Sentences with phrase «reduce impacts»

Since Jacobson also emphasizes solutions, I ask him to outline some of the ways we could reduce the impacts of biomass burning.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

The scientists also acknowledged that long - term adaptation to climate change can greatly reduce impacts, but further research and evaluation is required to realise the potential of adaptation.

This new research, published as a commentary in Nature Climate Change, will help in the understanding of the impacts of climate change and how to reduce impacts via adaptation.

«Nearly half of California's vegetation at risk from climate stress: Slashing emissions to Paris Climate Agreement targets could reduce impacts 20 - 30 percent.»

However, cutting emissions so that global temperatures increase by no more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.2 degrees Fahrenheit) could reduce those impacts by half, with about a quarter of the state's natural vegetation affected.

Study co-author Professor Peter Mumby from UQ's School of Biological Sciences said a number of countries wanted to modify their fisheries to reduce impacts on reefs.

The paper also highlights the solutions available which could potentially reduce these impacts in the future.

These two trips were conducted by the Earthquake Engineers Field Investigation Team and are part of a wider international effort to reduce the impacts of earthquakes globally.

«Being able to predict how and when these extreme events will affect ecosystems, and identify management practices that can help reduce the impacts, has become a high priority,» Silliman said.

In Design for the Environment: Life - Cycle Approach Using a Newsvendor Model, University of Virginia Darden School of Business Professor Gal Raz and research colleagues investigated which segments of a product's life cycle create the biggest environmental impacts and where firms should invest their resources in order to reduce those impacts.

Beginning today, vessels operating within 600 feet of shore must observe a 5 mile per hour speed limit to reduce impacts to shoreline residences and infrastructure caused by wave action and to promote safe boating.

She also said the state needs to focus more resources on environmental protection efforts and look at what it can do to reduce the impacts of climate change.

When women breastfeed their contribution to the reduction of Green House Gasses (GHG) and water conservation is substantial and an unacknowledged contribution that women make to reduce the impacts of climate change.

We know that many of the environmental and social impacts associated with our business are in our supply chain, and we try to reduce these impacts at all stages of our product lifecycle.

If CETA's provisions manage to reduce the impact of EU regulations, they would lower a barrier to trade, which could make it easier to sell to Europe, particularly for smaller companies.

If that's the case there are still steps you can take to reduce your impact on the environment.

In addition to removing duties that companies have had to pay when they sell into the EU, provisions have been made for improved protection of investments, reduced impact of regulatory barriers, and measures to facilitate people movements.

If so, a cushioned shoe will provide the comfortable ride you'll need to reduce the impact on your body and give you stamina even the energizer bunny would envy.

Bourdon said some of the employees may have a chance to fill several hundred vacant positions and vowed to work with its unions to reduce the impact on staff.

having 24 plants in Russia reduces the impact of sanctions, but the slumping economy is hurting sales.

They go far beyond eliminating tariffs to facilitating people movements and investment, reducing the impact of non-tariff barriers, and opening up government contract markets.

While you gradually reduce the impact and presence of the negative habit in your routine, start replacing it with a gradual introduction of a new, good habit.

«Shifting from animal meat to the plant - based meats developed by Beyond Meat is one of the most powerful measures someone can take to reduce their impact on our climate.»

But he also worked to reduce the impact on individuals who had invested in the securities.

Scientists in Japan have demonstrated how to make electrical circuits on plastic thinner than the width of human hair in an attempt to reduce the impact of bending on circuit performance.

Additionally, some high - tax states are exploring ways to reduce the impact of the new tax rules, and the success or failure of those measures could affect revenues in ways that are hard to predict.

For example, Walmart, the country's largest grocer, is collaborating with food and beverage suppliers and their supply chains to reduce the impact of fertilizer on 14 million acres of US farmland.

Although a mortgage can be costly over time, there are ways to reduce the impact it has on your overall budget.

Last week I noted that the Fund would quickly and almost invariably lose at least 1 - 2 % in the event of a substantial market decline, at which point I expected the put options beneath the portfolio to reduce the impact of market fluctuations on the portfolio.

The ensemble methods that came out of that effort, while performing even better than our pre-2009 methods in full cycles across history, also subtly reduced the impact of various components we use to infer investor risk preferences.

The collision caused extensive damage partly because a safety barrier meant to reduce the impact into a concrete lane divider had been removed or crushed in a prior accident without being replaced, according to Tesla.

This professionally managed strategy is tailored to your personal financial situation, enabling you to request exclusion of particular stocks or industries, while seeking to reduce the impact of taxes on your investment returns.

As you can see when looking at the other asset allocations, adding more fixed income investments to a portfolio will slightly reduce one's expectations for long - term returns, but may significantly reduce the impact of market volatility.

The number of stock options and RSUs is determined by using the Binomial option pricing model and using the 180 - day trailing average stock price as a guide, which helps reduce the impact of short - term share price volatility.

We are committed to reducing impacts on the environment associated with our business activities and to implementing best practices to support environmental sustainability.

Clean the World has a mission to put soap in the hands of people who need it most to improve hygiene and sanitation conditions, to reduce the impact of disease and to promote better hygiene and living conditions worldwide.

The Company continuously reviews and improves its environmental management system to reduce the impact of mining on site and on neighbouring communities.

As an S - corporation, she could reduce the impact of self - employment taxes, because she could pay herself a salary equal to the salary paid by an employer.

«The reason this crash was so severe is that the crash attenuator, a highway safety barrier which is designed to reduce the impact into a concrete lane divider, had either been removed or crushed in a prior accident without being replaced,» the company wrote.

Being an S - corporation can reduce the impact of self - employment tax depending on the difference between the amount that the business makes by providing a service and the amount that would normally be paid to an employee for providing the same.

Given the introduction of several new ECB policies yesterday (expanded QE; purchases of nonfinancial, investment grade corporate debt; new refinancing programs; incentives to reduce the impact of negative interest rates on banks and spur lending) we think the outlook for European credit and equities is quite constructive.

By eliminating server - side storage of passwords, BitAuth can drastically reduce the impact of a compromised server.

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.

At GFI, Isaac Emery studies the significant environmental and human health impacts of industrial animal agriculture and evaluates the reduced impact of plant - based and clean meat.

At a minimum, OTC derivatives that can not be standardized should have heightened capital requirements in order to reduce the impact of potential failures.

However, if CETA's provisions manage to reduce the impact of EU regulations, that would lower another barrier to trade, which could make it easier to sell to Europe, particularly for smaller companies.

In practice, that means that the Fund would quickly and almost invariably lose at least 1 - 2 % in the event of a substantial market decline, at which point I would expect the put options beneath the portfolio to reduce the impact of market fluctuations on the portfolio.

Shoppers at the 125 stores in East Anglia will be able to pick up the «perfectly edible» items from Monday as part of a campaign by the chain to reduce its impact on the environment.

I am convinced, too, that simplifying lifestyles alone, although crucial, will not do enough to reduce our impact in the next 50 years.