Sentences with phrase «risky than the change»

Explain clearly how the status quo can actually be more dangerous and risky than the change.

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The concessions failed to change many minds, however, so when nine weeks later Graham announced the deal's death — ostensibly because Hydro - Quebec's due diligence revealed maintenance costs and civil liabilities that were riskier than it cared to assume — plenty of observers wondered whether New Brunswick politics, with a September provincial election looming, ultimately killed the sale.

Probably because that kind of change is hard, and demonizing the little guy — the local student nutrition director and local radio DJ last year, or the small restaurant operator and local school superintendent this year — is easier and less risky than taking on the real «bad guys» — the elected officials, the giant Agribusiness players, the networks that broadcast all of those fast food and junk food ads to our kids and also, oh yes, broadcast Jamie Oliver's shows....

«Risky Business: The Economic Risks of Climate Change to the United States» — an analysis more than a year in the making — projects losses across sectors and by region of the country.

If the Home Office appears to be hesitant about change, it is partly because the Prison Service has not accepted the view of most researchers that prisons are actually riskier environments than the outside world.

The study confirms and warns that future use of negative emissions should not be interpreted as a fall - back option, which would be risky, as continuing to cumulate emissions would entail lower chances of stabilizing climate change at less than 2ᵒC.

There's no better indicator of how much the film industry is changing than the fact that a Scorsese gangster film starring De Niro, Pacino, and Pesci seems risky, and Netflix is the safe haven to make the big - budget picture of your dreams.

Although 100:1 leverage may seem extremely risky, the risk is significantly less when you consider that currency prices usually change by less than 1 % during intraday trading (trading within one day).

ARMs are less risky than they used to be because lenders offer interest - rate limits to protect you from major rate changes.

Like any ETF, bond ETFs fluctuate or change value in price over time, so these are more risky than buying the bond itself.

In general, although volatility can change on any asset (i.e., TLT is a good example), fixed income assets are less risky than higher - yielding income; large cap dividend stocks are not as risky / volatile as large cap growth or small caps, which are not as risky as foreign and emerging equity and so forth.

Munis are considered less risky than corporate bonds and less sensitive to changing interest rates than Treasuries, making them an appealing middle ground for many investors.

Between 2007 and 2009, the Fed more than doubled the size of its balance sheet and changed its composition by purchasing risky assets from troubled financial institutions, in contrast to the historical norm of acquiring only Treasury securities.

On no more than the basis that «climate change is occurring», moral philosophers tell us what is right, social historians invent lessons from history to make climate criminals in the present, science historians invent conspiracy theorists, and psychologists tell us how to apply distress to change public opinion, and why debate is just too risky to trust to the public.

This is not meant to pre-judge whether those risks are worse than climate change impacts under plausible emission scenarios and is not meant to claim that all geoengineering strategies are dangerous or risky.

OSLO Scientists in developing nations plan to step up research into dimming sunshine to curb climate change, hoping to judge if a man - made chemical sunshade would be less risky than a harmful rise in global temperatures.

We argue that human engineering is potentially less risky than geoengineering and that could help behavioural and market solutions succeed in mitigating climate change.

Government research then found that claimants make riskier investments than assumed, and proposed draft legislation to change the way the rate is set, proposing that an expert panel advise the Lord Chancellor.

In addition, we conducted the tests in a group setting, and the students could preview the online questionnaires, review and change their answers to decrease a social desirability effect and yield more reliable data.53 Self - reports using online questionnaires have been shown to allow students to report more sensitive risky behaviour than using paper - and - pencil questionnaires.54 Third, we did not use multiple assessments such as lab - measured impulsivity.

Last summer, according to the ValueInsured research, more than half of Americans said the possibility of a job change or loss makes purchasing a home a lot riskier — and they're right.

Between 2007 and 2009, the Fed more than doubled the size of its balance sheet and changed its composition by purchasing risky assets from troubled financial institutions, in contrast to the historical norm of acquiring only Treasury securities.

Less risky than bold artwork, upholstery or flooring, a roll of wallpaper is relatively cheap, easy to hang (and change) and a quick way to give a scheme pattern, colour and style.