Sentences with phrase «road building risks»

A report from the Commission for Global Road Safety warned that international funding for road building risks increasing fatalities as it is not linked to road safety initiatives.

Not exact matches

Medium - term risks are still elevated as financial vulnerabilities, which have built up during the years of accommodative policies, could mean a bumpy road ahead and put growth at risk.

«Before we talk about what more we must do, we must understand what is at risk if we do not continue to live up to the collective commitment we have made to Afghanistan and its people», he told MPs, before detailing the schools, mosques, roads and wells built across the country.

Asked why that information was disclosed for some Fuller Road tenants, but not those at the ZEN Building, Megna said the difference was the Kiernan Plaza was nearly full with tenants, so putting out details about its lease agreements did not pose the same economic risk.

Yet businesses, including oil and gas companies or mining firms looking north, face risks including that permafrost will thaw and ruin ice roads, buildings and pipelines.

With roughly 35 million people living in the permafrost zone, the thawing landscape threatens communities by putting roads and buildings at risk of collapse.

We have spent many years developing products, like home contents, vehicle, buildings, and portable possessions insurance that will not only cover you against the financial risk of loss, theft, or damage, but will also give you tangible benefits, like road assist and home assist.

Several other states, including Michigan, have opened the roads to autonomous testing, even as the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, Michigan, continues to build its $ 2 - million testing facility that will avoid placing the general public at risk with testing available in realistic, though controlled, conditions.

Medium - term risks are still elevated as financial vulnerabilities, which have built up during the years of accommodative policies, could mean a bumpy road ahead and put growth at risk.

Another risk of outdoor cats is the fact that there are many urban dangers just beyond the doorstep, especially in a place like Singapore, such as roads and high - rise buildings.

Is fire risk calculated strictly on climate shifts or considering other secondary drivers (which would in the Amazon also include road building of course).

I'm on the road but can't avoid posting on the conviction of six scientists and a government functionary in Italy on criminal charges, with substantial prison sentences handed down, for statements made about earthquake risks not long before a moderate earthquake toppled buildings and killed 308 people in L'Aquila in 2009.

These local governments are using resources transferred from their national governments to systematically assess climate risks, raise climate awareness among citizens, and build climate - resilient bridges, roads and other projects to reduce risks identified.

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The study says a widespread thaw could cause the ground to become unstable, putting roads and buildings at risk of collapse.

Recent intensification of permanent agriculture has had numerous negative environmental consequences: Erosion has accelerated and stream sediment loads have increased where repetitive cultivation is performed on steep slopes without appropriate conservation methods; permanent conversion of hill slopes and road building have increased the risk of landslides; irrigation of cash crops in the dry season has desiccated streams; and use of pesticides and fertilizers to sustain commercial agriculture has reduced water quality.

Since then, risk assessment has been used to estimate the probability of a catastrophic meltdown at a nuclear power plant, or the probability of a population of grizzly bears becoming locally extinct because too many roads were cut into their forest home, or the probability of children having their IQ lowered by exposure to toxic lead and PCBs in the soil near schools built on a toxic waste dump.

When you are following a long line of traffic or heading to a built up area, overtaking a single or couple of cars may not affect your entire journey time; however, this can increase your risk of a road accident.

Titled «Beyond Silk Road: potential risks, threats, and promises of virtual currencies», the hearing is to take place at 15:00 (local time) in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

«We have interest from hospitals looking to acquire machinery, low - income countries who want to build their tourism spots, counties seeking efficient farming equipment, new techniques and cheaper ways to build rural roads and transport, and farming institutions that want training and e-learning programs or alternative ways to hedge weather risks.

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