Sentences with phrase «other vulnerable regions»

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With lower external debt than other regions, Asian economies have been less vulnerable to a strengthening U.S. dollar, which remains one of the main risks to our outlook for emerging markets.

From the 1970s to 1990s, the population dropped by 80 percent, and similar to other exploited species the fish have started to aggregate in smaller regions of the sea, making them more vulnerable to fishing pressure.

But now, a vulnerable glacier on the other side of the island, part of a massive flow of ice known as the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, shows that yet another region of Greenland is feeling the effects of warming oceans.

In addition, I served on a multidisciplinary team assessing nutrients in ground water across the country — findings that EPA and other federal agencies used to prioritize regions most vulnerable to ground - water contamination.

Both empirical studies and model projections demonstrate that snowpack in the Northern Rockies and inland Pacific Northwest is more vulnerable to warming than some other regions in the West.

As research leaders in developing and using models to provide scientific insights into weather and climate change, Qian and others are striving to understand uncertainty in systems and modeling to improve projections and help prepare vulnerable regions for potential climate change impact.

The US, United Kingdom (UK), France, and other Western countries manipulate the doctrines of human rights and good governance to suit their economic interest and national priorities but not to suit vulnerable and voiceless humanity in Africa.41 Their support for the RPF remains unwavering despite numerous reports of human rights violations which predates the Rwandan genocide and which triggered genocide and led to the destabilisation of the Great Lakes region.

With lower external debt than other regions, Asian economies have been less vulnerable to a strengthening U.S. dollar, which remains one of the main risks to our outlook for emerging markets.

Now the deployment of fossil and coal generation in regions like sub-Saharan Africa is very likely a net positive for humanity, since a lack of modern electricity systems is largely what makes those locales most vulnerable to climate and other impacts in the first place.

In other words, the fastest way to provide air conditioning to the hundreds of millions of people on Earth who are currently vulnerable to heat death, is to accelerate the development of unfettered capitalism in their regions, giving them access to air conditioning and inexpensive electricity.

I would also warn you and others readers, though, that it is a subject highly vulnerable to cherry picking, because the consequences are so variable from region to region, crop to crop, and from one level of climate change to another.

Most of the region's population lives in cities, which are particularly vulnerable to climate change related flooding and life - threatening heat waves because of aging infrastructure and other factors.

Although urban and rural regions in the Northeast have profoundly different built and natural environments, both include populations that have been shown to be highly vulnerable to climate hazards and other stresses.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

What are NASA and other science agencies doing to better understand this vulnerable region and its potential impact on global sea level?

Specific goals of the Synthesis Workshop included inter alia: to inform health scientists, practitioners, and officials of the impacts of climate variability, and long - term climate change in the Indian Ocean, Pacific, Caribbean and other regions; to address vulnerability assessment and adaptation options for Small Island Countries; and to summarize conclusions and recommendations for common actions and activities for Small Island States and vulnerable islands in general.

On the other hand, at a more detailed scale, from a small region to a small country, many specific localities, sectors and societies can be highly vulnerable, at least to possible low - probability / high - consequence impacts; and potential impacts can amount to very severe damages.

Having successfully pushed for the Ontario Offshore Moratorium, and her organizations having effected the moratoria for two cities near Toronto and the largest regional conservation authority in Ontario (Toronto and Region Conservation Authority), she is now working with other Ontario groups, such as Manitoulin and Central Huron and other vulnerable and at - risk communities around the Great Lakes and Basin.

Vulnerability to climate change can be exacerbated by the presence of other stresses... vulnerable regions face multiple stresses that affect their exposure and sensitivity as well as their capacity to adapt.