Sentences with phrase «while nations around the world»

That said, the news comes at a time of great uncertainty over the future of global emissions reduction efforts, while nations around the world are convening in Germany for the U.N. climate conference.

While nations around the world introduced heavy standardized testing regimes in the 1990s, the Finnish National Board of Education concluded that such tests would consume too much instructional time, cost too much to construct, proctor, and grade, and generate undue stress.

Not exact matches

But regardless of which side you lean toward, there are entrepreneurs leading the way in social impact, people like Joshua Schukman, founder of Social Change Nation, an organization focused on bringing together entrepreneurs from around the world who are making an impact while still making a profit.

And while the 2007 crisis started in the US and then spread around the world, today's crisis is affecting all major nations simultaneously.

While smaller application cases are being considered around the world, the United Nations isn't waiting for ecosystems to develop.

Addressing the media on the sidelines of the on - going Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group in Washington DC, United States of America, yesterday, Lagarde warned that while most of the nations around the world are experiencing growth, they should endeavor to get ready for a downside effect sooner than lWorld Bank Group in Washington DC, United States of America, yesterday, Lagarde warned that while most of the nations around the world are experiencing growth, they should endeavor to get ready for a downside effect sooner than lworld are experiencing growth, they should endeavor to get ready for a downside effect sooner than later.

While the nations of the world are united in fascination, and perhaps preoccupation, with cryptocurrencies — what they are, what they mean, and what to do about them — the United Nations is already using the blockchain to help people around the globe in a variety of humanitarian conations of the world are united in fascination, and perhaps preoccupation, with cryptocurrencies — what they are, what they mean, and what to do about them — the United Nations is already using the blockchain to help people around the globe in a variety of humanitarian coNations is already using the blockchain to help people around the globe in a variety of humanitarian contexts.

Or are we instead the global hegemon — the Rome of the modern world — throwing our military weight around, pursuing economic excess while parsimonious in our generosity, demonstrating indifference to how our actions negatively affect other nations and consuming far more of the world's resources than we should?

While the Walking Dead is a bunch of characters (who nobody cares whether they live or die) sitting around talking about their feelings and who should be in charge for 8 episodes (with an occasional zombie forced in, for no apparent reason), Z Nation actually shows a full world view (with more than Walking Dead ’s

American middle and high school teachers report spending more time at the front of the classroom than teachers in nearly every other country in the developed world.9 While U.S. teachers deliver instruction for about 80 percent of their workday, the international average is around 60 percent — and teachers in high - performing nations like Japan, Korea, and Singapore spend only about one - third of their time providing instruction directly to students.10 We know that it does not have to be this way for U.S. teachers.

Now we are able to deliver robust music offerings to our members around the world, while attracting more customers from the millions of people across the globe who attend Live Nation shows,» said Phil McAveety, Chief Brand Officer for Starwood.

While 41 % report that climate change is already harming people around the world, 29 % believe that it will not harm people for many years or may never harm people, the greatest sentiment of this kind in any nation polled.

While much of the current climate change debate focuses on curbing future carbon emissions, a median of 51 % across the nations surveyed believe that climate change is harming people around the world now.

Because a high percentage of the arguments made by most proponents of climate change policy have been focused on adverse climate impacts that citizens will experience where they live, while ignoring the harms to hundreds of millions of vulnerable poor people around the world that are being affected by GHG emissions from all - high emitting nations, along with claims that mainstream climate science is credible and has been undermined by morally reprehensible tactics, there is a need to make more people aware of: