Translation of "Facteur d'échelle " (French → English) :

26. Recognises that infrastructure-building, urbanisation, industrialisation and physical intervention in the landscape in general are among the most significant drivers of the fragmentation of ecosystems and habitats; calls on local, regional and national governments, in the context of their planning regulations and implementation measures and within the framework of their competences, to consider these factors – which pose a threat to ecosystems and habitats – in their planning and development projects on both a large and a small scale; recognises the pressures and need at local and regional level to provide substantial economic deve ...[+++]lopment, and recommends that local and regional authorities be mindful of striking a balance between development and the need to protect biodiversity and natural habitats; supports further reform and use of regional and local development policies in order to deliver biodiversity benefits and halt further loss of habitats, especially in times of economic and financial crisis;

71. Calls for global-level solutions to be formulated to tackle speculation in agricultural commodities and extreme price volatility, as they potentially put food security at risk; recognises, however, the importance of a properly functioning futures market in agricultural commodities; takes the view that coordinated international action is the only effective means of curbing excessive speculation; supports, in this connection, the proposal by the French Presidency of the G20 that the group should agree measures to combat the increasing volatility in the prices of agricultural raw materials; advocates a worldwide notification and coo ...[+++]rdinated action system for agricultural stocks intended to provide food security; observes, therefore, that consideration should be given to maintaining stocks of vital agricultural commodities; emphasises that if these objectives are to be achieved, storage capacities must be increased and market monitoring and surveillance instruments developed; stresses in particular the alarming effects that global price volatility has on developing countries;

There's a reason why the tolerance is at that level internationally. There are a lot of factors that have to be taken into consideration, and the uncertainty of the calculations of the determination is a factor, internationally.

What I'm saying is that something on a very low level of risk, such as an aspirin, still carries risk, as well as something on a high level of risk.

Identifying diabetes as a public health challenge in Europe and encouraging networking and the exchange of information between Member States with a view to promoting best practices, to enhancing the co-ordination of health promotion and prevention policies and programmes for the whole population and high-risk groups and to reducing inequalities and optimising healthcare resources; Facilitating and supporting European diabetes research in basic and clinical science and ensuring the wide dissemination of the results of this research across Europe; Examining and strengthening the comparability of diabetes epidemiological evidence by considering the establishment of standardised outputs for monitoring, surveillance and reporting of diabetes mortality, morbidity ...[+++] and risk factor data across Member States; Reporting on Member States' actions in order to emphasise health determinants, promote healthy lifestyles, national diabetes plans and prevention measures, on the basis of information provided by Member States, assessing the extent to which the proposed measures are working effectively, and considering the need for further action; Continuing the work on the development of a comprehensive approach to health determinants at European level, including a coherent and comprehensive nutrition and physical activity policy, and addressing the impact on public health of the promotion, marketing and presentation, in particular to children, of energy dense foods and sugar-sweetened drinks; Building on the work of the EU Platform for Action on Diet, Physical Activity and Health and encouraging the development and implementation of national diabetes prevention programmes and measures; Taking the health determinants and risk factors of diabetes into account across EU policies.

Alberta's oil reserves are sourced in the following ways: by strip mining shallow bitumen sands deposits, where 90% recovery of original oil-in-place is achieved; by in situ extraction of bitumen sands in deeper deposits using cyclic steam stimulation, now achieving recovery factors of 35% to 40%; by steam-assisted gravity drainage, typically achieving recovery factors exceeding 50%, and sometimes up to 70%; by in situ extraction of bitumen carbonate deposits, where two successful commercial-scale pilot projects in the Grosmont deposit are now both proceeding to full scale-development; and by multiple fracking of horizontal wells in ...[+++]tight oil shales containing a large oil resource little developed as yet, but classed as “proved undeveloped”, based on success exploiting analogous tight oil shales in the U.S. These recent developments and improvements in recovery factors indicate Alberta's proved oil reserves are 848 billion barrels.