Sentences with phrase «range of possible impacts»

Doesn't Naseem Taleb argue that speculating or using thin tail probabilities is essentially a useless exercise because their relative uncertainty when combined with vulnerability can lead to a very wide range of possible impacts.

The model results provide a range of possible impacts based on these assumptions.

The argument of the paper is that this is really a problem, that this actually a source of bias in scientific information; it's an obstacle in communicating clearly about the full range of possible impacts of climate change.

Though it's certainly a wide range of possible impact, the study concludes that in a high - growth scenario this increased black carbon pollution could increase warming in the region by 17 - 78 % by 2030.

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Finally, political developments are becoming increasingly relevant — ranging from elections in several countries to fiscal policy decisions, as well as the implementation and possible impact of Brexit (the U.K.'s decision to leave the EU).»

By spreading your investments across as many businesses as possible on the Loan Market, throughout a range of Credit Bands, you'll reduce the impact of bad debt if a business can't repay its loan.

To sketch out possible economic and human impacts on a range of countries, the committee interviewed 50 experts from academia, government, and industry.

• With a top speed of over 74.5 mph (120 kph)(where legal) and a range of over 34.1 miles (55 km), Outlander PHEV can fulfill daily family duties with the lowest possible impact (below 49 g / km — EU standard).

The notice will also include the range of possible scores, the date the score was created, the name or entity that provided the credit score, and «major factors that impacted the score.»

American Express expanded the range of possible APRs on the American Express Everyday card, but the change didn't impact the national average because only the card's highest possible rate was affected.

This finding further expands the viral host range and implies a possible deeper impact on the health of our ecosystem.

Throw in a huge uncertainty as to whether commercial exploitation of methane hydrates is possible and what impact that may have, I am quite comfortable in projecting a range of variations for CH4 levels in 100 years time.

Pressing the frontiers of climate science and related research is vital, but it's wishful thinking to expect further science to substantially narrow uncertainties on time scales that matter when it comes to regional or short - term climate forecasting, the range of possible warming from a big buildup of carbon dioxide, the impact of greenhouse forcing on rare extremes and the like.

To understand potential impacts of climate change for societies and ecosystems, scientists use scenarios to explore implications of a range of possible futures.

There are other important questions about the path forward, related to how to handle reasoned minority views on particular science and policy questions, how to deal speedily with errors and how to break down barriers among the three main «working groups» — on the basic science pointing to warming, the range of impacts and possible responses.

4) Even admitting that the impact of IR active gases could be summed up in some average number of x W / m ² with x being in the range of extremely small to very small, it is not possible to provide the derivation from this number to the average global temperature.

The Assessed 2oC Scenarios produce a variety of views on the potential impacts on global energy demand in total and by specific types of energy, with a range of possible growth rates for each type of energy (above chart).

The last chapter of the document discusses a range of possible responses to address the impacts identified at both national and project levels.

Much of the confusion arises because so much of scientific modeling of climate impacts assumes a wide variety of possible stabilization targets, which gives a wide range of impacts, which makes it seem like scientists don't know what's going to happen.

With the possible exception of the latter, impacts from CO2 range from negligible to non-existent.

If we are truly to assess the risk of climate change being dangerous, then impact and adaptation studies need scenarios that span a very substantial part of the possible range of future climates (Pittock, 1993; Parry et al., 1996; Risbey, 1998; Jones, 1999; Hulme and Carter, 2000).

A meaningful assessment of associated societal impacts needs to be based on the full range of its possible future evolution.

The report identified a large range in possible amounts of biomass that could be counted on for bio-energy without impacting food or water supplies.

Lower case a-h refer to how the literature was addressed in terms of up / downscaling (a — clearly defined global impact for a specific ΔT against a specific baseline, upscaling not necessary; b — clearly defined regional impact at a specific regional ΔT where no GCM used; c — clearly defined regional impact as a result of specific GCM scenarios but study only used the regional ΔT; d — as c but impacts also the result of regional precipitation changes; e — as b but impacts also the result of regional precipitation change; f — regional temperature change is off - scale for upscaling with available GCM patterns to 2100, in which case upscaling is, where possible, approximated by using Figures 10.5 and 10.8 from Meehl et al., 2007; g — studies which estimate the range of possible outcomes in a given location or region considering a multi-model ensemble linked to a global temperature change.

First, the possible range of Africa - wide climate - change impacts on streamflow increases significantly between 2050 and 2100.

Magnitudes of impact can now be estimated more systematically for a range of possible increases in global average temperature.

Real estate lawyers in the past have been on the frontlines when it comes to rent control and its impact on a wide range of residential properties — staying aware of any updates helps ensure your clients are receiving the best possible advice.

We collaborate with a wide range of trusts, institutions, companies, organisations, schools and local authorities to create the greatest possible impact for grandparents and kinship families.

Items were weighted due to the amount of strain impacted on family members with a possible range of 0 — 79.