Sentences with phrase «major global environmental issues»

«He has written extensively and spoken widely to policy, business and scientific audiences on the need for basing policy on strong science and scientific assessment, and about the need to understand the linkages between science, the environment, economics and policy on major global environmental issues.

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As the global conversation grows around climate change and other political or environmental issues, innovative companies are working to solve those major problems.

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.

In his first major commitment on global environmental issues as President, Bill Clinton has overturned decisions made by his predecessor George Bush at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro last June.

Our academics regularly advise on policy issues around major global challenges such as poverty reduction and environmental sustainability.

They deal with major global, sociological, cultural, economic, ecological and environmental issues from the past ten years.

The root cause of all the major environmental issues from food shortages, loss of biodiversity to global warming is current overpopulation.

The Oak Foundation - which «commits its resources to address issues of global, social and environmental concern, particularly those that have a major impact on the lives of the disadvantaged».

It's possible to join any number of groups which campaign for environmental issues and almost all of which make global warming a major part of their efforts.

«I first made a prediction about global warming (GW) in 1980 and it was that GW would become the major environmental issue...... I am now predicting that if this fallacious «Kaya identity» is not rejected at this early stage then it will become the major propaganda tool used in attempt to revive the ailing GW - scare.»