the threat level that an employer has to protect itself against.

Kalanick readily admits that his view of Google changed; at one point he saw the company as a potential partner, but he eventually identified it as a likely competitor and threat.

From Android's scorched - earth march across the industry to malware threats that we have yet to wrap our arms around, it seems as if everything is about to change.

But the president has also pledged to «respond to the threat of climate change» in his second term and would rather not be seen as eating his words by approving Keystone.

Ultimately a business plan will never be final, as it will continue to change as the business grows and you respond to threats and opportunities in your market.

While regional differences reveal a mix of threats that concern CEOs, they share a common increasing worry about broader societal developments — geopolitical uncertainty, terrorism, and climate change — rather than direct business risks such as changing consumer behaviour or new market entrants.

Just in from Paris, some fascinating quotables from the OECD: Governments must do more to help workers adapt to new global economy, says OECD Rather than seeing globalisation as a threat, OECD governments should focus on improving labour regulations and social protection systems to help people adapt to changing job markets.

These threats outpace the more familiar threats to business growth prospects such as exchange rate volatility and changing consumer behaviour.

• The character and integrity of those with whom you are doing business • Changing technology as it impacts industries (including the banking industry) • Future changes in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare rechanges in the law or even how the law might be interpreted differently 10 years from now • Deteriorating international competiveness (as what happened to our tax code) • Emerging competitive threats • Changes in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare reChanges in industrial structure; e.g., new sources of competition • Political influence and unexpected litigation • Public sector fiscal challenges, demographic changes and challenges managing the nation's healthcare rechanges and challenges managing the nation's healthcare resources

The Japanese Yen and gold are both trading lower after yesterday's safe haven rally, as the imminent threat of the widening of the Syrian conflict eased, but we wouldn't rule out another quick change in sentiment, even as early as today, and the precious metal remains one of our favorite bets in the current environment.

There are several threats we expect to face during the course of starting and running our vegetable export business and they are; changing government policies as regards exports, vitality of the currency, and having to deal with the arrival of a new competitor.

Many analysts treat cord - cutting as an existential threat to the business model of TV networks, but it's really just a change to the means of distribution.

That will change soon, if Poloz can shake off some of the concerns that, as he acknowledged in a speech last week, keep him «awake at night» — such as record - high home prices and household debt, lagging youth employment and cyber threats that could disrupt Canada's financial system.

As CVS transitions and realigns its business to adapt to the changing healthcare space along with Amazon's (AMZN) competitive threat diminishing, I feel the stock is too cheap to ignore at these levels.

The threat of increased regulation of cryptocurrency markets by governments around the world should also not be underestimated, as legal and tax changes could have a significant impact on bitcoin's value.

Her rhetorical style is decidedly not up to Trump's zany standard, but on this day it matched the U.S. president's manner of threat - making that is as ominous as it is vague, and subject to change according to the political whims, or winds.

Changes in the threat of nuclear destruction do not affect stock prices; the social mood as reflected by the stock market affects the level of the threat.

As a result, it has spawned new and innovative thinking about the types of firms that have dominated the landscape, the emergence of the client - centric model, and the Threats & Opportunities created by the ever - changing forces of the marketplace.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He's a man who changes his position in a heartbeat and abondons those whom he has held in such high regard for years becuase it's a threat to his success as a candidate.

This article from the U.N. press office certainly has a punchy lede: «Criminal gangs are becoming a threat to the world's glaciers, which are already receding as a result of climate change.»

Lifestyle changes in Paris, such as rigid security checks in shopping centers and increased police presence in public places, have made the threat all the more real.

Climate change poses a catastrophic threat, and as stewards of God's creation we simply must act.»

It regards changes in the present world order as communist - inspired threats against U.S. national security interests.

Many commentators see the changing role of women as a threat to social order and personal morality.

It is interesting and understandable that in the history of Elijah tradition, «fear» was changed to «awareness» — a simple alteration in vowels in Hebrew — so that the mighty prophet is represented as running away not because he is frightened but because he «sees»; he is prudently aware of Jezebel's implicit threat.

Ornstein and Ehrlich (1989) argue that the human mind has evolved through countless ages to cope with sudden and dramatic changes that threaten survival such, for example, as the threat of a predator, fire or flood.

Any change in roles assigned to men and women was seen as a threat to family stability, to the future of the American Dream, and to the future of God's whole creation.

Harbert believes the prospective changes that come from a habit of dislocating ourselves as a spiritual practice addresses one of the greatest threats to spiritual maturity: self - centeredness.

At the Rainforest Alliance, we've developed a preliminary framework to help determine farm and landscape level diversification strategies, taking into account criteria such as farm location and geography, climate change threats and farm age.

They are also part of Australia's F&A future, with industry noting the importance of GMOs in supporting the survival of primary agricultural production as climate change harshens farming conditions and global biosecurity threats evolve.

Wheher that means him changing things a bit and playing Alexis Sanchez and Olivier Giroud as a front two or whether he pushes the Chilean out to the left flank with the powerful Frenchman through the middle I think the extra goal threat would be worth it.

No, he wasn't the best pure receiving threat, and had to back into the 1,000 catch club, but he was known as one of the best, if not the best blocking receiver ever, has a couple SB rings and SB MVP to his credit, and forced a rule change.

He's our player who can change game in an instant, and even when he's not seeing as much of the ball his threat in behind simply must be accounted for at all times and often keeps a full - back pinned back with him.

Before he was with the Jets, Forte had a storied career with the Chicago Bears as a game - changing threat both in the run and pass game.

I've backed United all season, and I won't be changing my mind at this stage, but it's fair to say Liverpool have emerged as much more of a threat than I considered a few weeks ago.»

Or the entire regular season, when Harden emerging as a dominant threat changed the entire complexion of the OKC offense and took a young, erratic team and turned them into something murderous.

Hart's position as City's no. 1 looked under threat as soon as the club changed management earlier this summer.