Sentences with phrase «corenet global north»

But the church could take a much bolder step, tapping a pontiff that represents its future in the «Global South» rather than its past in the «Global North.»

The interviewer asked Pope Francis about the relationship between the «ancient» Churches of the developed world, the global North, and the «young» Churches of the developing world, including the global South.

Media is used to impose the culture and power of the wealthy nations from the global North.

«There are huge differences between the global south, who see things getting better, compared to the global north, and particularly the U.S., where we get down to 31 % who see things being better five years from now,» he said.

There are a lot of crops besides quinoa that the global north loves to eat because they are «healthy» and for which the farmers and middle men of the global south get shafted.

If you live in the industrialized global North — spending your days at an office desk, perhaps, or running around suburbs or cities, your trusty iPhone never more than a few inches away — you could be forgiven for thinking tropical forests have little do with your daily life (other than providing fodder for vacation daydreams, of course).

Practitioners and policy makers from the Global North may find alienating the emphasis on «non-violent» fathering (maybe in some communities in the Global South «violent» fathering is the norm — but surely in many others it is not?)

«All of these factors are common problems, though they differ in severity, across the Global North and also — though not measured in the FIFI study — across the Global South,» explains Adrienne Burgess.

The normalisation of climate security issues may open windows of opportunity for new kinds of emergency interventions, most likely by the Global North in regions of the Global South.

Many had extremely positive visions of politics in the Global North, lauding the US for its wealth, free and fair elections and being «at peace».

Despite the fact that in her presentation she is clear of the influx of aid workers and researchers from the Global North coming into communities in the DRC to question abuse survivors (she reveals, for example, that only oral permission is obtained because the act of signing a document has taken on the meaning that the signer is entitled to some form of aid), she believes that US military personnel should be direct (and, it would seem, demanding) about the subject of sexual assault.

Indeed, there is a well - developed trend in the Global North to focus on the issue of rape in the DRC (see Eve Ensler's call for an end to report - making of rape in the Congo and a move towards action, titled «Over»).

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino plans an announcement Tuesday morning about his pitch to try and land the second global North American headquarters for Amazon.

According to Professor Judith Stephenson: «Bringing together natural and social scientists with people from different organisations and communities in the global South and global North is essential to improve understanding of the interactions between consumption, demographic change and the climate, and to devise more scientifically and politically integrated solutions for global health.»

Moreover, don't forget that at least one other part of the global north where wildfires sometimes burn atop permafrost — namely, Canada — is also having a busy 2015 wildfire year.

New research published Wednesday in the journal Nature reaffirms that key regions of the globe that have been a source of major climate worry to researchers — such as the Amazon rainforest and the forests of the global north — are exquisitely sensitive to swings in climate.

That this is the note on which the film ends lends a conclusive element to what in its early stages seems to be a more free - form narrative careening between depictions of place and circulation which is notable in its exclusion of the global north as a central point of reference.

The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, community and faith groups and others to call for action from world leaders in the global North and South to meet their promises to end poverty and inequality.GCAP's main aim is to achieve policy and practice changes that will improve the lives of people living in poverty.GCAP adds to existing campaigning on poverty by forming diverse, inclusive national platforms that are able to open up civil society space and advocate more effectively than individual organisations would be able to do on their own.

It also organises global mass mobilisations that express solidarity between the global North and South, allow tens of millions of ordinary people to make their voices heard and bring pressure to bear on world leaders.

Unsustainable consumption and production reverses development gains in the global North and the global South: Women and men of industrialized nations have a responsibility to educate themselves, examine their worldviews, commit to action, and lead by example.

Whereas many saw the previous eight UN Millennium Development Goals (2000 - 2015) as targeting only poor countries, putting sustainability at the centre of this new program of work extends the challenge to include the consumerist societies of the global north.

Between 2010 and 2012 we've participated of the Global Curriculum Project — www.globalcurriculum.net — born in the context of the Development Education Exchange in the European Project - DEEEP platform and its Summer Schools, spaces where educators from the global North and the Global South could establish an horizontal dialogue promoting mutual learning.

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This is because «if we are to do the work of global citizenship education, we must include perspectives, resources, and ideas generated by people beyond the Global North.»

Their qualitative study of refugee parents in two schools in a declining northeastern city reveals that even in situations of material deprivation, public schools in the global North are more than capable of educating all of their students if they are able to accommodate new cultures of «space - making» and «identity - staking» for immigrant parents in their children's schools.

«Why are white people and people from the Global North the loudest voice and most prominent authority on brown countries and cultures from the Global South?

We reinforce the current, oppressive power dynamic between the Global North and the Global South, and we allow others to continue propogating racism and white supremacy.

Just a comment on the paragraph about people from the Global North being the loudest voice: It is certainly true, and it can lead to quite a few problems, but I do not find it very paradoxical.

Once again, white people from the Global North are being handed the pen that gets to write the present and future for brown countries in the Global South.

«The success of the Manchester — Beijing route, and the new direct flights to Seattle opening up later this year, reinforces our shared vision of having a super-connected global north bringing the Northern Powerhouse to the world and the world to the Northern Powerhouse.»

GNR Presents: also subtly reflects on the concept of a Global North and South in its presentation of pieces by Latin American artists Vik Muniz and Alexandre Arrechea, who pay tribute to New York City in their depictions of iconic buildings including the Guggenheim Museum and the Chrysler Building.

GNR Presents: convenes a cross-generational group of artists, from the Global North and South, whose works reflect on formal concerns such as the role of color, spatiality, and the public.

Work presented in the exhibition specifically addresses human migration and nationalism in the Mediterranean area, investigating the dual nature of this geographic feature to the extent that it connects and separates, acting as both a junction as well as a barrier between the Global North and South.

She is also interested in the diaspora, as well as how the global North has influenced trends here in Africa.

But the principle of food sovereignty is also gaining traction among marginalized communities in the United States and other parts of the global North — both in neglected city neighborhoods and in farming communities.

It's not a conspiracy, but it's absolutely the case that climate change raises very troubling questions about the true costs of the wealth that has accumulated in the Global North.

If we in the Global North slow down trade by re-localizing our economies in sensible ways, that kind of meteoric rise in emissions slows down too.

In such a situation, inhabitants of the global North can and should opt for a new economic and social vision based on quality of life, rather than quantity of stuff, with reduced work time and ecological sustainability at its core.

One thing missing in the discussion so far is a look at ways to forge relationships between the global North, South, East and West through such platforms.

The Big Shift Global is a multi-stakeholder, global campaign coordinated by organisations from the Global North and South.

It is our (Global North) responsibility to facilitate clean development of developing countries and further push for an equitable and ambitious agreement which is necessary to save this planet from catastrophic climate disasters.

The increased recognition of urban agriculture and food policies is not only a matter of governments in the global North, but is as much present in the global South where amongst others cities like Rosario (Argentina), Lima (Peru),

The raw materials produced are mainly exported to the global North.

«In COP19 / CMP9, We expect to learn, interact, exchange ideas, knowledge, skills, experiences with the Global North and South Stakeholders on Climate Change and related matters.»

Climate change is a moral crisis because every time governments of wealthy nations fail to act, it sends a message that we in the global north are putting our immediate comfort and economic security ahead of the suffering and survival of some of the poorest and most vulnerable people on Earth.

«Every child born on our planet has the right to the state - of - the - science life expectancy now shared by a few countries in the global North, not simply a «satisfactory» quality of life.»

Unless sufficient global renewable energy capacity is created, above the present global energy consumption level, most of humanity will have settle for less than what the privileged elites in the global North get.

And while Global North obstructionism mired these talks in delays, obstruction and censorship, Global South leaders prevailed in securing a clear path forward for the conflict of interest movement, ensuring the issue will be front and center next year.»

Why would the global North place any new technology under the control of the UN?

In the global north, women make 80 percent of consumer decisions.