Sentences with phrase «other global environmental issues»

A 1990 law has required such assessments every four years by an office — the U.S. Global Change Research Program — created in 1989 by Republican President George H.W. Bush to coordinate research on climate change and other global environmental issues across more than a dozen government agencies.

After he obtained his B.A. degree, Bromley was offered an assistant position at AAAS to help compile scientific facts on climate change and other global environmental issues for the public, analyzing large numerical data sets and making maps using computational tools.

By Kaz Janowski, editor at SciDev.net I have become aware of a growing weariness with the pessimistic narratives around climate change, migration and other global environmental issues and events.

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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.

After all, some investors might focus on workplace concerns and others on environmental matters or global economic issues.

Cultivating relationships with other nonprofit organizations, including those focused on environmental, global hunger, public health, free speech, and food safety issues, to build alliances and support for the policies that will be most effective at increasing plant - based options and readying the path to market for clean meat.

As the global conversation grows around climate change and other political or environmental issues, innovative companies are working to solve those major problems.

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.

To read more, subscribe here.Laudato Si addresses global warming and other environmental issues, as well as global development and economic justice.

Sagarin hopes that the results, appearing in the 26 October issue of Science, will encourage others to look for environmental responses to global warming in data sets collected informally by individuals or communities, like a bird - watcher's records.

Lomborg, a Danish political scientist with a background in statistics, argues in his text that claims made by environmentalists about global warming, overpopulation, energy, deforestation, species loss, water shortages, and a variety of other issues are exaggerations unsupported by a proper analysis of environmental data.

This includes MOUs with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC / UNESCO); the International Maritime Organization (IMO); the Global Invasive Species Programme (GISP); the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA); the State Oceanic Administration of the People's Republic of China (SOA); the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT); the Cluster of Excellence on the Future Ocean at Christian - Albrechts Universitat zu Kiel, Germany; the European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology (EurOcean); the University of Malta; the State Enterprise on Caspian Sea Issues at the President of Turkmenistan in Turkmenistan; and the High Seas Alliance among others.

CTA and other environmental groups have written the EPA Administrator demanding that the agency implement the Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts, et al v. EPA (CTA Global Warming Case) by issuing proposed regulations and an endangerment finding.

After completing the visual effects, but before the movie came out, he felt a pull to do «important work,» and so he left the entertainment industry and started a small nonprofit that teaches people about global warming and other environmental issues.

However, it crosses into other study areas such as - the SAHEL, desertification, global warming, climate change as environmental issues.

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Opinion polls for the past decade have consistently shown that the public would like to see something done about the global warming problem, along with many other environmental issues.

It also doesn't help that there are almost no grass roots mobilization efforts being carried out by national environmental groups over the issue of global warming other than 350.org.

At the inception of the Al Gore era of the global warming issue, Stephen Schneider and the Society of Environmental Journalists spotted the very thing that could stop the issue in its tracks — if the public only saw scientists contradicting each other over whether man - caused global warming was a problem, the issue would never advance as a problem in need of a solution.

However, when Americans are asked to rank environmental concerns, global warming is well below other issues, such as water pollution, air pollution, damage to the ozone layer and the loss of tropical rain forests.

Reflecting their longtime commitment to both philanthropic endeavors and environmental concerns, our founders, Richard and Rhoda Goldman, envisioned the Goldman Environmental Prize as a way to demonstrate the international nature of environmental problems, draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, reward ordinary individuals for outstanding grassroots environmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the Prizenvironmental concerns, our founders, Richard and Rhoda Goldman, envisioned the Goldman Environmental Prize as a way to demonstrate the international nature of environmental problems, draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, reward ordinary individuals for outstanding grassroots environmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the PrizEnvironmental Prize as a way to demonstrate the international nature of environmental problems, draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, reward ordinary individuals for outstanding grassroots environmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the Prizenvironmental problems, draw public attention to global issues of critical importance, reward ordinary individuals for outstanding grassroots environmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the Prizenvironmental achievements, and inspire others to emulate the examples set by the Prize recipients.

In a letter included as part of Yesterday's 88 - page report on the environment and other issues, Chairman Ford said global warming «stands out from other environmental issues because of its potentially serious consequences and its direct relationship to our industry.»

This notion is now being vetted through the International Civil Aviation Organization's (ICAO) Committee on Aviation and Environment Protection (CAEP), which met this month to consider this proposal and other pressing environmental issues in global aviation.

So long as global warming remains a politically charged issue, it will likely lag behind other environmental issues as a public concern.

Americans» generally low level of concern about global warming compared with other environmental issues is not new; warming has generally ranked last among Americans» environmental worries each time Gallup has measured them with this question over the years.

The report includes many other interesting results, including measures of public feelings of anger, fear and hope about global warming and the frames by which Americans conceptualize the issue (e.g., as an environmental, scientific, political, moral, or religious issue).

Regarding Alex Merz's comment: the problem with the debate about global warming (and many other environmental issues) is that the uninformed are thinking that they ARE informed because they are getting their information well - spun from «authorities» like Crichton and Lomborg and Gregg Easterbrook and Patrick Michaels.

The issue of carbon offsets is a contentious one: Some people panning them as doing little good or being distracting from the true environmental consequences of our lifestyle choices; other people praise them for providing a method to make a positive difference in the fight against global warming.

«Global warming hasn't been a public issue for nearly as long as some other environmental issues.

Successful management of global environmental issues would require political leadership that McKibben, Brand and others say hasn't materialized.

Bick specializes in advising on Global Reporting Initiative programs and other environmental and social responsibility (ESR) issues, such as responsible sourcing, supply chain transparency and responsible manufacturing.

Its availability here constitutes a «fair use» as provided for in section 29 of the Canadian Copyright Law as well as in similar «fair dealing» exceptions of the copyright laws of other nations, as part of Ontario Wind Resistance's noncommercial effort to present the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large - scale wind power development to a provincial and global audience seeking such information.