Sentences with phrase «environment research world»

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Professor David Wilkinson, Professor of Theology, Principal of St John's College, Durham University, said: «CODEC is unique in combining research on the digital environment within a world class University with practical outputs to serve the Church.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Farmers participate directly in our research, ensuring experimental results reflect the real world environment and solutions can be implemented in the farming enterprise.

MANILA / BANGKOK, 27 October 2015 — The world's first standard for sustainable rice, which sets new and more efficient standards for rice cultivation, was launched today by the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), a global alliance of agricultural research institutions, agri - food businesses, public sector and civil society organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Rice Research Instituteresearch institutions, agri - food businesses, public sector and civil society organizations convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Rice Research InstituteResearch Institute (IRRI).

The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is the world's premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science; improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and consumers; and protecting the rice - growing environment for future geneResearch Institute (IRRI) is the world's premier research organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science; improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and consumers; and protecting the rice - growing environment for future generesearch organization dedicated to reducing poverty and hunger through rice science; improving the health and welfare of rice farmers and consumers; and protecting the rice - growing environment for future generations.

Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Senior Food Analyst at NBC News and former U.S. White House Chef Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

«If you want to change the world, you have to understand what you're changing first,» said Maria Carmen Lemos, professor and associate dean for research at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability.

«The skills and experience offered by the Leshner Fellowship will enable the sustained, strategic and scalable engagement needed to understand and address resource competition in an urbanizing world,» said Dustin Garrick, research fellow and co-director of the water program at the Smith School Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford.

The IPCC brings together thousands of the world's leading experts on climate science, under the auspices of the World Meteorology Organization and the UN Environment Programme, to review and assess all available reseworld's leading experts on climate science, under the auspices of the World Meteorology Organization and the UN Environment Programme, to review and assess all available reseWorld Meteorology Organization and the UN Environment Programme, to review and assess all available research.

Working at Microsoft also means that we can make an impact on the world much more easily than those in an academic research environment.

At the LMB, we aim to train the scientific leaders of the future: we seek the best students, give them rewarding research projects and provide a supportive environment with access to world - class facilities and experts.

He says he works in «the most privileged research environment in the world: the inside of the human brain.»

Granted, thematic areas of the world hinders curiosity - fueled research and promotes product - driven focus, however the environment imposes competition, secrecy and a rat race upon on scientists.

To foster a favourable environment for the new economy, it has committed billions of dollars to develop education, technology, and infrastructures, including the creation of a world - class center for scientific research and development (R&D).

For their research, Craig Stark and Dane Clemenson of UCI's Center for the Neurobiology of Learning & Memory recruited non-gamer college students to play either a video game with a passive, two - dimensional environment («Angry Birds») or one with an intricate, 3 - D setting («Super Mario 3D World») for 30 minutes per day over two weeks.

The study also involved researchers from the universities of Leeds, Imperial College London, Kassel (Germany), Sussex and the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP - WCMC) as part of the research programme of the UK Energy Research Centre research programme of the UK Energy Research Centre Research Centre (UKERC).

«These are initial necessary steps in taking carbon nanotubes from the chemistry lab to a real environment,» said Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences for IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center and a world leader in CNT rResearch Center and a world leader in CNT researchresearch.

«If future research confirms that an index of species» abundance can be derived from naked DNA extracted from water,» says Jesse Ausubel, director of the Program for the Human Environment, «it could easily improve the rationality with which fish quotas are set, and the quality and reliability of their monitoring around the world.»

While the focus of this research was on Chaco Canyon, the researchers found the conclusions for water management systems and kinship mobility relevant to modern urban centers built in arid environments anywhere and anytime in the world.

The ban «risks constraining Scotland's contribution to research and leaving Scotland without access to agricultural innovations which are making farming more sustainable elsewhere in the world,» 28 science organizations maintain in a letter sent on 17 August to the Scottish cabinet secretary for rural affairs, food and environment, Richard Lochhead.

«One of the responsibilities that we have as scientists, particularly those of us who receive public funding for our research, is to be engaged with the public about our understanding of the way that the world works and also about the limits of our understanding,» said the Stanford University researcher, who holds dual appointments with the School of Environmental Earth System Science and the Woods Institute for the Environment.

Your article «Game of life» featured our research into game transfer phenomena (GTP), by which players of video games sometimes react to the world as they would to a gaming environment (24/31 December 2011, p 76).

The research, funded by the Environment Institute at the University of Adelaide, was the result of a workshop involving researchers all over the world.

About the Salk Institute for Biological Studies: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is one of the world's preeminent basic research institutions, where internationally renowned faculty probes fundamental life science questions in a unique, collaborative and creative environment.

The centre is designed to provide a world - class scientific environment for research to create new biocatalyst - based processes to meet the changing needs of industry.

We aim to become a «globally visible» research center where every world's highest - level researcher who wants to work there gathers from around the world because of our high level of research activities and research environment.

Located on Tufts» Medford / Somerville campus, the School of Engineering offers a rigorous engineering education in a unique environment that blends the intellectual and technological resources of a world - class research university with the strengths of a top - ranked liberal arts college.

This is a great advantage in basic biology research, but creating that predictability means that a controlled environment, and not the survival pressures of the outside world, shaped the microbiotas of laboratory mice.

Located in East Antarctica's Sør Rondane Mountains, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica welcomes scientists from around the world to conduct research in this little - studied and pristine environment.

Perimeter Institute offers a rich environment for PhD students with exceptional opportunities to interact with research leaders from around the world, while laying the foundation for a future career in physics.

Ranked the number one agricultural institute in Europe and number two in the world, INRA carries out mission - oriented research for high - quality and healthy foods, competitive and sustainable agriculture and a preserved and valorised environment.

With outstanding world - class researchers and fully - equipped modern laboratories, you'll have the best possible environment for moving forward with your research

The DELTAS Africa programmes establish world - class research environments at African universities with a strong focus on creating training opportunities for the next generation of researchers.

The center, a five - story, 237,000 - square - foot building that opened in 2012, brings under one roof several of the world's leading clinical and basic research programs in a collaborative environment.

The world's first zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, welcomes scientists from around the world to conduct research in this little - studied and pristine environment, close to...

Another benefit of Pennington Biomedical is its world - class facilities and cores, which create a rich environment for research.

The mission of the Wyss Institute is to discover the engineering principles that Nature uses to build living things; to pursue the high - risk research that is fundamental to advance this effort; and to harness these insights to create biologically inspired materials and devices to advance human health and improve the environment — thereby revolutionizing clinical medicine and creating a more sustainable world.

The JCVI teams are focused on a variety of genomic research areas including continued work in synthetic biology; sampling and analysis of the world's oceans, fresh water and soils to better understand the microbes living in these environments; and new analysis on the human genome in the hopes of discovering new insights into disease prevention and treatment.

Orla works in a dynamic environment managing the advancement of numerous research projects, as well as seeking the ongoing input and advice of scientists, marine transportation industries, conservation groups, First Nations individuals and government agencies in finding real world vessel noise reduction solutions.

Though most have doctorate degrees in their chosen fields, and many completed postdoctoral training, their laudable choice to focus on teaching in the community college environment means they may have fewer chances to connect with the research world they once trained in.

It was here, in the remote part of the pristine environment, that the International Polar Foundation heralded the return of Belgium to the Antarctic continent with the world's first «zero emission» scientific research station: Princess Elisabeth Antarctica.

So while we spent # 6.1 million on research specifically into children's cancers in 2016/17, the money we spend on fundamental cancer research and on creating a world - class research environment will also help us beat children's cancers sooner.

The world's first zero emission polar research station, Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, welcomes scientists from around the world to conduct research in this little - studied and pristine environment, close to East Antarctica's Sør Rondane Mountains.

The mission of the Wyss Institute is to discover the engineering principles that Nature uses to build living things; to pursue the high - risk research that is fundamental to advance this effort; and to harness these insights to create biologically - inspired materials and devices to advance human health and improve the environment — thereby revolutionizing clinical medicine and creating a more sustainable world.

I am deeply honored by the opportunity to lead this unique center of excellence in quantitative biology, embedded in the world - class research environment of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

«Temperature is widely recognized as a key environmental driver of reefs and temperature extremes are known to be one of the key stressors to coral reef communities around the world,» Ryan Lowe from the University of Western Australia Oceans Institute and School of Earth and Environment who led the research, said in a statement.

«Together with the other universities, we can now build a research environment ranking among the best in the world.

World - class research, outstanding research staff and specialised research environments create a breeding ground for doctoral education at Lund University.

UQDI has strong clinical interactions, world - class facilities, and a greater collaborative research environment, allowing researchers to focus their efforts on turning their scientific discoveries into better treatments for diseases including a variety of cancers, osteoporosis, arthritis, and other autoimmune diseases.

The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is one of the world's preeminent basic research institutions, where internationally renowned faculty probes fundamental life science questions in a unique, collaborative, and creative environment.