Sentences with phrase «uncertain consequences for»
Fracking has ignited an energy revolution, with still - uncertain consequences for climate and the environment.
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Even if it is uncertain where the danger zones begin for the household - debt ratio, the briefing note to Morneau said there are «clear negative consequences» for the economy if the number gets too high or too low.
Guts - dominated leaders actively seek out uncertain business ventures with the possibility for high reward (risk takers) or are capable at managing situations laden with heavy consequence (risk - tolerant).
to me we are just watching the inevitable consequences of a bursting football bubble which is what AFC (Arsenal Financial Corporation) has become under the Franco American alliance... to be honest its lasted longer than I expected as the signs of a Ponzi club were visible 5 years ago but somehow the 4th place zombie fans kept the thing going longer than I expected but the bust is, consequently, even more worrisome for the long term health of the club... obviously Wenger should have gone 5 years back but that was not in the interest of the vulture owner... next steps are uncertain but I hope fans show their disgust by not showing up to the emirates next game
This provides a window of time for action, although the full consequences of the tsunami - driven rafting are still uncertain.
«The larger predators that more humans enjoy for recreational fishing might have some dependency on those smaller species and the consequences of losing those species are very uncertain.»
For those of harsher reality, a return brings it's own consequences, a reckoning of lingering past, anxious present, and uncertain future.
But the report goes on to stress that many of the anticipated consequences of greatest importance to society — for instance regional climate shifts and the pace at which seas will rise — remain somewhat uncertain.
Cost benefit analysis in its pure form generally involves four steps: (1) identifying and quantifying the costs and benefits of a proposed policy; (2) analyzing risks and probabilities of uncertain consequences; (3) discounting for the «time value of money»; and (5) calculating the «ratio of benefits to costs» in order to make a policy recommendation.
«Uncertainty» about whether or not something (very costly), which we do (in the «uncertain» attempt to change our climate from an «uncertain» model - generated threat) will have «uncertain» unintended negative consequences, which could be much more severe than the «uncertain» threat we are attempting to mitigate against in the first place, seems to ba a reasonable justification for NOT doing this mitigating action.
The previous version spelled out in no uncertain terms that there would be consequences for releasing the data, it was to be for academic purposes published in the recognised publications, and had to be deleted once it had served its purpose.
Within the climate change context, risk can be defined as the potential for consequences where something of human value (including humans themselves) is at stake and where the outcome is uncertain.
The consequences for the ecosystems that depend on glacial meltwater are uncertain, but this burden of biological soot and sediment has potential implications for the global carbon [continue reading...]
As I remember from some quality management course, the worst possible motivator for action is a consequence that is negative, will occur in the future and whose magnitude is uncertain, NFU as opposed to PIC or positive, immediate, certain.
The effects of this marked shift in westerly winds are already being seen today, triggering warm and salty water to be drawn up from the deep ocean, melting large sections of the Antarctic ice sheet with unknown consequences for future sea level rise while the ability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current to soak up heat and carbon from the atmosphere remains deeply uncertain.
Ten years on that statement holds good in my view, but the jurisprudential basis for the more flexible approach, and its practical consequences in different legal and factual contexts, remain uncertain and open to debate (see de Smith op cit paras 11 - 086ff and the many authorities and academic texts there cited).