It's an opportunity for the local stock exchange to take
the lead on a global level.
«It's an opportunity for the local stock exchange to take
the lead on a global level,» he stated.
Not exact matches
Not surprisingly, the spread of diseases (not to mention unhealthy lifestyles that
lead to diseases)
on a
global level is much easier than coordinating care, managing supply chains and clinical trials and rolling out treatments.
Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing
on additional capacity
on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing
lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States
on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in
global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default
on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory
levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses
on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report
on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.
If so, the interaction between hydrofracturing and ice - cliff collapse could drive
global sea
level much higher than projected in the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC)'s 2013 assessment report and in a 2014 study
led by Kopp.
Dr Svetlana Jevrejeva from the NOC, who is the
lead author
on this paper, said «Coastal cities and vulnerable tropical coastal ecosystems will have very little time to adapt to the fast sea
level rise these predictions show, in scenarios with
global warming above two degree.
On a basic
level,
global climate models are similar to today's weather forecasting tools, explains Jerry Meehl, a senior scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, and a
leading climate modeler.
«Until recently, only West Antarctica was considered unstable, but now we know that its ten times bigger counterpart in the East might also be at risk,» says Levermann, who is head of PIK's research area
Global Adaptation Strategies and a
lead - author of the sea -
level change chapter of the most recent scientific assessment report by the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, IPCC.
Sea
levels could rise by 2.3 meters for each degree Celsius that
global temperatures increase and they will remain high for centuries to come, according to a new study by the
leading climate research institute, released
on Monday.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from
Global Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a
Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge
on climate change, sea -
level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing
on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.»
Levels of
global biodiversity loss may negatively impact
on ecosystem function and the sustainability of human societies, according to UCL -
led research.
On the high end, recent work suggests that 4 feet is plausible.23, 3,6,7,8 In the context of risk - based analysis, some decision makers may wish to use a wider range of scenarios, from 8 inches to 6.6 feet by 2100.10,2 In particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26 on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level ris
On the high end, recent work suggests that 4 feet is plausible.23, 3,6,7,8 In the context of risk - based analysis, some decision makers may wish to use a wider range of scenarios, from 8 inches to 6.6 feet by 2100.10,2 In particular, the high end of these scenarios may be useful for decision makers with a low tolerance for risk (see Figure 2.26
on global sea level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that lead to more warming would be expected to lead to higher amounts of sea level ris
on global sea
level rise).10, 2 Although scientists can not yet assign likelihood to any particular scenario, in general, higher emissions scenarios that
lead to more warming would be expected to
lead to higher amounts of sea
level rise.
Climate Change: The Last Great
Global Warming (p 56) The
levels of carbon dioxide release and current speed of warming across the globe could
lead to extinctions
on a scale worse than previously thought, an article in this month's Scientific American suggests.
«The
global spread of plants and their adaptations to life
on land,
led to an increase in continental weathering rates that ultimately resulted in a dramatic decrease the
levels of the «greenhouse gas» carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and
global cooling,» said co-author Dr. Jennifer Morris, from the University of Bristol.
Researchers found that zooming in
on certain regions
led to surprising changes in how the model responded
on the
global level.
The researchers found that loss of collagen VII not only affected the composition of the cellular microenvironment but also
led to
global changes in cell homeostasis
on mRNA and
on protein
level.
Main results show that ice cap melt
on Greenland and / or Antarctica injects fresh water into oceans near respective continents causing rapid sea
level rise and shuts down AMOC and / or SMOC
leading to enormous
global climate disruption, including massive storms.»
The
Global Citizenship Education Student Showcase 2018, an initiative
led by students from Educate Together's nationwide network of second -
level schools, took place
on Thursday 10 May at Hansfield Educate Together Secondary School.
The 2016 Civic Sedan benefits from the most extensive and ambitious redesign in the 43 - year history of Civic, a
global development effort
led for the first time by Honda's U.S. R&D team, which set their sights
on creating the world's best compact - class car with benchmark - setting
levels of quality, fuel efficiency, interior spaciousness and fun - to - drive performance.
«This year's programme will bring together some of the
leading artists, writers, publishers, and tech visionaries to share their experience of storytelling in different mediums
on a local and
global level», said Thomas Minkus, VP Emerging Media & English Language Markets of Frankfurter Buchmesse and Managing Director of IPR License.
The education and knowledge imparted by these premier institutions are well recognized by many of the world's top
leading educational organizations
on a
global level.
Petfood Forum and Petfood Innovation Workshop provide show visitors from all over the world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from
leading pet food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with suppliers, and of course transact business with one another
on a
global level.
Petfood Forum and Petfood Innovation Workshop provide show visitors from all over the world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from
leading pet food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with suppliers, and transact business with one another
on a
global level.
Petfood Forum provides show visitors from all over the world with opportunities to network with industry peers, learn from
leading pet food experts, consultants and technical experts, visit with suppliers, and of course transact business with one another
on a
global level.
Paige Schaffer, President and COO of Generali
Global Assistance's Identity and Digital Protection Services Unit, commented
on today's news, «I am proud to
lead a team of experts who reside in our Bethesda, MD headquarters, and are deeply committed to providing the highest
level of service for our clients.
Once again, the show welcomed a number of new initiatives including the launch of the ATM
Global Stage, which opened the week's proceedings with a high
level panel discussion
on the future of tourism in the UAE featuring
leading industry leaders including Issam Kazim, CEO, Dubai Corporation Travel and Commerce Marketing; Sultan Al Mutawa Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director, Tourism, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority; H.E Khalid Jassim Al Midfa, Chairman, Sharjah Commerce and Tourism Development Authority; Haitham Mattar, CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority; Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO, Shurooq; Thierry Antinori, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Emirates Airline; Gerald Lawless, Head of Tourism, Dubai Holding and Honorary President, Jumeirah Group and Aligi Gardenghi, VP Marketing EMEA and Commercial Director MEA, Hilton.
This design seems counterproductive,
on the one side people who spend money
on lootcrates are restricted from progressing too fast by the
global level requirement,
on the other site people who spend money will have a higher card
level which
leads to them being able to upgrade cards faster.
In 2011, Sturmwind proved that Dreamcast was the phoenix of video game consoles when RedSpotGames revealed the game publicly
on national television in Germany and it even earned a public endorsement from SEGA however the boys at Elysian Shadows have taken things to the next
level with their border-less style of development with a team composed of members literally spread across the globe which has
lead to
global coverage.
«Agustín is a forward - thinking and strategic director with an excellent track record of
leading museums
on a
global level and attracting new audiences and support through innovative, collection - based programs,» said Catherine Marcus Rose, President of the Board of Trustees.
«The broader picture gives a strong indication that ice sheets will, and are already beginning to, respond in a nonlinear fashion to
global warming,» he wrote last May in the online journal Environmental Research Letters, adding there was «near certainty» that unabated emissions «would
lead to a disastrous multi-meter sea
level rise
on the century timescale.»
On the international stage, high -
level talks
lead to the establishment of a
Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) during the World Climate Conference 3 (WCC3) in Geneva 2009.
The idea (quoted in the United Nations Environmental Programme report) that in order to be reasonably sure of avoiding dangerous and potentially irreversible climate change, a minimum of a 50 % cut in
global emissions compared with 1990
levels is required by 2050, is based firmly
on the IPCC -
led consensus, contrary to the impression you appear to have.
This technical document provides the following information: - An update of
global greenhouse gas emission estimates, based
on a number of different authoritative scientific sources; - An overview of national emission
levels, both current (2010) and projected (2020) consistent with current pledges and other commitments; - An estimate of the
level of
global emissions consistent with the two degree target in 2020, 2030 and 2050; - An update of the assessment of the «emissions gap» for 2020; - A review of selected examples of the rapid progress being made in different parts of the world to implement policies already
leading to substantial emission reductions and how they can be scaled up and replicated in other countries, with the view to bridging the emissions gap.
First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation
on carbon
led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or
global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints
on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates
on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.
Finally, while economics may be critical to your definition of «catastrophic» anthropogenic
global warming, economics says nothing about the science underlying the projections of sea
level rise, the physics of Arctic amplification, changes to albedo that
lead to greater warming that may
lead to significant releases of methane clathrate deposits, regional projections of reduce (or enhanced) precipitation, and so
on.
Moreover, the CIFOR -
led study of which this model is a part has found that the rush to produce biofuel has resulted in high
levels of deforestation in many tropical countries, and therefore can have significant impacts
on global climate change and local ecosystem services.
Based
on a
leading aggregate damage estimate in the climate economics literature, a delay that results in warming of 3 ° Celsius above preindustrial
levels, instead of 2 °, could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of
global output.
Based
on «a
leading aggregate damage estimate in the climate economics literature,» the report found that the nation will suffer at least $ 150 billion in additional economic damages each year if
global temperatures increase by three degrees Celsius above pre-industrial
levels, rather than two degrees Celsius:
The energy system is both a source of emissions that
lead to
global warming and it can also be directly affected by climate change: through changes in our energy consumption patterns, potential shutdowns of offshore oil and gas production, changing ice and snow conditions in the oil production regions of Alaska, changing sea ice conditions in the Arctic Ocean and the implications for shipping routes, and impacts of sea -
level rise
on coasts, where so much of our energy facility infrastructure is located.
How many
on first click i.e the top
level,
lead directly to a section called «
Global climate change»?
(11/15/07) «Ban the Bulb: Worldwide Shift from Incandescents to Compact Fluorescents Could Close 270 Coal - Fired Power Plants» (5/9/07) «Massive Diversion of U.S. Grain to Fuel Cars is Raising World Food Prices» (3/21/07) «Distillery Demand for Grain to Fuel Cars Vastly Understated: World May Be Facing Highest Grain Prices in History» (1/4/07) «Santa Claus is Chinese OR Why China is Rising and the United States is Declining» (12/14/06) «Exploding U.S. Grain Demand for Automotive Fuel Threatens World Food Security and Political Stability» (11/3/06) «The Earth is Shrinking: Advancing Deserts and Rising Seas Squeezing Civilization» (11/15/06) «U.S. Population Reaches 300 Million, Heading for 400 Million: No Cause for Celebration» (10/4/06) «Supermarkets and Service Stations Now Competing for Grain» (7/13/06) «Let's Raise Gas Taxes and Lower Income Taxes» (5/12/06) «Wind Energy Demand Booming: Cost Dropping Below Conventional Sources Marks Key Milestone in U.S. Shift to Renewable Energy» (3/22/06) «Learning From China: Why the Western Economic Model Will not Work for the World» (3/9/05) «China Replacing the United States and World's
Leading Consumer» (2/16/05)» Foreign Policy Damaging U.S. Economy» (10/27/04) «A Short Path to Oil Independence» (10/13/04) «World Food Security Deteriorating: Food Crunch In 2005 Now Likely» (05/05/04) «World Food Prices Rising: Decades of Environmental Neglect Shrinking Harvests in Key Countries» (04/28/04) «Saudis Have U.S. Over a Barrel: Shifting Terms of Trade Between Grain and Oil» (4/14/04) «Europe
Leading World Into Age of Wind Energy» (4/8/04) «China's Shrinking Grain Harvest: How Its Growing Grain Imports Will Affect World Food Prices» (3/10/04) «U.S.
Leading World Away From Cigarettes» (2/18/04) «Troubling New Flows of Environmental Refugees» (1/28/04) «Wakeup Call
on the Food Front» (12/16/03) «Coal: U.S. Promotes While Canada and Europe Move Beyond» (12/3/03) «World Facing Fourth Consecutive Grain Harvest Shortfall» (9/17/03) «Record Temperatures Shrinking World Grain Harvest» (8/27/03) «China Losing War with Advancing Deserts» (8/4/03) «Wind Power Set to Become World's
Leading Energy Source» (6/25/03) «World Creating Food Bubble Economy Based
on Unsustainable Use of Water» (3/13/03) «
Global Temperature Near Record for 2002: Takes Toll in Deadly Heat Waves, Withered Harvests, & Melting Ice» (12/11/02) «Rising Temperatures & Falling Water Tables Raising Food Prices» (8/21/02) «Water Deficits Growing in Many Countries» (8/6/02) «World Turning to Bicycle for Mobility and Exercise» (7/17/02) «New York: Garbage Capital of the World» (4/17/02) «Earth's Ice Melting Faster Than Projected» (3/12/02) «World's Rangelands Deteriorating Under Mounting Pressure» (2/5/02) «World Wind Generating Capacity Jumps 31 Percent in 2001» (1/8/02) «This Year May be Second Warmest
on Record» (12/18/01) «World Grain Harvest Falling Short by 54 Million Tons: Water Shortages Contributing to Shortfall» (11/21/01) «Rising Sea
Level Forcing Evacuation of Island Country» (11/15/01) «Worsening Water Shortages Threaten China's Food Security» (10/4/01) «Wind Power: The Missing Link in the Bush Energy Plan» (5/31/01) «Dust Bowl Threatening China's Future» (5/23/01) «Paving the Planet: Cars and Crops Competing for Land» (2/14/01) «Obesity Epidemic Threatens Health in Exercise - Deprived Societies» (12/19/00) «HIV Epidemic Restructuring Africa's Population» (10/31/00) «Fish Farming May Overtake Cattle Ranching As a Food Source» (10/3/00) «OPEC Has World Over a Barrel Again» (9/8/00) «Climate Change Has World Skating
on Thin Ice» (8/29/00) «The Rise and Fall of the
Global Climate Coalition» (7/25/00) «HIV Epidemic Undermining sub-Saharan Africa» (7/18/00) «Population Growth and Hydrological Poverty» (6/21/00) «U.S. Farmers Double Cropping Corn And Wind Energy» (6/7/00) «World Kicking the Cigarette Habit» (5/10/00) «Falling Water Tables in China» (5/2/00) Top of page
Lead author James Hansen, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, concludes: «If
global emissions of carbon dioxide continue to rise at the rate of the past decade, this research shows that there will be disastrous effects, including increasingly rapid sea
level rise, increased frequency of droughts and floods, and increased stress
on wildlife and plants due to rapidly shifting climate zones.»
Josh Willis, a
lead NASA scientist for the Jason missions, which measure sea
level rise from space and Ocean's Melting Greenland (OMG), is a passionate communicator about human - caused
global warming.Come listen to a talk
on what his team has found out about the role of the oceans in ice loss around the margins of the Greenland Ice Sheet.
«Marked periods like the warming anomaly in the Middle Ages or the small ice age come up
on a regional
level but don't show a single
global picture,» said Heinz Wanner, the study's
lead researcher.
Prashant Goswami, chief scientist at Bangalore's CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation and one of the
lead authors of the IPCC report, admitted that these conclusions were based
on climatic projections that were not as firm as those made at a
global level.
Recognizing this limited
level of scientific understanding during those years prompted our scientists to work with other
leading scientific researchers to investigate the potential enhanced greenhouse effect and its influence
on the
global climate system.
WEDO, along with the Council of Women World Leaders and the Heinrich Boell Foundation will be co-hosting a roundtable event
on Friday to be
led by former Irish president Mary Robinson and ex-Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland — intrepidly described as the «the first ever
global gathering of high -
level government, U.N. and civil society organizations»
on climate change issues.
A recent study by the International Energy Agency says relying
on gas would
lead to a CO2e
level of 650 ppm, meaning 4 °C
global warming from fast feedbacks alone (and 4 °C is surely enough to set off slow feedbacks causing far more warming after this century).
Many of the world's
leading governance data producers are also included
on the site, including top -
level indicators from Transparency International, World Bank Group, Freedom House,
Global Integrity, World Resources Institute, and others.
Most recently, as a board member of
Global Compact Network Canada he has been
leading a high
level working group drafting a guidance document to assist companies and their auditors assess implementation of the voluntary principles
on security and human rights initiatives.