Sentences with phrase «for urgent action on»

The papal letter, released in June, made a moral case for urgent action on climate change and the environment (Greenwire, June 18).

Pontiff says humans are turning planet into «wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth» in call for urgent action on climate change

Environment Ministers from states bordering the Arctic have called for urgent action on short lived climate pollutants (SLCP) such as methane, HFCs and black carbon soot.

The second panel session looked at SDG8 which calls for urgent action on promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all.

I can logically say the precautionary principle indicates the need for urgent action on climate change and the need for slow, cautious, well - studied progress on GMOs.

The World Bank called for urgent action on climate change on Sunday after it released a report that examined the economic, ecological and human impacts that a 7.2 °F rise in global temperature would have on the world's population... Read More

As scientists from the Caribbean call for urgent action on climate change, Trump nominates a known climate denier and coal lobbyist to help lead the EPA.

Despite repeated calls for urgent action on climate change, the World Bank Group increased funding for fossil fuels in its last fiscal year.

As the «older» spoke to the «younger» about their joint efforts to get our local city councilors and county commissioners to grasp the need for urgent action on climate and to use the power they have to take such action, he succumbed to tears.

Even Michael Crichton, while rejecting calls for urgent action on emisisons, acknowledged as much in a 2007 debate.

-- Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will be on the University of Boulder campus this afternoon for an event with Lonnie and Sandy Phillips, who lost their daughter in the Aurora, Colorado, movie theater shootings, to call for urgent action on gun safety.

The regulator's chief Michael Wilshaw called for urgent action on the matter.

Like other panelists during the event, Horton called for urgent action on climate change because of the grave threat it poses.

Toll agreed with other panelists who called for urgent action on climate change.

12.8.14 Press Release: With Record Homelessness, Councilmembers and Advocates Call for Urgent Action on NY - NY IV Supportive Housing Agreement

Not exact matches

• From Ecumenical News International: «For the first time in history, Swiss churches, including the Roman Catholic Church and Switzerland's main Protestant churches, have joined forces with environmental groups to launch a petition calling on the Swiss government to take urgent action to combat global warming.»

Teaching unions have called for «urgent action» following an increase in the number of assaults on staff at Edinburgh primary schools.

A dozen leading researchers have issued an urgent call to action for the Murray - Darling Basin, arguing that the billions spent on water - efficient irrigation have done little for the rivers» health.

The RCP calls on the government to take urgent action to ensure that extended consultant delivered services, providing safer care for patients and the opportunity for excellent training of the next generation of doctors, can be achieved.

«Contrary to your suggestion that I have acted prematurely, I am even more convinced of the need for very decisive and urgent action on the part of the Trust to comply with all your obligations and remedy the serious failings at the school.»

Facebook and Twitter provide much better opportunities to interact with followers, which helps build long - term relationships that help people make the jump into taking action when (for instance) your email arrives on their desk with an urgent headline.

This report from Medecins Sans Frontieres makes for grim and sober reading: it is clear that the situation facing vulnerable asylum seekers on Lesbos is increasingly precarious, and that urgent action is needed.

In the light of the crash in global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the government.

The outbreak has been on - going for the past six weeks and has necessitated urgent spontaneous national response actions among all neighbouring countries.

As part of this year's celebration of World Water Day on the theme, «Nature For Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behiFor Water», WaterAid Ghana is calling for urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behifor urgent action from the government to reach the 22 % of Ghanaians without access to clean water close to their homes, and leave no one behind.

*** So, to sum up, I hope I've given you a sense of our approach: we started with the Work Programme; we introduced the Youth Contract; now we're homing in on youth unemployment hot spots; action that is targeted; urgent; always looking to do more; Government working hardest for the places that have been hardest hit.

In the wake of the recent tragedy, said Squadron, there's an urgent need for action on the legislation.

LONDON — The world is far behind on delivering the low - carbon energy it needs, and unless urgent action is taken, calamitous climate change is certain, the International Energy Agency told a meeting yesterday of energy ministers whose countries account for 80 percent of global energy demand.

Amnesty International today asked for «urgent action» on behalf of Ahmadreza Djalali, the Iranian - born disaster medicine expert detained in Iran since April 2016.

Dr Ralph Holme, Head of Biomedical Research at Action on Hearing Loss, the only UK charity dedicated to funding research into hearing loss said: «There is an urgent need for effective treatments to prevent hearing loss — a condition that affects 10 million people in the UK and all too often isolates people from friends and family.

Recently I was invited to give a talk at the UNAI - START (United Nations Academic Impact — Science and Technology Accelerating Rapid Transformation) conference, on the role of nanotechnology in developing new solutions for energy, water, and health care — problems reaching crisis proportion in our world and requiring urgent action across all levels.

The EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO and UNGEI call for urgent action to combat school - related gender - based violence NEW YORK, 10 March 2015 — Gender - based violence in school settings is having a damaging impact on the education of millions of children across the world according to a new paper released today at the Commission on the -LSB-...]

The SSTA is calling for the intervention of Deputy First Minister John Swinney to work with Local Authorities, employers and the SQA to refocus teachers on teaching and learning and take urgent action against excessive workloads.

«Contrary to your suggestion that I have acted prematurely, I am even more convinced of the need for very decisive and urgent action on the part of the trust to comply with all your obligations and remedy the serious failings at the school.»

Based on the emotional intelligence research and work from Daniel Goleman, the following quote, «A growing number of students are failing in a core subject needed for successful living: solid character,» is a urgent call for action to use Social Emotional Learning Practices in our school communities.

New Leader CEO Jean Desravines speaks on the urgent need for school improvement and the theory of action behind New Leaders» focus on school leadership at Charlotte's Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum (Part 1 & Part 2).

CHICAGO — Seeing the need for urgent action to combat cuts in school library funding, staffing and programming, American Library Association (ALA) President Jim Neal will host a summit in Chicago on May 23, at ALA Headquarters, 50 E. Huron, to work with our nation's library leaders to craft a strategy to advocate for our nation's school libraries.

The second thing the initial Witoelar draft did was to note the need for urgent action — something that even the United States embraced — on the basis of those common but differentiated responsibilities — and that's where the devil of details lay in wait.

Planet Under Pressure, a four - day conference exploring how science can identify and limit risks in the face of increasing human impacts on the Earth, has ended * with a call for «urgent action» against the the unrelenting buildup of greenhouse gases.

The UN Summit on Climate Change, convened this week in New York by Secretary - General Ban Ki - Moon, brought together more than 100 heads of state and dignitaries to tackle the urgent need for action and to mobilize real

Interesting here that there are no brackets around «Parties agree to take urgent action,» since they have agreed on that for years but didn't actually do it.

The page describes the need for «urgent action» but betrays little beyond a menu of domestic programs to cut energy consumption, with no hint of next steps on a treaty.

Without urgent action, we could face threats to water, food, biodiversity and other critical resources: these threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.

It's the bris - soleil system on the face of the New York Times, being climbed by «Spiderman» Alain Robert «as a peaceful way to create support for far greater and urgent action from world

Matt Ridley — WSJ — Sept. 4, 2014 On Sept. 23 the United Nations will host a party for world leaders in New York to pledge urgent action against climate change.

Take action on a grand scale for a massively urgent problem.

The proposal by the Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment calls on Exxon to take urgent climate action on moral grounds by agreeing to limit temperature rise to the globally accepted 2 degrees Celsius target.

COP18 / CMP8 entered the crucial phase of climate change negotiations on Day 9 with world leaders issuing a clarion call for urgent global action at the opening of the High Level Segment of the conference.

The strategy identifies three priority areas that match calls for international guidance, the urgent need for action at a national level on climate change and the organization's skill set, experience and mandate.

In 2009, Commission on Social Action to the Union for Reform Judaism issued a resolution on the «unprecedented challenge of climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions» and need for urgent aAction to the Union for Reform Judaism issued a resolution on the «unprecedented challenge of climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions» and need for urgent actionaction.