How
much confidence do we have that we know all of the ways in which the earth will react are known?
pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How
much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.
Not exact matches
I didn't think that
much about downside risk, examine all the ways I could fail, or create a Plan B. Now, I understand it wasn't naivety, it was creative
confidence, the reassuring knowledge that even if I don't know what the end - solution looks like from day one, I have the agility to test, measure, learn, and adjust on the fly.
It didn't give me
much confidence in the safety and accessibility of my mission - critical data.
«You need enough self -
confidence to command the respect of others, but that needs to be counter-balanced with knowing that there is
much you simply don't know,» he writes.
«So, on the one hand, we know from research that people are
much better at work when they feel empowered, which consists of having meaning on the job, a sense of autonomy, a sense of
confidence, and also an impact on what you
do and the people you're trying to help.
With more information, accuracy didn't improve at all, but the experts»
confidence in their predictions was
much higher.
People often report picking up «vibes» from their fellow employees that they aren't trusted, and
much of that comes from subtle body language cues -; shifting eyes, a lack of eye contact, or closed arms might be an indication that people don't have full
confidence in you, Kerr explains.
The company that
does what I call the sleazy auto renewal lacks
confidence in customers renewing, which says pretty
much everything that needs to be said.
The move is a vote of
confidence in the U.S. economy — a signal that consumers and businesses don't need quite as
much help via monetary policy now that the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6 percent, close to what economists call full employment.
«We don't have
much confidence or trust in Mr. Kerkorian,» Hargrove said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.
Tesla may need to
do much to maintain investor
confidence and allay any fear of cash burns.
Doing the right thing only reluctantly and as part of a strategy to win a
confidence vote may not sound like
much of an achievement except for the fact that he
did it.
This certainly
does not inspire
much confidence in the current move off the lows and leads me to believe there are...
While leading measures and our Recession Warning Composite
do not currently provide enough evidence to anticipate an oncoming recession with
confidence, they
do suggest
much greater prospects for economic weakness than the Wall Street consensus suggests.
As a result of our limited
confidence in how the Living Goods and BRAC programs are monitored, we
do not know how
much we will be able to learn about the success of the programs in the future.
However, when all respondents were asked whether they know, with a high degree of
confidence, how
much of their current income would be replaced by income from a retirement plan at work, 38 %
did not know.
Canadian retirees can receive government support through the Old Age Security (OAS) pensions as well as through the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), yet 48 % of those surveyed
did not know with a high degree of
confidence how
much of their current income will be replaced by their CPP or OAS benefits.
I agree but find it
much more complicated now I have so many funds and I don't have the
confidence or knowledge to slim down the portfolio to less funds as it was originally built by an advisor
The competition for new traders joining in
does not inspire
much confidence.
«Ignorance more frequently begets
confidence than
does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know
much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.»
Scholars often have «too
much confidence» in their abilities, Allison argues, and they
do not pay sufficient attention to the fact that their theories are frequently «underdetermined by the data» that supposedly supports them.
Compared to any of those, a mother hen
does not inspire
much confidence.
Not until I had been back in the U.S. for several months
did it dawn on me that I had experienced a profound sense of serenity in these people and, through them, had glimpsed my own
confidence and inner strength, elusive through
much of my life as a white christian in the U.S.
I really, really hope that we'll look back on these two events as isolated, but unfortunately I don't have very
much confidence when it comes to that.»
He
does not have
much confidence in the United Nations, in the politicians who run the government, or even in military force, though he
does not see what else to depend on if things get worse.
If religion gives people so
much «
confidence» and «conviction,» why
do they go into such hysterics whenever some «mere human» expresses a doubt?
I can say with complete
confidence that while the two cultures are very different, effective rural pastors care just as
much about the culture as
do effective urban pastors.
At the same time, there was so
much to
do, so
much to rebuild, and the regnant American and Israeli zeitgeist allowed so little room for melancholy or lack of
confidence.
Scholars»
confidence has nothing to
do with theology but
much to
do with historiographic common sense...»
Plus teaching isn't preaching, but conversation (and heckling, a
much more relaxed environment) where I don't have to have the answers, but can help guide the discussion to places where folks have the
confidence to come to their own conclusions.
They can not join with those vociferous persons, often associated with conservative religious groups, who seek to go back to what are often styled «the good old days»: on the other hand, they
do not have
much sympathy for the wildly radical people who assume that there must be a total destruction of our inheritance, in the naive
confidence that surely «something» will then appear that is entirely good and sound and right.
I was hesitant to let other people in to what I was
doing, yet I desperately needed them — I could never have taken it
much further without them, as I simply didn't have the knowledge or the
confidence.
When it comes to mac and cheese, that blue box may be a quick - fix meal, but baffling ingredients like «Yellow No. 6» don't inspire
much confidence in the nutrition department.
«Now, how
much notice I take and how often I meet with them is another thing, so I think I can manage that sort of a conversation by being seen to and occasionally meeting with everyone and anyone, but in terms of having structure and detail and discussions in
confidence, I only
do it here.»
Whether they all
do remains to be seen, as given we're only seven months away from their deals running down, it won't fill Arsenal fans with too
much confidence that they can be persuaded to put pen to paper.
The best as
much as we can
do and the first is to find some
confidence back.
Just like, with anything that you attempt to
do in life... If you approach it with
confidence, dedication and concentration then you will have a
much more higher success rate!
Chelsea fans will hope this goal vs Colombia
does Giroud's
confidence some good as he's yet to make
much of an impact at Stamford Bridge since joining from Arsenal in the January transfer window.
His final ball is still letting him down too often but that's a
confidence thing as
much as anything and performances like today won't
do him any harm.
Wenger and the Arsenal players need to
do their bit, of course, and perform
much better than they have been, but if Liverpool can further dent Chelsea's
confidence, could we be set for a long overdue EPL win over them?
You have to admire his
confidence, and we have seen bigger gaps closed before, but just how likely is it and what
do Arsenal need to de differently to make this half of the season so
much better?
The continual experiment of Cazorla on the left side of the pitch most be stopped, play him behind the striker and let him
do his thing, he should have been building his
confidence back while Ozil was out in that position, if you (wenger) wants jack to play so
much, let him play behind giroud and bench cazorla, but this experiment must stop allow, Campbell, ox or Gnabry to show themselves in that position, even RYO and COQ would
do a
much better job on the left side of the park.
That is a big IF and I don't have a lot of
confidence that they will, but if they
do, people will see just how
much they held him back the first seven or so games of the season.
The fact that McCoy had to go to the coaches and ask them to change the game plan again after he had to
do it last year doesn't inspire
much confidence in their coaching abilities, however.
What I will say is that he didn't let those few screwups affect his
confidence very
much, as far as I could tell, and he held his own against both guys quite a bit.
i think this comeback boost the
confidence we have to accept that we
do nt get the 50 % of decisions and move on lets not think about the refs all players run their sucks off and i think they were
much much better than both Wansea and Manu games
They haven't even brought in that
much quality... Herrera and Shaw are good players don't get me wrong, but it's the LVG effect that is giving these pundits and fans a spruce of
confidence.
The tournament has been good for the big Gunner though, and even if he and his French team mates
do not manage to beat Portugal in the final he will finish the tournament with
much more
confidence and form than he started it and his reputation with the French fans and football media will be
much better.
Like he has
done on so many occasions before, Alexis Sanchez has shown how
much of an influential player he is on the ball and his skill, ability,
confidence and determination to win, is exactly what has made him a great success at Arsenal.