Sentences with phrase «calls for urgent action»

Representatives on the panel talked through the role that coal plays in the countries and regions they represented and the steps that are being taken to meet SDG7 — which calls for urgent action to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.

The second panel session looked at SDG8 which calls for urgent action on promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.

Despite repeated calls for urgent action on climate change, the World Bank Group increased funding for fossil fuels in its last fiscal year.

The report calls for urgent action to avoid sea level rises of a metre or more over the course of the next century.

Even Michael Crichton, while rejecting calls for urgent action on emisisons, acknowledged as much in a 2007 debate.

One bipartisan - supported reprieve to the looming class size order, House Bill 13, gained unanimous approval in the state House in February, but despite advocates» calls for urgent action this spring, the legislation has lingered in the Senate Rules Committee with little indication it will be taken up soon.

It can be managed safely if it is left undisturbed but there have been calls for urgent action to make schools safer, as Tim Muffett reports.

Every continent is feeling the impact of climate change, intensifying calls for urgent action.

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has called for urgent action to end the civil war in South Sudan which has already claimed more than 300 lives this month.

Experts have been warning for some time that our antibiotic use is unsustainable and now the UK's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, is calling for urgent action worldwide against what she is calling «a catastrophic threat.»

Addressing the UN in New York, Mr Brown called for urgent action to avert the «greatest humanitarian disaster the world faces today».

As part of this year's celebration of World Water Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behind.

Last May, the information commission, Richard Thomas, called for urgent action to tackle the «pervasive and widespread industry» of buying and selling everything from ex-directory telephone numbers to bank details.

A mental health expert has called for urgent action to discontinue the increasing abuse of the strong pain reliever, Tramadol, which has become very popular among the public, particularly the youth.

12.8.14 Press Release: With Record Homelessness, Councilmembers and Advocates Call for Urgent Action on NY - NY IV Supportive Housing Agreement

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have called for urgent action as a Welsh Government report has revealed the shortfalls of Wales» mental health services.

Toll agreed with other panelists who called for urgent action on climate change.

Like other panelists during the event, Horton called for urgent action on climate change because of the grave threat it poses.

A government advisory body has called for urgent action to prepare for climate change risks, but has also highlighted opportunities

Lead researcher Aylin Ulman, recently based at the Sea Around Us, and her team call for urgent action from policy - makers to ensure the future sustainability of the fishing industry in this archipelago nation.

Religious leaders, notably the Pope and the Dalai Lama, have called for urgent action, and the divestment movement has pledges from 400 organisations to move $ 2.6 tr from fossil fuels to low carbon investment.

But a nuanced assessment of the conversation allows for at least preliminary conclusions that go beyond a simple call for urgent action:

The regulator's chief Michael Wilshaw called for urgent action on the matter.

The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school - related gender - based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the -LSB-...]

Thirty years ago, A Nation at Risk, a report calling for urgent action to improve public education, was released by President Ronald Reagan.

-- Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will be on the University of Boulder campus this afternoon for an event with Lonnie and Sandy Phillips, who lost their daughter in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings, to call for urgent action on gun safety.

We are calling for urgent action to be taken now to deal with the consequential animal suffering.

We, the undersigned veterinary professionals, call for urgent action to address the increasing number of health problems that we are seeing in our vet clinics.

They directly call for urgent action by the world's nations at the Paris treaty talks in December.

Passive house pioneer Prof Dr Wolfgang Feist has welcomed the publication of the latest IPCC climate change report, and called for urgent action to reduce emissions.

As scientists from the Caribbean call for urgent action on climate change, Trump nominates a known climate denier and coal lobbyist to help lead the EPA.

The World Bank called for urgent action on climate change on Sunday after it released a report that examined the economic, ecological and human impacts that a 7.2 °F rise in global temperature would have on the world's population... Read More

The environmental groups declared the arrival of the tanker an indictment of the European Union's climate action and called for urgent action to keep tar sands out of Europe.

The need to argue for unprecedented forcing seems to go to the heart of the call for urgent action.

Environment Ministers from states bordering the Arctic have called for urgent action on short lived climate pollutants (SLCP) such as methane, HFCs and black carbon soot.

The bigger issue, according to Bhushan, is that, despite repeated IPCC reports calling for urgent action to stem global warming beyond the tipping point, «global action on climate change is not going anywhere».

Pontiff says humans are turning planet into «wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth» in call for urgent action on climate change

The Greenpeace ship, Esperanza, arrived in Jakarta on Halloween calling for urgent action to protect forests in order to save the global climate and bearing new evidence of the mounting threat to Papua's forests.

The new Christian Aid fair shares report — Climate Inequality in the Commonwealth: A call for urgent action (which we provided the analytic support for) is a step forward for at least two reasons.

CISAC Director General Gadi Oron commented: «Europe is waking up to the global community of creators calling for urgent action to secure a fairer digital market.

In its first public statement, the campaign called for urgent action to preemptively ban lethal robot weapons that would be able to select and attack targets without any human intervention.

Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance NT (AMSANT) today called for urgent action to ensure that Aboriginal communities in the south - west region of Central Australia do not lose vital front line primary mental health services.

He called for urgent action as the number of Aboriginal children in out - of - home care soared by 42 per cent in Victoria.

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Populorum Progressio, the pope notes, «repeatedly underlines the urgent need for reform, and in the face of great problems of injustice in the development of peoples, it calls for courageous action to be taken without delay.»

• From Ecumenical News International: «For the first time in history, Swiss churches, including the Roman Catholic Church and Switzerland's main Protestant churches, have joined forces with environmental groups to launch a petition calling on the Swiss government to take urgent action to combat global warming.»

Pope Francis presents a call to action in Laudato Si, writing «All of this shows the urgent need for us to move forward in a bold cultural revolution.»

Teaching unions have called for «urgent action» following an increase in the number of assaults on staff at Edinburgh primary schools.

A dozen leading researchers have issued an urgent call to action for the Murray - Darling Basin, arguing that the billions spent on water - efficient irrigation have done little for the rivers» health.

The RCP calls on the government to take urgent action to ensure that extended consultant delivered services, providing safer care for patients and the opportunity for excellent training of the next generation of doctors, can be achieved.

The government has called for urgent international action to tackle climate change, after a new United Nations report found «unequivocal» evidence for global warming.