Sentences with phrase «severe economic damage»

«Climate change has already delivered severe economic damage and things will only get worse without more action,» said Andrew Steer, the president of the World Resources Institute, a Washington - based think tank, in a press statement.

... the US Senate voted 95 - 0 against signing any treaty that would «cause severe economic damage to the US», while exempting the rest of the world.

We are at serious risk of inflicting severe economic damage on ourselves and future generations on a quest that is quixotic at best.

The massive, abrupt switch to ethanol has caused severe economic damage to the impoverished who must now pay double for milk powder and beans, dietary staples of the poor.

Not exact matches

Ma said the environmental damage of the high rate of growth has been severe, and there are other advantages to embracing the economic slowdown.

The recent severe storms have been devastating for residents of two populous regions of the country (Houston and Florida), but the bulk of the economic damage should be localized while the long - term impact to the national economy is limited.

On the other hand, if these tariffs are the first shot in a prolonged trade war that spirals out of control, the economic damage could be far more severe.

«Mandatory insurance for all home - owners would reassign the costs for damage within a framework of solidarity, while the premium rebates would create economic incentive for private mitigation measures to tackle elementary damage such as flooding, severe rainfall and snow pressure,» prompts Prof. Reimund Schwarze from UFZ as food for thought.

The report for 2012, based on an index of fatalities and economic damage from weather extremes, noted that Haiti was struck by Hurricane Sandy, the Philippines by typhoon Bopha and Pakistan had suffered severe monsoon floods.

The disease recently caused severe damage and economic losses among walnut tree growers in California.

According to a National Research Council Report (See «Severe Space Weather Events — Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report» [2008]-RRB-, damages from the most extreme solar storms could range between $ 1 trillion - $ 2 trillion within the first year and four to 10 years for full recovery.

There are additional risks related to commodity investments due to large institutional purchases or sales, changes in exchange rates, government regulation, world events, economic and political conditions in the countries where energy companies are located or do business, and risks for environmental damage claims, as well as natural and technological factors such as severe weather, unusual climate change, and development and depletions of alternative resources.

Extremely Hot events, even for a single summer, kill established trees, permanently damage ecosystems and cause severe economic distress.

Not only do the economic climate models need to predict policy shifts, population growth, and the pace and type of climate changes to come — more droughts, more severe storms, higher temperatures in some places and lower in others, etc. — but they also try to quantify things such as agricultural and forestry losses, damage from catastrophic storms, utility costs, savings from efficiency improvements, water shortages, and sometimes even the economic consequences of refugee flows.

Climate impact concerns include environmental quality (e.g., more ozone, water - logging or salinisation), linkage systems (e.g., threats to water and power supplies), societal infrastructures (e.g., changed energy / water / health requirements, disruptive severe weather events, reductions in resources for other social needs and maintaining sustainable livelihoods, environmental migration (Box 7.2), placing blame for adverse effects, changes in local ecologies that undermine a sense of place), physical infrastructures (e.g., flooding, storm damage, changes in the rate of deterioration of materials, changed requirements for water or energy supply), and economic infrastructures and comparative advantages (e.g., costs and / or risks increased, markets or competitors affected).

Collateral economic damage will be most severe in rural areas that are already seriously challenged.

The Plaintiffs claimed that their severe burns and over $ 2.7 million in economic damages were the result of an explosion caused by an allegedly defective valve.

Injuries sustained in a side - impact collision can be severe, and T - Bone accident victims are often left with lingering pain and suffering, significant medical bills, lost wages and other economic damages.

The emotional damage can be severe, and the economic losses are often devastating.

Claims caused by auto accidents can only be considered for economic losses outside the No - Fault coverage as well as for non-economic damages such as severe pain, and physical and mental distress only if there is a «serious injury,» under the regulations set by the New York State Insurance Department.