Sentences with phrase «changes in the risks facing»

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It's worth noting however, that bond ladders don't completely eliminate rate risk, the price of bonds in the ladder continues to fluctuate as rates change, and an investor will still face periodic reinvestment risk for some portion of the portfolio.

Risks: let's face it — changing products or services in a B2B market can turn into an agonizing experience for buyers.

How has your focus on counterparty risk developed in the face of regulatory and market changes?

■ Post-reporting season and the skew of negative earnings revisions, Goldies thinks there is still downside risk, particularly in sectors exposed to the mining sector and those facing structural change, (like traditional media and retail).

Arsene Wenger is guaranteed to make wholesale changes to the Arsenal team that will face Norwich tomorrow evening at the Emirates, but with the Canaries in top form it may be more of a risk than doing it against foreign minnows in the Europa League.

Another risk - minimization change in Rule 9 -4-3 will make it illegal to grasp an opponent's chin strap, in addition to the opponent's face mask or edge of a helmet opening.

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«Greenpeace prioritizes safety above all else — rappelling from a bridge is a walk in the park compared to the risks that we'll face if we continue the climate change trajectory we're on now.»

«We need a planning process that is equal to the scale and complexity of the challenge, rather than continuing to depend on piecemeal efforts that put wildlife species and human communities at higher risk in the face of global pressures like climate change and a race for resources.»

In flood - isolated regions the U.S. military presents a humanitarian face that may become more common as climate change raises the disaster risks

In their private lives, many narcoleptics face unhappy choices: Do I sit in the dark, or risk climbing a high ladder to change the burned - out bulb and maybe have an attack and falIn their private lives, many narcoleptics face unhappy choices: Do I sit in the dark, or risk climbing a high ladder to change the burned - out bulb and maybe have an attack and falin the dark, or risk climbing a high ladder to change the burned - out bulb and maybe have an attack and fall?

Although more data are needed to fill gaps in the study, the authors say that the region connecting these sites faces rapid land - cover changes, which have severely increased over the last two decades, putting remaining stepping - stone habitats for jaguars at further risk.

A new MIT study, published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reports that as climate change progresses, the city of Houston, and Texas in general, will face an increasing risk of devastating, Harvey - scale rainfall.

Proponents say that today energy utilities find greater benefit in a technology that puts the financial risk up front, in the construction cost, and has little vulnerability to later swings in the price of fuel, as natural gas does, or to changes in emissions regulations, as coal faces.

Even so, future disclosures will include information detailing the risk the company faces from «potential laws and regulations relating to climate change or coal, which could result in materially adverse effects on its markets or [the] company,» it said.

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

Editorial Happy 2018, a pivotal year for stepping up climate action The World Economic Forum's latest Global Risk Report places climate change as the number one threat facing the world in 2018 — a hot topic at this year's meeting of world leaders in Davos.

During the discussion in Weissbourd's Developing Effective School and Community Interventions for At - Risk Children course, Menino shared his opinion that the biggest challenge facing education is changing the focus from teachers or schools needing money to what's going on at home with students and...

During the discussion in Weissbourd's Developing Effective School and Community Interventions for At - Risk Children course, Menino shared his opinion that the biggest challenge facing education is changing the focus from teachers or schools needing money to what's going on at home with students and their families.

Changing times signal an appropriate time to review the risks schools face, to ensure that emerging risks are identified and suitable counter measures put in place.

Your organization is also focusing on legislative change in regards to small school accountability; changes in rules that will help to minimize the risk of failing to meet state standards faced by smaller charters due to lower student accountability group ratios than what is typically found in larger school systems.

Sandra Alberti says that one of the biggest risks educators face in putting the Common Core State Standards into practice is full - speed implementation without an understanding of the changes that the standards require.

Business schools provide a basis of knowledge that will allow you to adapt to a changing marketplace, understand best management practices, make decisions in the face of ambiguity, conduct cost and benefit analysis, and perform advanced risk assessments.

As your loan term grows, the odds that you could lose your job or face other, unexpected life changes goes up, which means there is a bigger risk that you could default in later years.

An analysis of your personal situation, the financial risks you face, and your current insurance policies can help determine whether new insurance policies or change in coverage is appropriate.

Interest rate risk is important because fixed income securities react to changes in interest rates both over the short and long - term that will effect their face value on the open market as yields rise and fall.

The STAR Project is a 501 (c) 3 organization formed to bring change to the lives of animals who are at risk for unnecessary euthanasia, have suffered abuse and neglect, deemed special needs, rapidly deteriorating in the shelter, or facing breed discrimination.

Dogs and cats face similar diabetes risk as it is more common in overweight people (and pets), so veterinarians are suggesting that humans watch the amounts and types of food they give their furry friends during the holidays, and to watch out for signs of diabetes like frequent urination, changes in appetite and unusual thirstiness.

But Dr. Somerville, who has also contributed to several reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the risks that attend further silence, in the face of ever - growing emissions of heat - trapping gases, are far greater.

«We are creating a prehistoric climate in which human societies will face huge and potentially catastrophic risks,» said Bob Ward, policy director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change at the London School of Economics.

Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including glacial lakes outburst loods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over,

I'd argue that much of the work to date has been focused on catastrophic climate change and has not dealt with this risk in proper balance with other risks we face.

Another frequently mentioned option is for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York to invoke the state's powerful stock - fraud statute, the Martin Act, as the state has done in recent years to force other fossil fuel companies to disclose more about the financial risks they face from climate change.

In the face of uncertainty about future policies to address climate change, companies are using internal carbon pricing in their strategic planning to manage regulatory risk and explore future scenarios for potential investmentIn the face of uncertainty about future policies to address climate change, companies are using internal carbon pricing in their strategic planning to manage regulatory risk and explore future scenarios for potential investmentin their strategic planning to manage regulatory risk and explore future scenarios for potential investments.

Then Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas and Louisiana, highlighting not only the connections between climate change and hurricanes, but the costs of inaction in the face of mounting risks.

More than one - third of all counties in the lower 48 states will face higher risks of water shortages by mid-century as a result of climate change.

Editorial Happy 2018, a pivotal year for stepping up climate action The World Economic Forum's latest Global Risk Report places climate change as the number one threat facing the world in 2018 — a hot topic at this year's meeting of world leaders in Davos.

Nor is it merely that Maria, probably the most destructive hurricane in the island's history, is the kind of event that climate change experts have long warned would be among the risks facing coastal areas as the planet warms.

We do need to invest in infrastructure in the face of the climate change we've already locked in, and if we don't simultaneously radically lower our emissions, and that by the way has huge implications for the industry that is the dominant industry in precisely the areas that are being hardest hit, the oil and gas industry, which is a major economic engine in Texas and Louisiana, and specifically in some of the areas that are being hardest hit, which is a whole other layer of risk that we have seen very little about.

The vulnerable nations declared that they are, «Alarmed at the pace of change to our Earth caused by human - induced climate change, including accelerating melting and loss of ice from Greenland, the Himalayas and Antarctica, acidification of the world's oceans due to rising CO2 concentrations, increasingly intense tropical cyclones, more damaging and intense drought and floods, including Glacial Lakes Outburst Floods, in many regions and higher levels of sea - level rise than estimated just a few years ago, risks changing the face of the planet and threatening coastal cities, low lying areas, mountainous regions and vulnerable countries the world over...»

«Furthermore, most cities have considerable changes in more than one hazard which highlights the substantial challenge cities face in managing climate risks.»

A Llyod's of London global survey of corporate executives regarding risks their companies face in 2013 ranked «climate change» as one of the smallest risks, just less than «ocean pirate» risk and a bit more than «space weather» risk... (Ramez Naam denies this)

They face even greater risks in the future as human induced climate change increasingly alters the weather and climate patterns that societies have come to depend on.

Such an event would provide a crucial opening for the world to begin a necessary early draw - down of global carbon emissions in the face of rising risks from climate change.

As the interpretation of infinity in economic climate models is essentially a debate about how to deal with the threat of extinction, Mr Weitzman's argument depends heavily on a judgement about the value of life... A lack of reliable data exacerbates the profound methodological and philosophical difficulties faced by climate change economists... The United Nations conference in Paris this December offers a chance to take appropriate steps to protect future generations from this risk... http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2015/07/climate-change (MOST COMMENTING ARE NOT AT ALL IMPRESSED)

Telegraph: A third of humanity, mostly in Africa and South Asia, face the biggest risks from climate change while rich nations in northern Europe will be least exposed, according to a report released Wednesday.

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Many small businesses are not aware of the risks they face from changing climate conditions, and may not have plans in place to respond and recover from weather events.

Carbon capture and storage and nuclear energy have significant risks and trade - offs — and face a great deal of uncertainty in their development, cost and eventual deployment, leading many environmentalists to argue that they should be left out of the conversation when debating steps forward on climate change.