Sentences with phrase «global environment at»

The panel consisted of: Leila Conners, Tree Media Group founder, journalist and filmmaker, including co-directing the 11th Hour; Richard Wolfe, technophile and former 20th century Fox technology chrief; Richard Graves, Youth Voice / Youth Vote and Global Environment at Americans for Informed Democracy program director; Mark Sommer, executive director of The Mainstream Media Project, author, independent journalist and internationally syndicated columnist

Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, in an email interview:

A Feb. 2011 report, «Mining Coal, Mounting Costs: the Life Cycle Consequences of Coal,» led by associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School Dr. Paul Epstein, found that accounting for the full costs of coal would double or triple its price.

The study is part of a recently released report titled Climate Change Futures, a project of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.

«The rise of U.S. wildfires is turning global warming into a real and direct health threat for American adults and children,» said Paul Epstein, MD, associate director, Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.

Here's Paul R. Epstein, the associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard Medical School:

On behalf of the Weston A. Price Foundation I attended a congressional briefing organized by the Center for Healthand the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School called «The Importance of Organic Agriculture in the U.S.in Coming Years.»

Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, details the economic, health and environmental costs associated with each stage in the life cycle of coal — extraction, transportation, processing, and combustion.

«This is an attempt to counter something that isn't being said,» said Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School.

According to the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School, climate change over the coming decades is likely to increase rates of allergies, asthma, heart disease and cancer, among other illnesses.

Mabey teaches Earth Science, Living Environment, Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Ecology, and SUNY - ESF Global Environment at HFCS.

The keynote speaker at the Conference, titled «Healthy Land — Healthy Communities,» was Dr. Eric Chivian, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and founder of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health.

He is the host of the National Geographic web series Cook-Wise and the director of the healthy and sustainable food program at the Center for Health and Global Environment at Harvard.

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«Yes, we must protect the environment — it is our number one resource — but at the end of the day, studies have pointed to global warming, human contact, coastal development» as other significant threats to coral.

She was an Entrepreneur in Residence at the California Clean Energy Fund, where she explored investment opportunities to accelerate the shift to 100 % clean energy and is co-chair of the Nexus Global Energy Innovation and Environment Group and a trustee of the American Renewable Energy Institute, mobilizing the next generation of impact investors and philanthropists.

These technologies are driving profound changes impacting industries and business models as well as life, society, and the environment,» said Tim Zanni, Global and U.S. Technology Sector Leader at KPMG in the report.

President Donald Trump landed in Switzerland this morning, and will spend the next two days among the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is expected to advocate for an «America First» agenda in an environment that is antithetical to those principles.

Patagonia's statement combines both their values — high - quality products and their values of helping the environment by donating time, services, and at least 1 percent of their sales to global grassroots environmental groups.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Following the sharpest decline in crude oil prices in at least a century, as well as a six - year bear market in metals, the global environment could be ripe for a commodity rebound.

«Our goal is to have a space environment that is populated by people acting responsibly,» said Peter Marquez, vice president for global engagement at Planetary Resources.

Looking at a snapshot of global working environments, up to one in five people have no natural elements within their workspace, and alarmingly nearly 50 % of workers have no natural light.

Investing in projects that directly improve the global environment is at the core of FullCycle Fund's mission.

The latest issue of StraightTalk ® looks at four scenarios of how the current growth improvement may evolve in the next few months and what the effects may be on the global economy's potential in the medium - term Our latest survey of C - Suite executives» challenges reveal their responses to the current business environment.

At the 19th Communist Party National Congress held in October, President Xi unveiled a bold, long - term vision to transform China into a «great modern socialist country» — a global leader in innovation and trade that boasts sustainable growth, a cleaner environment and reduced inequality — by the 100th anniversary of the People's Republic in 2049.

This rise of the environment as an election issue is due to a number factors, including greater public interest in environmental issues (such as global warming) and the appearance of green politics at the federal level.

Growth of the Australian economy is being supported by a strong external environment at present and, if anything, global economic conditions have strengthened further in recent months.

At the same time, with international data indicating a significant expansion in most parts of the global economy, a more favourable environment for export growth is emerging.

At MWM, our client commitment is to preserve capital, manage risk, and grow your assets in an ever - changing global environment.

And while U.S. economic growth today is lower than at points in the 1980s and 1990s, it's still quite remarkable in a global environment beset by only moderate European growth and slowing growth in China and other emerging markets.

Demand growth «has stalled and that represents a significant change in the environment for producers both in OPEC and outside it,» said Dave Ernsberger, global head of oil content at S&P Global Pglobal head of oil content at S&P Global PGlobal Platts.

Because as investors if you're looking at this current contemporary global macroeconomic backdrop from the 10 - 12 year perspective, I find it with the typical disclosure here that I'm not able to see with a perfect crystal ball or anything but it's hard to believe that traditional assets, that global equities, will be thriving in this environment just from the simple perspective of how overstretched they are from any reasonable measure of valuation.

With the rapid pace at which the payment industry is gathering momentum, the global payment environment will go through a sea change in near future.

Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

In my view, there are at least six key factors which have caused and continue to affect a global transformation of consciousness: the revolution in communications, globalization of the economy, a growing awareness of the degradation of the environment, demographic shifts, the threat of nuclear destruction and the advent of the new science.

In the quotation at the head of this chapter, Daly and Cobb write of the impending change to the present global order necessitated by the deteriorating environment resulting from the dominant economic and political order.

That target, said former Environment Secretary Richard Lochhead «will put Scotland at the forefront of global action to tackle food waste», but Binns Group Chief Executive Allan MacGregor says that while government direction is good, the amount of food currently being wasted in Scotland is «staggering».

When you look at the kind of impact food loss and waste has on our environment, economy and society, it's clear why the United Nations included it among the most urgent global challenges the Sustainable Development Goals would address.

To begin the process of building that packaging, we start with research including brand and category insights, competitive analysis, an intense look at the retail merchandising environment and an investigation into new ideas and methods in the global marketplace.

According to Mintel's Global New Products Database (GNPD), 52 % of US adults placed taste at the forefront when following a plant - based diet, outranking health (39 % of respondents), the environment (13 %), animal protection (10 %) and concerns over diet (10 %).

«We can do more looking at sustainability; we can do more with plastics moving them to renewables; we can look at how we impact the environment; we can make consumer convenience; we can use innovation; we can be sustainable, and that's the great beauty of packaging,» said Mars Global Petcare Packaging Sustainability Director Colin Yates.

The world's environment ministers, who gathered at the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA - 2) in Nairobi, Kenya between May 23 and 28, passed some far - reaching globalenvironment ministers, who gathered at the second session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA - 2) in Nairobi, Kenya between May 23 and 28, passed some far - reaching globalEnvironment Assembly (UNEA - 2) in Nairobi, Kenya between May 23 and 28, passed some far - reaching global decisions.

We are part of a shared supply chain, be that at a raw material, converter, packaging machinery, product packer or material re-processor level and ultimately connected by the shared global environment.

Although increased global concern about the environment is largely focused on single - use plastics at present, the importance of sustainable design will play a much greater role in all packaging decisions; returnable and 100 % recyclable glass, with its well - established collection infrastructure across Europe, is well placed to provide customers with fresh options for all their food and drink products.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

From a global perspective, the PLP report includes the Company's 2025 goals aimed at working to improve the health and well - being of all people, building resilience in communities around the world and positively impacting the environment.

Located at the crossroads of local culture and global business within major gateway cities and resort destinations, each Grand Hyatt hotel is uniquely designed to reflect its own distinct environment and provides a hub for travelers and locals alike.

The press conference was held at the State House by Senator Marc Pacheco, chair of the Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change and Senate co-chair of the Joint Committee on Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture.

Breastfeeding and Human milk's contribution to environment sustainability and food security year - round should be considered in climate - smart development goals at national and global level.

The environment secretary David Miliband will today attend a question and answer session at a screening of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore's Oscar winning documentary on global warming.