Sentences with phrase «environmental changes in our region»

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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 factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

In a region hard hit by climate change, the Rainforest Alliance focuses on advancing community forestry, sustainable agriculture, ecotourism, and environmental education to defend vulnerable landscapes and support rural communities.

The region has recently faced social and environmental changes caused in part by the government's attempts to integrate rural and urban areas.

Their results, published in the journal Climatic Change, point to the need for new or modified wildfire management and evacuation programs in the nation's high - risk regions, said Jia Coco Liu, a recent Ph.D. graduate at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) and lead author of the study.

«Once you dramatically change the climate and change water patterns, as is now seen in the Three Gorges region,» he says, «you change a lot of environmental variables.

Conditions in the Arctic, where several environmental records were broken this year, are slipping rapidly from bad to worse as the pace of climate change accelerates in that region

A new study by WCS and other groups offers a glimmer of hope for some amphibian populations decimated by the deadly chytrid fungus: climate change may make environmental conditions for the fungus unsuitable in some regions and potentially stave off the spread of disease in African amphibian populations struggling to adapt to changes brought about by global warming.

The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, founded in the early 1980s and based in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, is the only intergovernmental body gathering cross-border environmental information and monitoring climate change across a region stretching from the mountains of the Hindu Kush and Afghanistan in the west to Yunnan in southwest China in the east.

Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have now revealed, on the basis of historical data, how plant diversity in the region of Halle an der Saale has changed in over 300 years of urbanization, and have also made predictions about the future.

Further research on citizen journalism is underway with indigenous peoples in the Arctic region and finding out how their blogging could drive change on major environmental and cultural issues.

In arid regions, climate change and population growth will exacerbate long - time challenges between environmental issues and domestic or agricultural needs.»

Oscar Schofield, of Rutgers University in the US, said environmental change had been «profound» in the West Antarctic Peninsula and was altering the food chain on which whales in this polar region depend.

In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»In May 2013 the Arctic Council decided to continue its work on the AACA initiative and requested the AMAP Working Group to «produce information to assist local decision - makers and stakeholders in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in three pilot regions in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors»in developing adaptation tools and strategies to better deal with climate change and other pertinent environmental stressors».

Hudson River Valley native Busch shares her discoveries of environmental change in that verdant region and chronicles her involvement in the invaluable and gratifying practice of «citizen science.»

That's changing, of course, with growing, and sometimes controversial, efforts to certify good labor or environmental standards in coffee regions.

However, environmental advocates said they were alarmed to find evidence that species were being affected by climate change in the continental United States and not in distant Arctic regions where such issues were predicted to occur first.

Each participant from around the Communion reported accelerating impacts from human - induced climate change and environmental degradation in their regions.

This would most certainly help to build a much bigger and clearer picture about the environmental and climate changes that have taken place in the region.

This technical document measures the impact of climate change on freshwater resources through an integrated assessment, in order to identify the related underlying causes of socioeconomic and environmental vulnerability in the Arab region.

From the Carsey Institute: Americans» Knowledge of Polar Regions Up, But Not Their Concern Environmental Issues in Polar Regions Are Polarizing DURHAM, N.H. — Americans» knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, accorRegions Up, But Not Their Concern Environmental Issues in Polar Regions Are Polarizing DURHAM, N.H. — Americans» knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, accorRegions Are Polarizing DURHAM, N.H. — Americans» knowledge of facts about the polar regions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, accorregions of the globe has increased since 2006, but this increase in knowledge has not translated into more concern about changing polar environments, according...

Recent environmental and social change has resulted in an increased focus on the Arctic region by governments and the general public.

A 27 - year veteran of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) retiring from his position as Climate Change Advisor for EPA's Region 10 office in Seattle, Washington took EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and President Donald Trump to task in a March... Continue reading →

The Arctic is region is growing rapidly in global prominence, due in large part to the environmental changes caused by global warming.

In regions around the world, such knowledge is commonly used in adapting to environmental conditions and is directly relevant to adaptation to climate changIn regions around the world, such knowledge is commonly used in adapting to environmental conditions and is directly relevant to adaptation to climate changin adapting to environmental conditions and is directly relevant to adaptation to climate change.

Using the Philadelphia region as a point of departure — but encouraging regional, national and global perspectives — Gray Area considered preservation in light of new economic realities, demographic shifts, technological changes, environmental pressures, and myriad fast - changing factors.

The Interior Department has largely ignored repeated requests for reform from community and landowner groups in the Powder River Basin region, environmental groups, taxpayer advocates, and elected officials including Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, Senator Ed Markey, and the US Congress Bicameral Task Force on Climate Change.

This is in addition to the over 500 cities and 100 states and regions who disclosed, making CDP's platform one of the richest sources of information globally on how companies and governments are driving environmental change.

Kroemker, D. and Mosler, H. J. (2002) Human Vulnerability — Factors Influencing the Implementation of Prevention and Protection Measures: An Agent based Approach, Global Environmental Change in Alpine Regions: Recognition, Impact, Adaptation and Mitigation, Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 93 - 112.

The research, conducted by an international team of scientists from a range of institutions, is presented in a series of seven academic papers that estimate change in land use and greenhouse gas emissions from oil palm expansion in the three countries, review the social and environmental impacts of palm oil production, forecast potential growth in the sector across the region, and detail methods for measuring emissions and carbon stocks of plantations establishing on peatlands.

The nature of Neoproterozoic environmental change in the North Atlantic region was reconstructed based on sedimentology and stratigraphy of rocks preserved in northern Norway and Scotland.

A 27 - year veteran of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) retiring from his position as Climate Change Advisor for EPA's Region 10 office in Seattle, Washington took EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and President Donald Trump to task in a March 31 departure letter (also copied below) he has made public.

Others however are calling for a temporary closure to certain over-trafficked areas because of the environmental and resource pressures that increased tourism brings, which are exacerbating the effects of climate change in the region.