Sentences with phrase «principal drivers of»

The legal industry is no longer solely about lawyers, and that's one of the principal drivers of change.

The two principal drivers of emissions are population and GDP growth.

The simplest way to describe the deep decarbonization of energy systems is by the principal drivers of energy - related CO2 emissions — for convenience, since the focus of this chapter is on energy systems, we simply refer to them as CO2 emissions.

Because population change (resulting from educating girls and family planning), plant - rich diet, and reduced food waste are the principal drivers of this effect, Drawdown allocates the resulting reduction in emissions from land clearing to these solutions.

You can point the finger at all sorts of participants in this battle, but I believe (and we have been examining and discussing at length on this site for more than 8 years now) the principal drivers of the polarization are coming more from: (1) the corporate energy interests who are protecting their profits against regulation and other policies that would move the system away from fossil fuels, and using their clout in the political process to tie things up; (2) right - wing anti-government and anti-regulatory ideologues whose political views appear threatened by scientific conclusions that point toward a need for stronger policy action; (3) people whose religious or cultural identities appear threatened by modern science; and so forth.

The new directive is the culmination of an extensive interagency review process undertaken in response to rapid changes taking place in the Arctic, the principal drivers of which are climate change, increasing human presence in the region, and the growing demand for Arctic energy deposits and other natural resources.

The principal drivers of dividends are corporate profit growth and payout ratios.

A recent report by Sotheby's International Realty found Boomers with an average household income of $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 are the principal drivers of the luxury real estate market in Canada.

Eugene Fama and Kenneth French develop the three - factor asset pricing model, which identifies market, size, and price (value) factors as the principal drivers of equity returns.

Fixed - asset investment, the principal driver of Chinese growth, recorded anemic growth at 1.05 % and 1.03 % in January and February, respectively (compared with 1.49 % and 1.42 % in the same period last year).

The principal driver of the venture rebound will be reduced competition — less capital and fewer managers — which will enable the survivors to achieve outsized returns over the next decade.

Higher crude US: CLK8 and commodity prices CRB, +0.42 % have been the principal driver of the short - term jump in the 10 - year break - even rate, the bond market's assessment for inflation over the next 10 years, to 2.18 %.

As for Mr. Trump, defender of traditional culture and religious freedom against «secular judges,» that forlorn hope is belied by the warm welcome afforded proponents of lifestyle libertinism — the principal driver of activist federal judging - as - legislating — at the Republican convention in Cleveland.

«Private enterprise and initiative is going to be the principal driver of economic growth.

«Overtime is a principal driver of high compensation in Nassau County,» Barsky said.

It's important to remember that the principal driver of radon awareness, research and reduction activities, EPA State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG), has been capped at a meager $ 8 million annually for years.

The principal driver of the growth was Ultimate Team across our sports franchises,» said EA CFO Blade Jorgensen.

I thought if CO2 is the principal driver of global warming, why did most of the 20th century warming happen before 1940, while most of the CO2 accumulation happened after 1940?

If that does not happen, then we can only conclude that something other than the state of the atmosphere is the principal driver of oceanic temperatures.

Humanity today, collectively, must face the uncomfortable fact that industrial civilization itself has become the principal driver of global climate.

Little do they realize that the basic thrust of my criticism of the I.P.C.C. draft was really to register a clear complaint that I.P.C.C. was being too wishy - washy and was not presenting its case for anthropogenic impact being the principal driver of global warming as clearly and forcefully as they could, and should.

Changes in Earth's radiation balance were the principal driver of past climate changes, but the causes of such changes are varied.

Unlike modern human made climate warming, the principal driver of warming at that time was the change in Earth's orbit around the sun.

This idea, first proposed six years ago and formally endorsed by the International Energy Agency in 2011, has been gaining traction because of the ever - stronger scientific consensus that carbon emissions from human activity is the principal driver of destructive climate change.

This research also confirms that the IPCC's insistence that human CO2 is the principal driver of climate change is seriously wrong, beside being hopelessly outdated.

At present, atmospheric temperature is decreasing and CO2 is increasing again showing that CO2 is not the principal driver of climate change.

Whether or not a) human CO2 has had much to do with past warming or b) will be a principal driver of future warming are separate questions.

By even countenancing the idea that there is a down and upswing you have already admitted that the principal driver of the recent (1975 - 1998) temperature increase is not dominated by CO2.

Unless these data can be refuted they represent a falsification of the premise that CO2 is the principal driver of our planet's climate and that AGW is, therefore, a serious potential threat to humanity or our environment.

In March 2005, Jan Veizer, one of Canada's top Earth scientists, published a comprehensive review of recent findings and concluded that «empirical observations on all time scales point to celestial phenomena as the principal driver of climate, with greenhouse gases acting only as potential amplifiers.»

Nevertheless, the idea that the sun, more so perhaps than humans, is the principal driver of terrestrial climate has been gaining ground in recent years.

Atmospheric concentrations of CO2, the principal driver of climate change, have climbed from nearly 280 parts per million (ppm) when the Industrial Revolution began around 1760 to 387 ppm in 2009.

I personally believe we are getting close to that point at which one can say that AGW has been shown not to be the principal driver of our climate.

Occasional Driver The person who is not the primary or principal driver of the vehicle.

Defensive driving discount: State law requires that the principal driver of a vehicle that has voluntarily and successfully completed an approved motor vehicle accident prevention course receive a discount.

Only the principal driver of the vehicle indicated in the insurance policy of the vehicle needs to sign up for Telematics to enjoy savings.

In some states, if you're 55 or older, and you're the principal driver of your insured car, you could save on your premiums by taking an approved defensive driving class.

You can gain driving experienced as a named occasional driver under the insurance policy of a parent or guardian, saving you a lot of money compared to if you listed yourself as the principal driver of your own vehicle.

Not exact matches

«Small banks are definitely the driver of small business,» says Joshua Siegel, founder and managing principal at StoneCastle Partners, a financial firm that invests in community banks and is based in New York City.

With the Chinese market a major driver of coal demand in Asia, any policy changes in the country will affect prices, contributing to the likelihood of continued price volatility in the seaborne coal market, wrote Wood Mackenzie's principal analyst for mining and metals fundamentals research, Rory Simington in a Nov. 16 report.

The fast - food chain generates as much as 70 percent of its sales from hungry drivers, according to John Gordon, principal at San Diego - based Pacific Management Consulting Group and an adviser to restaurant franchisees.

There were two principal drivers behind oil prices» performance: the growing optimism that the OPEC production cut deal is finally having a palpable effect on global supplies of crude oil, and the equally growing worry that the Middle East could be in for more tensions — this time between the Kurdish nation and the countries it inhabits, following an independence referendum in the Kurdistan autonomous region in Iraq.

The Red Bull team principal is wondering why Lewis Hamilton doesn't rate Daniel Ricciardo as one of the best drivers in F1

The Red Bull team principal has said that the success of Formula E means that Formula 1 should go back to being about the drivers and the teams, not the technology

«We continue the Toro Rosso tradition of providing youngsters from the Red Bull Junior Driver Programme with their first steps in Formula One,» said team principal Franz Tost.

Team principal Monisha Kaltenborn said the early announcement of the decision «shows that the drivers and the team are sure they are heading in the right direction».

Sauber drivers Pascal Wehrlein and Marcus Ericsson expressed their surprise at the sudden departure of team principal Monisha Kaltenborn, which was announced yesterday

The principal reference in the New York episode (10:07 PM) is Spike Lee, though the presence of Armin Mueller - Stahl as the comically inept driver, a former East German circus clown, may also summon up the late Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

The returning cast was joined by newcomer Daisy Ridley, who beat out fierce competition to take the principal role of Rey; BAFTA Rising Star Award winner John Boyega (Attack the Block, Imperial Dreams) as reluctant stormtrooper Finn; Emmy nominee Adam Driver (Lincoln, Girls) as the villainous Kylo Ren, and Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, The Bourne Legacy) as Resistance pilot Poe Dameron.

[content block] Wise principals recognize that secretaries, custodians, food service workers, bus drivers, classroom and playground aides, and extended - day employees are all important members of a school's community relations team; and those principals include all family members in all communications.