• Environmental impacts can be categorized as direct effects including environmental damage, wildlife destruction, deforestation, water pollution, and indirect effects, such as increased harvesting of natural resources to supply food, indirect air and water pollution (including from flights, transport and the manufacture of food and souvenirs for tourists). (wikipedia.org)
  • Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts publishes high quality papers in all areas of the environmental chemical sciences, including chemistry of the air, water, soil and sediment. (rsc.org)
  • Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts strongly prefers significant contributions whose results can be generalised to other systems, especially studies that characterise chemical processes (e.g. chemical and (micro)biological transformations and transport) as well as those that address contaminant impacts on ecosystems and human health. (rsc.org)
  • We also welcome high impact field studies, particularly those that are broad enough to define occurrence baselines or long term trends, identify new contaminants, or those that enrich our molecular-level understanding of environmental systems. (rsc.org)
  • Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts also invites papers that bridge between environmental chemistry and sustainability topics, such as life cycle assessment, materials flow analysis, and environmental decision making. (rsc.org)
  • Meet Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Editor-in-Chief and board members. (rsc.org)
  • There is growing concern about both the environmental impacts and human health risks of using cyanide as a processing agent ( More Cyanide Uncertianties: Lessons from the Baia Mare, Romania Spill-Water Quality and Politics ). (carleton.edu)
  • Low impact diving is recreational scuba diving that is intended to minimise environmental impact by using techniques and procedures that reduce the adverse effects on the environment to the minimum that is reasonably practicable for the situation. (wikipedia.org)
  • The environmental impact of scuba divers has a behavioural component and a skill component. (wikipedia.org)
  • Social impact investing provides finance to organisations addressing social and/or environmental needs with the explicit expectation of a measurable social, as well as financial, return. (oecd.org)
  • One way to reduce the environmental impact of meat eating is to make livestock more productive. (wiktionary.org)
  • The economic, social and environmental impacts of our research are regularly and independently reviewed. (www.csiro.au)
  • The Agency was established by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA, also known as Superfund) to assess the public health impact of hazardous wastes in the general environment, to identify human populations at risk, and to effect actions to prevent adverse health effects from human contact with hazardous substances. (cdc.gov)
  • This report provides background information on the complex and interactive factors that environmental health scientists need to consider when evaluating the impact of lead-contaminated soil on public health. (cdc.gov)
  • On the coasts, where the environmental variability is high due to natural and human impacts, ocean acidification mainly affects the frequency, magnitude, and duration of lower pH and lower calcium carbonate saturation events. (lu.se)
  • In this context, this thesis explores the impacts of coastal ocean acidification combined with other environmental stressors on benthic foraminifera. (lu.se)
  • The 2019 OECD publication Social Impact Investment: The Impact Imperative for Sustainable Development brought new evidence on the role of SII in financing sustainable development and provided recommendations for delivering on the "impact imperative" of financing sustainable development. (oecd.org)
  • Develop a framework and coordinate approaches for assessing impact. (oecd.org)
  • Our social impact strategy focuses on positively impacting our employees, customers, communities, and our environment for the long term. (hootsuite.com)
  • At the same time, there are positive long-term impacts of tourism on residents' health and well-being outcomes through improving healthcare access positive emotions, novelty, and social interactions. (wikipedia.org)
  • One of the mandates of Mine Health and Safety Council (MHSC) is to conduct high impact research on occupational health and safety matters affecting the South African Mining Industry(SAMI) and to advice the Minister of Mineral Resources on the outcomes of the research. (surveymonkey.com)
  • 3. To ascertain if the disseminated research outcomes are making an impact in the SAMI (Keeping in mind that positive health and safety trends or impacts are as a result of multidisciplinary collaborative efforts from all stakeholders, including the workers themselves). (surveymonkey.com)
  • Impact investors connect the pursuit of risk-adjusted returns with the delivery of positive real-world outcomes, often connected to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). (mercer.com)
  • Demonstrating the link between direct project outputs and outcomes and broader impact objectives often requires further in-depth investigations than can be carried out in regular project monitoring . (eib.org)
  • The outcomes revealed that even if you don't develop post-traumatic stress disorder , traumatic stress can still have a long-term negative impact on personal health. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • As part of the 2020 Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES), questions were asked to gather information about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business operations. (census.gov)
  • While Leslie-Pelecky's concern is about whether the outreach programs falling under the "broader impact" section of grants are having the desired effect, I'd like to comment on a different aspect of the article, namely the whole implementation of the "broader impact" thing. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Many NSF-funded researchers find the foundation's definition of broader impacts to be, perhaps unsurprisingly, broad, and frustratingly vague. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Because it lacks conceptual clarity, the broader-impacts requirement often leaves researchers unsure about what to include in their proposals, and leads to inconsistencies in how reviewers evaluate applications. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Broader impacts were designed to be open, but openness confuses a lot of people," says Luis Echegoyen, the division director for NSF chemistry. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Overwhelmingly," says Echegoyen, "the number one broader impact that most people in the chemistry division are using is 'training graduate students and postdocs. (scienceblogs.com)
  • While NSF has supposedly "cracked down" on the Broader Impacts criterion, most of the "Broader Impact" sections I've seen are pretty half-assed. (scienceblogs.com)
  • Looking back at my own NSF proposal, I'm mildly surprised to find that I didn't even have a separate "Broader Impacts" section in the main proposal, instead shuffling it off to the required RUI ("Research at Undergraduate Institutions") statement. (scienceblogs.com)
  • The June 2022 workshop will build on and draw from these workshops to move the community forward in its approach to broader impacts for scientific ocean drilling. (carleton.edu)
  • The main goal of the proposed study is to assess the impacts of epidemiologic biases in World Trade Center (WTC) health studies by identifying the presence of bias and then by quantifying and adjusting for the bias effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Through March 2022, we'll also send Letter 6475 to the address we have on file for you confirming the total amount of your third Economic Impact Payment and any plus-up payments you received for tax year 2021. (irs.gov)
  • In 2022, guided by our purpose to make an impact that matters, Deloitte people helped clients and communities navigate this disruptive year, strengthen connections and bring to life more equitable, sustainable futures. (deloitte.com)
  • Women at Work 2022: A Global Outlook aims to help employers understand how women's experiences in the workplace impact their engagement and career progression. (deloitte.com)
  • This thesis concludes that, even if coastal species of foraminifera can tolerate extremely varying conditions in their environment on the short term, it is likely that tolerance thresholds will be passed for benthic ecosystems under the future increase in anthropogenic impacts such as coastal ocean acidification. (lu.se)
  • There are a number of approaches to sustainable investment, including ESG integration and screening, thematic investing and impact investing. (mercer.com)
  • The Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Through Alliances (DELTA) Impact program funds State Domestic Violence Coalitions to implement strategies and approaches designed to prevent intimate partner violence while also funding local communities to do the same. (cdc.gov)
  • There is a call globally for an increased emphasis on research impact as well as more sophisticated approaches to planning, achieving, and measuring impact from research. (lu.se)
  • The CDC Office of Genomics and Precision Public Health is undergoing strategic planning to identify major opportunities for impact of public health action in human genomics and precision medicine in the next decade. (cdc.gov)
  • The short-term negative impacts of tourism on residents' health are related to the density of tourist's arrivals, the risk of disease transmission, road accidents, higher crime levels, as well as traffic congestion, crowding, and other stressful factors. (wikipedia.org)
  • To further investigate human health impacts from gold mining on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation, follow the links below. (carleton.edu)
  • We co-produce research and impact with a wide-range of organisations and users from schools and educators to theatre companies, museums, Government agencies and NGOs with research and fieldwork focused on past inequalities and health challenges, urbanism, ancient empires and major diasporas. (dur.ac.uk)
  • They found people who perceived stress as significantly affecting their health had twice the risk of experiencing coronary heart disease - compared with those who did not think stress was making an impact. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • These findings raise the possibility that the mere perception of stress can impact on heart health - but they also leave more questions than answers. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Renee Salas, a co-author of the report, who teaches emergency medicine at Harvard Medical Schoolsaid: "The climate crisis is impacting not only health for our patients but the way we deliver care and our ability to do our jobs. (scientificamerican.com)
  • DELTA Impact supports the Coordinated Community Response Team to use intimate partner violence primary prevention strategies that affect the structural determinants of health at the societal or community levels, or the factors that influence where people live, work, and age. (cdc.gov)
  • This training is designed to introduce the educational case study, ASOH Wildfires Smoke, Sofia's Story (Wildfire Health Impacts). (cdc.gov)
  • A definitive analysis of the impact on public health of lead-contaminated soil is limited often by a lack of information on human exposure factors and soil conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • However, the health assessor will find the information in this report useful in characterizing the significance of exposure pathways and the importance of the physical and chemical properties of the lead compounds that may impact on persons' uptake of lead. (cdc.gov)
  • A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a process to evaluate the potential positive and negative public health effects of a plan, project, or policy before it is approved, built, or implemented. (cdc.gov)
  • So we can assess the impact of our work and be certain we are effectively advancing our mission to create a better future for people and nature, the Rainforest Alliance conducts scientific research and analyzes relevant studies done by other researchers. (rainforest-alliance.org)
  • In the first paper, we assess the impact of women to Nigeria's economic development through analysis of women's participation and representation in the private and public sectors. (pwc.com)
  • These findings led to an extensive search for a large impact crater that is 65 million years old. (usra.edu)
  • [4] There are also training programmes specifically focused on low impact diving in various environments. (wikipedia.org)
  • Interviews have captured company-specific insights into climate commitments, the organisation of climate programmes, the most impactful initiatives, their climate and commercial impact, barriers to progress and lessons learned. (deloitte.com)
  • EIIP has been addressing this knowledge gap by undertaking Employment Impact Assessments (EmpIAs) to quantify the employment potential and impacts of public investment programmes in the infrastructure sector, particularly in sub-sectors where labour-based construction methods are technically feasible and cost-effective. (ilo.org)
  • Employment impact assessments help to inform decision making and findings can shape policy advice for developing national strategies and programmes for job creation. (ilo.org)
  • But the impact of the climate crisis-for patients, doctors and researchers-is already being felt across every specialty of medicine, with worse feared to come. (scientificamerican.com)
  • A voluntary and freely available public good, the Impact Standards are designed to help public and private investors build stronger systems to understand and critically evaluate their impact - both positive and negative on people and planet. (oecd.org)
  • EmpIA can be ex-ante where it is used as a prognostic tool to simulate the current and future impacts of a public investment programme or ex-post where it is used to evaluate the employment effects of completed projects. (ilo.org)
  • For example, in-depth impact studies may investigate how a project reaches different social groups as final beneficiaries, or how the benefits that final beneficiaries receive from a project may influence their circumstances. (eib.org)
  • The objective of this research was to investigate the perception of parents and teachers about the impact of social isolation on the development of preschoolers. (bvsalud.org)
  • Discover the incredible impact you have on people, the planet and potential through supporting students and research at Bath. (bath.ac.uk)
  • The Family Impact Institute provides policymakers and professionals with nonpartisan, solution-oriented research and a family and racial equity lens on many of the complex issues being debated in state legislatures across the country. (purdue.edu)
  • To assist policymakers, we disseminates research and policy reports that provide a family impact perspective on current policy issues. (purdue.edu)
  • IMPACTS will perform research and development of the impact of impurities in captured CO 2 , from power plants and other CO 2 -intensive industries, on CO 2 transport and storage. (sintef.no)
  • Nevertheless, during the last few years, numerous research projects on CCS conducted by research and industry actors and other relevant work (CLSF, DNV, national projects) have concluded that there is a need to build new knowledge on the fundamental properties of CO 2 mixtures with impurities and their impact on the CCS chain integrity and economics. (sintef.no)
  • Archaeology at Durham has a worldwide reputation for research and impact. (dur.ac.uk)
  • Your research impact on the global community-scholars, medical practitioners, and independent researchers-matters more than ever before. (bepress.com)
  • Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies ," NBER Working Papers 28371, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. (repec.org)
  • Broadly speaking, we consider research impact to refer to the contribution that research (and education) makes to the economy, society, environment, or culture, beyond the contribution to academia. (lu.se)
  • Taking a storytelling format combined with visualisations and personal interviews, the impact story series provides several ways to explore the impact of IIIEE research and education activities. (lu.se)
  • In 2023, we launched Uplift - A Week for Social Good , a free virtual event focused on helping educate, enable, and empower nonprofits with the skills and technology they need to make an impact. (hootsuite.com)
  • We use Benevity, the leading provider of corporate purpose software, to power our social impact programs. (hootsuite.com)
  • IMPACT strives to create a holistic experience for students by integrating community service, contemplative practice, social justice, and leadership in the classroom, on campus and beyond. (umass.edu)
  • Second, the economic impact of various policies, such as cap-and-trade, depends on whether prices for various customers move closer to the marginal social cost. (repec.org)
  • Read the latest insights, ideas and strategies to help you incorporate sustainable considerations including ESG, DEI and impact investing. (mercer.com)
  • We build robust impact investment strategies that seek to deliver positive change and strong returns. (mercer.com)
  • DELTA Impact is focused on implementing strategies that address community and societal level risk and protective factors. (cdc.gov)
  • Evidence shows that these strategies, along with several others, have an impact on intimate partner violence. (cdc.gov)
  • IMPACTS also responds to the overall objective of the Energy Theme in FP7 by contributing to a more sustainable energy system, less reliance on imported fuels and thus contributing to safety of supply in a carbon restrained worldwhilst increasing European competitiveness. (sintef.no)
  • As part of the ORNL-led Spruce and Peatland Responses Under Changing E nvironments experiment, scientists are exposing plots of Minnesota peat bog to hotter temperatures and elevated carbon dioxide and measuring the impacts. (ornl.gov)
  • The DELTA Impact project ended in March 2023. (cdc.gov)
  • World Impact is our portfolio of initiatives focussed on making a tangible impact on society's biggest challenges and creating a more sustainable and equitable world. (deloitte.com)
  • Putting these pieces together in virtual space, we can run experiments with the globe and understand how decisions we make now could impact society's future. (ornl.gov)
  • Individual weekly service in a community organization outside of class is a requirement of Impact! (umass.edu)
  • To assist professionals who want to create better dialogue between researchers and policymakers, we provide technical assistance on what it takes to connect with policymakers, and how to establish Family Impact Seminars in their own state. (purdue.edu)
  • Seven North American researchers finally located the impact site on the Yucatán Peninsula. (usra.edu)
  • Discover highlights of how LUCSUS researchers work to make an impact from the global to the local in our impact stories. (lu.se)
  • They are grounded in high-level impact management principles and can be used alongside other tools and frameworks by donors, development finance institutions and private actors seeking to have real and positive impacts on the achievement of the SDGs. (oecd.org)
  • The Economics Department carries out such microeconomic impact studies on a flexible, selective, on-demand basis, and works with external partners to carry out studies, for example our EIB-GDN programme . (eib.org)
  • In this step you will conduct a preliminary analysis to determine the impact of implementing efficiency standards for rentals on your city. (rmi.org)
  • Our website serves as a clearinghouse of information about what a family perspective is, how to conduct a family impact analyses, and what tools and resources are available. (purdue.edu)
  • Residents, visitors, businesses, and various levels of governments (municipal to federal) all influence direct tourism impacts through their spending in or near a given tourism area. (wikipedia.org)
  • Information is included about the chemical contents of impacted waters and soils, common cyanide cleanup techniques, long term impacts from cyanide, and the potential impacts to municipal waste and drinking water, and recommendations for the regulatory agencies and the mining industry. (carleton.edu)
  • There are both positive and negative effects on communities related to the economic impacts of tourism in their communities. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Press Forward $500 million announcement is a major opportunity for a deeper conversation on impact of local news and trust that communities place in journalism. (forbes.com)
  • The landmark study commissioned by UNCF- HBCUs Make America Strong: The Positive Economic Impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities -makes it clear: HBCUs are economic engines in their Tennessee communities and beyond, generating substantial economic returns year after year. (uncf.org)
  • The purpose of DELTA Impact is to decrease risk factors in communities that may lead to intimate partner violence and to increase protective factors that prevent it. (cdc.gov)
  • Although the editors of Science have generally taken a dim view of the prospects for advanced nanotechnology, somebody at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is taking the potential ethical and socioeconomic impacts seriously. (foresight.org)
  • However, the employment potential and impact of public policies and investments are not always well understood by policy-makers and practitioners. (ilo.org)
  • What is the potential impact of these tools on our assessments in higher education? (lu.se)
  • Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies ," American Economic Review , American Economic Association, vol. 111(5), pages 1658-1688, May. (repec.org)
  • Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies ," Natural Field Experiments 00724, The Field Experiments Website. (repec.org)
  • A positive impact can refer to the increase in jobs, a higher quality of life for locals, and an increase in wealth of an area. (wikipedia.org)
  • A positive impact is to increase or to make better either for the tourist, the host community and residence and/or the tourist destination. (wikipedia.org)
  • Positive impacts are related more to the materialistic well-being, rather than to the happiness of a host community or tourist. (wikipedia.org)
  • The tourist destination enjoys positive impacts, if there have been improvements to the natural environment such as protection, national parks, or man-made infrastructure, waste-treatment plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • More investors are opting to go beyond ESG considerations to support positive change through impact investing. (mercer.com)
  • Students explore ways to make a positive impact on the larger community around UMass-and to find a place as part of that community. (umass.edu)
  • The impact calculator is designed to be part of an iterative process that changes as the policy design and implementation evolves. (rmi.org)
  • These Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development have been developed by the OECD and UNDP in close consultation with practitioners in the context of the DAC Community of Practice on Private Finance for Sustainable Development. (oecd.org)
  • We work with policy, capacity building, and societal dialogue as pathways to make an impact for sustainable transformation - from a local to a global level. (lu.se)
  • Sociocultural impacts are associated with interactions between people with differing cultural backgrounds, attitudes and behaviors, and relationships to material goods. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most eligible people already received their Economic Impact Payments. (irs.gov)
  • Deloitte collaborates with best-in-class third parties to make an impact that matters to our people, the clients we serve and society as a whole. (deloitte.com)
  • Deloitte's commitment to responsible business is rooted in our Purpose-175 years of making an impact that matters for our people, society and clients. (deloitte.com)
  • The Goal 13 Impact Platform is the result of a partnership between Deloitte, the CBI, Chapter Zero, A4S, Dell and the Met Office which aims to stimulate cross-sector collaboration by providing pragmatic and transparent information about the most impactful climate related initiatives in place, highlighting significant gaps in progress and encouraging more ambitious commitments and action. (deloitte.com)
  • The Goal 13 Impact Platform will serve as a powerful channel to 'matchmake' organisations, who are working on similar initiatives and challenges, so that we can accelerate progress through cross-sector collaborations. (deloitte.com)
  • Financing opportunities with anticipated development impact in emerging economies. (jpmorgan.com)
  • 3) A developer may request and shall receive a refund, including interest earned on the impact fees, when the developer does not proceed with the development activity and no impact has resulted. (wa.gov)
  • This March being women's month, PwC Nigeria presents the first of two reports highlighting the impact of women on Nigeria's economic development. (pwc.com)
  • This white paper assesses the impact of women to Nigeria's economic development through analysis of women's participation and representation in the private and public sectors. (pwc.com)
  • Spin-off/development impacts comprise secondary employment created as a result of an improved or maintained asset within the areas of influence. (ilo.org)
  • Ensure that impact represents a substantive commitment between the public and private sector. (oecd.org)
  • Collectively, the Scientific Ocean Drilling IMPACT workshop series strives to chart the future course of science communication and outreach for scientific ocean drilling. (carleton.edu)
  • Hear from business leaders on how they are tackling climate change, and how the Goal 13 Impact Platform will facilitate learning and collaboration between companies as they address the climate crisis. (deloitte.com)
  • The climate science problem I'm working on is trying to better understand the impacts of climate change on the natural world - in biomes from the tundra to the tropics. (ornl.gov)
  • That's a totally different story than thinking about climate change as the cause of hurricanes over Florida … It's a much more pervasive and ongoing impact. (scientificamerican.com)
  • This diagram illustrates the Theory of Change for DELTA Impact. (cdc.gov)
  • News Why does Europe need to limit climate change and adapt to its impacts? (europa.eu)
  • Europe's many regions are expected to face worsening impacts of climate change over the next decades. (europa.eu)
  • Securely access your IRS online account to view the total of your first, second and third Economic Impact Payment amounts under the Tax Records page. (irs.gov)
  • FII was founded in 1999 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison/Extension and continues the family impact mission of the federal Family Impact Seminars, which operated from 1976 to 1998 in Washington DC. (purdue.edu)
  • We provide technical assistance to professionals conducting Family Impact Seminars for state policymakers in their state capitols. (purdue.edu)
  • Our impact story series are narratives that present our pathways for creating and amplifying impact. (lu.se)
  • See our Annual Impact Report for more details. (hootsuite.com)
  • And it's why we've created leading analytics tools that let you (and your faculty members) measure and report on the impact your institution's work is having locally and around the world. (bepress.com)
  • Subsequent laboratory analyses showed the deposit was dominated by impact melt spherules and that it contained an unusually large amount of shocked quartz, both of which unambiguously indicated the deposit was ejected from an impact crater. (usra.edu)
  • And it's a transformation that has a ripple effect that impacts teachers and students. (unco.edu)
  • Induced spending, which is the re-circulation of a tourist dollar within a community, is another way that tourism indirectly has an impact on a community. (wikipedia.org)
  • Transformative learning, community impact. (umass.edu)
  • Students in IMPACT typically live together on the same floor of a residence hall, creating a class community and developing lasting relationships with their classmates. (umass.edu)
  • Each IMPACT student chooses one community organization for their service for both the fall and spring semester. (umass.edu)
  • Russia's banning of petroleum product exports will not last long and any impacts on prices will be short lived. (forbes.com)
  • The economic contribution of tourism is felt in both direct and indirect ways, where direct economic impacts are created when commodities like the following are sold: accommodation and entertainment, food and beverages services, and retail opportunities. (wikipedia.org)
  • Impact investing starts where ESG ends and spans opportunities that deliver varying market rate returns. (mercer.com)
  • In contrast, indirect economic impacts of tourism can be found in investment spending surrounding a tourism offering from private and governmental interests. (wikipedia.org)
  • Indirect economic impacts (the supply chain, investment, and government collective) account for 50.7 percent of the total GDP contribution from travel and tourism in 2014. (wikipedia.org)
  • The IRS has issued all first, second and third Economic Impact Payments. (irs.gov)
  • Individuals can view the total amount of their third Economic Impact Payments through their individual Online Account. (irs.gov)
  • These results will be used to assess the techno-economic impacts and safety issues on the C2 chain. (sintef.no)