Sentences with phrase «action on a global scale»

«Because of the internet and social media, stories involving the human - animal bond now reach well beyond state and even national boundaries and have the potential to prompt action on a global scale,» Dr. Falk said.

In the end, the report's theme is that the most cost - effective way for systemic change to occur is by coordinating action on the global scale.

I have not included geo - engineering in my plan so far, since I view such unproven actions on a global scale as a last resort.

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In the past, we've seen sweeping regulatory action whenever those consequences are costly on a global scale.

In all those cases, you're taking a personal action that you believe can add up on a global scale.

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A recent study found that such actions, carried out on a global scale, could provide a cheap and easy way to accomplish a third of the CO2 mitigation needed in the next decade to be on track to meet the Paris goals.

The scientists say these findings reinforce the need for assessing the risk of a wide - scale collapse of reef ecosystems, especially if global action on climate change fails to limit warming to 1.5?

«The gap between the scale of global ambitions and the scale of national offerings has been clear to the research community for a long time, but the Kyoto Protocol's focus on near - term emissions reductions... coupled with the scientific focus on long - term stabilization of climate at some unspecified point in the future has long given negotiators an out: they have been able to compare near - term actions without having to square them with long - term goals, rather like guys in a pub arguing about whose round it is while never actually having to settle up the bill,» Frame said in an email.

Because we live in a world where our decisions and actions affect others on a global scale, we must acknowledge and accept the notion of global citizenship.

The Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) seeks to generate and scale - up concrete actions in ESD.

Experience bioterrorism on a global scale and get a taste for the scope of this latest and most expansive title in the Resident Evil series to date as the action moves from North America to Europe and China.

The objects look dangerous — sharp, pointed and capable of harm — yet they hang silent and inert, proof of a violent action that has already taken place and the concealed tragedy of domestic violence on a global scale.

Earlier audio - visual installations range from Baltimore (2003), which, in part through the stylisations of black action movies from the 1970s, looks at the histories, divisions and intersections of black and white cultures, through to his trilogy comprising True North (2004), Fantôme Afrique (2005) and Western Union: Small Boats (2007), all of which deal with themes of voyaging and cultural displacement on both a local and global scale.

«Weems links a seemingly innocent celebration of spring with a call to social action... May Days Long Forgotten examines the history of revolution and human rights on a global scale.»

I think that the level of chaos that is being alluded to, and increasingly expected as described by the CIA, DOD, Joint Forces Command, Army War College, Center for Strategic & International Studies, Center for Naval Analysis, etc. shows abuse to the human race on a massive scale that has never before been considered seriously, by the human race (other than in global thermonuclear war or a global plague), due to our own actions against ourselves.

Action on climate change needs to be scaled up and accelerated without delay if the world is to have a running chance of keeping a global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius this century.

I really have my doubts that enough of the global population do, or will take it seriously enough to drive those with the power and influence to take proper action on a nationwide scale (i.e. not micro-steps that ultimately make a negligible difference).

«As business leaders, it is our belief that the benefits of strong, early action on climate change outweigh the costs of not acting... a sufficiently ambitious, international and comprehensive legally - binding United Nations agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will provide business with the certainty it needs to scale up global investment in low - carbon technologies... the shift to a low - carbon economy will create significant business opportunities».

Without urgent action, we could face threats to water, food, biodiversity and other critical resources: these threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.

This was at the heart of my recent post on the enduring dream of global - scale thinking and action, with extends from Darwin through Havel and on through Bill and Melinda Gates» view that all lives have equal value.

The need for immediate short - term action in order to make any significant impact in the longer term has become apparent, as has the need to apply the whole spectrum of policy instruments, since no single instrument will enable a large - scale transition in energy - supply systems on a global basis.

Climate change occurs on a global scale but we as human beings bear a responsibility to mitigate climate change, so far as we can, through our everyday actions.

Q2 Isn't the * MAIN * action - item of Steven E. Koonin's essay, an urgent mandate for * MORE * global - scale observational programs — good on «yah, Deep Argo!

We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, have come together to ensure that U.S. action on global warming is commensurate with the scale of the challenge confronting us and that the path we choose benefits the public at large, not narrow special interests.

Scale up enabling policies through the Global Climate Action Agenda and the Technical Exami - nation Process on mitigation to drive pre - 2020 mitigation ambition

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From readers in the Hollywood Hills and students at Stellenbosch University in South Africa who posed for a 350 photo - op to TreeHugger writers who formed the number five in London's South Bank and rallied in a climate change march in Fayetteville, Arkansas, global citizens participated on a grand scale in support of 350 and the International Day of Climate Action, Saturday, October 24, 2009.

4 — there is not now and in all probably never will be a governing body with the authority (let alone the willingness) to mandate the types of actions your plan seems to call for on a global scale (e.g. reducing carbon use by 10 - 20 % per year).

Stephen Schneider did more than any other individual on the planet to help us realize that human actions have led to global - scale changes in Earth's climate.

Literature since TAR confirms that there may be effects from Annex I countries» action on the global economy and global emissions, although the scale of carbon leakage remains uncertain (high agreement, medium evidence).

If you like management games, that is, games where you get to lord over a domain and specific actions, then Business Tycoon 2 wants to make you the next big corporation that earns money on a massive global scale.

Measures utilized include therapists conducted semistructured interviews using an instrument based on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders — IV — Text Revision (DSM - IV - TR), the Reaction to Treatment Questionnaire (RTQ), the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Global Assessment of Functioning Scale (GAF), Clinical Global Impression Scale (CGI), Quality of Life Index (QOLI), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SLS), the Kentucky Inventory of Mindfulness Skills (KIMS), the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI — II), the Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ), and the Outcome Questionnaire (OQ).