Sentences with phrase «of global damage»

And of course we hear the sounds of crickets chirping whenever I ask for evidence of global damage from CO2.

I regularly ask Joel Shore and others to produce verifiable evidence of global damage caused by the rise in CO2.

No models, please; no papers, peer reviewed or otherwise, unless they provide testable, measurable, verifiable evidence of global damage caused by CO2.

If you have evidence of global damage, post it.

In fact I'd suggest that turning away from a focus on what needs to be done and instead challenging local examples of the global damage is the core of the weakness of public response to the predicament.

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«At a time when the global economy is fragile and market sentiment is sensitive, unbalanced and unjustified rating decisions such as Moody's today can initiate damaging self - fulfilling prophecies and certainly strengthen the arguments for tighter regulation of the rating agencies themselves.»

In terms of the global impact of the crisis, execs said the damage to Japan was big enough to change fundamental forecasts for the world economy, giving the statement a 4.2.

Despite the obvious benefits of the partnership, the chasm between a toymaker, and a global brand synonymous with environmental damage was, ultimately, too great to overcome.

The NIRP absurdity is jackhammering into the foundation of the global economy that has already been damaged by the distortions caused by years of QE and zero - interest - rate policies.

Global Risks: A Roadmap for Business in a Changing Economy What risks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and dGlobal Risks: A Roadmap for Business in a Changing Economy What risks are lurking on the global horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and dglobal horizon, failing to draw our full attention but capable of inflicting great disruption and damage?

China has accused Trump of damaging the global system of trade regulation by taking action under U.S. law instead of the through the WTO.

So, I would like to start by talking about the Asian and global financial crises and the policy / regulatory responses intended to reduce the risk and damage of future crises.

The Province of B.C. is willing to make significant environmental sacrifices for projects that will bring economic benefits to the Province of B.C.. On the other hand, they will block a project needed by a land - locked sister province, a project that would benefit all of Canada, claiming that they are doing so because they must protect the environment, protect the land from damage and reduce global warming.

If there's a bright spot for the province, however, it's that the ongoing disruption of Alberta oil sands production — estimated by the Conference Board of Canada to be about 1.2 million barrels a day, comprising nearly $ 1 billion in economic activity — has contributed to a rally in global oil prices that could give producers, and therefore the Alberta economy, a badly - needed lift once production is finally back on - line (assuming, of course, the fires are eventually extinguished and oil sands operations escape serious damage).

The dispute has weighed on global financial markets amid concern it could spiral into a damaging round of retaliatory import controls by governments worldwide.

«Sadly the island is so badly damaged that there is no ability to communicate — no way to know the number of people who may have been killed in the storm itself with houses coming down, debris,» Stephen E. Flynn, the founding director of the Global Resilience Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Should investors run for the hills in fear of 1930s style protectionist policies that could damage global trade?

«[N] on - state actors, including rebel and terrorist organizations,... committed by far some of the most egregious human rights abuses and caused significant damage to the global status of respect for religious freedom,» according to the 2014 IRF report.

Of course it is wise to take security precautions to limit the damage that can be done by terrorists, but a policy of waging war on terrorism is likely to lead the world into an ever deeper quagmire of hostility and global chaoOf course it is wise to take security precautions to limit the damage that can be done by terrorists, but a policy of waging war on terrorism is likely to lead the world into an ever deeper quagmire of hostility and global chaoof waging war on terrorism is likely to lead the world into an ever deeper quagmire of hostility and global chaoof hostility and global chaos.

It will be cheaper, they tell us, to adjust to increased storm damage, build more dikes and seawalls, relocate people and pay the costs of increased air - conditioning than it would be to take steps to slow global warming.

The danger is that global capitalism will not collapse until much of the biosphere is irreparably damaged, many national governments have lost the power to prevent chaos in their borders, and the struggle for the remaining resources is everywhere violent.

Earnings were damaged by charges related to the destruction of excess wine in the US market, although the firm's global net sales still rose by nearly 5 % for the year, to A$ 1.76 bn.

Without Champions League football next season, United have been stripped of their elite status; damaging a global brand built and maintained on the...

Global Summit on Ending Corporate Punishment and Promoting Positive Discipline Registrations are being accepted now for this June 2011 conference in Dallas, Texas, that will assemble, for the first time, an international group of leading policy makers, attorneys, educators, children's rights activists, and researchers from multiple disciplines (e.g., anthropology, criminology, history, medicine psychology, social work, and sociology) as well as other interested individuals who concur that corporal punishment of children is an unsuitable and potentially damaging way to discipline and teach children.

New York hedge fund Alden Global Capital siphoned hundreds of millions of dollars from one of America's largest news chains, a new lawsuit charges, damaging local news organizations to finance insider investment deals.

«The pursuit of a militarised and enforcement - led global «war on drugs» strategy has produced enormous negative outcomes and collateral damage.

The Global Amnesty Watch, an organization out to address the use of international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) by some big countries to undermine their territorial integrity, sovereignty and the national laws of the country said, it is rightly concerned that the plots to destabilize otherwise stable countries is gathering pace instead of slowing down in the face of global outrage over the damage beingGlobal Amnesty Watch, an organization out to address the use of international Non-Governmental Organisation (NGOs) by some big countries to undermine their territorial integrity, sovereignty and the national laws of the country said, it is rightly concerned that the plots to destabilize otherwise stable countries is gathering pace instead of slowing down in the face of global outrage over the damage beingglobal outrage over the damage being done.

He admits frankly: «The market failure of the global financial crash has ended up damaging the electoral position of the centre left much more than the centre right.»

The plant disease still causes billions of dollars in global crop damages annually.

He winced at stories of congenitally damaged children, and his global interest in the DNA of Jewish populations sprang from a desire never again to hold the hand of a distraught Jewish parent.

«If there were a long term and significant increase in the pollutant content of the atmosphere either of particles or of carbon dioxide, the potential damage to the global environment could be severe,» he said.

The budget, «if enacted, would significantly damage the nation's role as the global leader of research and innovation, and would roll back years of bipartisan support from Congress,» said Benjamin Corb, public affairs director for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Rockville, Maryland, in a statement.

The government's policy is also, in part, a reaction to a growing awareness of the environmental damage done by fossil fuels, especially global warming.

On the first global map of earthquake hazards, pink and red signal a more than 10 % chance of ground accelerations exceeding 25 % of the force of gravity within the next 50 years — high enough to cause widespread damage to buildings.

Said Dr Tom Evans, WCS Director of Forest Conservation and Climate and joint lead author of the study: «Even if all global targets to halt deforestation were met, humanity might be left with only degraded, damaged forests, in need of costly and sometimes unfeasible restoration, open to a cascade of further threats and perhaps lacking the resilience needed to weather the stresses of climate change.

According to global models, the Protocol will have prevented 2 million cases of skin cancer annually by 2030, averted damage to human eyes and immune systems, and protected wildlife and agriculture, according to UNEP.

Rich and poor were deadlocked on Wednesday over how to raise aid to help developing countries cope with the damaging effects of global warming, in a setback at United Nations climate talks in Warsaw seeking progress towards a 2015 accord.

But an international team of scientists, lawyers and policy makerstermed the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP) is working to develop a game plan for curbing the damage, which Stanford professor Harold Mooney presented at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science last Friday.

Much of the damage will have been done by the year 2010, it says, and the rest by 2070, when the predicted effects of global warming from emissions of greenhouse gases will have done their worst.

In a report released last week, the institute predicts that global warming over the next 80 years could lead to the destruction of fisheries, increased storm damage, and the displacement of millions of people.

The general public might say that these occurrences are an indictment of the new methodologies; however, one of the most remarkable facts is the minimal damage suffered by LTCM during the catastrophic events which rattled the global financial markets during the summer of 1998.

Another route to speeding up the reactivation of damaged or abandoned water installations is to create a global database of maps and technical details of water plant and distribution networks, so that when somebody blows bits of one up, or abandons it, water supplies can be restored quickly.

A major release of methane trapped in the frozen seabed off Russia could accelerate global warming and cause $ 60 trillion in damage, almost the size of world GDP, it said.

We're talking about massive damages if we didn't do anything,» said Jochen Hinkel, a senior researcher at the Global Climate Forum and a co-author of the paper.

The form of phosphate plants can use is in danger of reaching its peak — when supply fails to keep up with demand — in just 30 years, potentially decreasing the rate of crop yield as the as the world population continues to climb and global warming stresses crop yields, which could have damaging effects on the global food supply.

According to the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, global average storm surge damages could increase from about $ 10 - $ 40 billion per year today to up to $ 100,000 billion per year by the end of century, if no adaptation action is taken.

The study, led by the Berlin - based think - tank Global Climate Forum (GCF) and involving the University of Southampton, presents, for the first time, comprehensive global simulation results on future flood damages to buildings and infrastructure in coastal flood pGlobal Climate Forum (GCF) and involving the University of Southampton, presents, for the first time, comprehensive global simulation results on future flood damages to buildings and infrastructure in coastal flood pglobal simulation results on future flood damages to buildings and infrastructure in coastal flood plains.

A release of 50 billion tonnes of methane would bring forward by 15 to 35 years the date at which global temperature rise exceeds 2 ˚C above pre-industrial levels, the model shows, with most of the damage in the poorer parts of Africa, Asia and South America.

Although global warming is likely to change the distribution of species, deforestation will result in the loss of more dry forests than predicted by climate change damage.

In effect, O3 delivers global warming via two routes: the 0.35 watt - per - meter - squared (w / m2) extra heat it traps directly and the as much as 15 percent less vegetation that grows worldwide as a result of O3 damage.