Sentences with phrase «faced by humanity»

«Global warming is the most critical environmental issue ever faced by humanity», notes Tokyo mayor Shintaro Ishihara.

The global climate engineering / weather warfare / biological warfare assault is the greatest and most immediate threat faced by humanity and the web of life (short of nuclear cataclysm).

Climate change is a global concern and threat faced by humanity today.

The Chinese acknowledge the World Wide consensus on climate change to be the biggest challenge to be faced by humanity and they are prepared to cap CO2 emissions 15 % by 2020.

Yet the planetary boundaries (PB) framework — in its original form and as revised by Steffen et al — obscures rather than clarifies the environmental and sustainability challenges faced by humanity this century.

Surely the theoretical risk of accidents (catastrophes if you like) associated with civil nuclear reactors are on an insignificant scale relative to the risks faced by humanity by running out of energy.

By Marta Benavides, GCAP Global Co Chair, and the Feminist Task Force / FTF, SIGLO XXIII Movement for Culture of Peace, El Salvador Today, given the very negative conditions of the World and the Planet, it is urgent to see and understand that the various crisis being faced by humanity and planet are deep, dangerous, urgent and -LSB-...]

The crises faced by humanity today are important to us, but they will eventually prove no more significant than a thin bed of sediment in the deep stratigraphy of the universe.»

Throughout the period 2000 to 2015, the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have managed to focus the world's attention on the key challenges faced by humanity.

Marxists and Christians should meet as people concerned with the questions and problems faced by humanity, to think and act together as human beings.

Not exact matches

In September, CZI committed $ 3 billion to help fund cures for all the diseases facing humanity by 2100 as part of Zuckerberg's promise to donate 99 percent of his Facebook shares (a $ 45 billion - value in September 2015 when he announced the pledge).

«Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

For example, he is actively promoting AI and man - machine integration by founding the company «Neuralink» in March 2017 for the direct connection of the human brain with machines and artificial intelligence — but at the same time since 2014 is warning that humanity could face doom through the rise of robots equipped with artificial intelligence:

He shows businesses how to thrive by fixing the biggest issues humanity faces: hunger, poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change.

Consequently one feels less inclined to reject as unscientific the idea that the critical point of planetary reflective consciousness which is the result of the forming of humanity into an organized society, far from being a mere spark in the darkness, corresponds on the contrary to our passage (by a movement of reversal or dematerialization) to another face of the universe: not an ending of the ultra-human but its arrival at something trans - human at the very heart of reality.

He is the God - for - us who effects the creation by virtue of the externalization of his breath / thought / spirit expressed in the word kun and also remains the face of SB, the divine essence or mystery that stands facing humanity and the rest of the creation effected by him in all his jamal (beauty).

Religion however has tried to supersede our humanity and tell us it's okay to kill those other humans because they aren't like you, they don't worship the same God as you, they don't have the same hope for an afterlife, they aren't special and «chosen» by God like you... that is the true face of evil on the planet, the one that tries to make you forget your humanity with bribes and extortion.

Also in the face of the ecological disaster created by the modern ideas of total separation of humans from nature and of the unlimited technological exploitation of nature, it is proper for primal vision to demand, not an undifferentiated unity of God, humanity and nature or to go back to the traditional worship of nature - spirits, but to seek a spiritual framework of unity in which differentiation may go along with a relation of responsible participatory interaction between them, enabling the development of human community in accordance with the Divine purpose and with reverence for the community of life on earth and in harmony with nature's cycles to sustain and renew all life continuously.

The Christian heroism (and perhaps it is rarely to be seen) is to venture wholly to be oneself, as an individual man, this definite individual man, alone before the face of God, alone in this tremendous exertion and this tremendous responsibility; but it is not Christian heroism to be humbugged by the pure idea of humanity or to play the game of marveling at world - history.

This wound is passed on by the laws of inheritance and ripens in bitterness and destructive potential as a tragic consequence of the very progress of humanity towards the adulthood of control over the face of the earth which God originally intended for our blessing.

Unless, as seems infinitely improbable, we are destined by contact with other thinking planets, across the abysses of space and time, some day to become integrated within an organized complex composed of a number of Noospheres, humanity, having reached maturity, will remain alone, face to face with itself.

Globalisation for the Common Good, by addressing the crises that face us all, empowers us with humanity, spirituality and love.

Thus in biblical thought, there are two divine covenants with humanity operating in the face of evil created by human self - alienation from God — one, the covenant of redemptive grace with Abraham which ends in the Messianic Kingdom of Love and the other, the covenant with Noah of protective law of reverence for life and later with Moses of the Ten Commandments for the preservation of rough justice in society.

This magisterial text faced what amounts to the direct contrast of Pelagianism which exalted human endeavour and Lutheranism which considered humanity purely passive and grace «like some brilliant cloak of gold thrown over the human corpse by God» (Karl Adam: The Spirit of Catholicism ch.11).

Thus in Biblical thought, there are two divine covenants with humanity operating in the face of evil created by human self - alienation.

Humanity faces profound questions about how our planet can sustain nine billion people by 2050 and beyond.

By integrating the two, we can face challenges and take opportunities to advance humanity.

By placing life in the cosmic spotlight — at a meeting dedicated to Copernicus, no less — Carter was flying in the face of a scientific worldview that began nearly 500 years ago when the Polish astronomer dislodged Earth and humanity from center stage in the grand scheme of things.

Joining me was Harvard University economist Edward Glaeser, author of two pieces, who spoke about how, done right, with an emphasis on education, the greater density of humanity afforded by urban living can help us innovate our way out of the problems facing us today.

Faces of Science Photographs by Mariana Cook, Intro by Gerard Piel W. W. Norton, $ 39.95 Humanity, humor, and wisdom grace the portraits in Mariana Cook's Faces of Science, an enchanting collection of 77 photographs.

She contends that we are at the point in time, both information - and evidence-wise, when vaccine usage must be eliminated, as humanity already faces an extreme uphill battle to try to recover from the damage done by them to date.

There are plenty of talented components to this cast, and most every one of them has his or her time to shine, even such much too briefly present forces as episodes 1's Martin Sheen - who nails both Irish - American accent and depth of the good - hearted slaver who comes to find flaws in the traditions he has had to follow - and episode 3's Richard Jenkin, who effectively despicable in his audacious portrayal of a despicable radical racist who is as willing to die as he is to kill to preserve his questionable sense of order - and plenty of other people in between, from the compelling Dennis Haysbert to the charming Danny Glover, so you know that it's saying something to proclaim that leading lady Halle Berry is this series» strongest performance, delivering on powerful layers and emotional range in her engrossing portrayal of a mulatto who is trapped in society by her mixed race, and will face many unbearable hardships that will test her innocence and humanity.

A reminder of the scope of humanity's flaws, it also concisely encapsulates the enormous task faced by anyone trying to come up with a comprehensive look at genocide.

(In English and Ukrainian with subtitles) Skyline (PG - 13 for profanity, intense violence and brief sexuality) Sci - fi thriller about an evil extraterrestrial force which threatens to wipe all of humanity from the face of the Earth by emitting mysterious, irresistible light beams which attract people like moths to a flame.

Synopsis Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

The screenplay by Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley, and Jonathan Goldstein goes about the expected route in regards to the protagonists» superiors, etching three separate portraits of bosses whose very existences seem to fly in the face of the basic decency of humanity (not to mention a responsible human resources department), but it's in the central characters» actions that the film truly finds its edge.

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act in «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,» Bruce Wayne enlists newfound ally Diana Prince to face an even greater threat.

Not only does the action pick up, with some decent set pieces staged by Huen, but the requisite sentimental turn works to the proven strengths of Advani, who made a name for himself on more earnestly emotional pieces; however strained it may be on script, Advani and the likable work of Kumar, Yuan, and Padukone lend a certain convincing humanity to what initially come off as two - dimensional cartoons, and on the whole the sillier and straight - faced elements blend to a smoother consistency.

The film follows Brandon Bartle, played by Alden Ehrenreich, and the difficulties he faces in keeping his humanity, his urge to survive and his friend Murph, played by Tye Sheridan, alive during the war in Iraq, as well as his life and struggles with his memories of the war after he comes back to Virginia.

But at least they are compelling characters: the sadly clairvoyant Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), who knows to much and is watching his faith in humanity ebb in to the ether; the vampirish Ozymandius (Matthew Goode), an effete tycoon who is the smartest man in the world; the embittered Rorchach (Walter Kovacs), a psychopath whose toxic moods swim across his masked face as shifting ink blots; Nite Owl II (Dan Drieberg), who is basically Batman with a Clark Kent - like alter ego as a mild - mannered model of mid-life impotence; and the latex - sheathed, dominatrix - next - door, Silk Spectre II — played by Toronto actress and Maxim cover girl Malin Akerman, who made an appearance at the Toronto premiere I attended last night.

Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman's selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity's most formidable threats yet: The Banished — a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a cunning and lethal warrior known as Atriox.

I have never felt the fear and the anxiety that comes from being faced by an opponent who does not see my humanity and is willing to kill me for it.

Diamandis heads up the organization and is focused on bringing about radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity by encouraging innovators to solve some of the greatest challenges facing the world today.

Celebrating Habitat for Humanity Northumberland's on - reserve build, a first in Canada addressing the distinct housing challenges faced by Aboriginal Canadians

In the side - scrolling shooter The Final Station, survive the threat to humanity by riding the rails, finding fuel, facing infected hordes, and saving other survivors.

Harkyn, a convicted criminal rejected by society, must face the Fallen Lords — in a quest to save humanity.

In Halo Wars 2, Captain Cutter and his crew will face one of humanity's most formidable threats yet: The Banished — a fierce and powerful Brute faction led by a cunning and lethal warrior known as Atriox.

His prolific output during the 1960s and 1970s was driven primarily by a desire to create, by means of painting, a universal system able to address all others — the entire range of social and political issues facing modern humanity.

Curated by Suad Garayeva - Maleki and Björn Geldhof, the group show «Crumbling Down, Up And Up We Climb» acts as a verse on humanity faced with its own limitations, like a candle burning at both ends.