Sentences with phrase «about global conflict»

Man Just Wants To Play Violent Military Shooter About Global Conflict Without Critics «Bringing Politics Into It»

Believing what Steve tells her about the global conflict, Diana takes it upon herself to join him and head to the Western Front.

Ian Dawes, who works in the area Kurdistan which is found in northern Iraq (pictured above), encouraged Christians not to be ignorant about global conflict and disaster situations.

Not exact matches

It's becoming increasingly difficult to make sense of the conflicting signals coming in about the state of the global economy.

Global stock markets rebounded Thursday as jitters began to ease about a possible international military response to the Syrian conflict.

Colombia's armed conflict, the longest - running in recent global history, left more than 220,000 people dead and about 6.7 million displaced within the region.

One could frame the debate in the advantages of using less fossil fuel, which range from lower costs to people (an all electric car has operating costs about 1/4 that of a gasoline vehicle), to balance of payments (less capital flowing out of the country, especially relevant to countries who import most of their oil), to terrorism (not funding it, and western influence leaving the ME, which is the basis of most ME terrorist organizations) to conflict in general (most of the major conflicts in the last 30 years have involved ME oil), to finite supply (when we run out, we'll be facing a global economic meltdown).

The clock now reads six minutes from that end - of - days witching hour after it was changed during a press conference Thursday in New York City, citing an increased awareness and interest in stopping key threats to humanity (in particular nuclear conflict and global warming) since U.S. President Barack Obama took office about a year ago.

If we are despondent about global warming, pollution, overpopulation or continuing political conflict it is because we are not yet capable of seeing the world through Metaman's eyes, he suggests.

Battlefield 1's stories avoid talking about either the full scale of the global conflict or about their own nations» involvement, meaning that the results feel surprisingly tone - deaf at certain moments.

Silence is about the struggle to reconcile long - held ideals with everyday moral behavior; about the threat of violence that's always present when deep - held belief systems, especially religious ones, come into conflict; and about the lasting damage inflicted by a global colonialist system that was just gearing up in the 1640s but that persists in many guises today.

In this way, we approach the teaching - learning process from the adjacent dialectic in the multidisciplinary issues that Global Education enables us to build and diffusion of the knowledge, which causes cognitive conflicts between the different educational actors and, consequently, meaningful and pragmatic learning about the various problems of the globalized world of the XXI century.

Use the rich collection of the British Museum to explore key themes about Arab people and culture: achievement, art, conflict, diversity, gender and global interaction.

Teachers endorsed elements of each video game that could raise student awareness about global issues, though they were cautious in presuming that awareness alone would teach students sufficiently about the conflicts in the Middle East or the exploitation of indigenous people near oil reserves.

Sustainable Energy — Without the Hot Air by David MacKay (free): If you're confused by all the conflicting claims about global warming and alternative energy sources, this book, by a Cambridge physicist, will, um, clear the air.

The exhibition will explore the artists» commentary on and challenge of social values, expectations, and conventions that are a part of everyday life — raising questions about national and global issues including gender - specific violence and sociopolitical conflict.

Whether about violence and poverty, exile and migration, or other conditions of global or ideological conflict, his work prompts observation and thinking that unsettle conventions and complacency.

In the first weeks of this 10th anniversary year of the September 11th attacks and the subsequent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, with global economic and political policies fueling conflict and prompting revolt, there have been numerous programs, talks, and debates around the city about walls: metaphorical walls created by censorship, physical walls dividing Israeli and Palestinian territories or Mexican borders, but also boundaries that some artists insist are essential to maintaining the integrity of cultural expression and identity.

(Don't worry about a conflict of interest here; the book, Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast, has been out of print for more than a decade).

This is a human rights challenge that is just as urgent as those global conflicts that we read about daily.

Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, for example, doesn't find that her faith conflicts with the facts about human - induced global warming.

Dr. Parkinson, the Aqua project scientist, says some of the uncertainties about global warming and climate change arise from conflicting data gathered by different instruments at different times in different parts of the world.

Dr. Ghassem R. Asrar, NASA's associate administrator for earth science, said Aqua's data, combined with information gathered by the other satellites that are part of the agency's Earth Observing System, would help resolve scientific conflicts about global warming and how much of it could be attributed to human activity.

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported, «In the high - stakes conflict over U.S. climate - change policy, groups that deny or cast doubt on global warming brought in $ 7.2 million from 2003 to 2010... «Powerful funders are supporting the campaign to deny scientific findings about global warming,» reported Robert J. Brulle...» In the eighth paragraph, the Inquirer noted the response by James Taylor of the Heartland Institute, who observed that many of the groups «support other causes as well» and, in some cases, spend «less than 10 percent of their funding... on climate - related efforts.»

It seemed obvious to me that it was Hansen to which Brandon was referring to but Joshua's point about the physics of global warming and the CO2 connection used by AGW supporters being now in conflict with the data (assuming the absence of lags) seemed to be a valid one.

Perhaps the point is less about surrogacy as such, and more about modes of thinking predisposed to see the world in such a way for obvious historical reasons, made manifest in political institutions of many kinds — i.e. «establishment» and radical» — during the time when global conflict was a more tangible possibility.

... In a recently published book titled Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming, the technically qualified authors (scientists all) point to four reasons: a conflict among scientists in different disciplines; fundamental scientific uncertainties concerning how the global climate responds to the human presence; failure of the UN's IPCC to provide objective guidance to the complex science; and bias among researchers.&Global Warming, the technically qualified authors (scientists all) point to four reasons: a conflict among scientists in different disciplines; fundamental scientific uncertainties concerning how the global climate responds to the human presence; failure of the UN's IPCC to provide objective guidance to the complex science; and bias among researchers.&global climate responds to the human presence; failure of the UN's IPCC to provide objective guidance to the complex science; and bias among researchers.»

It might take a day to charge, or you might be only able to go 5 miles an hour... but driving without using gasoline should be a priority to anyone concerned about Pollution, The Environment, Sustainability, Security and staying out of Global Conflicts.

«It is time for electronics companies to show they are serious about eliminating conflict minerals from their supply chains,» said Global Witness campaigner Daniel Balint - Kurti.

My take is that (1) is about your perceived conflicts about global warming vs the evidence.

(1) perceived conflict about global warming will be negatively associated with (2) climate expertise will be positively associated with (a), (b), (c)(3) liberal political ideology will be positively associated with (a), (b), (c)(4) perceived scientific consensus will be positively associated (a), (b), (c)(Ye gods!

In this paper we tested four hypotheses: (1) perceived conflict about global warming will be negatively associated — and (2) climate expertise, (3) liberal political ideology, and (4) perceived scientific consensus will be positively associated — with (a) higher personal certainty that global warming is happening, (b) viewing the global warming observed over the past 150 years as mostly human - caused, and (c) perception of global warming as harmful.

The four factors are (1) perceived conflict [about global warming], (2) climate expertise, (3) liberal political ideology, and (4) perceived consensus.

In saying that IPCC reports issued over the past 20 years had «created an ever - broader informed consensus about the connection between human activities and global warming,» the Committee linked those reports to potential violent conflict and wars that could result should extreme climate change occur.

The Global Witness report, «A Conflict of Interest: The uncertain future of Burma's forests» has just been translated into Burmese for circulation within Burma, whose citizens have, for the first time, access to information about the true state of their country's forests.

Figuring out how «global warming» becomes «no global warming» Failing to understand statistical significance has lead to conflicting media reports about climate change, but is the media solely to blame?

RealClimate has reviewed the issues raised by these articles and attempted to clarify the sometimes conflicting inferences about the current mass balance of the ice sheets, as well as their future contributions to global mean sea level rise (see here and here).

In a world where significant parts of the Arab world are involved in violent conflict, where two large Security Council members actively curb freedoms, where the causes of global warming generally seem to be tolerated, and where there's a lot of other stuff to be depressed about, this is a hopeful document.

Critics raise a range of concerns, with the U.S. post-9 / 11 conflicts typically Exhibit A: the line dividing «armed conflict» and not is no longer clear or stable enough to provide meaningful guidance; current definitions may compromise humanitarian interests, prospects for criminal justice or both; perhaps most important, the «armed conflict» classification no longer reflects current moral, political, or strategic sensibilities about the role of lethal force in an age in which global threats have changed.

San Francisco, CA About Blog Syria's Civil War is dedicated to news, analysis, discussion and investigative journalism on the conflict in Syria along with the regional and global ramifications.

Denver, CO About Blog Women's Global Empowerment Fund is a microfinance non-profit working in post conflict northern Uganda, promoting economic and human security for women.

About Blog The Global Partnership for Education supports 65 developing countries to ensure that every child receives a quality basic education, prioritizing the poorest, the most vulnerable and those living in fragile and conflict - affected countries.

Missouri, United States About Blog Occasionally coherent pieces by Steven Youngblood about his experiences teaching Peace and Conflict Sensitive Journalism for the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park UniverAbout Blog Occasionally coherent pieces by Steven Youngblood about his experiences teaching Peace and Conflict Sensitive Journalism for the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park Univerabout his experiences teaching Peace and Conflict Sensitive Journalism for the Center for Global Peace Journalism at Park University.

I hear so many conflicting claims from government officials — whether it is about global warming or the cause of terrorism or how to repair the economy — that sometimes I don't really know what to believe.