Sentences with phrase «support global activity»

«To support global activity and contain risks, the G20 must act now to implement forcefully the existing G20 growth strategies and plan for coordinated demand support using available fiscal space to boost public investment and complement structural reforms,» the fund said.

Not exact matches

Manufacturing, which accounts for about 12 percent of U.S. economic activity, is being supported by strong domestic and global demand.

Thomas Sehested, CEO and co-founder of GAN integrity, a compliance technology platform, explains why these technologies are ineffective when it comes to global compliance efforts «Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.&global compliance efforts «Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.&Global compliance teams suffer because the technology offered to support compliance programs has been fragmented with activity - specific vendors, which hinders easy reporting and increases administrative headache and cost.»

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

We live in an «Age of Reforms,» which in many cases have already supported stronger activity and in others promise improving global growth, in our assessment:

This year, Verizon will consolidate all global travel booking activity with Concur Travel, supported by Concur Expense and fulfilled by Verizon's TMC.

«The underlying fundamentals continue to support overall home sales growth, but headwinds, such as global economic uncertainty and deteriorating housing affordability, will temper stronger sales activity.»

Leslie Appleton - Young, Chief Economist for C.A.R., said as much in the aforementioned press release: «The underlying fundamentals continue to support overall home sales growth [in California], but headwinds, such as global economic uncertainty and deteriorating housing affordability, will temper stronger sales activity.»

There is a marked trend for food marketing based on the intrinsic, natural healthfulness of the product and its ingredients.5 New global product development activity in the soup category supports consumers» desire for a clean label, with «no additives» the top positioning claim for new soup products globally.1 Meanwhile, «all natural» positioning fuels growth in the prepared pasta and noodles market.6

This Roadmap, through a process of industry consultation and analysis, aims to support this decision making process by identifying opportunities for products and services that align with Australia's comparative strengths in the global landscape and by providing discussions around the key enabling activities required to unlock them.

The International Board of Lactation Consultant Examiners (IBLCE) and the International Consultant Association (ILCA) recently notified the Center for Breastfeeding that they have received the IBCLC Care Award, a global recognition program, for excellence demonstrated in staffing International Board Certified Lactation Consultants as part of the maternal — child health care team and for conducting breastfeeding activities, promotion, protection and support of breastfeeding.

Activities that will help to achieve this include those outlined in the «Global strategy for infant and young child feeding», which aims to protect, promote and support appropriate infant and young child feeding.

In 2014, MI - AIMH divided into two organizations: MI - AIMH (focused on state efforts) and the Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health (focused on continued national and international activity specific to global support for use of the MI - AIMH Competency Guidelines ® and the MI - AIMH Endorsement ®, research, and practice).

Activities include the production of sound, evidence - based technical information, development of guidelines and counselling courses, provision of guidance for the protection, promotion and support of infant and young child feeding at policy, health service and community levels, production of appropriate indicators and maintenance of a Global Data Bank on Infant and Young Child Feeding.

There was support from the global movement, but most of the activity took place in Nigeria itself, with a report from CSM saying strikes were effectively shutting down whole cities.

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

«From the Adirondacks to Niagara Falls, New York has unparalleled tourism assets that support businesses in a variety of sectors, and by raising the State's profile to global tourists we are helping to attract economic activity and create jobs in communities across the State.»

The global nuclear enterprise, the activities and infrastructure that support both weapons and civil energy programs, is facing significant challenges.

We are looking forward to working together in 2018 to develop new and engaging global campaigns by integrating our activity, teams and support bases, building on what we have learned from the coalition's previous campaigns.

And Perdue's not the only leading recipient of Southern's political support to help spread the questionable scientific talking points the utility has paid for: Rep. Gary Palmer, an Alabama Republican who received $ 18,000 from the company's PAC and employees in the 2014 cycle, last year told WATE that science «says global climate change is more a function of nature and solar activity than it is anything man does.»

It should also provide support to the work and activities of groups that are committed raising awareness on global education.

To do this, we start from the Global Citizenship Education approach, where the creation of alternative curricular materials and activities support our appropriate methodological tool to capture human dialogical constructivist cohesion between different local educational agents: the students, the families, teachers, institutions and the media.

Action Based Learning is an integral part of the Agylia LMS - a mobile, flexible and global LMS - that enables organisations to schedule, target and deliver a wide range training, reference and performance support materials, including eLearning, videos, documents and external learning activities.

In fact, nearly 80 % of Digital Realty's 2014 - 2016 leasing activity is supported by growth in the global digital economy.

This function supports the Global Markets business in the alignment of our business activities management of risks to achieve with fair outcomes for our clients and to protect market integrity, to meet regulatory requirements and protect our people.

The topicality of the global migrant crisis was evident elsewhere in the activities at this year's Frieze London: a series of Frieze Talks invited speakers and the public to discuss the meaning of» Borderlands», while the Collections Fund at Frieze, supported by the Contemporary Art Society, enabled the UK's Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art to make acquisitions at the fair of works specifically addressing themes of migration and displacement by John Akomfrah and Kader Attia.

I will continue to support the US Global Change Research Program and ensure that the program's activities support the Nation's needs for climate related information to help it prepare for the future.

eg pg xii To improve our predictive capability, we need: • to understand better the various climate - related processes, particularly those associated with clouds, oceans and the carbon cycle • to improve the systematic observation of climate - related variables on a global basis, and further investigate changes which took place in the past • to develop improved models of the Earth's climate system • to increase support for national and international climate research activities, especially in developing countries • to facilitate international exchange of climate data

Supporting the generation and dissemination of public knowledge of the sciences relevant to the global eco-crises we've produced (and how best to undo / manage such crises) is not a bad idea / activity to pursue; especially if we're determined to nurture and secure the kinds of clear signals for which future generations are likely to say thanks for your life - affirming, freedom - loving labors.

CAGW or Catastrophic Anthropogenic Global Warming is the acronym used (mostly by those that don't support taking immediate action on climate change) for the theory (or collection of hypotheses) that attribute most of the observed modern warming to human activities and warn that continuing similar activities (mostly emitting CO2) could result in warming that is dangerous to both civilization and a number of ecosystems.

Resolved, That the House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.

Re: Further to my comment 61 that quoted Scafetta and West's 2006 paper which provided support for the statement that: Increased solar activity may have been responsible for 45 - 50 % of global warming 1900 - 2000 and may have been responsible for 25 - 35 % of the 1980 - 2000 global warming.

«[The] House of Representatives commits to working constructively, using our tradition of American ingenuity, innovation, and exceptionalism, to create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

Those who accept the consensus that the Earth is warming due to human activity (anthropogenic global warming or AGW) point to declining Arctic sea ice as one line of evidence to support this conclusion.

99 % of scientists support the contention that human activity is responsible for global warming and we ignore this at our peril.

The IPOC will provide the strong global coordination, together with the appropriate administrative, scientific and technical support, to respond to CORDEX's expanding worldwide activities.

The new report — the first of three comprehensive studies to come out this year — makes one of the strongest claims yet in support of the hypothesis that human activity, namely the relentless pumping of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, is what's behind climate change — an effect climate scientists refer to as anthropogenic global warming.

We also need to improve the systematic observation of climate - related variables on a global basis; to investigate further past changes; to develop improved models of the Earth's climate system; to increase support for national and international climate research activities, especially in developing countries; and to facilitate the international exchange of climate data.

These include views about climate change, where older adults are less likely to see human activity as a main reason behind global warming, and people's level of support for stricter emission limits for power plants to address climate change.

PAGES» main areas of focus include: - Facilitating international research activities on past environmental changes - Promoting the synthesis of scientific knowledge and data - Strengthening the involvement of scientists from developing countries - Integrating the paleoscience and wider global environmental change communities - Disseminating important research findings and organizational information - Supporting scientific training and education - Integrating scientific evidence from observations and modeling - Ensuring public access to paleoscientific data - Enhancing the visibility and use of paleoresearch

This activity report provides an overview of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global Environment Facility (GEF)'s extensive work supporting the development of national renewable energy regimes based around feed - in tariffs.

This activity report provides an overview of country - led efforts on climate change adaptation supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF) partnership with financing from the GEF - managed Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF), Special Climate Change Fund (SCCF) and Strategic Priority on Adaptation (SPA) funds.

In 2004, as they correctly point out, Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes published an essay in Science magazine in which she examined the abstracts of 928 articles on the subject of «global climate change» published in scientific journals between 1993 and 2003, and «found that 75 % supported the view that human activities are responsible for most of the observed warming over the previous 50 years while none directly dissented.»

Solar activity was well ABOVE threshold values late last century to support global warming regardless if one believes it was a modern solar maximum or not.

Many Americans (24 %) would support an organization that engaged in non-violent civil disobedience against corporate or government activities that make global warming worse;

He has provided vision, guidance, and oversight to help build CFACT into a global presence, with activities on three continents and the support of more than 50 internationally - recognized scientists and experts.

Since its inception in 2003, SkyPower has grown to over 130 employees, consultants and advisors in 35 global offices, supporting development activities in more than 60 countries.

The region locks up more than 100 billion tons of carbon — more than 11 years» worth of total greenhouse gas emissions from human activities; plays an important role in global weather circulation patterns, including delivering rainfall to Central America, the United States, and southern South America; supports perhaps a third of terrestrial biodiversity; and is home to the bulk of the world's remaining indigenous people still living in traditional ways.

«To support their argument, advocates of manmade global warming have intermingled elements of greenhouse activity and infrared absorption to promote the image that carbon dioxide traps heat near earth's surface like molecular greenhouses insulating our atmosphere.

The motivation underlying these efforts appears to be a coordinated strategy to support the belief that mankind's activities are causing global warming.