Sentences with phrase «action over the coming decades»

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Certainly in the decade of the «6os when the Christian church became overly secularized in its emphasis on social action over spiritual experience and personal renewal, TM came to fill a religious vacuum.

Over the last several decades, the SBC's public profile has increased significantly due to the actions of its leaders and as a result of the media scrutiny that has come from solidly positioning itself on the conservative wing of American evangelicalism.

You keep drinking that Beck Kool - Aid... I've been watching this guy like a hawk for over a decade and have yet to see any human decency come from this man's actions that aren't profit or politically motivated.

Although Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss company, when Baby Milk Action has written to its Chief Executive over past years and decades regarding company practices, responses generally came from Nestlé (UK).

«[The next ice age is] not worth worrying about compared to immediate concerns about damaging human - caused climate change expected over the coming decades if no action is taken to mitigate this likelihood.»

But Hark is a seminal figure in the Golden Age of Hong Kong cinema, and has crafted some of the more fantastical action extravaganzas to come out of Asia over the last decade - plus.

More widespread recognition that human actions are driving far - reaching changes to the life - supporting infrastructure of Earth may well have increasing philosophical, social, economic and political implications over the coming decades.

I also think that over the long run, regardless of what you pass or don't pass this year, you are going to need very strong public support for action for decades in order to make this enormous transition in the energy system, which is not going to come easy.

A classic example of «belaboring the obvious», but the important thing to remember is: It makes absolutely no difference whether you (and I) are right about the «fitness for use» of the global temperature data base, A cursory examination of the actions of various Western governments over the past couple of decades, and recent US policies implemented over the past few years, up until the Social Cost of Carbon regulations now coming into effect, will show that we are having a strictly academic discussion.

Most books about climate change focus on some aspect of the science of the issue; some deal with issues of mitigation — that is, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases — or adaptation — that is, actions to adjust human behavior or infrastructure to the consequences of the warming that Earth will experience over the coming decades.