Sentences with phrase «by world leaders»

In fact, tropical forests contribute to achieving more than half of the 17 sustainable development goals agreed by world leaders in 2015.

An experienced Maintenance Engineer is sought by a world leader in the manufacture of automotive components.

A series of three documentaries uses archival footage, animation and narration to look at religion, the 9/11 terror attacks and possible plans by world leaders to create a world bank.

The earlier summit will bring together officials from more than 150 countries, including 70 heads of state and government, making it the largest - ever meeting on climate change by world leaders.

The SDGs, adopted by world leaders at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015, represent a commitment by all nations to work together to end poverty, achieve shared prosperity, build peace, and secure a life of dignity and a healthy planet for present and future generations.

A new set of targets adopted by world leaders in September - the Sustainable Development Goals - includes reducing maternal deaths to fewer than 70 per 100,000 live births globally.

UN Photo / Manuel Elias In his own address to the plenary of the General Assembly, President Jacob Zuma of South Africa recalled the commitment made by world leaders last year in adopting the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address poverty, unemployment and inequality, three major challenges of this century.

You see this being utilized every day on platforms as big as TED talks to speeches by world leaders.

NASA and other federal agencies must not generate data they can not adjust to fit the Standard Models of reality promoted by world leaders after WWII.

This 2 - week program will have lectures by world leaders on computational anatomy (12 to 16 July) and functional brain mapping (19 to 23 July).

Even if the United States hits the goal of a 17 - percent cut in CO2 emissions by 2020 articulated by President Obama and allies in Congress and Europe hits its pledged targets, even if the rich North magically does the super-deep cuts articulated by world leaders for 2050, simple math shows unerring growth in global emissions unless the developing world follows suit.

This morning, the IEA has declared that «the age of cheap oil is over» and that current commitments by world leaders won't be anywhere near enough to limit global warming to 2C.

The milestone conference, under the auspices of the United Nations, will mark 15 years since the setting of education targets by world leaders.

Investing $ 6.9 trillion per year in clean infrastructure between 2016 and 2030 in G20 countries would help limit global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius as agreed by world leaders in Paris in 2015, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in a report.

The move was condemned by world leaders and sent global markets tumbling amid fears of a potential trade war.

Used by world leaders and regular citizens alike, Twitter is a social media platform that has undeniably transformed the way that humans interact.

The meeting then concludes with the 3000m steeplechase with Kenyans led by world leader Jairus Birech attacking the eight - minute barrier.

Surrounded by world leaders, she will say harnessing it is the «leadership challenge» of our age.

Mr Brown's calls for a new system of global regulation carries echoes of the original Bretton Woods system, implemented by world leaders after World War Two to establish financial relations.

«Tourism can be a force for immense good, but it needs to be done within the carbon limits being negotiated by world leaders at the UN climate summit in Paris or else it will be regulated to do so.»

It's a dumb movie — no one learned to communicate with the alien language — and who really believes a Nazi - loving nation would really be trusted by world leaders to safeguard extraterrestrials.

Trying to show my support for the scam that is being propogated by our world leaders.

Scientists are meeting in Geneva this week to sketch out themes for a report about the 1.5 C goal that was requested by world leaders at the summit for delivery in 2018.

The clean energy transition, supported by world leaders through the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement, offers an historic economic opportunity for growth and development.

But the targets agreed at Copenhagen, in the form of a document signed by world leaders, still stand.

Most scenarios that meet the 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) cap on global warming endorsed by world leaders require a 40 percent to 70 percent reduction in heat - trapping gases by 2050 from 2010 levels, according to the third installment of the UN's biggest - ever study of climate change.

The strategy was drawn up in response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, one of the first efforts by world leaders address global warming.

We know our calls to keep fossil fuels in the ground were heard loud and clear — by world leaders here in Bonn and by people like you all over the world who pledged to take local action.

There is a hoax being perpetrated by world leaders that they represent the views of their own people.

With that whopping amount, average global temperatures will rise by at least 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit)-- five times the 2 degrees Celsius limit set by world leaders during the Paris climate talks.

The implication of the answer has real consequences such as the Paris COP21 meeting by world leaders to address this crisis.

«Despite much talk by world leaders, and a boom in renewable energy over the past decade, the average unit of energy produced today is basically as dirty as it was 20 years ago.»

Today, the urgency of the issue — where decades of inaction by world leaders has combined with steadily increasing extreme weather to produce an obvious threat to humanity — is undeniable.

Building on the momentum in the air after Monday's calls to action by world leaders, the forest faction at COP21 seems to be energized and looking forward to a successful outcome that will put the wind in the sails of political and economic reforms at home, and nurture cooperative action on the ground.

In a controversial talk just days before the start of a climate summit attended by world leaders in Copenhagen, Prof Plimer said Governments were treating the public like «fools» and using climate change to increase taxes....»

The report focuses on short - term financial commitments, «approaching $ 30 billion for the period 2010 - 2012,» made by world leaders at the tumultuous tail end of climate talks in Copenhagen last December.

The Global Goals for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at a United Nations summit, focus on 17 topics that demand the world's attention.

With the rows and rows of foreign diplomats in the General Assembly and the sound proof booths where the highly trained language - savvy interpreters make sure the speeches by world leaders aren't misunderstood it aptly shows the pressures of today's political climate.

«He is truly one of Africa's most influential figures, with his good counsel sought by world leaders and CEOs,» says Rockefeller Foundation president Judith Rodin, who calls him «a champion for the power of technology to improve the lives of millions.»

The goal set out by world leaders for universal access to education by 2030 will likely be missed by over 50 years if current trends continue, according to a report from UNESCO.

The Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by world leaders at the last general assembly of the United Nations, provide an aspirational vision of how to construct a world without poverty, with more social inclusion, without violence, with prosperity and sustainability.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned earlier this month that industrialised countries were falling short of the emissions reductions needed to prevent warming of 2 degree centrigrade above pre-industrial levels, the goal set by world leaders.

In an article published in Climate Policy, they argue the two degree warming limit agreed by world leaders in 2009 is still achievable, provided China takes further steps to cut pollution.