Sentences with phrase «climate crises such»

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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.

One of the key goals of the subsidy is to prevent the emergence of resistance against ACTs, which would be a major crisis; for individual countries, investing in such a common good is no more attractive than investing in measures to prevent climate change, he adds.

The coral reefs of the world are in crisis, endangered by a number of coastal threats such as overfishing, pollution, and coastal development as well as global threats such as climate change.

One such number - crunching company, the San Francisco - based Climate Corporation, which collates and analyses National Weather Service data mostly for clients in agriculture, has previously warned that it would take only «a few climatic events in a row» for a collapse in property values «that will make the housing crisis [of 2008] look small.»

Such thinking — recently popularised by Timothy Morton's book «Being Ecological» — has emerged partly from the environmental crises of the moment: climate change, mass extinction and widespread plastic pollution.

While reporting just outside of Darfur, Stephan Faris discovered that climate change was at the root of that conflict, and began to wonder what current and impending — and largely unanticipated — crises such changes have in store for the world.

Such themes may be the refugee crisis, climate change, LGBT issues, terrorism (both international and domestic), and drug addiction.

«Global challenges such as the recent economic crisis and the climate imperatives can only be addressed in a global cooperative manner and in fora such as the UN or the G - 20»

Her work reflects the fear of catastrophic events, such as nuclear crises or global climate change.

She creates conceptually based socio - political, cultural and environmental objects, installations and performances that take on broad subjects such as feminism, national identity, climate change, war and the economic crisis.

I just heard the Keenlyside cooling prediction used on the radio to argue that there is no such thing as a climate crisis (by a guy from the office of Sen. James Inhofe, he of the hoax comment).

Because of this we can now perceive future threats and makes plans to avoid the threat, such as the climate crisis.

I'm not an expert, but even to me it seems that with the climate warming at such a fast rate, whatever the cause, the sheer number of people on the earth at this time constitutes a crisis.

That fact is the source of our current crisis, and is also the Judo we'll use to overcome the seemingly insurmountable social inertia that is currently preventing powerful nations (such as the US and China) from recognizing and reacting to the climate crisis.

Surely such a massive winter storm, with its promise of bitter cold winds and potentially heavy coastal snowfalls, must be evidence against the climate crisis?

To be very clear, the climate crisis demands a «new environmentalism,» and such a thing does seem to be emerging.

In the face of such fundamental uncertainties, two cardinal rules should govern any sane response to the climate crisis.

Although factors such as poor planning and population growth are driving droughts in some regions, there is one common culprit that is exacerbating water crises around the globe: climate change.

So in summary, while there's much to be said for changing personal consumption habits in response to the climate crisis, I doubt that the necessary social transformation can be generated purely from aggregating such changes.

Any attempt to solve one of these problems (such as climate change) without addressing the others is likely to fail, since these ecological crises, although distinct in various ways, typically share common causes.

These include issues such as drug resistance and other cross-border health risks, financial crises contagion, money laundering, water scarcity, fisheries collapse and, of course, climate change.

Climate change has caused a reproductive justice crisis, activists say, as its projected impacts lead some to question how they could have a baby with such an uncertain future.

The climate crisis is an event with such profound personal and broadly social moral implications that many shy away from discussing the crisis itself let alone its ethical aspects.

Atlas has cosponsored Heartland Institute events dedicated to the proposition that climate change is not a crisis and has supported organizations such as the John Locke Foundation which has attacked efforts by state elected officials working on climate solutions with the Center for Climate Straclimate change is not a crisis and has supported organizations such as the John Locke Foundation which has attacked efforts by state elected officials working on climate solutions with the Center for Climate Straclimate solutions with the Center for Climate StraClimate Strategies.

Such grand schemes for «geoengineering» our way out of the climate crisis appeal to the dreamer in us all.

With fundamental issues of trust such as those illustrated above still far from being resolved, and political will on financing performing a fine balancing act in Europe and the United States (with the former dealing with a snowballing resurgence of the financial crisis, and the latter with an incoming legislature planning to dissolve the House of Representatives panel on climate change), the time has truly come for wealthy nations of the world to fundamentally shift their modes of thinking.

The putative magnitude of the looming climate crisis made it possible to sweep aside the differences that had troubled the relationship between institutional science and ecologism in the past such as GM technology and nuclear power.

«The Transition Movement is comprised of vibrant, grassroots community initiatives that seek to build community resilience in the face of such challenges as peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis.

Progressive politics requires narratives to help communicate big issues such as climate change or the refugee crisis, says the editor of Knock Twice: 25 Modern Folk Tales for Troubling Times

If we wish to overcome the climate and the environmental crisis we must address a whole spectrum of issues such as capitalism, colonialism, patriarchy and inequality.

However, the report also raises the prospect of climate change exacerbating societal issues such as conflicts and refugee crises.

How We Know What We Know About Our Changing Climate is a very child friendly, easy - to - read book that helps readers better understand the climate crisis by giving solid evidence, such as bird migratory patterns and the melting icecaps, to explain what is hapClimate is a very child friendly, easy - to - read book that helps readers better understand the climate crisis by giving solid evidence, such as bird migratory patterns and the melting icecaps, to explain what is hapclimate crisis by giving solid evidence, such as bird migratory patterns and the melting icecaps, to explain what is happening.

Such actions would go a long way towards securing a reasonable deal in Paris and, more importantly, to ensuring that those least responsible for causing the climate crisis are not the first to be devastated by it.

Simon is increasingly focusing on climate change, with a particular interest in the way in which the fossil fuel industry has corrupted and co-opted global politics to such an extent that it has been able to prevent appropriate action to address the climate crisis.

In The New York Times Magazine's 2008 Earth Day issue, Michael Pollan argued that climate change was at bottom a crisis of lifestyle and personal character — «the sum of countless little everyday choices» — and suggested that individual actions, such as planting backyard gardens, might ultimately be more important than government action to repair the environment.

retrofits to existing streets to make them safe for all users, as well as new trails that create comprehensive networks, can not only create new jobs, but can help American families recover from the economic downturn and lay the foundation to address some of our nation's major crises, such as climate, energy, and health.

Every gallery and public space in Copenhagen has been filled with eco-art from displays by 350.org's, climate crisis campaign, to exhibits such as «It's a Small World,» showing human scale sustainable design ideas.

Fortunately, several European leaders, such as President Sarkozy of France and Prime Minister Brown of Britain, are urging their fellow heads of state to push on — arguing that now is not the time to let the economy get in the way of resolving the climate crisis.

Right now, however, we are lead to believe that the complexity of the Earth's climate is such that any type of short - term prediction is an ineffective measure, but simultaneiously, the center of a severe crisis.

The plan also relies on a speedy timetable, which assumes that Mr. Obama's administration will issue and begin enacting all such regulations before he leaves office... «The United States» proposal shows that it is ready to lead by example on the climate crisis,» said Jennifer Morgan, an expert on international climate negotiations at the World Resources Institute, a Washington research organization.

In particular, it will allow for closer cooperation on global governance issues and support for developing agreements, norms and actions in response to global challenges such as terrorism and transnational crime, climate change, epidemics, pressure on natural resources, humanitarian crises, irregular migration.

Law is increasingly not getting the job done, let alone addressing the long - term crisis in access to justice and modern challenges such as automation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, climate change, and safety and fairness in global supply chains.»