Sentences with phrase «greatest global risk»

Scientists of the time disagreed on whether the greatest global risk was cooling by atmospheric pollution or greenhouse effect warming.

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Investors believe the greatest risk to the economy over the next 12 months is government dysfunction, followed by global unrest.

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The October 2013 Global Financial Stability (GFSR) Report examines current risks facing the global financial system as it undergoes a series of transitions along the path toward greater financial stabGlobal Financial Stability (GFSR) Report examines current risks facing the global financial system as it undergoes a series of transitions along the path toward greater financial stabglobal financial system as it undergoes a series of transitions along the path toward greater financial stability.

Because the Global Resources Fund concentrates its investments in specific industries, the fund may be subject to greater risks and fluctuations than a portfolio representing a broader range of industries.

Global Risks: A Roadmap for Business in a Changing Economy What risks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and dGlobal Risks: A Roadmap for Business in a Changing Economy What risks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and daRisks: A Roadmap for Business in a Changing Economy What risks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and darisks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and dglobal horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and damage?

The Global Opportunity Reports aims to demonstrate that the great sustainability challenges facing societies today do not have to be seen only as risks to lifestyles and businesses as we know them.

The good news is that the more than 5,500 leaders surveyed worldwide for this year's Global Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food cGlobal Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food cglobal food crisis.

The financial markets and global economies are at great risk.»

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As we weather the great crypto winter of 2018, many believe the space could emerge stronger than before, as regulators grow more comfortable with the risks and become more committed to global cooperation on the issues.

We, at the Global Opportunity Network would like to thank all participants at our Opportunity Lab last week in New York City — it was a pleasure working with you and thanks for all the great input on how to address five global risks with global opportunGlobal Opportunity Network would like to thank all participants at our Opportunity Lab last week in New York City — it was a pleasure working with you and thanks for all the great input on how to address five global risks with global opportunglobal risks with global opportunglobal opportunities!

And the drying up of US dollar funding markets during the global financial crisis prompted greater awareness of liquidity risk in foreign currencies.

If anything should be clear from the bubbles of recent years, the greatest risks are not when prices are depressed, the economy is weak, and investors are frightened, but rather when prices are elevated and an unendingly positive outlook for technology, or housing, or global growth, or private equity, or emerging markets, or commodities seems all but certain.

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This has resulted in three changes: more scrutiny of the global financial system, strengthened regulation and a greater willingness to respond when risks appear to be rising.

Is there greater risk in global equity markets than in cryptocurrencies?

Global Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribGlobal Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribglobal central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribution.

Oakmark Global, Oakmark Global Select, Oakmark International and Oakmark International Small Cap Funds: Investing in foreign securities presents risks which in some ways may be greater than U.S. investments.

You can find plenty of small to mid-cap producers with greater risk but greater upside potential — companies like Royal Gold (RGLD), a company based in Denver, Colorado that owns mines in Nevada, Austrlaia, Canada, Burkina Faso, and other global locations.

The US — at great expense and great risk — both maintains regional balances of powers and provides global public goods.

GENEVA (Reuters)- Unhealthy diets pose a greater risk to global health than the increasingly regulated sale of tobacco and governments should move fast to tax harmful food products, a United Nations investigator said on Monday.

Charlotte Warburton, global head of rail at technology firm PA Consulting, told the Accelerate Rail event in London: «If we can't offer seamlessly integrated journeys that guarantee us a seat, adapt with connections and give us the best journeys that avoid delays then we risk something far greater than complaints and frustration: we risk obsolescence.»

As a hub for local Asian shipping and global transport, this island city - state is not just the world's busiest port, it's also at the greatest risk of invasion by non-native species.

Risk assessments of global temperature rise greater than 5 °C have not been undertaken by the IPCC.

Hawaii school - children rated by their teachers in the 1960's as less conscientious had worse global health status as adults and had significantly greater obesity, high cholesterol, and increased risk for cardiovascular disease.

To understand where interior forest has been lost and therefore where risks from forest fragmentation might be greatest, the researchers used global tree cover data to map the forests of 2000 and 2012 and examined the patterns of change across ecological regions and biomes.

And global warming is so rapid — as fast as any warming in the past 65 million years — that species already under pressure from habitat loss and overexploitation are at greater risk of extinction.

A «carbon law» approach, say the international team of scientists, ensures that the greatest efforts to reduce emissions happens sooner not later and reduces the risk of blowing the remaining global carbon budget to stay below 2 °C.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

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.»

Regardless of your personal opinion about this issue, substance abuse is a fast - growing global problem, linked to a great number of health risks, that needs to be addressed by creating adequate policies.

Dr. Bassett expects it to become more common as global warming leads to longer warm - weather seasons, which will allow for more exposure to pollen — and therefore lead to greater risk in general of allergic reactions and asthma symptoms.

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: The Global Risks Report 2015 — After three consecutive years among the top three, water has now moved to the top position, as the greatest risks for human wellbeing and prosperity in the next ten years and beRisks Report 2015 — After three consecutive years among the top three, water has now moved to the top position, as the greatest risks for human wellbeing and prosperity in the next ten years and berisks for human wellbeing and prosperity in the next ten years and beyond.

There really is no clear - cut winner here; however, as one moves from U.S. to global to international: (1) There tends to be greater volatility in the price of the chosen investment vehicle, and (2) There tends to be higher dividend payments for the greater risk associated with foreign stocks in your mix.

The financial markets and global economies are at great risk.»

Only a fool would question (or ignore) the benefits of greater / global diversification in the face of such potentially existential risks — particularly as there's no obvious long - term cost (s) to such a strategy.

BlackRock's Global Investor Pulse Survey finds women are having a harder time than men in balancing everyday expenses with saving for retirement, and that lack of engagement in financial matters is translating into greater risk aversion — holding women back from realizing their retirement goals.

While gold was washed out during the Great Depression once global economies abandoned the gold standard, today it provides a store of value against risks of both inflation and deflation.

This injects uncertainty into the global economic outlook: potential for greater capex and productivity growth, but also a risk of overheating and increased risk premia across asset prices.

Investing internationally is a great way to diversify your portfolio, but as an investor you need to know the risks and barriers that are faced in global markets.

Artisan has four Great Owl funds (Global Equity, Global Opportunities, Global Value, and International Value) but the whole collection is risk - conscious and disciplined.

Wagner, the co-author of a great book on global warming risk and economics, «Climate Shock,» moved from the Environmental Defense Fund to Harvard recently to focus full - time on geoengineering policy.

I find it difficult to believe that there is a greater risk than global warming — which currently does not look like a risk but a certainty.

The risks need to be assessed and then there needs to be dialogue among nations to determine which is the greater risk (Global Warming is right or Global Warming is wrong) before jumping to solutions.Cuuerntly the noise generated by the current polarized debate (see many comments above) obscures the evaluation of risks associated with both sides of the issue.

It's one thing for anti-whaling campaigners, at great risk and cost, to dog Japanese vessels to chronicle the slaughter of whales on the shared global ocean — far beyond the ability of governments or media to track.

In a ranking of near - term «fatal discontinuities» in his 2008 book, «Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years,» Vaclav Smil puts asteroid collisions far below the persistent risk of large - scale war (particularly because so many nuclear weapons are still arrayed around the world), great earthquakes and tsunamis and pandemics, but above global warming (because of its gradual sGlobal Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years,» Vaclav Smil puts asteroid collisions far below the persistent risk of large - scale war (particularly because so many nuclear weapons are still arrayed around the world), great earthquakes and tsunamis and pandemics, but above global warming (because of its gradual sglobal warming (because of its gradual slope).

Given humanity's focus on the near and now, the greatest challenge posed by global warming is figuring out how to spur meaningful changes in energy norms based on a risk with this time scale.

The prominence of climate risk and policy in the minds of business leaders is reflected in the World Economic Forum's Global Risks Report 2016, which found that the risk with the greatest potential impact is a failure of climate change mitigation and adaptation.

But if the risk from global warming is as great as we are being told, proliferation pales in comparison.