As a result of these challenges, the office has launched an online tool called the Sendai Framework Monitor, named after the global agreement to tackle the impacts
of global disasters by 2030.
Not exact matches
Actual operational and financial results
of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines and ExpressJet will likely also vary, and may vary materially, from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected for a number
of other reasons, including, in addition to those identified above: the challenges and costs
of integrating operations and realizing anticipated synergies and other benefits from the acquisition
of ExpressJet; the challenges
of competing successfully in a highly competitive and rapidly changing industry; developments associated with fluctuations in the economy and the demand for air travel; the financial stability
of SkyWest's major partners and any potential impact
of their financial condition on the operations
of SkyWest, SkyWest Airlines, or ExpressJet; fluctuations in flight schedules, which are determined
by the major partners for whom SkyWest's operating airlines conduct flight operations; variations in market and economic conditions; significant aircraft lease and debt commitments; residual aircraft values and related impairment charges; labor relations and costs; the impact
of global instability; rapidly fluctuating fuel costs, and potential fuel shortages; the impact
of weather - related or other natural
disasters on air travel and airline costs; aircraft deliveries; the ability to attract and retain qualified pilots and other unanticipated factors.
Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect
of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels
of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments
of the aerospace industry, levels
of air travel, financial condition
of commercial airlines, the impact
of weather conditions and natural
disasters and the financial condition
of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization
of the anticipated benefits
of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing
of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition
of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration
of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization
of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels
of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred
by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability
of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope
of future repurchases
of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level
of other investing activities and uses
of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition
of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery
of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits
of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits
of diversification and balance
of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome
of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact
of the negotiation
of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect
of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect
of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions,
global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect
of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition
of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits
of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing
of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence
of events that may give rise to a right
of one or both
of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee
of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million
of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects
of the announcement or the completion
of the merger on the market price
of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation
of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value
of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered
by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability
of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.
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»).
With high oil prices persistently poised to derail the
global economy, with large economies like Germany and Japan swearing off nuclear in the wake
of the Fukushima Daiichi
disaster, with coal hampered
by looming emissions caps, unexpectedly abundant gas seems poised to fill the energy void.
E.g. the creation week is out
of order, a
global flood hasn't happened since man's appearance, Joshua's «stopped sun» would have been reported
by multiple civilizations and likely caused world - wide
disasters, etc..
That President Xi has accumulated so much personal power is partly a reflection
of his political acumen, and partly a recognition
by the Party that China needs a single strong leader at the moment as it transitions from a weak local power recovering from the
disasters of Japanese occupation in the early 20th century followed the cultural revolution and the great leap forwards, and instead becomes a
global power.
Following their sold - out shows Minsk, 2011 and Trash Cuisine, BFT turn their unflinching eye towards the
global issue
of world destruction, as they tell the stories
of real people displaced
by catastrophic man - made and natural
disasters.
Sarah Hill, director
of the University
of Edinburgh's
Global Public Health Unit, said: «We were incredibly surprised
by these results, as they run counter to received wisdom about the impact
of disasters on health.
«Our study's publication on the 50th anniversary
of the [sic] 1967 Tasmanian fire
disaster is a fortuitous coincidence that helps highlight the
global vulnerability
of cities surrounding
by flammable forests, regardless
of climate change,» Bowman wrote in a «behind the paper» web post for Nature.
The supply
of food in impoverished nations is determined not only
by global food prices, but also local political instability, natural
disasters, the generosity
of rich nations, and investment in agricultural development projects.
A Warmer Earth, and Fewer Insured Private insurers also point fingers at a changing climate, citing a report issued
by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) earlier this year that concluded
global warming is to blame for a doubling over the past five years
of natural
disasters — and that the situation will worsen if nothing is done to stop it.
Moderated
by: Heide Hackmann, Executive Director, International Council for Science (ICSU) Introductory presentation and remarks: Gordon McBean, President
of the International Council for Science (ICSU) Panellists: Stephan Lechner, Director
of the Institute for the Protection and Security
of the Citizen (IPSC), DG JRC, European Commission Eva Alisic, Co-Chair,
Global Young Academy Virginia Murray, Vice-chair UNISDR Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG), Chair
of the S&T Organising Committee for the UNISDR Science and Technology Conference on the implementation
of the Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 - 2030 Closing remarks: Vladimír Šucha, Director General
of DG JRC, European Commission
Just 20 %
of the world's people with disabilities could evacuate immediately without difficulty in the event
of a
disaster, according to the
global survey conducted
by the UN in connection with the Day.
It is widely agreed that the vast majority
of people displaced
by disasters are internally displaced (defined
by the 1998 Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement), which is the focus
of displacement situations highlighted
by the
Global Estimates report.
The impact
of these hazards is often strongly influenced
by human actions that contribute to
disaster risk and long - term changes in the
global climate; therefore, the causes
of these hazards and
disasters related to them are often less than «natural».
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Strong Evidence That Humanity Is Capable
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He has argued that failed banks should not be bailed out, Lehman's collapse was not a
disaster, AIG should be declared bankrupt, that naked short selling is not a problem, that backdating isn't so bad, insider trading should be legal, many corporate CEOs are underpaid,
global solutions are worse than local solutions, Warren Buffett is overrated, Michael Milken is a great American, the collapse
of the hedge fund was not a scandal, hedge funds are over-regulated, education is overrated
by the educated, bonuses at successful Wall Street's firms are deserved and possibly undersized, management buyouts are boons to the economy, Enron's management was victimized
by an over-zealous prosecution, Sarbanes - Oxley should be repealed, corporate compliance culture is a
disaster, shareholder democracy is overrated, hostile takeovers ought to be revived, the market is permanently moving away from public ownership
of equity in corporations, private partnerships are on the rise, public ignorance is encouraged and manipulated
by governments and corporations, experts overrate expertise, regulatory agencies are controlled
by the businesses they supposedly regulate and Wall Street is much more fun than people give it credit for.
For a show at the South London Gallery in 2009, Superflex mused on
global capitalism and climate change
by showing a film
of a replica McDonald's burger bar being slowly flooded, as in a
disaster movie.
With this series the artist gives shape to a fragile space threatened
by globalization, industrialization,
global warming, and other consequences
of human behavior and the concomitant natural
disasters which extinguish life and nature.
They thoght that recent big
disasters of weather were caused
by global warming.
Some scientist only aggravate the problem because they exaggerate the abilities
of models
by proclaiming ties
of global warming to a specific natural
disaster; as a result, some people are accepting atrocious technology that proclaims the end
of global warming.
She also warned against getting the public too riled up
by setting up national financial
disaster and that
global warming could get the blame for all the wasted money
of the last ten years.
Two days after the talk, Mr. Gore was sharply criticized for using the data to make a point about
global warming
by Roger A. Pielke, Jr., a political scientist focused on
disaster trends and climate policy at the University
of Colorado.
While Pam and Haiyan, as well as other recent tropical cyclone
disasters, can not be uniquely pinned on
global warming, they have no doubt been influenced
by natural and anthropogenic climate change and they do remind us
of our continuing vulnerability to such storms.
THEN STEFAN SAYS EXACTLY WHAT THE PRESIDENT WAS INFERRING IN HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; and what has been repeatedly said already in the IPCC Reports: «While Pam and Haiyan, as well as other recent tropical cyclone
disasters, can not be uniquely pinned on
global warming, they have no doubt been influenced
by natural and anthropogenic climate change and they do remind us
of our continuing vulnerability to such storms.»
A refreshing antidote to the political and economic slants that commonly color and distort news coverage
of topics like the greenhouse effect, air quality, natural
disasters and
global warming, Real Climate is a focused, objective blog written
by scientists for a brainy community that likes its climate commentary served hot.
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However, higher temperatures do cause an increased chance
of heavy precipitation events, and it is likely that the flooding in some
of this year's U.S. flooding
disasters were significantly enhanced
by the presence
of more water vapor in the air due to
global warming.
By dismissing the moral aspects
of continuing behavior that may lead to a
disaster of global proportions, he minimizes one
of our most potent sources
of motivation: conscience.
The size distortion
of each country reflects its contribution to the total
global population affected
by natural
disasters between 1975 and 2004.
Human development including the disruption
of normal coastal geomorphic forces
by coastal infrastructure assure that any change in
global temperature and consequent sea level, will be a
disaster to these environments.
If blister rust can be regarded as a steadily, if slow - moving,
disaster for whitebark pine, the relatively dramatic and sudden attack
of mountain pine beetles can be regarded as a biological firestorm, fueled
by global warming, experts at a recent workshop sponsored
by the Natural Resources Defense Council said.
This declaration was adopted
by the participants to the Third
Global Congress
of Women in Politics and Governance, on Gender in Climate Change Adaptation and
Disaster Risk Reduction, in Manila, Philippines, 19 - 22 October, 2008.
Multi-million dollar
global warming
disaster epic «Years
of Living Dangerously» beaten in TV ratings
by «Bob's Burgers» reruns
The objectives
of the campaign are to increase understanding and encourage commitment
by local and national governments to make
disaster risk reduction and resilience and climate change a policy priority and to bring the
global Hyogo Framework closer to local needs.
The Children's Charter for DRR was launched at the United Nation's International Strategy for
Disaster Reduction (UNISDR)
Global Platform for DRR in 2011 and consists
of five priorities for DRR, including addressing climate change, identified
by children from 21 hazard - prone countries.
Manuel Pulgar - Vidal, head
of WWF's
global climate and energy programme, and COP20 President, said: «In a year marked
by extreme weather
disasters and potentially the first increase in carbon emissions in four years, the paradox between what we are doing and need to be delivering is clear: countries must act with greater climate ambition, and soon, to put us on a path to a 1.5 °C future.
This article
by Jane McAdam traces the «catalytic effect»
of paragraph 14 (f)
of the Cancún Adaptation Framework, through to the concerted, but ultimately unsuccessful effort
of the UNHCR in 2011 to get states to agree to the formulation
of a «
global guiding framework» on displacement relating to climate change and natural
disasters.
They conferred awards and recognition on each other, excluded skeptical scientists from «peer reviews»
of one another's papers, and conspired to blackball editors who permitted the publication
of professional papers
by Sallie Baliunas, Willie Soon, Patrick Michaels, Richard Lindzen, Roy Spencer and other climate experts whose work challenged the Mann - made
global warming
disaster thesis.
If after five years
of filtered sunlight a
disaster occurred — a drought in India and Pakistan, for example, a possible effect in one
of the modeling studies — we would not know whether it was caused
by global warming, the solar filter or natural variability.
I could only laugh as ridiculous CO2 alarmists who metamorphosed a local
disaster, brought about
by ignorance
of natural coastal changes, into a
global warming «crystal ball».
The observed increase in
global NPP over the past five decades is quite an accomplishment for the terrestrial biosphere, especially when one considers all the negative stories — nary a day goes
by without notice
of some environmental
disaster (human - or naturally - caused) occurring somewhere in the world and wreaking havoc on nature.
Over the past three decades, most natural
disasters (90 %) have been caused
by climate - related events, they say, and extreme climatic events are likely to become more frequent because
of global warming.
These include claiming that addressing climate change will keep the poor in «energy poverty»; citing the
global warming «hiatus» or «pause» to dismiss concerns about climate change; pointing to changes in the climate hundreds or thousands
of years ago to deny that the current warming is caused
by humans; alleging that unmitigated climate change will be a good thing; disputing that climate change is accelerating sea level rise; and denying that climate change is making weather
disasters more costly.
For that insight and effort the planet is rewarded with years
of ozone recovery and a comfort that a
disaster was avoided
by a
global awareness and response.
Senator Legarda was recognized this week in Paris as a
Global Champion for Resilience
by the Special Representative
of the UN Secretary General for
Disaster Risk Reduction.
If the predictions
by climate scientists are accurate and true, as a
global unit, all
of us need to sign on with all hands on deck to avert
disaster.
«Climate science» as it is used
by warmists implies adherence to a set
of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production
of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate
of rise
of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates
of change
of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate
of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5)
global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use
of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level
by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The
global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity
of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a
disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050
by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm
by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.