As yet, it is not possible to predict the response of wildlife to the ever -
increasing global change.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced
increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of
changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of
global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of
global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of
changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such
changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates
increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
As reiterated in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change report issued on March 31, scientists estimate that we can emit no more than 500 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in order to limit the
increase in
global temperature to just 2 degrees C by 2100 (and governments attending the successive climate summits have agreed in principle to this objective).
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»).
Megatrends, per Bradford's PowerPoint, «are
global, sustained, and macroeconomic forces of development that impact business, economy, society, culture, and personal lives, thereby defining our world and its
increasing pace of
change.»
«The revision reflects
increased global growth momentum and the expected impact of the recently approved U.S. tax policy
changes,» the IMF said in its World Economic Outlook report, published Monday ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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).
The
global energy market is undergoing significant
change — from the development of technologies that are dramatically
increasing the energy supply to the emergence of alternative energy sources — creating the potential to reshape economies and industries.
Changes within the strategic allocation tend to result from broader
global macro trends that are
increasing either risk or opportunity.
Perhaps it makes sense to conclude with the more general observation that
changes in the size of
global capital flows and the accompanying imbalances
increase the importance of sustaining the credibility of monetary policy, because they
increase the costs of a loss of credibility or a negative shock to credibility.
The moral of this story is that one reason for the flattening of the price Phillips Curve is the
increase in
global supply chains and
changes in export pricing.
With
increasing political uncertainty all over the western world,
changing global power structures, continued sluggish growth, and record low interest rates, precious metals are today more...
We are dedicated to
increasing awareness about
global climate
change and the need to develop solutions that reduce the amount of pollutants created, not just by factory farming, but across all industries.
«In an era of unprecedented
change in how we live, learn and work, Meister and Mulcahy have documented the growing importance of investing in learning to
increase productivity and competitiveness in the
global marketplace.
Brent Beardsley,
global head of wealth and asset management at Boston Consulting Group, says more wealth management firms with a wirehouse — or integrated broker — model are looking to
increase revenues from advisers by automating advice: «If you look at the big wirehouses, you'll see the role of the adviser has
changed now that portfolio management is increasingly being managed centrally.
Yet, even with all
increasing red flags that suggest that assets held within the
global banking system could be devalued, frozen, or seized, or all of the aforementioned, including warnings of possible negative interest rates applied to commercial and corporate bank accounts in the near future from big
global banks like the Royal Bank of Scotland, most of us go about our daily lives without giving a second thought about taking preventive actions to prevent such mind - blowing and negatively impacting life -
changing events from happening.
With
increasing political uncertainty all over the western world,
changing global power structures, continued sluggish growth, and record low interest rates, precious metals are today more relevant than ever.
The very nature or face of the industry as we know it is
changing due to a number of factors including technological evolution,
increasing global competition and
changing customer demands.
The generally positive run of economic data around the world has been reflected in a clear
change in sentiment in financial markets since mid-year, as concerns that the
global recovery would falter gave way to
increasing confidence about the outlook.
Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or
increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and
increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships;
changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the
global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could
increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future
changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future
increases in the price of, or major
changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions;
changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
OMG Even our foods are day by day became more artificial to face
increasing market demand rather than
increasing farm lands and production globally to assist avoiding the famine and that way they created jobs, hopes and fed with out being effected by
global changes as a hungry man is an angry man!
• We are
increasing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, causing
changing climatic conditions and
global warming.
Here's a better idea for this so - called «governor» to consider: Take a look at the research done by your alma mater, Texas A&M, on
global warming and the effect it will have on Texas (higher temps and greater stress on water through decreased rainfall and
increased evaporation)... then stop poopooing the efforts to mitigate the effect humans are having on climate
change.
In addition, climate
change continues to wreak havoc on small - scale farmers and
increase pressures on the
global food supply.
The
increasing pace of
change creates
global opportunities.
This growth is underpinned by structural market drivers such as health and wellness (
increasing link between diet and exercise, weight management, active ageing),
global demographic
changes (
increasing Asian demand) and consumer awareness (healthier and more nutritious foods).
With
global demand for tea growing at more than 2 % per year, the pressures on land for cultivating the crop will
increase, all the more intensely because of climate
change.
Growth of the
global infant food formulation market is primarily driven by
increasing health - related concerns and
changing mind - set of modern - day consumers to switch to alternative healthy options.
Working with Worms to Fight Climate
Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative im
Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are
increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate
change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative im
change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.
The
global nature of the
increase suggests that it is due to a
global factor, rather than the
increase in a particular diagnosis a dramatic
change in specific risk factors.
With
increased emphasis on male involvement in the reproductive health care and decisions in
global health, it is important to understand where engaging men as a social and behavior
change approach, broadly speaking, may support EBF practice and if it could hinder it.
In terms of Security Council politics, however, the
increasing economic bargaining power of countries like India and Brazil in the midst of a
global debt crisis may bring about
changes in the future.
«We are concerned by the
increase on tensions in that region, and urge the United Nations to assume its responsibility and bring an end to this senseless conflict... While the world has drastically
changed since 1945, the United Nations, and indeed the
global governance architecture, remains mired in a long bygone era.
The report argues a reluctance to take the radical
changes needed to address the root causes of instability has led to rising support for political Islam, the re-emergence of the Taliban in Afghanistan,
increasing global terror attacks and the a «state of bloody chaos nearing civil war» in Iraq.
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate
change, in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts in
global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal of reducing
global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the
increase in
global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate
change, in 2015 the 21st Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Paris, France and entered into a historic agreement in which 195 nations, including the United States, were signatories and agreed to determine their own target contribution to mitigate climate
change by holding the
increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, among other terms (the «Paris Agreement»);
Last week's federal report on climate
change puts the spotlight on how
increasing global temperatures will affect the world.
One aerosol, black carbon, is of
increasing concern for Arctic nations worried about the pace of climate
change in the far north, which is warming twice as fast as the
global average.
«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 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 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 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 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 development.
The finding suggests that an
increase in hurricanes and tropical storms induced by
global warming could turn forests into overall emitters of carbon dioxide, fuelling further climate
change.
IN A rare instance of humans beating one of the impacts of climate
change, measures to combat malaria appear to be neutralising the expected
global increase of the disease driven by rising temperatures.
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.
On Dec. 12, 2015, the 21st Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate
Change approved the Paris Agreement committing 195 nations of the world to «holding the
increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5 °C.»
When researchers ran the numbers for the Corn Belt, the
global models fell short of reality: They predicted both temperature and humidity to
increase slightly, and rainfall to
increase by up to 4 % — none of which matches the observed
changes.
«The fact that we don't see the presently understood meteorological signature of
global warming in
changing outbreak statistics leaves two possibilities: either the recent
increases are not due to a warming climate, or a warming climate has implications for tornado activity that we don't understand.
However, solar variability alone can not explain the post-1970
global temperature trends, especially the
global temperature rise in the last three decades of the 20th Century, which has been attributed by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) to
increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.»
In a collaboration involving the University of Exeter, University College London and several other national and international partners, researchers from the University of Oxford's Environmental
Change Institute (ECI) and Oxford Martin School have investigated the geophysical likelihood of limiting
global warming to «well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature
increase to 1.5 °C.»
A substantial portion of the planet is greening in response to
increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide, nitrogen deposition,
global warming and land use
change.
Published today in the journal Nature Geoscience, the paper concludes that limiting the
increase in
global average temperatures above pre-industrial levels to 1.5 °C, the goal of the Paris Agreement on Climate
Change, is not yet geophysically impossible, but likely requires more ambitious emission reductions than those pledged so far.
There has been a
global, 30 - year
increase in surface mining (1), which is now the dominant driver of land - use
change in the central Appalachian ecoregion of the United States (2).