Sentences with phrase «global change public»

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Like other countries, Canadian public policy will need to adapt to this new global competitive environment arising from demographic changes.

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).

To move that kind of big money, Harris began an organizational expansion of the foundation when she took over in 2010, building an outfit that has gone beyond Bloomberg's core interests of global public health and climate change to tackle new issues, like overfishing.

Worse still, we're missing out on opportunities to innovate, to make our economy cleaner and more competitive, to reduce pollution — and its public health and climate change impacts — and to export our metals and minerals to a growing global marketplace.

2014.03.28 RBC releases 2013 Global Corporate Responsibility Review and Public Accountability Statement Worldwide donations and sponsorships of $ 104 million support positive social and environmental change...

Dr. Hayhoe is the co-author of the book A Climate for Change: Global Warming Facts for Faith - Based Decisions and describes herself as «a spokesperson with one principal goal — to bring public awareness to the simple truth that the scientific debate is over, and now it's time for all of us to take action.»

(Kutztown, PA) Today Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of soil's ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture.

Rodale Institute announced the launch of a global campaign to generate public awareness of the soil's ability to reverse climate change, but only when the health of the soil is maintained through organic regenerative agriculture.

Since taking leadership of the country last September, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, who in 2009 said the science behind climate change was «crap», has abolished the independent Climate Commission, the body created by the former Labor government to provide public information on the effects of global warming.

Furious public rants, protests and plans for change have swept through the Arsenal Blogosphere, Stadium and Global fan base.

The Global Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resoGlobal Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resoGlobal Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining resoglobal climate change, other environmental changes and declining resources.

It remains to be seen whether the nature and the depth of feeling that resulted in a «leave» vote will now translate to a decline in public support for international development and a desire to change the nature of the UK's role on the global stage.

The President noted that it is the emergence of a strong public opinion in favour of legalisation of homosexuality that will change the laws of Ghana on the global subject.

4) By highlighting the «public» nature of climate change the EU should become more aware of the difference between its own strategic interests and the global benefits of its action.

«In a competitive global economy, with rapid changes in technology, we must make public colleges and universities tuition - free.

With ministers banking on rapid private sector growth to replace the estimated 490,000 public sector jobs expected to be lost, the Prime Minister backed a world of «unprecedented economic change» in which small start - up companies can become global giants in a matter of years.

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) expressed concern over proposed Oklahoma legislation that would encourage the state's public school teachers to question the well - established science behind evolution and global climate change.

Seven years later, Malkin launched Global Public Service Academies, which trains high school students to perform 117 simple tasks such as changing batteries, replacing blown fuses, and swapping out faulty plugs.

U.S. - Iranian research teams have collaborated to address serious global concerns, such as public health, climate change, biodiversity, earthquake management, and water and sanitation.

Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic consequences of climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary if the public role in challenging global climate change is going to increase.

One of the most significant findings is that high percentages of Americans — or roughly a third — say that they could easily change their minds about global warming, said Tom Bowman, president of the consulting firm Bowman Global Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pchange their minds about global warming, said Tom Bowman, president of the consulting firm Bowman Global Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pglobal warming, said Tom Bowman, president of the consulting firm Bowman Global Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pGlobal Change, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the pChange, who has examined how climate scientists communicate to the public.

Scientists in developed and developing countries need to be on «an equal footing» when they work together on global issues from climate change to public health, AAAS President Geri Richmond said Thursday at the start of the 2016 AAAS Annual Meeting.

The drive to curb carbon emissions has waned further in the wake of financial meltdowns, global instability, and slumping public confidence in the science of climate change.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President - elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency expressed doubt about the science behind global climate change during a contentious Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, but added he would be obliged for now to uphold the EPA's finding carbon dioxide poses a public danger.

That representation matches the public discourse around global warming, in which previous studies have shown that media characterize climate change as unsettled science with high levels of scientific uncertainty.

«The evidence before the committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush administration has engaged in a systematic effort to manipulate climate change science and mislead policymakers and the public about the dangers of global warming,» the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform wrote in its report on the matter in December 2007.

«In the public's eye, radical change in a glacier — or a glacier that doesn't exist anymore — is a lot more tangible than a half - a-degree change in global temperature,» he said.

In turn, sharing scientific and indigenous predictive capabilities is meant to improve coastal ice interpretation and prediction based on satellite imagery, assist communities refining public safety measures, and to add local sea ice to parameters used in assessing global climate change in the Arctic.

There was much public debate about the role of climate change in the aftermath of Harvey, and many Republicans were quick to dismiss links to global warming, pointing out that states like Florida and Texas have a long history with deadly storms.

Among the new species, Liturgusa algorei, is named for Albert Arnold «Al» Gore Jr., former vice president of the United States of America, to honor his environmental activism and efforts to raise public awareness of global climate change.

After he obtained his B.A. degree, Bromley was offered an assistant position at AAAS to help compile scientific facts on climate change and other global environmental issues for the public, analyzing large numerical data sets and making maps using computational tools.

We can still curb global warming and achieve sustainability, but it will require hard work, ingenuity, and a strong public mandate, combined with personal change — perhaps, dare I say it, even some level of sacrifice.

«As significant alterations to ecosystems resulting from global change become more likely, environmental scientists and the general public need to appreciate some of the potential outcomes,» says senior author Andrew Friedland (http://envs.dartmouth.edu/people/andrew-j-friedland), a professor in Dartmouth's Environmental Studies Program.

In one sign of the change, the Center for Global Development, an influential Washington, D.C. - based think tank, has convened a panel of economists, consultants and representatives from industry and public health to make recommendations for forecasting practices.

If you listen to global warming deniers, or even much of the public, it seems like there is some stack of scientific studies somewhere that refute anthropogenic — human - caused — climate change.

The U.S. Global Change Research Program, which coordinates the National Climate Assessment report process, also released draft versions of two other reports for public comment: the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report and the Fourth National Climate Assessment.

As climate change has become a more prominent public concern, some scientists have worried that it might distract attention from related environmental problems, such as the global loss of biodiversity.

But effective communication also will be essential for building public interest and support for initiatives in climate change and other global issues.

«It's really complicated to sort out how much is attributable to climate change,» said Dr. Mary Wilson, associate professor of global health and population at the Harvard School of Public Health.

«Should the public come to believe the scientific issues are settled, their views about global warming will change accordingly.

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.

A report issued July 7 by a panel that analyzed the global response to the Ebola outbreak says the WHO and its member states were ill - equipped to handle the epidemic and must make changes to safeguard public health.

Climate change presents a global public health problem, with serious health impacts predicted to manifest in varying ways in different parts of the world.

They included efforts to prepare communities to adapt to climate change; the cancer moonshot, precision medicine, and brain research in the health arena; a network of advanced manufacturing institutes to recapture global industrial dominance; and public - private partnerships to improve science and math education.

Soon is a leading skeptic of the widely accepted science surrounding climate change, In the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, a study titled «The Structure of Scientific Opinion on Climate Change» found that 97 percent of scientists surveyed believed global warming already is ongoing, with 84 percent of scientists surveyed believing human - produced greenhouse gases were the driving force behind the cchange, In the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, a study titled «The Structure of Scientific Opinion on Climate Change» found that 97 percent of scientists surveyed believed global warming already is ongoing, with 84 percent of scientists surveyed believing human - produced greenhouse gases were the driving force behind the cChange» found that 97 percent of scientists surveyed believed global warming already is ongoing, with 84 percent of scientists surveyed believing human - produced greenhouse gases were the driving force behind the changechange.

Since 2008, Ed has served as Co-Principal Investigator (with Anthony Leiserowitz and Connie Roser - Renouf) of the Yale / George Mason University Climate Change in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segChange in the American Mind audience research project, which tracks public opinion about climate change, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segchange, including the Global Warming's Six Americas audience segments.

We've got OpenSciLogs bloggers interested in exploring how the concept of science news has changed over time, what role journalists may play in the public health management of infectious disease outbreaks, and live science reporting from the Global South.

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The Polaris Climate Change Observatory regional platforms will provide the public, policy makers, industry and civil society with a forum for interaction and for developing the collaborative actions required for an adapted response to global development in the face of climate cChange Observatory regional platforms will provide the public, policy makers, industry and civil society with a forum for interaction and for developing the collaborative actions required for an adapted response to global development in the face of climate changechange.