Sentences with phrase «potential global concern»

1) Always treat reports of clusters of unexpected and unexplained deaths with at least a «high index of suspicion» that the cause may be something of potential global concern.

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«Thus, the risks of potential «trade wars» and the potential negative impact on the global economy and on oil demand if these risks do materialise should constitute a serious concern for OPEC,» the authors argue.

In March, equities were under pressure after concerns of tougher regulation on tech companies as well as over fears of a potential global trade war.

«Global investors are also concerned about potential trade wars... which is stirring up some risk - aversion trade, so that, in turn, is supporting gold,» said Richard Xu, a fund manager at China's biggest gold exchange - traded fund, HuaAn Gold.

Although some are concerned about potential inflation and higher interest rates, we still enjoy an environment of synchronized global economic growth and muted macro risks.

In short, given the increased concerns of global growth slowing, oil price instability, the potential Brexit, and U.S. election, we think owning gold as part of a diversified asset allocation continues to be a sound approach.

As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.

Furthermore, efforts at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A, +0.62 % to move beyond fossil fuels into low - carbon energy is as much driven by the growth potential of alternative energy markets as a concern for global warming.

During my hiatus, I spoke with Rick Santelli (click on the image below) to discuss some of the new issues presenting investment opportunities, in addition to concerns surrounding potential negative fallout from ill - conceived models, such as the effect of the border adjustment tax on the global financial system.

This is especially important as the potential in Canada - Korea relations moves beyond the purely bilateral sphere of the past 50 years to more cooperation on international issues of common concern, such as the health of the global economy, effective global governance in the G20 and elsewhere, and preserving a peaceful and secure Asia Pacific region.

In early 2017, global investors were rightly concerned about the potential for a populist backlash by voters in France and how it might affect Europe and the rest of the international economy.

From early May to mid June, domestic bond yields followed global yields lower on concerns about potential deflationary pressures in the US and related expectations of easier monetary policy abroad and in Australia.

Concerns have been raised about the potential effects of transgenic introductions on the genetic diversity of crop landraces and wild relatives in areas of crop origin and diversification, as this diversity is considered essential for global food security.

It's an exciting and unique discovery that has great global commercial potential to resolve some of the most challenging human health and food concerns facing us today.»

The discoveries of these proteins and genes have the potential to address a wide range of critical agricultural problems in the future, including the limited availability of water for crops, the need to increase water use efficiency in lawns as well as crops and concerns among farmers about the impact heat stress will have in their crops as global temperatures and CO2 levels continue to rise.

Reports of MERS in Greece, England, France, Italy, Malaysia and other countries have raised concerns about potential global spread of the disease by infected airline passengers.

«The NRC has been pressured by the nuclear industry, directly and through Congress, to low - ball the potential consequences of a fire because of concerns that increased costs could result in shutting down more nuclear power plants,» said paper co-author Frank von Hippel, a senior research physicist at Princeton's Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

In addition to being a global health concern, the virus also is considered a potential biological threat agent.

WHO officials, meanwhile, said in a 30 December statement that they are «deeply concerned about the potential negative consequences» of the controversy on global efforts to share information about H5N1.

BTB is of global concern for multiple reasons — the economic impact on animal production, the potential spread to wildlife, and the risk of transmission to humans.

The ice that is of most concern is the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which is undergoing unprecedented changes, and is likely the biggest potential player in future global sea level rise.

Concerns that mitigation may be too slow in coming have led to renewed dialogue within the scientific community regarding potential strategies for counteracting global warming through geoengineering.

In this area, Sette's disease focus has shifted over the years from HIV, HBV and HCV to emerging diseases and diseases of potential biodefense concern to, most recently, diseases and pathogens relevant to worldwide global health, including dengue viruses, malaria, tuberculosis, and trypanosome infections.

University of Michigan Medical School researchers have identified bacterial genes that help the infections spread, providing a potential new target for treating UTIs, a global public health concern mostly affecting women.

Questions regarding how the social studies can encourage global citizenship have long been of concern to the field (Myers, 2006), and Twitter offers a potential platform that might facilitate more international interactions.

Although some are concerned about potential inflation and higher interest rates, we still enjoy an environment of synchronized global economic growth and muted macro risks.

While Ebola fortunately is unlikely to become a global pandemic (due to Ebola's infection pathway, which requires direct contact with bodily fluids, and the risk - minimizing public health advances in many parts of the world), we can harness the concern from the global community about Ebola's potential spread to have a constructive dialogue about preventing future outbreaks.

Polar amplication is of global concern due to the potential effects of future warming on ice sheet stability and, therefore, global sea level (see Sections 5.6.1, 5.8.1 and Chapter 13) and carbon cycle feedbacks such as those linked with permafrost melting (see Chapter 6)... The magnitude of polar amplification depends on the relative strength and duration of different climate feedbacks, which determine the transient and equilibrium response to external forcings.

Although continuing research will deepen this under - standing and require the report to be updated at frequent intervals, basic conclusions concerning the reality of the enhanced greenhouse effect and its potential to alter global climate are unlikely to change significantly

John Broder has a story above the fold in Sunday's Times describing growing concerns of Defense Department planners over the potential destabilizing effect of the building global greenhouse effect.

More on the Potential Risk of Methane Bubbling From the Siberian Seafloor Further reinforcement of the notion that while permafrost melting is certainly a cause for concern due to the global warming potential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, notPotential Risk of Methane Bubbling From the Siberian Seafloor Further reinforcement of the notion that while permafrost melting is certainly a cause for concern due to the global warming potential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, notpotential of trapped methane, at least where the Siberian seafloor is concerned, well, not so much.

Andy, I found the plankton post informative, but I have a concern: IF public understanding of global warming (and potential ways to address it) were at the «A» level, or at least the «B» level, then we'd all have context within which to find these types of things (e.g., the current story) very helpful.

The latest assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted these concerns: «Despite the known causal links between climate and malaria transmission dynamics, there is still much uncertainty about the potential impact of climate change on malaria at local and global scales.»

There has been global concern about the rampant rates of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the potential impact this could be having on global warming.

And there were apparently real concerns all over the world about anthropogenic pollution from horse manure (APHM)-- real enough to hold a global APHM conference (like Kyoto) to deliberate about how to address this potential future threat.

The report offers some answers and concrete proposals — while recognizing that much more needs to be learned, more questions formulated, and more experience gained, to build an effective strategy to support global agricultural adaptation while harnessing its significant potential contribution to climate change mitigation and taking into consideration development objectives and food security concerns.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healGlobal Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healGlobal Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healglobal partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

«The report found that the Russian - sponsored news agency RT (formerly Russia Today) «r [an] anti-fracking programing, highlighting environmental issues and the impacts on public health,» which «is likely reflective of the Russian Government's concern about the impact of fracking and the U.S. natural gas production on the global energy market and the potential challenges to [Russian energy companies»] profitability.

As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is the availability of zero - or low - global warming potential (low - GWP) alternatives to replace high - global warming potential (GWP) HFCs.

Such experiments should be judged on their scientific merit, as well as the broader governance and ethics concerns around solar geoengineering, which should include potential biodiversity responses when the intention is to inform solar geoengineering deployment at the global scale.

The great concern of scientists today is that the potential global temperature changes projected over the next century approach those that took place 252 million years ago.

Cons: typically uses HCFCs as blowing agents, which have high global warming potential and moderate ozone depletion, flammable and produces toxic fumes when burned, made from crude oil byproducts, all brands of XPS sold in US include HBCD which causes concern to EPA as well as others, protective gear is recommended to be worn during cutting and installation.

These numbers could suggest that when the issue of global warming is discussed in an environmental / public health framework, people are more likely to access their feelings of concern about potential impacts on public welfare, and may consider the issue outside of a political framework.

One of the most concerning aspects of global warming is the potential for rising seas to damage infrastructure and property and displace a large proportion of our planet's population.

Across the nations surveyed, the threat of droughts or water shortages is the most troubling potential effect of global climate change — a median of 44 % say they are most concerned about this possibility.

Sub-Saharan Africans voice similar levels of worry about drought — 59 % cite it as the most concerning potential effect of global climate change.

In his story looking into the implications of new scientific findings concerning the potential impacts of ocean circulation variability on our understanding of the behavior the global average surface history (parts of which we described in our last post), Revkin interviewed four prominent climate researchers.

-- Since sea level is not rising, the chief ground of concern at the potential effects of anthropogenic «global warming» — that millions of shore - dwellers the world over may be displaced as the oceans expand — is baseless.

But are the pope's concerns over potential global warming based upon the best available science?

I would be willing to wager hard cash that there are few, if any, people that are concerned about Global Warming and the potential for harm it presents who would like nothing better than to have solid, irrefutable evidence it won't be a problem.