Sentences with phrase «shifting economic environment»

It may be the largest game developer in New Zealand, but as a studio that's primarily thrived on work for hire in the past, Sidhe Interactive is facing the same challenges as many small studios around the world alongside the shifting economic environment.

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While this always serves as a general rule, it is particularly true today given a potential shift in the economic environment.

These anomalies point to a stark new reality: the environment for new housing is going through a paradigm shift that is turning the country into a nation of renters, which could weigh down future economic growth and the value of the dollar.

After discussing New York's record on the environment and gun control, he shifted to the Republican Tax Plan and what he called it's devastating impact on New York's economic viability.

He said Nigeria is not excepted from impacts of the current global economic downturn, adding his administration remained undeterred and has embarked on comprehensive diversification reforms by shifting emphasis to non-oil sectors of «mining, agriculture, industrialization, infrastructure development and the creation of the enabling environment for Foreign Direct Investment.»

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

The shift in ontology at the dawn of the 21st century created an international environment that was more conducive to competitive authoritarian transition and entrenchment due to the new paradigm caused by the events of September 11th, the intensification of global economic and diplomatic competition, and the failure of liberal economic orthodoxy in various regions of the world.

In 2005, I surveyed efforts to shift from strictly economic measures of progress, like gross domestic product, to a broader basket of indicators of well - being — everything from access to schools and health care to the quality of the environment.

The study proposes a «paradigm shift» to outcome models, recognizing that sanitation not only remains a focus of international development targets but is also linked to many other development issues such as health, environment, education, gender, disability, tourism and economic growth.

In the case of GGR, we have started to see a shift, e.g., with a major programme funded by the UK National Environment Research Council (NERC) that «will undertake research to improve our knowledge of the options for removing carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases from the atmosphere at a climatically - relevant scale, giving interdisciplinary attention to the environmental, technical, economic, governance and wider societal aspects of such approaches on a national level and in an international context» (http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/funded/programmes/ggr/).

Significant extraction expansion decisions are being made at precisely the time when the political and economic environment is shifting against these carbon intensive fuels.

To successfully navigate these shifting economic, financial, and legal environments, real estate professionals need to further equip themselves with broader and deeper market knowledge and sharper analytical and practical skills.