Sentences with phrase «for global problems»

Instead of reevaluating the way in which every one of us lives our lives (in terms of material consumption, housing patterns, transportation patterns, dietary norms) to build societies which are radically lower in carbon emissions than they are currently, just spend a lot on money trying to tinker with global ecosystems to correct for global problems which were caused by us in the first place.

McKinstry, R., 2004: Laboratories for local solutions for global problems: State, local, and private leadership in developing strategies to mitigate the causes and effects of climate change.

This model uses a general approach for obtaining analytical solutions for global problems and can be further refined to incorporate additional parameters and variables for examining local problems.

However, even for global problems the United Nations has no power nor attempts to dictate the elements of global solutions.

«We are ready for more effective participation in discovering innovative solutions for global problems.»

For example, charity to victims is not a solution for social injustice, social service is not a corrective for social injustice and local action is not a remedy for global problems.

David Cameron will tell the conference he wants «a global deal for a global problem» with a «robust legal framework» that would ensure the targets are met.

This is a global report for a global problem, with practical recommendations and calls to action, both on the international stage and here in the UK.»

OK, so re «central «authoritative responsible» body being active» and «Name one case where that's worked out, for any global problem?»

IIASA has become a member of the Council for Global Problem - Solving (CGP), a circle of world - class think tanks and research institutions committed to providing long - term policy advice to the G20 and associated international organizations.

Not exact matches

Many market players believe that a 3 percent level on the 10 - year U.S. paper is a massive problem for equities, but above all, for the global economy.

«The problem for China is compounded by the fact that, unlike Japan, the vast majority of Chinese have not participated in this boom,» says George Friedman, CEO of Stratfor, a global intelligence company.

Unlike many global health nonprofits, which focus their work in the poorest regions of the planet, Bush has always felt it was important for fellows to address problems in the US in addition to those in other countries.

The problems facing us, many of them are global, like rogue nuclear states, like climate change, and other forms of environmental threats, like terrorists, like maximizing global wealth and prosperity, and none of these are going to be solved if we think of the international arena as one of each nation striving for its individual greatness.

That brings us to today, as Microsoft announces Innovate.AI, a global contest to find the small startup with the biggest idea for how artificial intelligence can solve a real problem.

Counterfeit goods remain a big problem for global retailers, especially in Asia, the chief executive officer of Adidas told CNBC Thursday.

Even so, as a maker of domestic appliances, Dyson does have long experience of running a global supply chain and manufacturing operations — something that has caused significant problems for fresh industry entrants such as Tesla.

These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet global challenges, ranging from climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.

«Interest rates aren't anticipated to pose a problem for the economy or equity markets this year,» Mike Bell, global market strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management, said in the quarterly report out Tuesday.

Enter the DO School, a global institution that, for select programs, borrows students passionate about social change from accredited colleges and offers them experiential learning through doing, challenging them to solve real - world, pressing problems in sustainable ways.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

Unresolved, these problems will have clear implications for the Canadian economy, a fact Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged when he described the European debt crisis as «the most immediate and imminent threat to the global recovery.»

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

The organization acts as an advocate for the UN, and a platform for connecting people, ideas and resources to help the United Nations solve global problems.

During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, global leaders discussed solutions for a must - solve problem.

Counterfeit goods remain a big problem for global retailers, the chief executive officer of Adidas told CNBC Thursday.

It's a science - driven company focused on solving problems like world hunger and global warming with, for instance, drought - resistance seeds, which have been gaining market share from competitors but had to be developed over years.

«When you get resistance for a common infection, it's a big problem, which we're sort of ignoring a bit like global warming,» said Dr. Colin Broom, the CEO of Nabriva Therapeutics, a biotech firm developing a new antibiotic to treat community - acquired bacterial pneumonia.

«We believe growing leaders who give back is the most effective strategy for solving society's complex social problems and achieving global good,» Rich says.

Many books have already been written about the structural problems which were the foundation for a near collapse of the global financial system.

Speaking of tech, Fortune is looking for a few good companies harnessing the power of technology in new and innovative ways to tackle pressing global problems.

«Red Thread Thinking» is a proven approach that enables you to innovate whenever it's necessary — for everything from personal problem solving to entrepreneurial aspirations to tackling larger, more complex global issues.

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Here's the problem with that analysis — KXL isn't really a level shift in the supply curve, and thus the authors don't actually make the case for there to be any global price effect associated with the pipeline.

Beneath the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrillion - dollar problem that could sap the strength of large economies for years to come.

The problem is for this or other currencies to become international reserves held by foreign central banks, the issuing nation has to run a balance of payments deficit to pump this currency into the global economy.

Increasing need for more knowledge, more advisement on problem - solving, more modifications and customizations, more participants in buyer networks, and more complex global environments all point towards why buying cycles are getting longer.

Forecasts for the global economy in 2012 have been marked lower, mainly due to the effects of the problems in the euro area.

While I would concede that there are legitimate reasons to be concerned about the global economy, especially for manufacturers (note that the ISM exports measure fell below 50 for the first time since, you guessed it, 2009), I think the U.S. economy faces a bigger, home - grown problem.

China's trade outlook for 2012 is worsening, darkened especially by growing problems in Europe, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday as it revealed the longest run of falling inward investment growth in the economy since the 2008 - 09 global crisis.

The complexities of the evolving and robust global digital economy are introducing new sets of goals and problems for B2B organizations.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

The problem with this argument is that what is good for oil producers and exporters is inversely bad for major oil consumers and importers like the United States, Europe, and China in this zero sum game of global energy markets.

After confronting the «knowledge problem» at the heart of discretionary monetary policy — that policymakers are unable to know the true structure of an increasingly complex and global economic system — Dorn calls for the establishment of a Centennial Monetary Commission to evaluate the performance of the Fed over its 100 - plus years of discretionary monetary authority and to discuss how best to reform the country's central bank.

Maybe Elon Musk's plan for global satellite internet fixes the telecom problem proposed on the podcast t

According to the WSJ report, the problem that the startup aims to solve stems from a fragmented trading environment across global cryptocurrency exchanges, where, for instance, the price of bitcoin can vary between platforms.

«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.

Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration.

We spoke of the global dimension of the social organisation of society, of the political not only the economic dimension of the problem of the problem of refugees throughout the world, the process of democratisation, the problem of private property, of taxation, of the problem of unemployment, of the state, of oil and its significance for the Gulf War, of the question of the right to live and of nuclear apartheid etc..

(CNN)- Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey - expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be «the modern - day Jesus Christ.»