Part of our commitment is to reduce our own
impact on climate change by using renewable energy sources and driving energy efficiency in our products and facilities,» Apple wrote.
Not exact matches
Adani Group, controlled
by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project
on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the
impact of coal - fired power
on climate change.
So while the
impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered
by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.
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»).
Zooming in
on climate change, Proxy Preview highlights one new shareholder proposal «that raises questions about transporting oil and gas
by train and several taking up different angles
on deforestation that connect ecological and human rights
impacts.»
The US Global
Change Research Program is required by statute to produce the comprehensive National Climate Assessment report on climate change impacts on the United States every four
Change Research Program is required
by statute to produce the comprehensive National
Climate Assessment report on climate change impacts on the United States every four
Climate Assessment report
on climate change impacts on the United States every four
climate change impacts on the United States every four
change impacts on the United States every four years.
He was credited
by the UN's Christiana Figures as having a «major
impact»
on the process to agree the world's landmark deal
on climate change.
The Association of Producers of Steel for Packaging (Apeal) has confirmed that the
impact on climate change of the average unit of steel packaging was reduced
by 32 % during 2000 to 2013.
As no one can really tell when or where the
impacts of
climate change will hit, aside from identifying
climate tolerant varieties farmers are also using nature's strength
by relying
on diversity.
IRRI's work in India is supported
by contributions from ICAR, the DAC; state agricultural universities (SAUs); the Government of India and its Department of Biotechnology; state agriculture departments (MOA); Asian Development Bank (ADB); United States Agency for International Development (USAID); International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF); Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR); Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); International Initiative for
Impact Evaluation; SARMAP; German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); CGIAR Challenge Program
on Water and Food (CPWF); CGIAR
Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Research Program (CCAFS); Generation Challenge Programme (GCP); Japan's Ministry of Finance; the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council of the UK (BBSRC), the Department for International Development (DFID); and the European Commission (EC).
The panel is expected to discuss topics ranging from the
impact of
climate change on New Yorkers» health, the increase in extreme weather such as heightened flood risk, and recent efforts
by the state to respond.
«
Climate change is a serious problem already
impacting New Yorkers across the state, but far too often has been put
on the back - burner or even denied
by the Senate Majority,» said Squadron, who chairs the panel.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office
on Thursday continued to question the legitimacy of a review
by House Republicans into an investigation over whether ExxonMobile understated the
impact of
climate change.
David Cameron betrayed anxiety about the coincidence — and its
impact on potential Ukip supporters opposed to overseas aid or sceptical of
climate change —
by refusing to say how much Britain is likely to offer and stressing the funding would come from existing government funds.
Gibson's resolution gained national attention when he introduced it in September
on the eve of a U.S. visit
by Pope Francis, who has warned that
climate change will have a greater
impact on the poor and vulnerable.
Climate change is having a dramatic
impact on Earth's biodiversity,
by causing rapid fluctuations in temperature and precipitation that alter species» environments.
When combined with overfishing,
climate change, fertilizer runoff — induced dead zones and other human
impacts on ocean fishes, a watery evolutionary stage has been set for a jellyfish takeover — dubbed the «gelatinous ocean»
by some scientists.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of
climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including
by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and
impacts of
climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse
impacts of
climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient develo
change and foster
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient devel
climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and
climate - resilient devel
climate - resilient development.
«Logistically, negotiations
on the agreement's detailed rules will likely take another year or two to finalize, and all countries will need to raise the ambition of their commitments under the agreement if we're to avoid the worst
impacts of
climate change and reach a goal of net - zero global warming emissions
by midcentury,» said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
As the
climate warms, researchers expect more dusts to make their way aloft, possibly having
impacts on precipitation
by changing where rain or snow falls.
By IFPRI's estimate, 25 million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to the
impact of
climate change on global agriculture.
EVER since the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change's 2007 report on the impacts of climate change was discovered to contain a major error — that the Himalayan glaciers will be largely gone by 2035 — there has been a media feeding frenzy to find other mi
Climate Change's 2007 report on the impacts of climate change was discovered to contain a major error — that the Himalayan glaciers will be largely gone by 2035 — there has been a media feeding frenzy to find other mis
Change's 2007 report
on the
impacts of
climate change was discovered to contain a major error — that the Himalayan glaciers will be largely gone by 2035 — there has been a media feeding frenzy to find other mi
climate change was discovered to contain a major error — that the Himalayan glaciers will be largely gone by 2035 — there has been a media feeding frenzy to find other mis
change was discovered to contain a major error — that the Himalayan glaciers will be largely gone
by 2035 — there has been a media feeding frenzy to find other mistakes.
For example, the International Panel
on Climate Change, the authoritative scientific source about the impacts of human - induced climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» h
Climate Change, the authoritative scientific source about the impacts of human - induced climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» he
Change, the authoritative scientific source about the
impacts of human - induced
climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» h
climate change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» he
change, «had to simply take the projected rise for a century, divide
by 100 and say, «We expect sea level to rise this much per year,»» he said.
Among others, I have requested hearings
on new findings
on the
impacts of
climate change on agriculture, new findings regarding the probability that extreme weather events are influenced
by climate change, and new analysis of earth surface temperatures.
Climate change may be harming the future of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus)
by impacting the survival rates of pups, according to one of the first studies
on how shifting temperatures are
impacting tropical species.
Although the draft decision expresses «its utmost concern» regarding the
impacts of
climate change on the World Heritage reefs, any action is delayed
by a call «to further study the current and potential
impacts of
climate change» for possible action when the committee meets in 2018.
So, what tourism is
impacting and actually what
climate change is
impacting is a relatively very small piece of that peninsula; but you know the
impact on the peninsula if all that ice melts could be huge; when they talk about sea levels rising, you know,
by inches and feet, you know if that ice along the peninsula melts they will add to the volume of the sea very quickly.
US President Barack Obama is being hailed as the first leader to cancel a major infrastructure project because of its
impact on climate change, following campaigns
by environmentalist groups.
The study, which involved collaboration with British Trust for Ornithology, Aberystwyth University and the University of Leeds and part - funded
by the RSPB, showed that the humble crane fly, more commonly known as «daddy longlegs», is a crucial link in determining the
impact of
climate change on these peatland bird species.
By focusing
on the whole community ecology of the park — with a particular emphasis
on the freshwater, soil, and intertidal zone systems of Mount Desert Island, Schoodic Peninsula, and Isle au Haut and the organisms found there — she will strive to understand the
impact of global phenomena, such as biological invasions and
climate change,
on the local ecosystem.
«We can use this information to look at questions about
climate change or human
impact on environments
by seeing how, over time, the ranges of insect species have
changed.»
Our results show that the limitations imposed
by climate objectives and the available means of combating
climate change could have a major
impact on the optimal
climate change mitigation measures.
«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded
by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the
impacts of
climate change and management
on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from
climate change.
A study provides the first evidence that pollen production is significantly stimulated
by elevated carbon dioxide in a grass species as a result of
climate change, which may have significant
impact on human health.
Such a transition has been made possible
by the convergence of several factors: a stream of new science showing an accelerating pace of
climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
climate change and its impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
change and its
impacts; the everyday experience of people witnessing the
change around them (and seeing it on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
change around them (and seeing it
on the evening news); the compelling portrayals of what is happening and why, such as Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth and the 2007 reports of the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
Climate Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national secu
Change; and the shifting stances of constituencies as diverse as evangelical Christians (who argue for protecting the
climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue on grounds of national sec
climate on grounds of stewardship of God's creation) and military leaders (who argue
on grounds of national security).
The latest research
by the University of Exeter reveals that less than 4 % of
climate -
change studies have tested the
impact of ocean acidification
on males and females separately.
It speaks eloquently of stewardship of God's creation and care for the poor, those already affected
by the exacerbating
impacts of
climate change on droughts, floods, heat waves, hurricanes and other extreme weather.
A new report
by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center
on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and
impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.
By analyzing current building codes and the like, the New York City Panel
on Climate Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils from climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
Climate Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils from climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
Change determined the acceptable level of risk for its residents and is now prioritizing projects that hold to those same levels the perils from
climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
climate change impacts directly on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat
change impacts directly
on the city, such as sea - level rise or more frequent heat waves.
But the two men's estimates of soot's
impact are about twice as high as the consensus reached
by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change in its 2007 report, which many scientists (including Shindell) still endorse.
«The environmental
impact of
climate change adaptation on land use and water quality» by Dr Carlo Fezzi, Dr Amii Harwood, Prof Andrew Lovett and Prof Ian Bateman is published in the March edition of Nature Climate
climate change adaptation on land use and water quality» by Dr Carlo Fezzi, Dr Amii Harwood, Prof Andrew Lovett and Prof Ian Bateman is published in the March edition of Nature Climate C
change adaptation
on land use and water quality»
by Dr Carlo Fezzi, Dr Amii Harwood, Prof Andrew Lovett and Prof Ian Bateman is published in the March edition of Nature
Climate Climate ChangeChange.
Their research, published in Nature
Climate Change on June 29, is the first attempt to examine and document these
changes in the air - sea heat exchange in the region — brought about
by global warming — and to consider its possible
impact on oceanic circulation, including the climatologically important Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation.
A recent study
by Michael J. E. O'Rourke from the University of Toronto, published in Open Archaeology, provides a new perspective
on the severe
impacts of escalating
climate change on the heritage resources of Canadian Arctic.
The first three volumes, based
on outlines approved
by the IPCC's 195 member governments in October 2009, were released over the past fourteen months: The Physical Science Basis in September 2013,
Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, in March 2014 and Mitigation of
Climate Change in April 2014.
David North, head of People and Wildlife at Norfolk Wildlife Trust, said:» «The likely
impacts of
climate change on our wildlife, shown
by this detailed research, are hugely worrying.
A new analysis
by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the NRDC, finds that the federal government spent three times more than the private insurance industry
on climate change impacts last year.
«Some fungal outbreaks over the past couple of decades, such as Dothistroma needle blight, could likely have been anticipated
by tracking how temperature and precipitation were
changing together,» said Mahony, who has worked as a forester in British Columbia for 10 years and has witnessed the
impacts of
climate change on the ground.
No one is more concerned than the Japanese, who are surrounded
by seas; about 73 % of Japan is forested, mountainous, and unsuitable for agricultural, industrial, or residential use, as a result, the habitable zones are mainly located in or near coastal areas, so much so that, there are growing concerns in Japan of the
impact of
climate change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
climate change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
change on their coastal surroundings, prompting the Japanese government to set up an Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
Climate Change (IPCC) to undertake a study on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
Change (IPCC) to undertake a study
on climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) sce
climate change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scen
change, to provide future projections of coastal erosion based
on representative concentration pathway (RCP) scenarios.
Boslough accepts the fatality estimates for
climate change (the WHO's estimate was made for the agency
by epidemiologist Tony McMichael, of the Australian National University's National Center for Epidemiology and Population Health) as well as those for asteroid
impacts, the latter of which are based lately
on work
by Harris.
A new study
by statistics professors at Oregon State University finds that the biggest
impact a U.S. citizen can have
on this
climate change problem is perhaps not so much surprising as difficult to accept: have fewer children.