In the current unstable economic environment, the risk of change is smaller than the risk of not changing.
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" They cite a study that found that without factoring in the effects of climate change, "the global population at risk from malaria would increase by 100% by 2080, whereas the effect of climate change would increase the risk of malaria by at most 7%.
This is important because of the second change: credit risk is more of a problem than it was.
But Gingrich's own House Majority Leader Dick Armey has taken him to task for not airing his high-risk change of tactics in the privacy of a closed leadership meeting.
The initiative will embody an inter- and trans-disciplinary approach to provide early warning signals of environmental risk and change, and stimulate new research to support the transition of societies towards sustainability.
Keep in mind that municipal securities are subject to a number of risks including, but not limited to: Interest Rate Risk, the risk that the market value of fixed-income securities may fluctuate when interest rates change, and Prepayment Risk, the risk that the issuers of individual securities may prepay them at a time when interest rates have declined.
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Though Serbia's change of guard has reduced the risk that Montenegro's own feuds will spark violence, it cannot be ruled out.
The SEC, in a manner consistent with its traditional, apolitical oversight role, has simply responded to a change in the nature of market risk.
This means that the success of the Horatio Alger program can be replicated, providing a blue-print for additional efforts to change the destiny of at-risk kids everywhere.
Within this framework, NIEM and the Centre will focus on research and training efforts to provide targeted training to education managers, university students and school principals in the area of climate change and disaster risk reduction.
In the constant battle between fostering too much change (at the risk of creating turmoil) and being content with too little movement (which leads to stagnation) Mr FitzGerald seems to be getting the balance about right.
Perhaps they believe that even a deteriorating status quo is preferable to a heightened risk of sudden change.
The appetite of investors for risk may change in predictable ways in response to particular changes in share prices.
For all types of travel, always change or cancel before your scheduled travel, or you risk losing the value of your booking.
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By focusing on renewable energy technologies rather than low carbon energy technologies, the net zero energy building agenda seems more like an exercise in futility than a serious challenge the risk of catastrophic climate change.
Unless action is taken now, the consequences of our activities are at a high risk of causing, through the combined effects of climate change, overexploitation, pollution and habitat loss, the next globally significant extinction event in the ocean.
The ESC's studies also included fire and accident trends from the Department of Communities and Local Government and data on the number of high risk electrical items in homes from the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
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"If something like this were to pass, it would dramatically change business models, just because of the litigation risk, " says Kurt Pfotenhauer, chief lobbyist for the Mortgage Bankers Association.
"For too long, the debate over appropriate responses to climate change risk has been monopolised by advocates of actions that have little basis in science or economic reality, " he said.
By the mid 2000s a third of Spain was at risk from desertification due to agriculture, tourism and of course climate change.
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But while Mr Grieve - the government's chief legal adviser - would not be drawn on the controversial move to block release of the NHS transition risk register, he doubted whether the case was part of moves to change freedom of information policy.
The threat is more evident in heavily populated low-lying areas, and the risk multiplies with prospects of climate change and associated sea-level rise.
The NRDC report also suggested that framing climate change vulnerability and preparedness planning in terms of emergency or risk management could be useful, as many state and municipal officials are already familiar with those concepts.
From Drazen's point of view, the change is scientifically unimportant, because the main conclusion of the paper was that Vioxx poses a risk to the heart, not that such a risk takes 18 months to emerge.
It claimed climate change would mean more extreme weather and an increased risk of a marine accident.
Layer upon layer of success paved the capital and knowledge bedrock for repeating wins, and regulatory change in the late 1970s enabled the advent and availability of risk capital.
Another way reduce the risk of a firing policy is to change the way teacher pay is structured, so raises are no longer extremely backloaded with the biggest happen late in their career.
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