There have been previous analyses of regional climate
change from global climate projections and identification of areas most strongly affected.
-- We live in a world already affected by climate
change from global warming — Our current trajectory is to break through 2 C and dangerous climate change conditions around 2040.
This is like the inaccurate, interchangeable, use of carbon dioxide and carbon when the former is a gas and the latter a solid or
the change from global warming to climate change when the facts no longer fit the theory.
Many things like droughts, floods, severe storms, hurricanes, and even heatwaves may not
change from global warming at all (and indeed, that's what the evidence indicates so far).
Climate
change from a global perspective and from an Australian perspective.
Which is why I support
a change from a global average to a three month running average by climate zone.
The Hip Accuracy penalty of the Suppressor has been
changed from a global percentage to a per weapon value.
The biggest difficulty in using tidal gauges to study global sea level trends is separating local
changes from global changes.
«Recently the name was
changed from global warming to climate change!»
It stopped warming after 1998, a fact tacitly acknowledged by the IPCC when
they changed from global warming to climate change.
But some of the climate scientists gathered in Geneva to discuss how this might be done admitted that, on such timescales, natural variability is at least as important as the long - term climate
changes from global warming.
His hypothesis is that «long - term variations in the amount of solar energy reaching the Earth are the main and principal reasons driving and defining the whole mechanism of climatic
changes from the global warmings to the Little Ice Ages to the big glacial periods», not carbon dioxide.
Notice they have
changed from Global Warming, to Climate Change and now to Global Energy Imbalance.
Reports suggest that nearly 30 % of households in Burkina Faso's Sahel zone have relocated over the past 20 years due to
changes from global warming.
«All 18 periods of significant climate changes found during the last 7,500 years were entirely caused by corresponding quasi-bicentennial variations of [total solar irradiance] together with the subsequent feedback effects, which always control and totally determine cyclic mechanism of climatic
changes from global warming to Little Ice Age.»
Watching the health of butterflies globally helps us understand how their habitats are
changing from global warming and urban development.
Not exact matches
Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting
from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic
global climate
change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate
change, like the Carbon War Room.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of
changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of
global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of
global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting
from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or
from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations
from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover
from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition
from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of
changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such
changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
Similarly, 43 % say they're very or extremely concerned that the U.S. withdrawing
from the agreement will hurt
global efforts to fight climate
change, while 25 % are moderately concerned.
The Great Stagnation: In «Why the
global economy may be doomed to lower growth — maybe forever,» Simone Foxman gives four reasons why economic growth may be much slower in the future: scarce resources, an aging labour force, stagnant technology growth and externalities
from climate
change.
Actual operational and financial results of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially,
from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits
from the acquisition of ExpressJet; the challenges of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly
changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact of their financial condition on the operations of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact of
global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact of weather - related or other natural disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
Throughout this
change, mobile and online games have gone
from around $ 12 billion in
global revenue in 2007 to about $ 30 billion this year, according to tracking firm PwC.
«The energy market is
changing more rapidly than we could have imagined, and it's
changing because the costs of competitive fuels are coming down,» says Simon Flowers, chief analyst at Wood Mackenzie, who predicts
global demand for gasoline and diesel fuel will peak as early as a decade
from now and «certainly» by 2030.
A staggering amount of wholesale
change is happening —
from unprecedented and widespread aging to rampant urbanization and growth in a
global middle class to an eastward shift in economic power and a growing number of disruptive technologies.»
Officials
from 195 countries,
from giants like the U.S. to the tiniest impoverished states, agreed on the world's first
global climate -
change deal on Saturday evening, committing the world to drastically cutting back carbon emissions and transforming the planet's energy mix over the next several decades.
A spike in bond yields and a clear
change of direction
from central banks means there isn't a lot of value in
global bond markets, a fund manager told CNBC on Tuesday.
Russ Corsi, who worked nearly 32 years for Pittsburgh - based PPG, a
global supplier of auto glass, says larger sunroofs are also more prone to weakening over time as the pane absorbs impacts
from bumps in the road, twists and turns of the car's frame, and «thermal shock» — the expanding and contracting
from sudden temperature
changes.
Changing the cable channel on the TV in reception
from NY1 to CNN (since Peppercom is a
global communications firm).
Trump has promised to «cancel all wasteful climate
change spending
from Obama - Clinton,» which would include
global warming payments to the United Nations but also incentives for clean energy here at home.
Her current job, after all, affords her a platform
from which she wields considerable influence in a
global conversation on the world's most pressing issues —
from rising income inequality to banking reforms to climate
change.
«The
changing structure of
global finance operations and the
changing demands placed on the role will simply necessitate different types of experiences and skills,» said a joint report
from the Institute of Management Accountants and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate
change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep
global warming
from reaching catastrophic levels.
Executives
from Siemens, Dyson, Flex, Sealed Air, and more discussed at Fortune
Global Forum how technology has
changed manufacturing.
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.
Indeed, when one ponders the
changes that the
global economy has had to digest over the past 25 years,
from the fall of the Iron Curtain to the flowering of the Internet - based economy to the entrance of 1.3 billion Chinese into the labor force, it would be surprising if the effects weren't felt by American workers.
The new fund comes after Samsung (ssnlf)
changed the name of its startup investment arm
from the Samsung
Global Innovation Center, and opened a Tel Aviv office in September.
«Coal - fired power plants produce almost 40 per cent of
global electricity today, making carbon pollution
from coal a leading contributor to climate
change,» said the declaration issued by the alliance on Thursday.
Like other countries, Canadian public policy will need to adapt to this new
global competitive environment arising
from demographic
changes.
These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet
global challenges, ranging
from climate
change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.
S&P
Global ratings released its assessment of the stock,
changing its financial risk profile
from minimal to modest.
Enter the DO School, a
global institution that, for select programs, borrows students passionate about social
change from accredited colleges and offers them experiential learning through doing, challenging them to solve real - world, pressing problems in sustainable ways.
For these reasons, Uber is Fortune's most important private company of 2016, a
global bully that is ferociously fighting competitors with names like Lyft, Didi, and Ola, even while it is
changing assumptions about everything
from drunk driving to seamless payment for services rendered.
Along with these kinds of
changes, and the growing popularity of autonomous driving, the consistent design of services and experiences
from within the car and beyond will become much more important to car manufacturers — to a point where it will drive brand identity, said Nils Uellendahl, the Shanghai - based design director of BMW Group's (bmwyy)
global creative consultancy Designworks.
«One of the most important lessons that I learned
from Steve Jobs is that
changing your mind,
changing what you're doing, reversing yourself at an extreme,» Kawasaki told CNBC Make It at the Synergy
Global Forum, «is a sign of intelligence.»
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate
change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting
from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a
global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
From kicking off a professional wrestling career back in the 1990s, to the present day, where WWE sees Levesque «revolutionizing the business» with his developmental training processes and
global recruiting strategy, Levesque concluded the discussion with CNBC, by stressing how putting in the hard work and taking a gamble can lead to life -
changing developments.
The book's short chapters address the economic underpinnings and challenges of everything
from climate
change to
global governance to the imbalance between savings and investment in China.
If, for example, it turns out that 30 years
from now we enter a period of
global cooling, will we then accuse climate -
change activists of greed and unethical behaviour?
Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key
global challenges of our time,
from climate
change to sustainable development.
This post has been updated to reflect the
change in percentage of black employees in overall
global employee population, and the month
from which data was pulled.