Sentences with phrase «changed global history»

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«The history of currency pegs is that they are susceptible to changes in economic fundamentals that warrant a completely different level in the exchange rate,» said Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.

Three qualities have defined it over its history: excellence in scholarship, responsiveness to changing global circumstances, and a commitment to making a concrete difference in the world.

No doubt, the rise of China is changing the economics of global manufacturing — though it is hardly the first time in history that this kind of thing has occurred.

Russia's Gazprom ranked no. 1 in the 2017 S&P Global Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings, toppling ExxonMobil and ending its 12 - year reign at the top spot, S&P Global Platts said in what it defined as the most profound change in the 16 - year history of the ranking.

Canada has a history of taking far - sighted policy actions to capitalize on the opportunities created by global economic change.

The meteoric rise of rules - based strategies is one of the most profound changes to the global financial system in history.

Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

Indeed, language may be THE most important ingredient in why and how we changed from just another band of hominids on the African grasslands to a truly global species that has dominated the environment, for good and ill, like no other species in history.

Dr Michael Collins is a Lecturer in British History in the Department of History, and Director for Institutional Change and Democracy at the Global Governance Institute (GGI) University College London (UCL).

Even though the actual rate of global warming far exceeds that of any previous episodes in the past 14,000 years, large changes in global climate have occurred periodically throughout Earth's history.

«Global inequality, with its roots in the histories of imperialism and colonialism, has affected the ability of Caribbean societies to deal with the challenges of climate change.

There was much public debate about the role of climate change in the aftermath of Harvey, and many Republicans were quick to dismiss links to global warming, pointing out that states like Florida and Texas have a long history with deadly storms.

While no country in history has achieved its economic growth without causing environmental damage, expectations for Singapore's mitigation ambition are particularly high because it is a leading figure in facilitating a global climate change treaty.

The second half of the 20th century, and the rise of television, introduced yet a new change in communication technology that was accompanied by the rise of a new cultural icon: the sports figure, who for the first time in history rose to the status of global celebrity.

«We can't look into recent history and find this particular cocktail of accelerated climate change, habitat destruction, and global extinction.

The results of Schaller, Fung and his team will prompt further investigations into the possible influence of an impact event on the global environmental change that characterized this notable warming period in Earth's ancient history.

To inform its Earth system models, the climate modeling community has a long history of using integrated assessment models — frameworks for describing humanity's impact on Earth, including the source of global greenhouse gases, land use and land cover change, and other resource - related drivers of anthropogenic climate change.

More than 100 researchers have collaborated to classify the world's tropical forests according to their evolutionary history, a process that will help researchers predict the resilience or susceptibility of different forests to global environmental changes.

Pope Francis is to make history this week with a call for international cooperation to avert dangerous global warming — the Vatican's most powerful statement yet on the environment and climate change.

The team's statistical analyses considered nearly 358,896 pairs of organisms in 80 plant or mammal communities on different continents, with data sets that collectively covered the last 300 million years of earth history — including data sets that spanned the huge Permian - Triassic extinction (the «Great Dying» 252 million years ago), the Cretaceous - Paleogene extinction of the dinosaurs (66 million years ago), and a period of rapid global climate change around 56 million years ago.

To better understand the purpose of the elaborate armour and assess to what extent they will suffer the consequences of global change, researchers from Germany, Great Britain, France and the United States combined results from evolutionary history and cell biology studies, laboratory, field and modelling experiments.

Third, using a «semi-empirical» statistical model calibrated to the relationship between temperature and global sea - level change over the last 2000 years, we find that, in alternative histories in which the 20th century did not exceed the average temperature over 500-1800 CE, global sea - level rise in the 20th century would (with > 95 % probability) have been less than 51 % of its observed value.

«Two months before Copenhagen, [Russia's] state - owned Channel One television aired a documentary called The History of a Deception: Global Warming, which argued that the notion of man - made climate change was the result of an international media conspiracy.

«This expedition offered insights into Earth's history, ranging from mountain - building in New Zealand to the shifting movements of Earth's tectonic plates to changes in ocean circulation and global climate.»

Becoming Barack: Evolution of a Leader traces the early path of a man destined to make history and to be a catalyst for global change.

Monsanto - like Mirando is a global food conglomerate with a history that its new aberrant CEO, Lucy (Tilda Swinton, «Doctor Strange»), would like to change.

In these remarks I want to share some reflections on what you have taught us about leading educational change to improve the world and to offer an invitation for reflection on what it means be part of the global education movement that has produced one of the most remarkable quiet revolutions in history...

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Changing demographics and global citizenship necessitate a better understanding of Middle Eastern history, culture, and literature.

In 2014, Dallas created the Chopra Center Global Meditation, a program that leverages the collective power of shared intention for social change, and set the Guinness World Record for the largest meditation gathering in history.

In order to meet the ever - changing needs of its guest, IHG invested in the $ 1 billion Holiday Inn global brand relaunch, the largest in hospitality history.

«As one of the most dominant champions in boxing history and one of the most memorable guests to ever be featured on WWE programming, Mike Tyson led an incredible revolution that changed the way fans perceive the sport,» said Sean Ratcliffe, Vice President, Global Brand Management, THQ.

Excerpting from Phaidon's «Biennials and Beyond — Exhibitions That Made Art History: 1962 - 2002» and with a short introduction by Amelia Ames, we trace the history of three exhibitions that changed the history of «global» exhibition cHistory: 1962 - 2002» and with a short introduction by Amelia Ames, we trace the history of three exhibitions that changed the history of «global» exhibition chistory of three exhibitions that changed the history of «global» exhibition chistory of «global» exhibition culture.

In The Phoenix Greg Cook reports that Alexis Rockman, whose earlier work is often compared to the Museum of Natural History's diorama painting, has adopted an «expressionist action - painting style while holding to the disasters - of - global - climate - change theme.

In the context of 2016, (Re) Public celebrates the self - determination and agency of the country while tackling contemporary issues in Ireland which have broader resonance globally, these include: — hidden histories of state institutional abuse (Nolan) community identity in post conflict rural border regions (North 55), issues relating to natural cycles in time, climate change and its global effects (Softday), the individual's struggle for autonomy within the field of mental health (Tighe), the importance of creative autonomy and independence for the right to self - expression in movement and dance (Donnellan) and strategies of resistance that include artistic intervention, self - organization, and collectivism (Morley).

Blogging and connecting with other artists in a diverse global internet setting is a very big change from those artists that preceded us in history.

«The Beginning of a New Era» stages artworks that investigate the concept of global village and the acceleration of our history, environmental changes and the invasion of technology in individual and social life.

«The first part will trace the history of scientific study of climate change, beginning with scientific inquiry into the formation and melting of the ice ages, periods of historical cooling and warming, smog, ozone, nuclear winter, volcanoes, and global warming.

Let's Be Sensible on Global Warming Christian Science Monitor, June 30, 1992 By Andrew Revkin Andrew Revkin's latest book is «Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast,» published by Abbeville Press in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History's new exhibition on climate change.

Walt, if you've ever studied Pleistocene geology and the million year history of glacial advances and interglacial warming cycles you would know human - induced global warming and climate changes are the dominant cause of current and future catastrophic consequences.

Anthropogenic global warming apostles would have us believe the planet has never changed in all it's history, and suddenly man and his evil, capitalistic, oil - company fed industry has plunged the planet into an unprecedented warming event.

Here is a book I bought last Christmas and has lasted me all year: Hay, W. W. (2016) Experimenting on a Small Planet: A History of Scientific Discoveries, a Future of Climate Change and Global Warming, 2nd ed.

I already know from our history that you don't care if global warming is real or not, you just want the socio - economic changes that are being proposed to happen, the truth be dammed.

The summer - winter changes in insolation are much larger than those due to human - induced greenhouse gas changes; the seasonal change is mainly in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum while the greenhouse gas forcing is in the infrared; the greenhouse gas influence is global while the seasonal changes are opposite in the two hemispheres; and we have a much longer history of observing the seasonal changes, so a more or less correct prediction can be made empirically, without any physical understanding.

Pielke, R. A. Policy history of the US global change research program: Part I. Administrative development.

Ignoring a well - documented history of natural climate change, ignoring the ill - advised 20th century policy of fire suppression, and ignoring the increased percentage (~ 80 to 90 %) of fires ignited by humans, Climate Central tried to persuade the public that California fires, (as well as all recent fires) are «part of a dire global warming - fueled trend toward larger, more frequent and intense wildfires.»

Earth's history shows that the lag of sea level change behind global temperature change is 1 - 4 centuries for natural climate change (Grant et al 2012, 2014) 2.

Thank you for agreeing that there are other factors at work in global warming and bearing in mind the strength of those as demonstrated by climate history then any claim that man - made factors are anywhere near as large as 100 % or greater are going to have to demonstrate the current and past natural changes and how they interact.