Sentences with phrase «despite global efforts»

Methane and carbon dioxide on the rise13 May 2016 Satellite readings show that atmospheric methane and carbon dioxide are continuing to increase despite global efforts to reduce emissions.
Only one new drug has been introduced in 40 years, despite global efforts.
Improved but Not Always Safe: Despite Global Efforts, More Than 1 Billion People Likely at Risk for Lack of Clean Water

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China has had little success in projecting «soft power» (despite considerable effort and investment), and has far less recent experience than the U.S. in managing global affairs.
Despite the best efforts of central banks and finance ministries, even unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus aren't enough to keep the global economic recovery from stalling.
Both men are certain we are into a global equity and bond bear market and into a bull market in commodities and precious metals despite all efforts by the government and Federal Reserve to keep financial bull markets alive.
But Wehner's words perfectly summarize why Facebook and Google continue to take share of the global digital advertising market despite Twitter and Snap's efforts to improve their ad products» returns on investment.
The dispute highlights the clash between heightened U.S. anti-fraud efforts and official Chinese secrecy despite Beijing's desire to profit from deeper links with the global economy.
With the global recession hitting hard however and no real results to speak of, the writing was on the wall and Toyota withdrew at the end of the season, despite some more quality efforts from Trulli.
These tactics serve to keep global breastfeeding rates low over decades despite various efforts by the Ministries of Health in countries, and by breastfeeding advocates,» notes Sarah Amin, Executive Director of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA).
So far, none of Global's clients have jettisoned the firm, despite the best efforts of at least one other Republican challenger.
Despite the decades of tough talking and billions of dollars spent in waging this war, the global drug problem and the criminal markets that underpin it remain all but untouched by our enforcement efforts.
Despite the tremendous growth in global collaborative efforts such as Human Genome Project and Human Frontier Science Program during past few decades, only about 30 % of research output from the United States is internationally collaborative (Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century, 2011, The Royal Socglobal collaborative efforts such as Human Genome Project and Human Frontier Science Program during past few decades, only about 30 % of research output from the United States is internationally collaborative (Global Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century, 2011, The Royal SocGlobal Scientific Collaboration in the 21st Century, 2011, The Royal Society).
Despite concerted global efforts to reduce carbon emissions through the expansion of clean and renewable energy resources, fossil fuels continued to dominate the global energy sector in 2012, according to new figures released yesterday by the Worldwatch Institute.
A decade later, there is still no vaccine, despite an increasingly organized global effort and the quadrupling of funds committed to it.
Air pollution remains a top global health threat despite decades of efforts to stop it.
Despite some similarities to «Gravity,» Scott's film is very different in its tone and in its inclusion of «meanwhile, back home» stories, all of which become part of a global effort to retrieve the guy left behind by accident.
Even so, despite the LMP 1 effort being based in the US, «This is a global project backed by Carlos Ghosn, it's a NISMO project.»
When I first purchased my Xbox 360 way, way back in 2008 I came across a simple little twin stick shooter that, despite a relatively steep learning curve, enthralled me to the point where I would eschew big triple A titles like Gears of War in order to spend time trying to master the Robotron: 2084 inspired gameplay, frantically diving back into the fray time and time again in an effort to top my previous score and gain one of the coveted top spots on the global leaderboard.
This pretty much reflects where the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change left the issue in 2007, despite ongoing efforts to tie global warming to health problems.
«We show that, despite international efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, total remaining commitments in the global power sector have not declined in a single year since 1950 and are in fact growing rapidly,» their paper says.
When we track it back to your source, we find: «The world's temperature is on course to rise by more than three degrees Centigrade despite efforts to combat global warming, Britain's chief scientist has warned.»
A new report assesses the credit risks that power plants face from the global transition to an economy with lower carbon dioxide emissions and finds that some U.S. coal plants are still exposed to those risks, despite Trump administration efforts to roll back CO2 reduction rules.
«The special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming focuses on a crucial topic: «Loss and damage» which refers to adverse effects of climate variability and climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation efforts,» Editor - in - Chief Ibrahim Dincer of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology says.
An open access special issue of the International Journal of Global Warming brings together, for the first time, empirical evidence of loss and damage from the perspective of affected people in nine vulnerable countries...... «Loss and damage» refers to adverse effects of climate variability and climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation efforts.
Back in 2008 -» 09, I was perplexed that efforts to mitigate runaway global warming were occurring despite detailed opposition offered by skeptic climate scientists.
Despite our efforts to reduce carbon pollution, we need to ensure Vancouver is prepared for the impacts of a changing global climate.
In short, the scientific consensus on human - caused global warming is an indisputable reality, supported by many different lines of evidence, despite the strategic efforts to deny it.
Despite the embarrassment of the Climategate data fraud and conspiracy scandal, it has not stopped the politically motivated and financially hungry at Copenhagen from making every effort to lie and mislead the public about the actual global climate condition.
Likewise, despite environmentalists» concerns, the American exit is unlikely to have an immediate effect on global efforts to address climate change.
Despite the tremendous effort to collect and homogenize soil moisture measurements at global scales (Robock et al., 2000), discrepancies between large - scale estimates of observed soil moisture remain.
Forty years after it was first proposed, the two - degree target continues to maintain a talismanic hold over global efforts to address climate change, despite the fact that
Of course the effect of solar and cosmic activity and the well - recognized 800 - year global heating and cooling cycle keep happening, despite our completely insignificant efforts to affect climate change.
As he points out, Mann has been cleared of all wrongdoing multiple times by multiple independent agencies (like here, and here, and here, and here, and of course here), despite the efforts of the global warming deniers to do whatever they can to take him down.
Despite efforts to boost diversity, men still outnumber women more than five to one when it comes to running global practices at the UK's top law firms.
It reads: «Recent media reports have portrayed an inaccurate view of the services that we provide and, despite our efforts to correct the record, misrepresented the nature of our work and its role in global financial markets.
Despite widespread efforts to boost diversity, there are still relatively few women running global practices at the UK's top law firms.
Last year's global sensation Pokémon GO didn't crack the overall or App Store revenue top 10, despite sustained efforts by publisher Niantic to reignite the frenzy of 2016 with new Pokémon and other content, but did appear at No. 9 on Google Play.
Additional highlights • 63 per cent of resource and mining employers are not actively hiring new graduates despite reports of a growing skills shortage • 2016 salary increases for resource and mining professionals are more modest than the previous year, with 21 % reporting no increases compared to eight per cent in the previous year • Almost three quarters (73 %) of oil and gas employees experience moderate to extreme workplace pressure due to the lack of employees and skills present • Work from home options, pension / RRSP contributions and flexible work hours are the top - three incentives oil and gas employers want to add in an effort to attract talent About Hays Canada: Hays Specialist Recruitment Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hays plc, which has been at the forefront of the global recruitment industry for over thirty - five years.
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