Sentences with phrase «challenges the world faces»

Membership is open to anyone who shares our goals and belief that science, technology, engineering, and mathematics can help solve many of the challenges the world faces today.

The greatest challenges the world faces: food security, climate change, loss of biodiversity, the aging population and disease can all ultimately be addressed through biology based research,» Mark Downs, head of the Society of Biology said in a statement.

Development education aims to encourage young people to reflect on the challenges our world faces and consider solutions to these issues.

Our aim was to create greater transparency and accountability in terms of what countries are doing — or, in some cases not doing — on some of the biggest challenges our world faces today, such as climate change, water, energy, conservation, and the management of our natural resources.

... [T] o help in resolving what is possibly the most serious challenge the world faces today: the intensifying conflict between the indispensable goals of environmental protection and economic development.

Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges the world faces today.

But how do we walk that thin line between dreaming big enough to meet the tremendous challenges our world faces, and still remaining grounded enough to recognize what is, and what is not, feasible?

Not exact matches

FEATURE: Architecture and planning professionals have some innovative solutions to the challenges Perth faces in reaching the world's top five most liveable cities.

A beaten - down technology stock faces off against shares of the world's largest company in tonight's Fast Money Madness challenge.

The broad scope of challenges facing the world's top financial executives is unlike any other period in modern business history.

Understanding the implications of these expanding roles and the challenges they face, regardless of a company's size, is critical to marketing success in a data - driven world.

Despite this significant element of corporate influence, 21st - century women still face challenges that stifle and hinder their rise in the corporate world.

All of that will have to take place under a different matrix than the norm for the profession as the investing world itself faces new challenges.

As graduates hang up their caps and gowns and head into the working world, they'll face brand new challenges.

«As an investor, I think the ideas and discoveries coming out of biohacking will change the world,» says Scholnick, though he adds that companies concentrating in this market face a challenge in developing products that are easy for consumers to understand and use.

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos, a sort of brain spa for the world's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world ecoWorld Economic Forum in Davos, a sort of brain spa for the world's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world ecoworld's movers and shakers, named rising income inequality as the biggest challenge now facing the world ecoworld economy.

While the experiences of women entrepreneurs in the developing world are as diverse as the countries they inhabit, since the difficulties facing a small woman - owned business in Vietnam looks nothing like that of a new venture in, say, Turkey or India, there are some common challenges.

Other challenges New York faces include its inability to attract technology - focused industries, intensified regulation from city and state politicians, and the rise of financial centers around the world that will provide major competition.

Jurassic World faces a huge challenge in maintaining high attendance to please shareholders.

The digital revolution has made such a positive impact on our lives that we often forget the challenges still faced by so many men, women, and children around the world.

Since taking over the world's most valuable startup, Dara Khosrowshahi has been faced with a formidable challenge: changing Uber's culture.

When challenging implicit or explicit bias, a firm conviction and a kissy face emoji can go a long way to changing the world.

«If we continue to focus on solving the fundamental challenges facing the world, and bringing the world closer together, we can leave a better world for the next generation,» he proclaimed.

While 53 percent prioritize developing a single view of each customer (a high priority for marketers around the world, according to MarketingCharts), they're faced with technological challenges such as multiple / duplicate records (41 percent), too many systems / difficulty keeping track of where data is housed (38 percent), and siloed data (37 percent).

Pope Francis seeks to encourage families with practical guidance amid the myriad of challenges they face around the world, including unemployment, migration, poverty, gambling, alcoholism, polygamy and societal pressures that ignore the longstanding Catholic teaching of marriage.

And this is the most important point: When we talk about the qualities of a great leader or read their words on paper without truly understanding the enormous challenges they face and the rare strength it takes to overcome them, we may as well be two - dimensional stick figures trying to imagine a three - dimensional world.

There are so many challenges facing the world today and we believe that by bringing the right people together and taking an entrepreneurial approach, we can create positive change.

Canada has taken a leadership role in addressing the health challenges facing women, infants and children in the world's poorest countries.

The Capital Markets Institute at the Rotman School of Management fosters a clear understanding of the challenges facing the Canadian capital markets, and the institutional tools that Canada must develop in order to convert those challenges into opportunities to be a leader among the world's small, open capital markets.

The Silicon Valley pioneer has squandered billions of dollars on ill - advised acquisitions, compounding the challenges it already faces as it scrambles to adjust to a world that is shifting away from PCs to smartphones and tablets.

Faced with the challenge of living off their assets for 30 - plus years after their working lives are over, it is not surprising that for most people around the world, retirement security is a significant, if not the most significant, financial goal.

«We can not close our eyes to the challenges that the world faces.

This is the biggest challenge facing the world today.

Earlier this year, both the World Economic Forum and the Global Opportunity Network have pointed to this challenge as respectively the biggest risk and opportunity that we face.

Today, as the global population faces more serious challenges — from resource scarcity to concerns about income inequality and education — companies around the world are committing themselves to creating a profit while also defining their broader contribution to society.

Canada faces many economic challenges in today's increasingly competitive world and it is hard to argue that our relative performance is not slipping.

And it reinforces the case for preserving confidence in our commitment to keep underlying inflation low over time, and for retaining the capacity to respond with flexibility to the challenges we face in this uncertain world.

The Washington Consensus on global economic policy is dead World economy faces heightened risk of fragmentation, nationalismBuilding support for a new unifying economic paradigm to replace the discredited Washington Consensus will be an analytically challenging, politically demanding, and time - consuming process, writes Mohamed El - Erian.

Despite the economic and political challenges facing these one - time darlings of the EM world, we still see long - term opportunities within the BRIC universe.

The truth is, small businesses are facing some hard challenges in the online marketing world.

Do take into account that the world's second - largest economy faces material challenges.

Once considered the darlings of the emerging market world, the BRICs have faced economic and political challenges lately.

Today, John's Thoughts from the Frontline and Outside the Box — free e-letters that explore the big picture of world economics — make John one of America's most widely followed thinkers on the challenges and opportunities facing investors.

We work with some of the leading family business owners around the world and have a deep understanding of the key challenge they face: how to sustain a complex, successful family enterprise across generations under ever - changing global economic conditions.

Still, it is the first major hire for Uber's new chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, who announced the appointment in an email on Friday to staff — a note that also acknowledged the litany of legal challenges facing the company around the world.

The continent's pension funds, meanwhile, face a tougher challenge paying for their members» retirement, as early September saw the world's first negative - yielding corporate bonds, issued by French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi and German cement maker Henkel.

As Merchant Link CIO Scott Carcillo pointed out during a recent sit down with MPD CEO Karen Webster to discuss what's happening in the world of merchants and how they're overcoming the challenges they face, there's a lot of moving parts and a lot of players in the mix.

Eddy: Bitcoin startups are disrupting the world of financial services, so regulations and access to banking (both are linked) are the greatest challenges facing the industry.

Centra Banks Holding Gold While China will attempt to add to its gold holdings without disrupting the global metals market, even a cursory look at the mathematics of the world market for the yellow metal underscores that Beijing faces a real challenge.

But the automaker's safety reassurances faced another challenge last week, as a sobering image made its way around the world: a photo of a Tesla SUV, battered and charred and missing two front wheels after a fiery wreck that left a father of two dead.