Sentences with phrase «change in any human context»

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The subject - matter and circumstances of important human and social decisions have increased in complexity to such an extent that the whole context has practically changed its nature.

The occasional and thoughtful homily on human sexuality, including openness to new life in the context of marriage, would be a welcome change.

An Abbreviated Overview of Paul Hiebert's Essay, «The Gospel in Human Contexts: Changing Perceptions of Contextualization»

In another example, he uses the example of human vision: the cortex predicts what should be seen and the mind fills in the gaps; in other words interpretation takes place according to expectation, so context even changes the way that neurons functioIn another example, he uses the example of human vision: the cortex predicts what should be seen and the mind fills in the gaps; in other words interpretation takes place according to expectation, so context even changes the way that neurons functioin the gaps; in other words interpretation takes place according to expectation, so context even changes the way that neurons functioin other words interpretation takes place according to expectation, so context even changes the way that neurons function.

Authors discuss the changing views of human rights in the context of the HIV / AIDS epidemic and propose further development of the right to health by increased practice, evidence, and action.

Peter deMenocal, a Columbia University paleoceanographer who coauthored the NRC report, says «our study of human evolution in the context of major changes in African climate indicates that our species was honed by climate.»

The findings are important in the context of human - caused climate change, which is expected to increase nitrogen, and potentially nitrate, levels in tundra soil.

Decisions made today are made in the context of confident projections of future warming with continued emissions, but clearly there is more to do to better characterize the human and economic consequences of delaying action on climate change and how to frame these issues in the context of other concerns.

Ongoing projects examine the paleoenvironmental context for human evolution and cultural development, reconstructing ancient rivers and lakes, dating geological formations, and attempting to understand the role that climate change had in producing new species and stone - tool cultures.

The exhibition features a diverse selection of 22 artists working in London and engaging with topical concerns; from the rapidly changing urban context, the environment, technology, gender and race to queer representation, human relations, activism and post-colonial histories.

Her long - term investigations — Figures of Speech (2006 — 2010), exploring discursive potential of artworks, and The Body in Crisis (2011 ---RRB-, tracking changing conditions of the human body in historical moments of crisis — are structured as series of sometimes subtle, sometimes confrontational transfers from one work to another, from one context to the next.

------------------ From reading these quotes in context within pp. 268 - 270 +, it seems to me this is more about economic losses due to hurricanes & floods (human / human - structure exposure and vulnerability), and not about overall possible changing patterns in such extreme events.

But, as Mendelson writes, that would miss the wider point revealed when putting this species» interruped story in wider context of Earth's unfolding «Anthropocene» — a span, duration as yet unknown, in which humans are the dominant driver of environmental change.

We the undersigned have assembled at the Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences to address the challenges of human - induced climate change, extreme poverty, and social marginalization, including human trafficking, in the context of sustainable development.

These decisions and trade - offs should be guided by robust evidence, with global - change science investigating the connections and tradeoffs between the state of the environment and human well - being in the context of the local setting, rather than by framing and reframing environmental challenges in terms of untestable assumptions about the virtues of past environments.

Such points have been made in many contexts regarding natural hazards and changes in human society — quite clearly and defensibly by Roger Pielke, Jr. — and this California situation may be in that same spirit.

The term is used in the context of global climate change to refer to gaseous emissions that are the result of human activities, as well as other potentially climate - altering activities, such as deforestation.

Andersen: People often get caught up in thinking about geoengineering strictly in the context of human - caused climate change.

Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals, particularly the first goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, in the face of climate change will therefore require science that specifically considers food insecurity as an integral element of human vulnerability within the context of complex social, economic, political and biophysical systems, and that is able to offer usable findings for decision - makers at all scales.

This paper first presents the background to and context of current discussions and approaches surrounding climate change - related human mobility across borders (Part 1) before identifying the normative gaps in the present international protection regime together with institutional and operational shortcomings (Part 2).

In doing so we are changing the given geographical context of human affairs.

In this special Cabot Institute lecture, in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas, Professor Michael E Mann will discuss the science, politics, and ethical dimensions of global warming in the context of his own ongoing experiences as a figure in the centre of the debate over human - caused climate changIn this special Cabot Institute lecture, in association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas, Professor Michael E Mann will discuss the science, politics, and ethical dimensions of global warming in the context of his own ongoing experiences as a figure in the centre of the debate over human - caused climate changin association with the Bristol Festival of Ideas, Professor Michael E Mann will discuss the science, politics, and ethical dimensions of global warming in the context of his own ongoing experiences as a figure in the centre of the debate over human - caused climate changin the context of his own ongoing experiences as a figure in the centre of the debate over human - caused climate changin the centre of the debate over human - caused climate change.

while in the context of the ongoing climate debate we continue — albeit with some embarrassment — to employ the scientifically meaningless phrase «climate change», we recognise that, in principle, a planetary warming to fend off otherwise imminent glacial inception, together with CO2 greening (the latter offsetting loss of vegetation footprint, the only real environmental concern) is having broad positive impacts on society, including the global economy, natural resources, and human health.

In this context, for the Administration to have released a U.S. Climate Action Report with a chapter on climate change impacts that identified a range of likely adverse consequences, based on scientific reports including the National Assessment, could rightly be seen as an anomaly and appeared to be seen as a significant political error by Administration allies dedicated to denying the reality of human - induced global warming as a significant problem.

An Honours thesis titled Some Philosophical Considerations of Humans as a Source of Change tried to put the issue in a historical and intellectual context.

Results from all of these efforts could continue to deepen our understanding of the interactions of human and natural systems in the context of a changing climate, enabling society to effectively respond and prepare for our future.20

Viewed in context, the record temperatures underscore the undeniable fact that we are witnessing, before our eyes, the effects of human - caused climate change.

In this context, humans are like corals, which are also facing increased disease linked with climate change, Harvell said.

How should we think about climate risk in the context of environmental change and human development?

These include the obligations to respect, protect, and fulfill human rights, which are applicable in the context of climate change.

The Himalayan Times: Last week, on Friday, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Nepal took a bold step in declaring that Climate Change has a direct bearing on Human Rights, and in moving forward the NHRC would work in Nepal within that context too.

Which is ludicrous in the context of CO2, since we can measure isotopic ratio changes (indicating the change in old carbon versus fresh carbon) and have good accounting for human inputs to the system versus sources and sinks.

The analytical framework considers the linkages that affect the achievement of water, energy and food security through the lens of sustainable development and the achievement of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, with a view to mitigating climate change and ensuring access to food, water and sustainable energy for all in the context of a human - rights approach.

That +0.29 °C temperature since 1988 change took place in a global climate context that included not only the impact of multiple powerful El Niños, but also an atmosphere that was infused from 1989 - 2016 with over 50 % of the total human CO2 emissions (metric tonnes) emitted since 1850.

The importance of land use / land cover change in the context of policy responses to the human involvement in the climate system has not been adequately recognized in the IPCC and other climate assessments.

To help put the report's results in a human context, the Guardian has created an interactive that calculates how much climate change you will experience in your lifetime.

It is in its complex interactions with these kinds of social contexts that climate change can make a difference, easing or aggravating multiple stresses and in some cases potentially pushing a multi-stressed human system across a threshold of sustainability (Wilbanks, 2003b).

Most key vulnerabilities are related to (a) climate phenomena that exceed thresholds for adaptation, i.e., extreme weather events and / or abrupt climate change, often related to the magnitude and rate of climate change (see Box 7.4), and (b) limited access to resources (financial, technical, human, institutional) to cope, rooted in issues of development context.

She will tweet about health in the context of climate change and human rights.