Sentences with phrase «relative impact of events»

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Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

So a small shift in temperature has an outsized effect on the frequency of extreme events due to relative impact of this shift.26

Planning for disaster Despite the relative unpredictability of catastrophic events that can severely impact destinations, their inevitability is well known, and there is never a year that goes by without at least one.

Moreover, the relative impact of an extreme event such as a tropical cyclone that can affect most of a small island's territory has a disproportionate impact on that state's GDP, compared to a larger country where an individual event generally affects a small proportion of its total territory and its GDP.

Compendium of projected risks due to critical climate change impacts on ecosystems for different levels of global mean annual temperature rise, ΔT, relative to pre-industrial climate (approach and event numbers as used in Table 4.1 and Appendix 4.1).

«Last year's El Niño was a clear reminder of how short - term events can amplify the relative influence and impacts stemming from longer - term global warming trends.»

Conducting support activities for service interruptions when they arise, and assist with all communications relative to Root Cause Analysis and Service Level Agreement impact of service disruption events.