Sentences with phrase «for international efforts»

While many scientists and climate change activists hailed December's Paris agreement as a historic step forward for international efforts to limit global warming, the landmark accord rests on a highly dubious assumption: to achieve the goal of limiting the rise in global average temperature to less than 2 °C (much less the more ambitious goal of 1.5 °C), we don't just need to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide to essentially zero by the end of this century.

The letter urges Theresa May to ask president - elect Donald Trump not to weaken efforts to fight global warming, to acknowledge the risks of climate change and to declare his support for international efforts to combat it.

It calls for international efforts to write guidelines, saying a «global engagement» working group of the NSABB will start this process soon.

There is growing pressure for international efforts to be directed at ensuring peace negotiations in Geneva.

As for our international efforts, as you may know, the U.S. is pleased to have put forth a resolution on the topic of food waste, to build awareness among environmental ministers and encourage action that addresses the unique challenges and opportunities of dealing with uneaten food.

But HFCs are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide on a pound - per - pound basis, making them an obvious target for international efforts to combat climate change.

«In that context, our having this capability makes us a strong partner for any international effort,» says Ramakrishnan.

It also calls for an international effort to ban shark finning globally.

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The Czechs previously sold 15 Czech - made L - 159 light combat planes to Iraq and sent instructors to train pilots for the planes as part of international efforts to help Iraq fight Islamic State militants.

Clark told an elite trade delegation Monday that the province is ramping up efforts to make trade deals with Asian nations, in part by charting a route to build the first international trading centre for the Chinese currency.

Prior shareholder letters insisted the proposals were misguided or ignored the company's efforts to spell out its position that even a world intent on limiting temperature rises would still need more oil — a position shared by bodies such as the International Energy Agency, which sees oil demand rising for some years to come yet.

In an op - ed published in Newsweek that year called «Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems,» the WikiLeaks founder argued Google Ideas was an apparatus for the company to engage in international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that effort.

As part of this effort, Beringer hosts a summer concert series, offers Mandarin - language tours for international guests, and releases new vintage wines at ticketed dinners on - site.

It comes as the Trump administration has been working for months on efforts to boost international airport security.

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

His action plan decreases carbon pollution, prepares the U.S. for increasingly severe weather patterns and spearheads an international effort to combat climate change.

Delaying U.S. compliance with international anti-corruption effort March The Department of the Interior halted work on a related effort to make sure U.S. transparency rules for the energy industry comply with an international anti-corruption initiative.

Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»

IF you think it's a hassle organising a weekend away for two, imagine the effort required to coordinate international travel itineraries for large corporate groups.

The league launched Women Officiating Now, a subset of their recruiting efforts, which focuses on bringing more women to training workshops and sponsors events for female officials, including one last year with the International Women's Football League.

It's part of an international effort led by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development o curb tax evasion and secrecy.

The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) will provide an aid package of C$ 150,000 to India for relief efforts in the aftermath of the cyclone that devastated India's eastern shores, Minister for International Cooperation, Maria Minna, announced yesterday.

Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income securities at National Alliance Securities, said in a note that the hiring of a special prosecutor «and talk about obstruction of justice being an impeachable offense» could push back efforts to enact Trump's tax reform and fiscal stimulus proposals for months.

The group's vice president for international economic affairs, Linda Menghetti Dempsey, told a congressional subcommittee in April that such an effort would be «at once both a radical idea and, in our estimation, the most pragmatic and effective way forward» on trade with China.

It outlines new reporting requirements for French asset managers on their contribution to national and international efforts to limit global warming.

This report is the result of a coordinated research effort by the central banks of Canada, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States and the Bank for International Settlements on the determinants of market liquidity and on how central banks and other public authorities influence these determinants.

Speaking in Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, where finance ministers and central bankers are gathered for an international summit, Mr. Morneau highlighted the Canadian government's efforts to prioritize the middle class.

Rupal Bhansali is the portfolio manager for Ariel's international and global all cap strategies, spanning developed and emerging markets, and overseeing the entire research effort for these offerings.

Leading S&P Dow Jones Indices» international media efforts, David oversees all major index - related press events and initiatives, serving as a global strategic communications counselor for S&P Dow Jones Indices in the areas of crisis communications, response planning and brand / reputation management.

«As for Xi's much - ballyhooed anticorruption campaign inside China, it offends me that international media depict it as a good - governance effort.

Moving forward, South Korea needs to maintain the momentum behind its effort to become the Northeast Asian hub for natural gas trade by building a large - scale commercial storage facility for natural gas and using international cooperation programs.

In a recent speech, Dr. Jens Weidmann, president of the Deutsche Bundesbank and chairman of the board of directors of the Bank for International Settlements, expressed an interest in setting up a «Compact with Africa» effort to boost investment in the continent.

As part of our efforts to build the best suite of trading products and services for the fast emerging digital asset class, OKCoin International (Intl.) will launch a new blockchain asset - only exchange called OKEx.

He was also 1 of only 3 members of Congress to receive a perfect score on the International Religious Freedom Scorecard for his efforts during Obama's first two years in office.

All this effort for greater co-operation in missions produced the International Missionary Council as the successor to Dr. Mott's committee.

As he makes clear, for the most part those dealings were ham «fisted, especially when it came to Washington's efforts to establish abortion as a «human right» in international law.

From about a.d. 1500, the missionary efforts of Jesuits and others were quite successful, but for reasons of international and domestic politics, the Tokugawa dynasty (c. 1600 - 1868) opted to methodically wipe out Christianity.

The Joint Council on International Children's Services strongly opposes such a suspension and asks for your support in their efforts to ensure that all children retain the right to permanency through Intercountry Adoption.

This is precisely why abortion advocates expend such vast efforts at international meetings pushing for abortion policies that do in fact seek to subvert the democratic process by foisting an a priori abortion agenda on nations around the world.

The inexpressible sadness of our era is that as soon as the dream is revived it dies, overwhelmed by the harsh realities of a world where finally only military might settles international disputes and where even the prospect of total annihilation can not generate a sustained effort for the abolition of war.

Today, however, the majority of Muslims, and several International Islamic Organizations, will interpret even the fourth category of jihad as a concerted effort to overcome the evil found within human society so that peace with justice is accomplished for all humans throughout the world.

Referring to the Bangkok Assembly of the WCC, The International Congress in Lausanne, the Bishops» Synod in Rome on evangelism in the modern world, and the Orthodox Consultation on Confessing Christ today, Thomas said that theological convergence in these meetings is striking in three points: Firstly, in their emphasis on the whole gospel for the whole man in the whole world; secondly, in their effort to relate evangelism to the identity of the church and to its growth, renewal and unity; and thirdly, in their affirmation of the realities of the contemporary world.

Case studies under analysis from this theoretical perspective include: direct broadcast satellite development; teleconferencing for meetings; international negotiations for satellite use by many nations; the cooperative communications efforts among European Community nations; and others.

On the 50th anniversary, CAFOD is calling for the international community and the UK government to stop the situation and intensify efforts for peace.

The memo continues, «It has risked sending a message to the authorities in all three countries — and to the international community — that minimal efforts are enough; that we as a government are not interested in upholding international norms, nor in holding countries accountable for ongoing abuses against children.»

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

Efforts to ensure world - wide co-operation through, for example, the International Interfaith Centre at Oxford, arc still in their infancy.

Since then, I take all kinds of steps to prepare for air travel, especially long, international flights and find the extra effort to be very much worth it.

The MoniQA Association is consortium partner of iFAAM and supports the international efforts to make precautionary food allergen labeling more transparent for consumers and to provide a sustainable online toolbox for allergen management along the food supply chain.

Drinks industry emphasises responsibility efforts in latest progress report The International Alliance for Responsible Drinking has released its fourth annual Producers» Commitments progress report.