The consequences of a world without balance are becoming increasingly catastrophic.

Potentially catastrophic consequences await, not just for polar bears, but for millions of people.

The consequences of failing to pay adequate attention to natural resource destruction can be catastrophic.

If we face irreversible and catastrophic consequences, we must act, and we must act decisively.

They also include poverty, deadly infectious disease and environmental degradation since these can have equally catastrophic consequences.

The catastrophic consequences of a nuclear war make it imperative to prevent one from ever taking place.

Renewable energy currently provides the main hope that the world can avoid the catastrophic consequences of climate change.

But they cannot ignore their problems forever, and the consequences of delaying the reforms that France needs could be catastrophic.

Preventing catastrophic terrorism

After all, we managed to agree to ban chemical and biological weapons after we realized the catastrophic consequences of their use.

Still other nuclear power plants remain closed because of court challenges by citizens concerned about the catastrophic consequences of another nuclear accident.

The economic consequences of the break up of the Soviet Union had catastrophic con sequences for Soviet pharmaceutical producers, and Akrikhin In particular.

Coping with Catastrophic Risks

This would be catastrophic.

What are catastrophic effects?

So long as the above factors are ignored, the consequences for the civilians caught in the middle of the conflict will remain catastrophic.

It is true that their complete shutdown causes energy problems for the countries using them, but an accident could have global catastrophic consequences.

The only thing that could come to an end is the world s attention and engagement in Afghanistan, which could well lead to catastrophic consequences.

It continued to believe that the most effective way of preventing the catastrophic consequences of nuclear terrorism was the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

9. Mr. MUSUKA (Zambia) said that unless the international community acted immediately, Burundi was likely to experience a civil war with possibly catastrophic consequences.

There exists overwhelming evidence showing that impacts of large objects with dimensions in the order of kilometres (km) have had catastrophic consequences in the past.

If, however, the core issues that propelled the revolution aren't addressed, the consequences could be catastrophic not just for Egypt, but for the entire region.

A crash, or at least a sharp spasm, is quite likely in the near future, and the consequences for America and the world may be catastrophic.

If this perennial financial crisis is not quickly resolved, the consequences could be catastrophic for the international community and all its aspirations to peace and development.

The consequences for Nigeria s 114 million people, for the rest of the troubled continent of Africa and for the international system would be catastrophic if Nigeria disintegrated.

And we've reached that time. We cannot afford to underestimate this problem. If we face irreversible and catastrophic consequences, we must act, and we must act decisively.

I can think of no depression, ever, that has been so deliberate and had such catastrophic consequences Greece s rate of youth unemployment, for example, now exceeds 60 .

These dangers were predictable, and the world now knows that the war has proved a terrible failure of American strategy, and may yet have even more catastrophic consequences.

Whatever the political or economic considerations, the fact remains if global temperatures rise more than 2 C from pre industrial levels, the consequences for the planet will be catastrophic.

Considering also that the hair trigger alert of nuclear weapons carries unacceptable risks of unintentional or accidental use of nuclear weapons, which would have catastrophic consequences for all mankind,

The tyrannical system of white minority rule in South Africa has had catastrophic consequences for my country, one of the most democratic and peace loving nations in southern Africa.

In some cases the effects could be catastrophic.

Suddenly, I had an episode of catastrophic bleeding.

An immediate concern, if deep pessimism about Iran s intentions prevails, is a preventive Israeli strike, leading to another major Middle East war with catastrophic consequences for the global economy likely.

But if emerging markets force Europe to take all the adjustment, the results would be catastrophic, pushing up the euro to 1.50, 1.60 or beyond, with truly dire consequences for trade.

A complete collapse, fueled by efforts to impose a political solution by military means, would most likely lead to catastrophic consequences for decades to come, with Turkey among the worst affected.

In the past, it was discrimination between the East and West blocs, whose consequences, in the form of the cold war, plunged a large part of mankind into a catastrophic situation.

Catastrophic events like Hurricane Katrina have reinforced this stance.

There is destruction of catastrophic proportions in the city.

If we apply to catastrophic risks the same prudent analysis that leads us to buy insurance multiplying probability by consequences we would surely prioritize measures to reduce this kind of extreme risk.

Digging of a tunnel or trench in which to dump this waste was under way, presenting the same threat of catastrophic ecological consequences as described in the Special Committee's report last year.

Dealing with the effects of this grave disaster requires immediate assistance to the inhabitants of the affected areas, who will need to take steps to prevent such catastrophic consequences in the future.

Recent human history contains examples of entire islands rendered uninhabitable through environmental destruction small island developing States are fully aware that the environmental consequences of ill conceived development can have catastrophic effects.

Proof of this is the upsurge in acts of violence, sometimes barbaric in nature, which could long doom this country to instability, the consequences of which could be catastrophic for the entire region.

The humanitarian dimensions of the Angolan tragedy are catastrophic as some 3 million people, particularly the most vulnerable population groups children, women and the elderly are suffering from the consequences of the conflict.