Sentences with phrase «new risks from climate change»

Climate change is a major public health threat, already making existing problems like asthma, exposure to extreme heat, food poisoning, and infectious disease more severe, and posing new risks from climate change - related disasters, including death or injury.

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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»).

From our perspective, the financial sector side, in what sense does climate change pose new or different risks to the financial system, all the way from the obvious, such as the concept of stranded assets, which you've got lending all against those thiFrom our perspective, the financial sector side, in what sense does climate change pose new or different risks to the financial system, all the way from the obvious, such as the concept of stranded assets, which you've got lending all against those thifrom the obvious, such as the concept of stranded assets, which you've got lending all against those things?

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Pulling the same legal levers as those involved in its climate change investigation of ExxonMobil, the New York state attorney general's office obtained an agreement from coal giant Peabody Energy to end misleading statements and disclose risks associated with global warming.

With the right policy framework, we are confident that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities.

The California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance (CSWA) will receive two grants from the United States Department of Agriculture «s (USDA «s) Risk Management Agency and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for new risk management and climate change initiatiRisk Management Agency and the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for new risk management and climate change initiatirisk management and climate change initiatives.

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.

Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to produce fewer flowers, new research shows.

Showy ornaments used by the male of the species in competition for mates, such as the long tail of a peacock or shaggy mane of a lion, could indicate a species» risk of decline in a changing climate, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

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 heatClimate 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 heatclimate 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.

Norfolk's butterflies, bees, bugs, birds, trees and mammals are at major risk from climate change as temperatures rise — according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

The trailer (above) is overheated and polemical, mashing up risks from climate change driven by accumulating greenhouse gases with the deep and inherent climate and coastal vulnerability from New Orleans to sub-Saharan Africa (vulnerability that is mainly created by poverty, a lack of governing capacity, poor planning and / or population growth, not by changing environmental risks).

Scientists have been highlighting the risk to global food production due to climate change for some time, but a new study from Purdue University quantifies some of the worst effects.

Paul Fisher, a Dot Earth reader from New Jersey who recently expressed cogent concerns here about dealing with the risks in a complex engineered system — nuclear power plants — has offered similar observations about a complex biogeophysical system in a comment on my post on Arctic climate change, past and future.

The BBC's viewers and listeners could soon be hearing a lot less hot air from climate change skeptics, under new guidance warning of the risk of «false balance» in science reports.

The polar bear has been the poster child of species loss risk from climate change, but the emergence of the extremely rare «grolar bear,» the offspring of a grizzly and a polar bear, is new evidence of how climate affects species.

International Institute for Environment and Development, «Climate Change: Study Maps Those at Greatest Risk from Cyclones and Rising Seas,» press release (London: 28 March 2007); Catherine Brahic, «Coastal Living — A Growing Global Threat,» New Scientist.com, 28 March 2007; UNEP, op.

Another frequently mentioned option is for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York to invoke the state's powerful stock - fraud statute, the Martin Act, as the state has done in recent years to force other fossil fuel companies to disclose more about the financial risks they face from climate change.

Sea ice loss from climate change is causing polar bears to swim longer distances to find stable ice or to reach land, resulting in greater risk to their cubs, according to a new paper co-authored by a WWF expert.

The three EU - funded sister projects on high - end climate change, HELIX, IMPRESSIONS and RISES - AM have drawn upon their wide range of expertise from many disciplines across the natural and social sciences to develop new understanding of the implications and risks of exceeding 20C, adapting to the climate changes.

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

An average $ 2.5 trillion (# 1.76 trn) of the world's financial assets would be at risk from climate change impacts if global temperatures are left to increase by 2.5 °C by 2100, warns a new study by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Ecoclimate change impacts if global temperatures are left to increase by 2.5 °C by 2100, warns a new study by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Econchange impacts if global temperatures are left to increase by 2.5 °C by 2100, warns a new study by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of EcoClimate Change and the Environment at the London School of EconChange and the Environment at the London School of Economics.

That is the stark conclusion of a new report from consultancy giant KPMG, which reveals that 72 percent of large and mid-cap companies worldwide do not acknowledge the financial risks of climate change in their annual financial reports.

Representing almost 10 percent of the state's annual greenhouse gas emissions, methane reduction is a key piece of New York's policies to address the risks from climate change.

Decision makers in both public and private sectors can benefit from an iterative risk management framework for responding to climate change, in which decisions and policies can be revised in light of new information and experience.

The state attorneys general of New York and Massachusetts, meanwhile, are investigating whether Exxon misled investors about its risks from climate change.

This new research from Carbon Tracker and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants reveals that current financial reporting standards, stock market listing requirements, industry reporting frameworks and non-financial guidelines do not alert investors to the risks of reserves associated with climate change.

A report called Risky Business: A Climate Risk Assessment for the US, released June 24 by former Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and entrepreneur Tom Steyer, provides a comprehensive valuation of financial risks the United States faces from climate Climate Risk Assessment for the US, released June 24 by former Secretary of Treasury Hank Paulson, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and entrepreneur Tom Steyer, provides a comprehensive valuation of financial risks the United States faces from climate climate change.

Both MRC and CFACT have previously accepted grants from oil company ExxonMobil, which is currently under investigation by the New York attorney general for allegedly lying about the risks of climate change to the public and investors.

A new survey from Carbon Tracker has revealed that while fossil fuel companies are well aware of the impacts of climate change and the effects carbon - cutting policies will have on fossil fuels reserves, only 7 % integrate the risks into corporate project and capital expenditure assessments.

Most recently he has been studying how global climate change and related sea - level rise affect the risks from coastal - storm surges, primarily impacts on infrastructure systems in global megacities, including the New York City metropolitan region.

Hurricane Katrina is a reminder to the U.S. insurance industry, companies, governments and the general public that all are at risk from escalating losses from hurricanes and other weather - related events due to climate change resulting from the effects of global warming, according to a new report released by the Ceres investor coalition.

Last month, the G20's Task Force on Climate - related Financial Disclosures co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney recommended full and standardized disclosure by companies and investors of financial risks and opportunities from climate Climate - related Financial Disclosures co-chaired by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney recommended full and standardized disclosure by companies and investors of financial risks and opportunities from climate climate change.

Dec 10, 2007 — Scientists from Columbia University's Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory will report this week on vital topics including new evidence of the effects of climate change; technologies to confront it; studies of eastern U.S. earthquake risk; and previously unseen inner workings of the deep polar ice caps.