Sentences with phrase «factor climate risks»

But businesses must also start now to factor climate risks into their investment decisions.

Not exact matches

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»).

«Over half of the mangers think climate risk is already a factor affecting share prices and they see more risks crystallising in the short term.

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.

The measures of valuation and market action that define each «Market Climate» are factors that can be tested in decades of historical data, are objective, observable, and have strongly affected the average profile of return and risk in the markets over time.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

Ignoring the risk factors won't help the situation nor will it improve your school climate.

That's before we even start to factor in the grave risk continuing to burn them poses to Earth's climate.

The latest iteration of the National Climate Assessment, released earlier this year, notes that the risk of waterborne illnesses in the Great Lakes region is likely to increase in the coming decades due to these factors.

For example, tobacco smoking has been in a steady decline since the 1960s with all sorts of factors driving this trend — improved science and epidemiology, education through labeling and advertising campaigns, and greater public awareness of risks — all of which could be applied to behaviors that contribute to climate change.

While previous studies had examined the impact of climate change - induced weather patterns on violence and the increased danger of violence in weak or failing states, this is the first study to demonstrate that the combination of the two risk factors is even more dangerous than they would be separately.

But given the mishmash of chronic diseases and risk factors and the current economic climate, even the most hopeful of health advocates didn't hope for a global fund such as that established for AIDS in 2001 following the summit.

And when you look at the risks side by side, the researchers continued, «by any objective measure the impact threat is minuscule (by a factor of at least a thousand) compared to the threat from anthropogenic climate change.»

«Studies that aim to predict the consequences of climate change on insect populations should consider additional factors that may ultimately limit growth and survival, such as the risk of being eaten by a predator,» Culler says.

Colla noted that The International Union for Conservation of Nature recently assessed North American bumblebees and found that one quarter to one third of the species are at risk of extinction due to climate change and other factors such as habitat loss and disease.

Our investment professionals employ a bottom up approach and use fundamental analysis to assess all risk factors associated with each investment opportunity, which can include issues related to climate change and controlling environmental impact.

There are additional risks related to commodity investments due to large institutional purchases or sales, changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events, economic and political conditions in the countries where energy companies are located or do business, and risks for environmental damage claims, as well as natural and technological factors such as severe weather, unusual climate change, and development and depletions of alternative resources.

Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature, humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas, and presence of animal reservoirs (infected dogs, foxes, coyotes).

The study found more dogs who suffered limber tail were related to one another (suggesting an underlying genetic risk factor), and that dogs with limber tail more often live in cold climates.

Predisposing factors towards infection include age (puppies and kittens are at higher risk than adult animals), life - style (free - roaming or hunting animals being predisposed), and local climate (pets living in warmer, more humid climates are predisposed).

Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature and humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal «reservoirs» (such as infected dogs, foxes or coyotes).

The Society also reports, «Factors affecting the level of risk of heartworm infection include the climate (temperature, humidity), the species of mosquitoes in the area, presence of mosquito breeding areas and presence of animal reservoirs (such as infected dogs or coyotes).»

The climate panel was created in 1988 under United Nations auspices to periodically review factors, human and natural, influencing climate and assess possible ways to limit risks.

Regarding climate change effects in the WHO results, according to the UK's Hadley Center climate model (HadCM2 — IS92a scenario) climate - change induced disease risks could double by the year 2030 — all other factors held constant.

There is a press release with the details on the threats to each River, depicting the interplay of climate change with other risk factors such as diversion, logging, and effluent discharge.

Since premiums need to be set fairly, there is a need to assess climate change related changes in risk regardless of whether that will be a small factor in overall costs.

It's also important to examine whether a world without such efforts — in which citizens had a clear view of both what is known, and uncertain, about the human factor in shaping climate - related risks — would appreciably change.

Then there's that economic factor called the discount rate, which has been front and center in the debate over how much to invest now to limit future climate - related risk.

In the business world, the planet's leading corporations routinely address climate risk on par with other strategic factors.

Unfortunately, there are many factors that preclude an effective bound on the risks — ranging from uncertainties in downscaling to more fundamental issues such as the uncertainty of climate sensitivity.

(1) other countries investing too; (2) «pay» assumes no return, when the ROI would (will) be multiple times larger than the investment cost due to multitudes of factors other than simply reduced climate risks; and (c), (d), (e),...

Of course, weather and climate events are only one of several considerations in these regions, and probably rank a way down the list of risk factors when compared with political and religious instability.

In the US, carbon - intensive sectors have made risk factor disclosures related to climate change for years but very little of it has been «decision useful.»

Risk Factors, proposed carbon policy and other climate - related regulations in many countries, as well as the continued growth in biofuels mandates, could have negative impacts on the refining business.

In fact the Summary says that climate change can indirectly increase risks of violent conflicts by amplifying factors such as poverty and economic shocks.

While the study — «The hidden risks of climate change: An increase in property damage from drought and soil subsidence in Europe» — doesn't cite overall climate change as a direct cause for the increase in soil subsidence, it describes a strong link to the condition that will «magnify these risks as factors such as rising average temperatures and more erratic rainfall continue to alter soil conditions.»

Determining which types of prevention to invest in (such as monitoring, early warning systems, and land - use changes that reduce the impact of heat and floods) depends on several factors, including health problems common to that particular area, vulnerable populations, the preventive health systems already in place, and the expected impacts of climate change.275 Local capacity to adapt is very important; unfortunately the most vulnerable populations also frequently have limited resources for managing climate - health risks.

D'amato, G., L. Cecchi, M. D'amato, and G. Liccardi, 2010: Urban air pollution and climate change as environmental risk factors of respiratory allergy: An update.

It is important to understand feedbacks in order to further quantify the risk factors and time scales involved with climate change.

In this way, natural and human climate influences can be separated, and as with disease and risk factors, the role of a specific factor in a specific outcome can be quantified.

The main determining factor on climate risk perception is cultural, corroborating CCT.

«Climate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe CaClimate impacts are rising and the evidence of warming is increasingly clear, but most economic analysis still does not properly factor in the increasing risks of climate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Caclimate change or the potential benefits of acting on it,» said Commission chair and former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón.

To avoid perpetuating this double dose of risk, future energy planning must take into account water - related threats, as well as the cost of pollution - related health impacts and climate contributions that are often not factored into electric system planning.

Therefore, they should require additional disclosure on factors such as the carbon dioxide potential of fossil fuel reserves, to provide an indicator whether climate risk is increasing or decreasing.

Global warming amplifies the risk factors for extreme weather events - and that is all that Climate Science claims.

The left bar shows the net change in the population at risk due to climate change alone, while the right bar shows the total population at risk after accounting for both climate change and non-climate-change related factors.

In the US, carbon - intensive sectors have made risk factor disclosures related to climate change for years but very little of it...

Thus, through the foreseeable future (very optimistically 2085), other factors will continue to outweigh climate change with respect to human welfare as characterized by (a) mortality for hunger, malaria and coastal flooding, and (b) population at risk for waters stress.

Scientists at Lamont are developing a tropical cyclone risk model that can be used in urban planning, which incorporates climate factors in determining the probability of a tropical cyclone making landfall at a given location.

However, the answer is ultimately a subjective judgment that depends on values and culture, as well as socioeconomic and psychological factors, all of which influence how people perceive risk in general and the risk of climate change in particular.