Sentences with phrase «despite international efforts»

«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.

With the porosity of borders, despite international efforts at controlling it, the world wide web of cultural practices and language are spinning stronger strings.

Yet despite international efforts and tireless research, there is no permanent solution - no barriers to erect or walls to build - that will protect us in the end from the drowning of the world as we know it.

Despite international efforts, there was «no realistic prospect of a world without nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future», Mr Browne said, adding that no such weapons had been used in 50 years because, in part, countries like Britain had a deterrent.

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Despite all the hype around China's great firewall, efforts to completely shut out international communications are increasingly seen by government actors as unworkable.

Despite such efforts to instill doubt in voters, a recent CNN / ORC International poll showed that a candidate's Mormon faith made no difference to 80 % of Americans, and that 51 % believed Mormonism was a Christian religion.

Despite efforts in international law to distinguish between degrees of culpability with regard to politicians, generals and ordinary citizens, policies of direct attacks upon civilians continue to find a rationale in the identification of the citizen with the state — even if the ordinary citizen is both ignorant of and indifferent to affairs of state.

Despite his best efforts however, Lucas still managed to place 2 of his 17 La Liga goals last season past Mustafi's back line and so I think the German international is more than aware of the Spanish striker's capabilities.

Ronaldo moved to the Bernabeu in an # 80m switch in the summer of 2009 but despite his mercurial efforts, 255 goals in 250 appearances, Real Madrid have won just one La Liga title in the five completed seasons the Portuguese international has been in the Spanish capital.

Unfortunately, Mkhitaryan's arrival could see Marcus Rashford have a more limited role despite his impressive efforts last season, although Mourinho will likely rotate and there should be enough chances for the England international to shine and continue his development without too much pressure on his shoulders.

The international future of Russian - Nigerian left back Brian Idowu will take some time to be sorted out despite the efforts of coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr who has contacted the Amkar Perm man to...

But the formula companies, despite the international code, continue to undermine campaigners» efforts.

Despite my best efforts, I survived the panel discussion with Pat Cleary from the National Association of Manufacturers (whose Shop Floor is a great example of an effective trade association blog), Milo Sybrant from Amnesty International and Eric Rabe from Verizon with dignity and reputation reasonably intact.

Despite national and international efforts to reduce anthropogenic emissions, growing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide will yield planetary warming and associated impacts for the foreseeable future.

«Despite tremendous efforts by the government of Liberia and international partners aimed at eradicating the deadly Ebola virus, it seems the fight is becoming difficult to reach an end as new cases of Ebola are again being reported in the country.

The TV Show Adam Ruins Everything attacked eHarmony despite its connections with IAC, Match.coms parent company IAC has made tremendous efforts to fortify The Match Groups international command of online dating.

The failure of the United States to close the international test - score gap, despite assiduous public assertions that every effort would be undertaken to produce that objective, raises questions about the nation's overall reform strategy.

Also, despite General Motors» policy against factory - sponsored racing efforts, Camaro began to make a name for itself on the track on the new International Race of Champions (IROC) series with many top drivers winning trophies from behind the wheel of a Camaro year after year until the late 1980s.

Like pleasant Chicago, the fair is definitively American, despite Karman's many efforts to give it an international profile by bringing French curators Matthieu Poirier and Guillaume Désanges to Chicago for a year - long residency, including Europeans like Isabella Bortolozzi and Thomas Schulte, and winning over heavyweight galleries like David Zwirner, Matthew Marks, Massimo De Carlo, and Lisson.

Despite deliberate efforts to exclude communities in the public consultations, Save Lamu and its partners continue to challenge its construction, with the support of national and international allies.

«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.

This was where the movement turned after two devastating failures: the fruitless effort for an international climate treaty at Copenhagen in 2009, and the death, shortly afterward, of cap - and - trade legislation in the U.S. Senate, despite enormous investments by mainstream environmental groups in these causes.

HSI's delegation to the 64th annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, held in Panama City, Panama, was hopeful agreements on stronger protection for whales could be achieved despite ongoing efforts by whaling nations to upend the commercial whaling moratorium.

Not much: despite efforts over many decades, the international community has not been very effective at rebuilding stability through rule of law.

International hopes rest with the efforts, led by the G20, to build a cross-border consensus on tackling BEPS — but despite several statements of intent, implementation is still some way off.