Sentences with phrase «for global environment»

In 1998 Kuroda received a three - year research fellowship with the Institute for Global Environment Strategies to examine underlying causes of forest destruction in the Asia - Pacific region.

In contrast, Hideki Minamikawa, vice minister for global environment in the Japanese environment ministry, noted that the parties aligned to the Copenhagen Accord — the non-binding political agreement delivered in the 11th hour at the U.N. climate summit last year in Denmark — represented 80 percent of global emissions.

Farah noted that poverty, lack of education, culture and patriarchy — control of women's bodies — are some of the key reasons for population growth and that models of development that fail to address inequality and favour industrialisation and consumption are bad for both people in the Global South and for the global environment.

Recognizing the importance of developing countries» participation and their legitimate demand for adequate technology transfer and financing, the paper concludes that linking developing country's cooperation on climate control with industrialized country's R&D and technology transfer would produce win - win - win outcomes for both developing countries and industrialized countries and for the global environment.

Dr. Lindzen also exposes the shenanigans at the National Academy of Sciences, where for over 20 years there has been a Temporary Nominating Group for the Global Environment to provide a behind - the - scenes back door for the election of candidates who were AGW activists, bypassing the conventional vetting procedure.

Roger Pielke Jr recently made the remarkable discovery that, in addition to his university salary from George Mason University (reported by Pielke as $ 250,000), Jagadish Shukla, the leader of the #RICO20, together with his wife, had received a further $ 500,000 more in 2014 alone from federal climate grants funnelled through a Shukla - controlled «non-profit» (Institute for Global Environment and Security, Inc.), yielding total income in 2014 of approximately $ 750,000.

Aside from his gig at George Mason, he also controls a «non-profit» called IGES (the Institute for Global Environment and Security, Inc), which is part of George Mason's College of Science.

WWF is a Project Agency for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), which is the largest source of public funding to protect the environment worldwide.

«The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is the leading global environmental authority that sets the global environmental agenda, that promotes the coherent implementation of the environmental dimensions of sustainable development within the United Nations system and that serves as an authoritative advocate for the global environment.»

He also gained hands - on experience in the design of emission reduction projects as a climate change economist for the Global Environment Facility and the World Bank.

We care for the global environment, nature and wildlife and want to be sure we are working in the most environmental manner.

From 1994 to 2008, he taught at the University of California, San Diego, and served as a consultant for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), the World Bank, the Task Force on Global Public Goods, and the Swiss government.

The summit focused on generating policies that raise students» international knowledge and competencies, creating promising practices that support global learning in classrooms, and facilitating the preparation of students for the global environment.

Bob Corell is Chair of the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment and a Principal for the Global Environment Technology Foundation.

Now biodiesel entrepreneurs in tropical zones in Africa and India are buying up land, starting plantations and looking forward to making fuel from the seeds, which, they argue, will be better for the global environment and economy than conventional biofuel crops grown in temperate climates.

Twelve of the interdisciplinary team of 20 coauthors are from the University of Maryland, with multiple other universities (Northeastern University, Columbia University, George Mason University, Johns Hopkins University, and Brown University) and other institutions (Joint Global Change Research Institute, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, the Institute for Global Environment and Society, Japan's RIKEN research institute, and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center) also represented.

«However, these human impacts can only truly be understood within the context of economic inequality,» pointed out political scientist and co-author Jorge Rivas of the Institute for Global Environment and Society.

Trump signed into law last month a surprisingly strong allocation of $ 139.5 million for the Global Environment Facility, which supports programs to alleviate a host of environmental ills, including climate change, biodiversity and desertification.

«Bulk wine shipping is better for the global environment... It is an issue that affects every one of us,» he said.

This paper has been directed not to the CEOs but to those concerned for the global environment, asking where we can look for leadership to address the issues, and how we should approach those with such ability.

My own journey to political theology has been through the impact of concern for the global environment.

«Climate change is a problem with serious implications for the global environment, social, economic, distribution [systems] and policies and constitutes one of the main challenges for humanity.

Not exact matches

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All three ingredients have faced increasing global scrutiny for their impact on the environment and possible negative effects on humans.

«The Fukushima disaster affected the domestic market very seriously and also, for two to three years, affected the global nuclear business environment,» Nakanishi told CNBC.

A social media - friendly working environment where employees are encouraged to use a platform to «talk and share information and collaborate» (as what a Melcrum survey on 2010 found was the most effective use of social media for global organizations) can increase employee engagement and independence.

«We're pleased with our improved performance in the quarter as it demonstrates the earnings power of our diversified franchise and shows what is possible with modest improvements in the environment and client activity, and we believe there is room for additional revenue and earnings growth, as we further diversify our global franchise across a broader client base with an expanded suite of products and services.»

The 2016 Global Innovation Index, which is an annual ranking of the innovation capabilities and performance of economies around the world, focuses on national policies, but it's individual leaders who can make a difference by driving innovation within organizations and creating a conducive environment for innovation to thrive.

President Donald Trump landed in Switzerland this morning, and will spend the next two days among the global elite at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he is expected to advocate for an «America First» agenda in an environment that is antithetical to those principles.

What's more, the business environment has changed today, Hochberg says, driven primarily by the Internet and the potential for global commerce.

«When you send a technician out to do anything, they walk into an environment and the only have certain tools available to them,» said Paul Boris, a global vice president for SAP, whose warehouse picking software will be on the device later this year.

«The U.S. has obviously been clear about where it stands with the Paris Agreement, but it is heartening that 19 other countries reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement,» said Thoriq Ibrahim, minister of energy and environment for the Maldives and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of countries vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

What's more, local farming is likely no better and possibly worse for the environment than are big corporate farms that produce for the global market.

Thank you for fighting the preservation of our global environment and the oceans.

All business leaders have a fiduciary duty to do what is best for our shareholders and Weir will only continue to be based here if the business environment which has helped Weir grow into a truly global company continues to support our ambitions.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

Since the 2010 Budget, the medium - term outlook for revenues has declined, reflecting, in part, slower economic growth in a challenging global environment.

Carry trades are popular when there is ample risk appetite, but if the financial environment changes abruptly and speculators are forced to unwind their carry trades, this can have negative consequences for the global economy.

This observation is important because it highlights the potential for an evolving global environment to complicate the challenge of crafting economic policy, and in particular, monetary policy.

To weather the low - price environment, global exploration spending has been slashed for two consecutive years.

A survey by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management for the UN Environment Program shows that global investment in renewable energy projects has exceeded $ 200 billion every year since 2010.

The first edition was published on January 20th 2015 as the first step towards developing a complete GPS system for global change makers, enabling them to move quickly and safely in a complex, fragile and uncertain environment.

If you've been on the site for awhile, you have a head start because we've already discussed the importance of a discipline known as asset allocation, which involves selecting among different asset classes to build a well - balanced portfolio that can weather different economic environments, tax regimes, global conditions, inflation or deflation, and a host of other variables that history has shown will fluctuate over time.

A number of factors — such as rising US interest rates, the recurrence of big fluctuations in global currencies, and the widening dispersion of equity returns across sectors and regions — may have helped to create an increasingly conducive environment for hedge - fund strategies, which have seen a positive turnaround in performance in recent quarters.

Following the sharpest decline in crude oil prices in at least a century, as well as a six - year bear market in metals, the global environment could be ripe for a commodity rebound.

This makes the Global Opportunity Network a unique forum for expanding the horizon of your organization, enabling it to navigate safely in an ever changing environment.

«Our goal is to have a space environment that is populated by people acting responsibly,» said Peter Marquez, vice president for global engagement at Planetary Resources.

So there is no appetite for disinflationary pressure in today's global environment, whereas two decades ago the deflationary pressures that Japan might have unleashed were welcome.

China, the world's biggest solar panel producer, branded the move an «overreaction» that would harm the global trade environment for affected products.

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