Sentences with phrase «immediate impact of the changes»

Bromine, the ozone - depleting element found in methyl bromide, is nearly 60 times more effective at destroying ozone than the chlorine found in CFCs.9 This means that even though its atmospheric lifetime is quite short (a little over a year) 31, the immediate impact of changes in methyl bromide emissions on the ozone layer is very high compared to other chemicals.

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CEO Comma downplayed the effects of Chipotle's crisis, saying, «When Chipotle ran into some of their difficulties, we didn't see an immediate change in our sales that would tell us that there was a direct impact
The still young England international made an immediate impact as well and quickly changed the minds of a lot of the Arsenal fans — who had not been too happy with his transfer from Old Trafford to north London.
«More research needs to be done to firmly establish the role of MCEs in preserving our reefs; they aren't a silver bullet but they may be able to resist the most immediate impacts of climate change — thereby providing a refuge for some species and potentially helping to replenish destroyed surface reef and fish populations.
They argue that while large public investments in dams and flood defences, for example, must account for the possibilities of how weather might change in the future, this should not prevent short - term thinking to address more immediate vulnerability to inevitable high - impact weather events.
«Changing climate conditions are already happening,» says Eileen Claussen, president of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, which today released a report on regional impacts in the U.S. «It is clear that there is an immediate need for strong national and international policy action.»
Even if we consider the impact of environmental degradation on humanity, deforestation has a more significant and immediate impact on local weather, water availability, water quality, and soil erosion than does global climate change from greenhouse gases.
«They aren't a silver bullet, but they may be able to resist the most immediate impacts of climate change — thereby providing a refuge for some species and potentially helping to replenish destroyed surface reef and fish populations,» says Professor Elaine Baker, a senior expert at of the University of Sydney's school of geosciences.
In 2008 Unilever announced that it will make a shift to using sustainable palm oil, as soon as the first supplies become available.This major initiative is one that will have a significant impact, not just on climate change but also on the sustainability of the rainforest.Unilever's intention is to move to 100 % certified, sustainable palm oil by 2015, and we will also support an immediate moratorium on any further deforestation in Indonesia linked to palm oil cultivation.
«These new measures regarding governance and voting will have an immediate impact and begin the process of significantly changing our membership composition.»
Using the Regulatory Impact Scale I created, I show (1) the impact of a state's private school regulations before any school choice program existed; (2) the immediate regulatory impact that comes with the creation of initial regulations for a school choice program; (3) the impact of changes and additions to the regulations for a school choice program as policymakers revisit school choice programs after their first year of operation; (4) the total regulatory impact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scImpact Scale I created, I show (1) the impact of a state's private school regulations before any school choice program existed; (2) the immediate regulatory impact that comes with the creation of initial regulations for a school choice program; (3) the impact of changes and additions to the regulations for a school choice program as policymakers revisit school choice programs after their first year of operation; (4) the total regulatory impact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scimpact of a state's private school regulations before any school choice program existed; (2) the immediate regulatory impact that comes with the creation of initial regulations for a school choice program; (3) the impact of changes and additions to the regulations for a school choice program as policymakers revisit school choice programs after their first year of operation; (4) the total regulatory impact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scimpact that comes with the creation of initial regulations for a school choice program; (3) the impact of changes and additions to the regulations for a school choice program as policymakers revisit school choice programs after their first year of operation; (4) the total regulatory impact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scimpact of changes and additions to the regulations for a school choice program as policymakers revisit school choice programs after their first year of operation; (4) the total regulatory impact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scimpact the school choice program has had on participating private schools; and (5) the total regulatory impact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private scimpact of all regulations, both before and during school choice programs, on private schools.
The ROI modules allow policymakers to not only model the immediate cost implications of changes to programs but also to model the longer term and broader impact.
No one knows what the immediate, much less the long term, impact of the changes will be.
This change in ownership has no immediate impact on your ability to continue your studies at your school or to receive federal student aid funds from the U.S. Department of Education (ED).
The snowball is predicated on the psychological impact of hitting the easy debts first, and immediate rewards for changing behavior.
Setting aside the price of oil and its immediate impact on food, there is still enough going on with climate change and related water and agriculture issues to cause a prudent soul to glance around for an exit.
By continually hammering on climate change or global warming — a challenge for sure, but abstract and not immediate to most people's experience — we've disconnected from most people who have more immediate concerns; we've virtually stopped talking about the impacts of air and water pollution on their children's health, the psychological damage all of us experience when nature around us is destroyed, and so on.
Because individuals in the developed world have the greatest impact each, people choosing to have smaller families in the richest parts of the world will have the greatest and most immediate positive effect — a vital choice given the urgency to address which climate change.
74 % of people would take immediate action to change their lifestyle now if they knew that climate change would affect their children's lives 52 % of people believe that their actions as an individual can help stop the effects of climate change Only a quarter (26 %) believe that climate change is already impacting on the UK Respondents cited flooding as one of the most common effects of climate change that will happen in the UK (69 %)
... the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which includes more than 3,000 scientists from around the world, agrees that climate change is caused by a number of factors, including excess carbon dioxide... The Government of Alberta accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to deal with the impacts of global waChange, which includes more than 3,000 scientists from around the world, agrees that climate change is caused by a number of factors, including excess carbon dioxide... The Government of Alberta accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to deal with the impacts of global wachange is caused by a number of factors, including excess carbon dioxide... The Government of Alberta accepts the findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to deal with the impacts of global waChange and recognizes the need to reduce emissions and take immediate action to deal with the impacts of global warming.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides immediate access to a cross-section of environmental data for any geographical location in the U.S. Access useful information about your air, water, energy choices, and ways to lessen the impacts of climate change at MyEnvironment.
Sir Nicholas Stern, who was lead author of the 2006 Stern review on the economic impacts of climate change, says that holding down global temperatures and building a carbon - free economy by mid-century will require immediate multi-billion dollar investments in infrastructure — from renewable energy facilities to carbon - neutral cities.
The declaration, by a number of island nations most affected by rising sea levels, called for immediate action to address the impacts of climate change.
Besides the immediate impact on the health of people living close to the plant, emissions from coal - fired power plants contribute to climate change.
You may wonder why the government finds the need to pursue such action since 1) U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have already topped out and have generally been on the decline for the past 7 - 8 years or so (from technological advances in natural gas extraction and a slow economy more so than from already - enacted government regulations and subsidies); 2) greenhouse gases from the rest of the world (primarily driven by China) have been sky - rocketing over the same period, which lessens any impacts that our emissions reduction have); and 3) even in their totality, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have a negligible influence on local / regional / global climate change (even a immediate and permanent cessation of all our carbon dioxide emissions would likely result in a mitigation of global temperature rise of less than one - quarter of a degree C by the end of the century).
The Paris Agreement on climate change is unprecedented in its scope, will define the global economy of the 21st century, and has immediate impact on businesses around the world.
With big banks beginning to rethink their addiction to coal, and with investors urging action on climate change, crowdfunding efforts like SunFunder don't just create an immediate impact through the projects they support — they act as a test case for the viability of a much larger expansion of the sector.
«Seeing a change in one's immediate environment has a much bigger impact than any kind of advertising campaign.»
The tribunal concluded that the impacts felt by the coastal fisherfolk community of Bangladesh is the direct consequence of climate change and resulted in some important recommendations for action, including that the Government of Bangladesh takes immediate measures to reduce vulnerability to the projected impacts of climate change, such financial assistance and a social safety net for the people of climate - impact zones.
When President Obama declared earlier this year that «climate change» represents «an immediate risk to our national security» he was absolutely right: his administration's crazed faith that renewable energy represents a solution to «climate change» is severely impacting the defensive capabilities of the US military.
The change had an immediate impact, especially on those cases where settlement was imminent and where there was a large element of future loss, increasing the value in some cases involving catastrophic injury by millions of pounds overnight.
Where the immediate impact of the referendum, at least legally speaking, is non-existent, during the Brexit negotiations the funds regulation will have to change and quite fundamentally.
Reflecting on the announcement of the scrapping of lettings agency fees, The University of Law's Mark Johnson notes there won't be an immediate cost to tenants or landlords, but there could be a long - term impact: «Letting agents and their landlord clients will have contractual arrangements in place so they will not be able to change their fees and charging structures unilaterally.
Under the changes, certificates will be available to those meeting the income eligibility criteria who are facing secondary consequences of a criminal conviction such as a risk of deportation; immediate loss of public housing; or a significant impact on access to family and child custody.
The objective is to inform clients and prospects of the impact of immediate significant legal changes or areas of potential risk.
Gardner, who directed development for various iPod and iPhone models, remembers being struck by «an immediate realization of the impact of Steve Jobs on creating the company and changing the world.»
We all know that technology is morphing, changing and evolving at a fantastic pace, some of it having more immediate impact than others.
the most advanced scientific research has concluded that changes in climate will gravely harm the health of indigenous peoples» traditional lands and waters and that many of plants and animals upon which they depend for survival will be threatened by the immediate impacts of climate change.
Home visiting programs should have the greatest and most immediate impact on parenting outcomes relative to child outcomes because home visiting programs target parenting directly as a mechanism of change in children.
Change in usage requirements of the commercial space has a huge and immediate impact.
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