Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability
of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost
of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates
of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates
of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect
of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result
of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect
of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any
changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution
of key milestones such as the receipt
of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation
of our announced acquisition
of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate,
future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability
of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk
of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production
of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts
of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak
of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact
of future discount rate
changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition
of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect
of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and
environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect
of changes in tax law, such as the effect
of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and
changes to the interpretations
of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect
of such
changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability
of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass
of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many
of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment
of interest on, and principal
of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness
of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact
of ongoing or
future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition
of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse
changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result
of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks
of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions
of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
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.
Complex and interconnected crises in the political,
environmental, and social spheres are taking hold
of our world — and it is time
change - makers with a shared vision for a sustainable
future seize the moment.
«As worldwide discussions relating to global climate
change and
environmental respect continue, the technologies being developed by BYD will be an integral part
of that
future.»
For example, as the
environmental costs
of climate
change rack up, planning for the
future and thinking about climate mitigation can genuinely help a company's bottom line.
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 our new aims
of education for the 1980's and beyond, therefore, we shall have to dedicate ourselves to bringing back, among other things, the civilized use
of language (both written and oral), a sensitivity to beauty, powers
of analytical reasoning, the intellectual vision
of ourselves as historical creatures, the ability to cognitively articulate ideas rather than let communication skills courses degenerate into merely «touchie - feelie» experiences
of «affirming the other,» and finally, a sensitivity to the nuances, complexities, and ambiguities
of meanings.7 In this way, and only in this way, our educational system will equip its students for the
future with an intellectual vision comprised
of both knowledge and foresightful adaptability to
environmental changes.
Meeting the world's
future food and nutritional needs in a sustainable way presents critical development challenges, underscoring the urgent need for action to enhance production while minimizing the
environmental footprint
of rice systems and their vulnerability to climate
change.
Yesterday's surprise announcement that the Chancellor is to remove the Climate
Change Levy exemption for renewable energy poses questions about the
future of environmental taxation which the Government needs to address, says the CIOT.
According to President Akufo - Addo, the completion
of the SDGs in 2030, position
future generations to overcome issues pertaining to poverty, climate
change and
environmental protection.
«Projecting Health Impacts
of Climate
Change: Embracing an Uncertain
Future» by Howard H. Chang, associate professor in the department
of biostatistics and bioinformatics at Emory University; Stefanie Ebelt Sarnat, associate professor in the department
of environmental health at Emory University; and Yang Liu, associate professor in the department
of environmental health at Emory University.
Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance
of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative —
Future Earth Research for Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and
environmental challenges from climate
change as they emerge over coming years.
The three 2017 Fellows will join inaugural SCS Fellow Abbey Paulson, who is using
environmental DNA to increase understanding
of patterns
of biodiversity in Acadia and documenting a new baseline for monitoring
of future change.
«This study takes an integrated approach that addresses the need to advance Arctic
environmental research at the system level, a challenge that has been recognized by the broad scientific community as necessary to improve predictions
of future change,» said Cox.
The aim is to provide useful information for decision - makers and stakeholders in assessing the
environmental impact
of future climate
change.
According to a study published in the journal Conservation Biology by a group
of scientists from the University
of Notre Dame, Resources for the
Future, U.S. Forest Service, University
of Michigan and the NOAA Great Lakes
Environmental Laboratory, if bighead and silver carp were to establish in Lake Erie, local fish biomass is not likely to
change beyond observations recorded in the last 3 decades.
«Understanding which
environmental cues link migration timing to patterns
of global
change is key to forecasting
future responses
of migration systems,» said Kelly.
Such epigenetic mechanisms are high on the list
of suspects when it comes to explaining how
environmental factors that affect parents can later influence their children, such as in the Dutch second world war study, but just how these epigenetic
changes might be passed on to
future generations is a mystery.
«By doing this, we can better understand and predict the
future of HABs and water safety in the Lake Erie community with the impact
of changing climate and
environmental factors.»
«Selective - breeding programmes may effectively reduce the capacity
of corals to adapt to
future changes in
environmental conditions by narrowing genetic variation,» says David Miller, a coral biologist at James Cook University in Townsville.
The methods established in the new study can be used in
future for applied purposes — for example for local protection measures, for
environmental assessments by authorities, or to integrate the long - term effects
of road building into scenarios
of the World Bank regarding global biodiversity
changes.
The study, «Pathways
of Influence in Emotional Appeals: Benefits and Tradeoffs
of Using Fear or Humor to Promote Climate
Change - Related Intentions and Risk Perceptions,» published in the Journal
of Communication, was the result
of a partnership grant between Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable
Future, where Niederdeppe is a faculty fellow, and the
Environmental Defense Fund.
Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research (UFZ) and the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) have now revealed, on the basis
of historical data, how plant diversity in the region
of Halle an der Saale has
changed in over 300 years
of urbanization, and have also made predictions about the
future.
The research provides new insight and understanding
of the likely impact
of predicted
environmental change on
future ocean biodiversity.
It's undoubtedly attractive to picture an «e-science»
future, where the impacts
of scientific research such as
environmental climate
change and genomic bioresearch are shared globally with spectrally efficient 100 Gbps transmissions systems.
These patterns in turn may have implications for
future C cycling and sequestration in tropical forests, as
changes in
environmental conditions lead to shifts in abundances
of herbivore populations.
Non-polar glacial ice holds a wealth
of information about past
changes in climate, the environment and especially atmospheric composition, such as variations in temperature, atmospheric concentrations
of greenhouse gases and emissions
of natural aerosols or human - made pollutants... The glaciers therefore hold the memory
of former climates and help to predict
future environmental changes.
«We don't really know the
future of forests in a
changing climate,» said lead author William Anderegg, an associate research scholar in the Princeton
Environmental Institute and an incoming assistant professor
of biology at the University
of Utah.
A magnitude - 9 earthquake in Japan, a momentous climate
change summit, reports on
future global «hyperwarming», and rumblings about some
of the first geoengineering field trials all made 2011 a remarkable year for the
environmental sciences.
Snazzy online calculators and mapping tools that accompany the new model enable users to tweak a number
of variables, including gas prices and
environmental costs, and see how the nation's energy
future might
change, at the level
of individual counties.
«This quantitative attribution
of human and natural climate influences on the IPWP expansion increases our confidence in the understanding
of the causes
of past
changes as well as for projections
of future changes under further greenhouse warming,» commented Seung - Ki Min, a professor with POSTECH's School
of Environmental Science and Engineering.
«If we know better how
environmental variability affects the ability
of animals to tolerate
future environmental change, then we can think about it in a restoration and conservation context,» says Rivest.
One question that remains to be settled is whether the
changes are genetic, and will be passed on to
future generations — actual evolution — or whether they represent «plasticity,» the capacity
of some species to adjust to rapid
environmental change.
«Our studies clearly show that widespread species have a much more diverse intraspecific gene pool than species that are adapted to a specific habitat,» explains Dr. Jan Christian Habel
of the Technical University in Munich, and he continues, «Once these animals — due to the fragmentation
of their habitats — lose the opportunity to maintain this genetic diversity by means
of exchange, they will no longer be able to adapt to
changing environmental conditions in the
future.»
The discovery
of genes involved in the production
of DMSP in phytoplankton, as well as bacteria, will allow scientists to better evaluate which organisms make DMSP in the marine environment and predict how the production
of this influential molecule might be affected by
future environmental changes, such as the warming
of the oceans due to climate
change.
Changes in precipitation patterns and possibly decreased precipitation in some parts
of Africa, which will be unable to support crops and human habitation in the
future, would have repercussions, said Roger - Mark De Souza, director
of population,
environmental security and resilience at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
It is not mentioned in any
of the 169 targets, yet many people think it is a decisive factor for global
environmental change and
future human wellbeing,» says IIASA World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz, a study coauthor.
«Humans can adapt their behaviour to a wide range
of climatic and
environmental conditions, so it is essential that we understand the degree to which human choices in the past, present and
future are resilient and sustainable in the face
of variable weather conditions, and when confronted with abrupt events
of climate
change.
If bighead and silver carp were to establish in Lake Erie, local fish biomass is not likely to
change beyond observations recorded in the last three decades, according to a study published in the journal Conservation Biology on Thursday (Aug. 6) by a group
of scientists from the University
of Notre Dame, Resources for the
Future, U.S. Forest Service, University
of Michigan and the NOAA Great Lakes
Environmental Laboratory.
The
environmental state
of the coastal sea, adaptation to climate
change and alternatives to conventional fuels — the current issue delves into important topics concerning the
future.
Her research aims to enhance our understanding
of environmental changes that impact primary producer communities, as these influence the ecology and fitness
of higher trophic levels, and to inform
future spatial population trends in light
of current predictions
of climate
change.
What shapes the biodiversity and biogeochemical processes
of these tiny organisms provides a scientific basis for habitat mapping, developing conservation strategies, guiding long - term monitoring efforts and predicting the possible responses
of these organisms to
future environmental changes in Antarctica.
The international science on global
environmental change, which has provided the insights we have today on the functioning
of the Earth system and impacts on human societies
of anthropogenic
change, has triggered a concerted global effort, integrating the ICSU / ISSC Visioning process on the Grand Challenges for Earth system research for global sustainability with the Belmont Forum challenge (a coalition
of major donors
of global
environmental change research), to define the
future integrated science agenda on Earth system research for global sustainability.
Study
of Environmental Arctic
Change (SEARCH) launched a CH4 synthesis project with the goal
of estimating contemporary budgets for CH4 in the Arctic and projecting rates
of future release.
The data will be especially useful to colleagues such as Lee Murray, an assistant professor
of earth and
environmental sciences, who builds computer models to predict
future changes in atmospheric chemistry.
This system is programmable, allowing independent control
of pH, oxygen, and temperature to enable experiments that examine the effects
of present - day upwelling conditions, expected
future conditions, or other
changes in these
environmental conditions.
The first thread integrates the geological record
of past
environmental changes to quantify our understanding
of the past and provide data sets against which to test the models used to make projections
of future global
change.
Written by an
environmental journalist, this book examines the
future of food, feeding the world, and climate
change while introducing readers to food renegades, activists, and visionaries around the world.
For more resources visit thisisgeography.co.uk Lesson sequence: 1 - Urban
future 2 - Supersized cities 3 - How cities began 4 - Urbanisation in Africa 5 - Favelas 6 - Urban
change in the UK 7 - The
future of cities ICT 8 - Introducing Bristol 9 - Social opportunities 10 - Bristol's economy 11 - Urbanisation and the environment 12 -
Environmental challenges 13 - Social inequality 14 - New housing in Bristol 15 - The Temple Quarter Regeneration 16 - Rio De Janeiro 17 - Social challenges in Rio 18 - ICT economic challenges in Rio 19 - Improving Rio for the city's poorest
These ideas laid the foundation for the Green Lane
Environmental Diary, which from humble beginnings in Japan in 1999, has gone onto inspire more than one million students across Asia and the Pacific to become agents
of change for a sustainable
future.