Sentences with phrase «term global declines»

The long - term global declines observed here are, however, unequivocal.

This could be a minor blip, or the beginning a long - term global decline.

Not exact matches

Since the 2010 Budget, the medium - term outlook for revenues has declined, reflecting, in part, slower economic growth in a challenging global environment.

«In terms of our results, we saw solid performance across our businesses this quarter amid declining global markets.»

Slide goes on for flavoured spirits, but opportunities remain - Research in Focus The global flavoured spirits market remains in the midst of a slow, long - term decline, according to research release... read more

The global flavoured spirits market remains in the midst of a slow, long - term decline, according to research released this week, but the diversity of the 150m - case - plus category creates a complex picture that defies easy generalisations.

Improving financial and business performance is particularly important given the continued climate of declining terms of trade, increasing land prices, tightening credit and rapid national and global economic and policy influences affecting beef enterprises.

What's happening in the Arctic would be impossible without a century of global warming causing a long - term decline in sea ice levels — but it is actually a short - term weather event.

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Finally, the presence of vigorous climate variability presents significant challenges to near - term climate prediction (25, 26), leaving open the possibility of steady or even declining global mean surface temperatures over the next several decades that could present a significant empirical obstacle to the implementation of policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (27).

«Global ice» does have a long term decline, but because of the out of phase seasons in each hemisphere, and the large interannual variability — particularly in the south, it isn't a reliable guide to what is going on with the climate.

Although the Met Office Hadley Center model projects extreme drying and warming in the Amazon due to ongoing climate change, and there may even be a commitment to long - term decline of part of the Amazon forest even at just 2 degrees global warming above pre-industrial, other climate models show less of a drying or even none at all.

The correlation between the two quantities is 0.85 with p < 0.01 for the whole period studied.It could therefore be concluded that both the decreasing correlation between sunspot number and geomagnetic activity, and the deviation of the global temperature long - term trend from solar activity as expressed by sunspot index are due to the increased number of high - speed streams of solar wind on the declining phase and in the minimum of sunspot cycle in the last decades.»

It is by this lack of specific demands on govt that CoP21 in Paris is on track to discuss merely short - term voluntary «pledges», with the US refusing to discuss the requisite framework for the equitable and efficient allocation of tradable national emission rights under a declining global carbon budget.

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

This fast - forward moment in human history (a k a «the great acceleration «-RRB- is characterized by a mix of clarity on long - term trends (greenhouse gases and warming; plunging poverty and rising income inequality; declining deaths in conflict...) and short - term turbulence and unpredictability, with impacts amplified by global interconnectedness.

If future global emissions are not curbed, human - driven global warming could cause further large declines in long - term temperature variability, the lead author tells Carbon Brief, which may have far - reaching effects on the world's seasons and weather.

What is needed is enough specificity to allow a clear understanding of the effort needed, in terms of the time available before global emissions need to peak, and the rate at which they will have to decline thereafter.

«Long - Term Decline of Global Atmospheric Ethane Concentrations and Implications for Methane.»

For example you said that if global warming had stopped 16 years ago then the long term trend since 1970 would have declined by inclusion of the period after 1997 in the trend.

«Finally, the presence of vigorous climate variability presents significant challenges to near - term climate prediction (25, 26), leaving open the possibility of steady or even declining global mean surface temperatures over the next several decades that could present a significant empirical obstacle to the implemen - tation of policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (27).

e.g. See: Global Oil Depletion: An assessment of the evidence for a near - term peak in global oil production UK Energy Research Centre 2009 Table 3.5 Estimates of production - weighted aggregate decline rates for samples of large post-peak fields (% / year) IEA 5.1 % / year Hook 5.5 % / year CERA 5.8 % Global Oil Depletion: An assessment of the evidence for a near - term peak in global oil production UK Energy Research Centre 2009 Table 3.5 Estimates of production - weighted aggregate decline rates for samples of large post-peak fields (% / year) IEA 5.1 % / year Hook 5.5 % / year CERA 5.8 % global oil production UK Energy Research Centre 2009 Table 3.5 Estimates of production - weighted aggregate decline rates for samples of large post-peak fields (% / year) IEA 5.1 % / year Hook 5.5 % / year CERA 5.8 % / year

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The statement, «This fits within the context of a long - term warming trend both here and around the globe,» Crouch said is still misleading or plain wrong as the trend of US and Canadian annual temperatures has been declining for nearly two decades (17 years) or since 1998, North America which is cooling, not warming represents 16 % of global land areas

Data on non-sulphur aerosols are sparse and highly speculative, but in terms of global sulphur emissions, these appear to have declined from a range of 75 ± 10 MtS in 1990 to 55 — 62 MtS in 2000.

African retailers and consumer businesses were facing long - term growth prospects despite the decline in global economic growth, which resulted in sharp rising prices.

«The cost of debt for healthcare REITs reached an all - time low in 4Q - 14 of 4.12 %, vs. a 4.96 % long - term average while betas have declined significantly since the global financial crisis.