Sentences with phrase «faced in our global society»

This is the first Marvel movie I have ever watched which shows African cultures (the rivalry between the tribes and their ritual) and the current issues faced in our global society.

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But our success in sustaining peace after World War II, which involved rebuilding societies in decimated Europe and Japan and promoting global markets, meant our highly monopolized, government - controlled economy eventually had to face competition from abroad.

I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to change the way rice is grown to meet the challenges of changing rural economies, changing societies, and a changing climate; and, our extraordinary array of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront of the CGIAR change process through the Global Rice Science Partnership.

As members of society, the way that we act has the ability to impact others in big ways (global warming, racism) and in small ways (person talking on cell phone during a movie, smoker blowing smoke in your face as they pass you on the sidewalk).

The Darwin's frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) is the latest amphibian species to face extinction due to the global chytridiomycosis pandemic, according to an international study published today in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B.

The consequences of climate change are being felt not only in the environment, but in the entire socio - economic system and, as seen in the findings of numerous reports already available, they will impact first and foremost the poorest and weakest who, even if they are among the least responsible for global warming, are the most vulnerable because they have limited resources or live in areas at greater risk... Many of the most vulnerable societies, already facing energy problems, rely upon agriculture, the very sector most likely to suffer from climatic shifts.»

The Polaris Climate Change Observatory regional platforms will provide the public, policy makers, industry and civil society with a forum for interaction and for developing the collaborative actions required for an adapted response to global development in the face of climate change.

SAYAS aims to contribute towards solutions to national and global challenges facing society; provide a platform for young scientists to influence policy decisions; contribute towards the development of scientific capacity in South Africa through mentoring and role - modelling of future scientists; and foster opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations amongst young scientists.

The report, the State of Civil Society 2011, available at StateOfCivilSociety.org, concludes that in the face of connected economic, environmental, political and social crises, the institutions of global governance have been revealed as lacking.

Before discussing the role of the Humanism and developing Human consciousness - values for solving the global problem facing human society, we have to overview the historical and conceptual development of the human society and its discourse in these regards.

Created in direct collaboration with Mensa, American Mensa Academy is packed with 100 + replayable levels of fun and stimulating mini-games and challenges for everyone, plus for those really looking to test their grey matter, there is a rigorous test designed to calculate your Mensa score, directly inspired by questions faced by those attempting to join the renowned global high IQ society.

iLiKETRAiNS attempt to address global issues in their own eccentric style, using the deeds of history to explore problems still facing society.

Climate change and global warming work hand - in - hand and the former is more commonly used to express the issues facing our current environment and society.

2 Jan: UK Telegraph: Christopher Booker: Our spoiled, emasculated, de ‑ spiritualised societies in the West are in terminal decline In 2015 we witness a rare geopolitcal power shift — and in the face of every kind of new external challenge the leaders of the EU and the USA have never looked weaker or more bemused We then saw that even more meaningless «non-binding» deal in Paris, supposed to save the world from global warminin the West are in terminal decline In 2015 we witness a rare geopolitcal power shift — and in the face of every kind of new external challenge the leaders of the EU and the USA have never looked weaker or more bemused We then saw that even more meaningless «non-binding» deal in Paris, supposed to save the world from global warminin terminal decline In 2015 we witness a rare geopolitcal power shift — and in the face of every kind of new external challenge the leaders of the EU and the USA have never looked weaker or more bemused We then saw that even more meaningless «non-binding» deal in Paris, supposed to save the world from global warminIn 2015 we witness a rare geopolitcal power shift — and in the face of every kind of new external challenge the leaders of the EU and the USA have never looked weaker or more bemused We then saw that even more meaningless «non-binding» deal in Paris, supposed to save the world from global warminin the face of every kind of new external challenge the leaders of the EU and the USA have never looked weaker or more bemused We then saw that even more meaningless «non-binding» deal in Paris, supposed to save the world from global warminin Paris, supposed to save the world from global warming.

Ed Scott (09:47:10): «Dr. Scambos: I think An Inconvenient Truth does an excellent job of outlining the science behind global warming and the challenges society faces in the coming century because of it.

(05/20/2013) Human - caused changes to our biosphere — the global total of the world's ecosystems — are now so great and alarmingly rapid that human lives and societies undoubtedly face epic challenges in the near future as our biosphere deteriorates, planetary boundaries are reached, and tipping points exceeded.

Objective 1.2 aims to advance use - inspired science (defined as science necessary to improve fundamental understanding in areas important to society) to assess the vulnerabilities to global change, understand the societal and ecological characteristics that confer resilience in the face of these changes, and support the adaptation and mitigation responses to the risks these changes pose.

Global warming from CO2 build - up in the atmosphere is different from other pollution problems society has faced.

It seems that Dr Lomborg in the past had attracted controversy for suggesting that the dangers of climate change are overstated, and that modern society faces other more pressing challenges such as global poverty.

«David Attenborough Backs «Last Chance» Push to Study Australian Biodiversity» (The Guardian) «The Australian Academy of Science and its New Zealand counterpart, the Royal Society Te Apārangi, are launching a 10 - year plan to study and name unknown species, warning that a sound understanding of biodiversity is critical in the face of a global extinction crisis....»

They face more competition from the really big global and national firms since office location is becoming less and less relevant in our increasing mobile society.

Our mission is to conduct in - depth research that leads to new ideas for solving problems facing society at the local, national and global level.