Sentences with phrase «change issues such as climate change»

Not exact matches

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders have tended to agree on major issues when it comes to energy, such as calling for more clean energy and supporting aggressive plans to fight climate change.

Ashley Anderson, a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, stated that «When people encounter an unfamiliar issue like nanotechnology, they often rely on an existing value such as religiosity or deference to science to form a judgment.»

The results of a world where developed and emerging countries are all pitted against each other will be «intensified conflict on the international stage over vitally important issues, such as international macroeconomic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change,» they said.

Weaned on mobile technology, fluent in social media and networking and immersed in issues such as climate change and sustainability, Millennials seek work environments that reflect their ideals.

Here's the answer: every one of these very different companies creates products and services that address one or more of the most challenging issues of our time — such as hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change — and makes a great profit.

Younger millennials (18 - 24) are more likely to argue that economic opportunities should shape Canada's foreign policy, while older millennials (25 - 34) are more likely to identify opportunities for collaboration on global issues, such as climate change, as shaping our international outreach.

Through forming a strategic partnership agreement similar to the one conceived on the margins of Canada - European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), Canada can pursue greater co-operation on issues such as international peace and security, counterterrorism, human rights, clean energy and climate change, migration, sustainable development, and innovation.

Explaining to its shareholders how it is addressing strategic risks linked to major environmental and social policy issues, such as climate change and human rights, is an important dialogue every corporation needs to engage in with its shareholders.

During the week long meeting that came to an end on Friday, the Primates also discussed issues such as climate change, human trafficking, the refugee crisis, persecution against Christians and violent conflict.

The latest report from The Economist Intelligence Unit, «No more excuses — responsible supply chains in a globalised world ``, found that four in five respondent companies described their firms as having responsible supply chains, yet only under a quarter were actually addressing key issues such as climate change or child labor.

Recent meetings have discussed work on environmental issues of national significance such as threatened species protection, improving the environment for human health, and climate change.

The Banrock Station Environmental Trust also supports internationally and nationally recognised conservation organisations to further their objectives in tackling global environmental issues such as climate change, water conservation, ecosystem loss and species loss.

During 2008/2009, COI supported government campaigns tackling issues such as obesity, smoking, road safety and climate change.

«The priority for member states» governments now is to focus on how the EU can move forward to tackle the big issues such as driving up employment, combating climate change and protecting consumers.»

But «let's not try to make it so» is (unfortunately) premature... climate change appears to remain deeply contested within the Conservative Party (see the campaigns of elected representatives like Douglas Carswell MP, Roger Helmer MEP; the most prominent opinion formers, such as The Spectator and forums such as ConservativeHome; and the weak priority which most party activists give the issue (according to ConHome surveys).

In the interview, Stewart - Cousins said she he had hoped the Senate's one - house budget resolution went further on issues such as criminal justice reform, ethics and climate change, saying those subjects should be dealt with in the finalized spending plan.

Culture is ingrained within each of us and is strong enough to persist even when situations change such as when new states emerge or new issues — including climate change or nuclear war — come to the forefront of the agenda.

To receive backing from such a highly respected campaigner, who has been so prominent in the battle against fracking and broader issues of climate change, is a real boom to the party as we look to translate the «Green surge» into votes at the general election in May.

Jane Fae is an expert in issues relating to energy and climate change issues, writing a series of major reports for research companies (such as Datamonitor and Clarion) and consulting on behalf of UK energy providers.

He also had made public statements during a 2012 run as a Republican for U.S. Senate, in which he staked out conservative positions on issues such as abortion, climate change and same - sex marriage.

Paul Brannen, head of campaigns at Christian Aid said: «Campaigning on issues such as climate change and how it affects the poor is a vital part of Christian Aid's work.

We have rightly focussed on «hard» security issues such as Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo and Sierra Leone as well as «softer» issues such as climate change and poverty eradication.»

I will miss sparring with him, not least on the issues that we are discussing today, such as climate change.»

«On issues such as Europe, the integrity of the United Kingdom, climate change, human rights and the spread of the low - wage economy, he has been content to lead the Tories back towards their nastiest and most Thatcherite comfort zones.

The UK prime minister said it was important for EU leaders to agree the treaty, in order that the EU can move forward to discussing other issues such as climate change, economic cooperation and terrorism.

Trump ended up not throwing his hat in the ring for governor, but he touched on many issues that still divide the country today such as fracking, gun control and climate change.

In response, DiNapoli said the retirement system is already a leader among public pension funds in seeking to push a low carbon economy and getting corporations to address climate change issues, such as through shareholder resolutions aimed at companies like ExxonMobil.

«Our party has always been a broad church, and despite my principled differences with Jeremy over many issues of defence, foreign policy and national security, I agreed to serve on his front bench because of the mandate he was given, his assurances that honesty and difference were welcomed, and due to the many areas we agreed wholeheartedly on such as fighting the vicious Tory trade union bill - which I was proud to lead our work on - cuts to tax credits and tackling climate change.

He said he believed Clinton is the best person to tackle issues such as raising the minimum wage, make college more affordable, create good - paying infrastructure jobs, tackle climate change, immigration reform and revamping the criminal justice system.

So when people question the scientific consensus on issues such as climate change, vaccine effectiveness or the safety of genetically modified organisms (SN: 2/6/16, p. 22), it's no...

Such an approach can effectively address the policy challenges facing the country and in some cases the world, including those raised by concerns such as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said PeSuch an approach can effectively address the policy challenges facing the country and in some cases the world, including those raised by concerns such as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said Pesuch as climate change, health care issues, trade, terrorism and agriculture, said Pearl.

In these cases museum scientists are working at transboundaries that are beyond politics but that can generally facilitate policy, such as with climate change and conservation issues.

The stories you'll read here feature some extraordinary women whose passion for discovery, and compassion for our planet and its peoples, fuels their search for answers to difficult issues such as global climate change, famine, drought, and epidemics.

A sudden halt to the use of such methods, due to issues such as major negative effects, would also lead to rapid climate change, to which ecosystems and societies would have difficulty in adapting.

Or is it perhaps how issues such as climate change and evolution have been politicized?

So when people question the scientific consensus on issues such as climate change, vaccine effectiveness or the safety of genetically modified organisms (SN: 2/6/16, p. 22), it's no surprise that one of the first inclinations of journalists and scientists has been to think, hey, these doubters just don't know the facts.

«For science issues such as climate change, we might expect scientists to be a credible and neutral authority,» says Benegal.

Climate change will not be the only focus during Obama and Kerry's visit, considering conference sessions on issues such as search - and - rescue and fisheries, Florini said.

Beyond basic subjects such as climate and weather, this site from the U.K. Department of Environment, Food & Rural Affairs covers a wide range of pressing atmospheric science issues including acid rain, air quality, climate change, global warming and ozone depletion.

«Obsessed with such global issues as climate change, modern eco-activists are detached from nature»

Articles from Europe and North America are more often biased towards issues of climate change mitigation, such as emission reductions, compared with articles from the southern hemisphere.

Indeed, simply reading an article that affirmed the power of scientific progress to successfully address global issues such as climate change (vs. reading an article which questioned its efficacy in doing so) was enough to significantly increase the degree to which participants saw order in the world.

The science - related cuts proposed by the Trump administration come in programs that deal with issues it opposes ideologically, such as climate change and the use of regulation to reduce pollution.

Scientists must sharpen their message and do more to engage the public as they seek to influence policy on issues such as climate change, representatives of AAAS and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said in report issued 3 July at the Euroscience Open Forum 2010 (ESOF2010) in Turin,...

This category includes climate change, food security and humanitarian issues such as water engineering and tropical illnesses.

Help us educate policymakers at every level on critical issues such as climate change, vaccines, and more.

The meeting, one of nine ministerial gatherings scheduled ahead of the main summit, was due to take place at the end of June to provide input on issues such as climate change and renewable energy sources.

Obama, he said, elevated the role of science and technology advisers throughout the executive branch, put in place plans to mitigate and prepare the United States for the impacts of climate change, set up health research initiatives to tackle such priorities as cancer and brain research, worked with international partners on scientific issues and used the White House as a platform from which to herald science and education, particularly for children.

Holdren called on scientists and engineers to dedicate 10 % of their time educating policymakers and the public on issues such as climate change, protecting the world's oceans and public lands, continuing Arctic research and demonstrating the importance of investing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs for elementary and middle school students.

That aside, scientists and evangelicals have managed to find common ground on issues such as climate change, agreeing on the moral imperative to preserve the planet.