Furthermore, unraveling the causes of sea ice retreat should help us understand the mechanisms behind climate
change on a global level, which is interrelated to the ice reduction in the Arctic ocean.»
Not exact matches
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.
These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required
on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain
global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the
levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to
changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact
on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).
It modeled the implications for the company of a requirement for emissions to decline to
levels consistent with a so - called «2 °C world» after 2030 and also looked at a number of alternative scenarios based
on divergent ranges in
global growth and trade, geopolitics, technological innovation and responses to climate
change.
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.
And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing
global greenhouse gas emissions to a
level that avoids the dangerous climate
change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agre
change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate
Change and reiterated in the Paris Agre
Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.
On both a domestic and a
global level, climate
change hurts poor people and communities of color first and worst, so we seek solutions that center economic and racial justice as critical components of addressing climate
change.
The accord - the first comprehensive
global pact
on climate
change — commits participating nations to keep
global temperature rises to «well below» two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
levels.
5) A new high
level dialogue to discuss a joint vision for the
global governance in the area of energy and climate
change could be established within the «EU - China Strategic Partnership on Climate Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary su
change could be established within the «EU - China Strategic Partnership
on Climate
Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary su
Change» in order to improve the EU's ability to conceive institutional frameworks that are likely to gather the necessary support.
400,000 marched in NYC
on September 21 to demand action
on climate
change - a great march that, unfortunately, has done little to
change the politics of
global warming at the state or federal
level.
If so, the interaction between hydrofracturing and ice - cliff collapse could drive
global sea
level much higher than projected in the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change (IPCC)'s 2013 assessment report and in a 2014 study led by Kopp.
But the study, published today in Earth's Future, finds that scientists won't be able to determine, based
on measurements of large - scale phenomena like
global sea
level and Antarctic mass
changes, which scenario the planet faces until the 2060s.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate
Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the
global response to the threat of climate
change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial
levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial
levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate
change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate
change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.
On Dec. 12, 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change approved the Paris Agreement committing 195 nations of the world to «holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.&raqu
On Dec. 12, 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention
on Climate Change approved the Paris Agreement committing 195 nations of the world to «holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.&raqu
on Climate
Change approved the Paris Agreement committing 195 nations of the world to «holding the increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial
levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C.»
Published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, the paper concludes that limiting the increase in
global average temperatures above pre-industrial
levels to 1.5 °C, the goal of the Paris Agreement
on Climate
Change, is not yet geophysically impossible, but likely requires more ambitious emission reductions than those pledged so far.
«Until recently, only West Antarctica was considered unstable, but now we know that its ten times bigger counterpart in the East might also be at risk,» says Levermann, who is head of PIK's research area
Global Adaptation Strategies and a lead - author of the sea -
level change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change,
Change, IPCC.
In a separate report released in September, EIA analysts predicted carbon emissions for 2016 will fall to their lowest
level since 1992 — three years before the United Nations held the first of its 21
global summits
on climate
change, called the Conference of the Parties.
«Because
global mismanagement of plastic is fueling the growing marine litter problem, policy responses are needed at all
levels, from the international community of nations down to national and local communities,» said report co-author Cara Horowitz, executive director of the Emmett Center
on Climate
Change and the Environment.
This work is particularly timely given the work this year of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change (IPCC) to develop a Special Report
on the Impacts of
global warming of 1.5 oC above pre-industrial
levels.
On a
global level, the report warns that climate
change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of heatwaves and floods.
The full effects
on the
global climate will come later, and even if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere stabilises at double today's
levels the International Panel
on Climatic
Change (IPCC) estimates that by end of the 21st century the
global temperature will have increased by between 1.5 °C and 4.5 °C.
The first explanation is based
on global climate
change: Scientists have shown that atmospheric carbon dioxide
levels declined steadily since the beginning of the Cenozoic Era, 66 million years ago.
Global spending to combat climate
change fell last year and remains far below the
level needed to prevent its most dangerous effects, a report by the Climate Policy Initiative said
on Tuesday.
For example, a large body of research has found switching to an entirely vegetarian diet would make a huge difference
on the carbon footprint of our food system — the Climate
Change, Agriculture and Food Security research program reports that if the
global population were to reduce or cut its meat intake, it would halve the cost of mitigation actions needed to stabilize carbon dioxide
levels to 450 parts per million by midcentury — but for many people that is not in the cards.
Of course, while short - term
changes in sea
level can be predicted fairly accurately based
on the motions of the moon and sun, it is a lot harder predicting the ups and downs of the average
global surface temperature — there is a lot of noise, or natural variation, in the system.
On the other hand, while sustained high oil prices could provide climate
change mitigation efforts a mild boost, the study concludes that such market developments would be no substitute for concerted
global policy to limit climate
change to below 2 °C above preindustrial
levels.
The impact of these events
on historical societal development emphasizes the potential economic and social consequences of a future rise in sea
levels due to
global climate
change, the researchers write in the study recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.
A report from the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change last year found that between 1993 and 2010, the Greenland ice sheet contributed less than 10 percent to
global sea -
level rise.
A working group known as PALSEA2 (Paleo constraints
on sea
level rise) used past records of local
change in sea
level and converted them to a
global mean sea
level by predicting how the surface of the Earth deforms due to
changes in ice - ocean loading of the crust, along with
changes in gravitational attraction
on the ocean surface.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from
Global Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge
on climate
change, sea -
level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing
on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate
change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.»
A team headed by R. Steven Nerem of the Center for Space Research at the University of Texas at Austin recently concluded that the ENSO induced
changes in sea
level are not confined to the Pacific but effect sea
level on a
global basis.
The Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change, an international organization created by the United Nations that produces climate change models, has predicted that sea levels could rise as much as 21 feet (6.4 meters) in the next century if global warming continues una
Change, an international organization created by the United Nations that produces climate
change models, has predicted that sea levels could rise as much as 21 feet (6.4 meters) in the next century if global warming continues una
change models, has predicted that sea
levels could rise as much as 21 feet (6.4 meters) in the next century if
global warming continues unabated.
Aside from its impact
on sea
levels, weather and the economy, researchers say climate
change is also an urgent public health concern, a matter that has been largely left out of the
global climate conversation until recently.
Climate
Change: The Last Great
Global Warming (p 56) The
levels of carbon dioxide release and current speed of warming across the globe could lead to extinctions
on a scale worse than previously thought, an article in this month's Scientific American suggests.
EPA, 2009: Assessment of the Impacts of
Global Change on Regional U.S. Air Quality: A Synthesis of Climate
Change Impacts
on Ground -
Level Ozone.
«The
global mean sea
level is rising because of climate
change, but the
change depends
on where you are in the world,» says Rüdiger Haas.
Nonetheless, with rising sea
level and environmental refugeeism compounding the increased demand
on water, food, and land of a growing population (albeit one likely to
level out mid 21st century), the combined impacts of climate
change and
global population increase could potentially yield a world that doesn't look that different from the one portrayed in the movie — indeed, as Jim Hansen puts it, «a different planet» — by century's end.
The major carbon producers data can be applied to climate models to derive the carbon input's effect
on climate
change impacts including
global average temperature, sea
level rise, and extreme events such as heat waves.
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Oct. 12, to discuss new research to be published this week
on changing global levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Axel Timmermann and Tobias Friedrich constructed a numerical model that quantifies the effects of past climate and sea -
level change on global human migration patterns over the past 125,000 years.
The Paris Agreement
on Climate
Change was developed in hopes to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Ce
Change was developed in hopes to strengthen the
global response to the threat of climate
change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Ce
change by keeping a
global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Since the 19th century, sea
level has shot up more than 2 millimeters per year
on average, far faster than other periods of
global temperature
change.
Researchers found that zooming in
on certain regions led to surprising
changes in how the model responded
on the
global level.
Changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet have a big influence
on global climate and sea
level.
Three
global bleaching events have taken place since the 1980s, including one that is going
on right now, as a result of climate
change increasing acidity
levels and temperatures in the world's oceans.
According to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate
Change (IPCC), the Greenland ice sheet has been contributing between 0.25 mm and 0.41 mm per year to
global sea
levels since 1993.
This implies that large - scale observations — for example, of
global mean sea -
level change or of the
change mass of the Antarctic ice sheet — will not
on their own significantly narrow the range of late - century sea -
level projections for decades to come.
Based
on the available scientific knowledge it is only by concerted
global actions and smart science - informed policies that we can provide solutions to limit warming of the climate system to 2 °C above pre-industrial
levels, and thus reduce the risks and mitigate the consequences of climate
change.
Our new study, published today in the journal Earth's Future, finds that — at least from measurements of
global sea
level and continental - scale Antarctic ice - sheet
changes — scientists won't be able to tell which road the planet is
on until the 2060s.
The researchers found that loss of collagen VII not only affected the composition of the cellular microenvironment but also led to
global changes in cell homeostasis
on mRNA and
on protein
level.