Sentences with phrase «future environmental challenges»

The project will have a capacity - building component as well, given that at least three doctoral students and three postdoctoral scholars will be trained over the life of the project, preparing the next generation of scientists to tackle future environmental challenges.

Coal has demonstrated the ability to meet such challenges in the past and the expectation is that it will successfully meet future environmental challenges.

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And while Boeing's managing director of environmental strategy, Billy Glover, anticipates an eventual portfolio of various plant types — particularly algaes — that will be used to make high - quality fuels, ramping up production will be a daunting short - term challenge for a biofuelled future.

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.

«Business schools must equip the next generation of leaders with the knowledge, skills and perspective they need to meet the global economic, environmental, humanitarian and policy challenges of the future.»

Rather, it's descent from a common ancestor (the scientific phrase in use currently is «descent with modification» meaning they share similar underlying foundation, but when they migrate (those that survive) they evolve based on environmental triggers (challenges), which give rise to mutations; that make future generations better suited to live in the new environment.

To me, her several talks reiterated the point that despite the multiple coinciding environmental and population crises challenging future food security, international agricultural research and development will be the most valuable tool to find solutions.

Meeting the world's future food and nutritional needs in a sustainable way presents critical development challenges, underscoring the urgent need for action to enhance production while minimizing the environmental footprint of rice systems and their vulnerability to climate change.

We are going to need their innovation and creative problem - solving to help solve the multitude of environmental challenges facing us today and in the future.

We are a global brand, and we want to be a force for change in both reducing our social and environmental impact and confronting head on the challenges facing the fashion industry now and in the future.

Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental challenges from climate change as they emerge over coming years.

Balancing economic and environmental aspects of the river is a challenge continuing into the future.»

«This study takes an integrated approach that addresses the need to advance Arctic environmental research at the system level, a challenge that has been recognized by the broad scientific community as necessary to improve predictions of future change,» said Cox.

«The winning computational models provide significant advances in our ability to predict toxicity risk for environmental chemicals and set the stage for future data - driven challenges and competitions in environmental health science.»

The paper assesses these existing and emerging opportunities in the deep sea and identifies future deep - sea research priorities needed to address societal, environmental and governance challenges.

The international science on global environmental change, which has provided the insights we have today on the functioning of the Earth system and impacts on human societies of anthropogenic change, has triggered a concerted global effort, integrating the ICSU / ISSC Visioning process on the Grand Challenges for Earth system research for global sustainability with the Belmont Forum challenge (a coalition of major donors of global environmental change research), to define the future integrated science agenda on Earth system research for global sustainability.

The Network of Early - career Sustainable Scientists and Engineers (NESSE) is a global interdisciplinary support network of early - career scientists who are striving to tackle today's environmental and energy challenges and help the move towards a more sustainable future.

In addition, the network helps promote the incorporation of sustainable science practices into graduate and undergraduate curriculum to ensure that the next generation is equipped with the tools required to solve environmental challenges in the future.

In this paper are described some educationals movement seeking to show that an integrated view between them is a more appropriate way to respond to current and future challenges with greater justice and environmental sustainability.

The education, skills and learning sectors must adapt and refocus to the major economic, ecosystem and social challenges of this century and demonstrate to young people the links between their skills and talents, their future jobs and careers, and the environmental challenges of the 21st century.

For more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban change in the UK 7 - The future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 - Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorest

Each individual Metroplex site has its own individual challenges as it pertains to scope and environmental requirements, and the Metroplex program will continue to use lessons learned from implemented sites to better engage communities earlier in the design process for current and future implementation sites, and improve how community feedback is utilized.

«The Volt is symbolic of GM's strong commitment to the future... just the kind of technology innovation that our industry needs to respond to today's and tomorrow's energy and environmental challenges.»

Moreover, Honda's F1 and other racing machines that symbolize the challenge to realize new dreams and other advanced environmental technologies that enable people to enjoy mobility into the future will also be on display.

Intrigued that a mixture of land and liquid in a perlemoen shell can speak of who we were as a species at a crucial stage in our evolution, Parton explores what paint is today and what it may tell to those in the future about us, as we stand at the cusp of an environmental challenge that will determine our legacy.

Students challenged, developed and explored the role of the wearable artifact as a device for protection, connection, enhancement, shelter and survival within their own environmental future - narrative.»

Whereas, if left unaddressed, the consequences of a changing climate have the potential to adversely impact all Americans, hitting vulnerable populations hardest, harming productivity in key economic sectors such as construction, agriculture, and tourism, saddling future generations with costly economic and environmental burdens, and imposing additional costs on State and Federal budgets that will further add to the long - term fiscal challenges that we face as a Nation;

For the energy sector, constraints on water can challenge the reliability of existing operations as well as the physical, economic and environmental viability of future projects.

The divestment movement highlights a set of challenges to the future of capitalism that extend far beyond its unsustainable environmental externalities.

The new policy brief examines the design, enactment, implementation, and performance of the SO2 allowance trading system, with an eye toward identifying lessons learned for future efforts to apply cap and trade to other environmental challenges, including global climate change.

The Green Building Council of Australia and the International Living Future Institute recognize the value of multiple certifications for projects pursuing both Green Star and Living Building Challenge in order to promote holistic environmental and social outcomes at a building level.

Hear from leading retailers, brands, and supplier platforms about achievements in social and environmental terms, opportunities, challenges, and future outlook.

However, given the critical importance of having high - quality models for decision making, such investments are essential if environmental regulatory modeling is to meet challenges now and in the future.

CCS technology could potentially play an important role in transitioning to a clean energy future, if significant cost, technical, legal and environmental challenges can be overcome.

«When state regulators tried to get the future president to address a few environmental problems on two golf courses some years ago, little did they know they'd be treated to a multi-year lesson in how he handles regulatory challenges.»

Students in our program want to be part of the solution to the environmental challenges we face today and in the future; they seek to gain skills and knowledge that will allow them to become leaders in innovations for sustainable living.

The International Living Future Institute views the Living Building Challenge as an additional outlet to promote the goals set by the USGBC and CaGBC — it establishes a vision for a project's environmental and social responsibilities from a new vantage point.

Recently, the New York Times hosted a conference that gathered a range of panelists, from environmental activists to energy industry insiders, to address challenges and opportunities in meeting our current and future energy needs.

Children across the world can join the LEGO Planet Crew on LEGO.com (www.lego.com/planetcrew/), where they can learn through play about important environmental and social issues, and share their views on the responsibility issues they feel most passionate about.LEGO Life, the Group's social media platform (https://www.lego.com/life), which has more than one million users, is hosting a series of challenges during June and July to encourage children to build their vision of a sustainable future using LEGO bricks.

Whether it's in Haiti helping people you've never met and I've never met or in Youngstown, or in San Bruno, or in New Orleans, or future generations, or in the Congo with the women who are facing such great challenges there, or you name it across the world, Global Green's approach is unique because we are helping the other: the future generations to have a healthy future and the others to improve their lives with environmental solutions and eradicating poverty.

«Yet its government is also determined to meet these challenges and seize the opportunities of a less - polluting and more - sustainable future — from a moratorium on new mining pending improved environmental regulations to plans to become a renewable energy power - house and exporter of clean energy regionally,» added Mr. Steiner.

See also: The Going Green Challenge, Lexus Environmental Challenge, Imagining Tomorrow: Alternate Energy Futures,

Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff looks at US environmental challenges of the past and what we can hope for in the future.

People have responded successfully to other major environmental challenges such as acid rain and the ozone hole with benefits greater than costs, and scientists working with economists believe there are ways to manage the risks of climate change while balancing current and future economic prosperity.

From this perspective, providing paid professional opportunities in the environmental sector is a double win — we can help tackle the intractable inequities that still plague our nation, while at the same time equip the young people who are most likely to be impacted by challenges like climate change with the skills and networks to lead the solutions necessary to sustain the environmental movement into the future.

Our team at West Coast Environmental Law provides legal support to Indigenous clients and allies in the process of accessing, articulating and applying principles of Indigenous law to address contemporary environmental challenges in their territories and plan foEnvironmental Law provides legal support to Indigenous clients and allies in the process of accessing, articulating and applying principles of Indigenous law to address contemporary environmental challenges in their territories and plan foenvironmental challenges in their territories and plan for the future.

The first matter is on the balance of many interests and the challenges of future environmental and planning problems.

Our water conservation efforts support our Environmental Challenge 2050 and our commitment to building a better, smarter, more sustainable future.

It would be useful if future replications with younger rural African American children could examine the interplay of environmental challenges and parenting occurring at multiple stages of development to better characterize key developmental stages at which protective parenting exerts its greatest effects.

Current and future land use and environmental decisions could be shaped by financial challenges.