Sentences with phrase «for urgent action»

The report calls for urgent action to avoid sea level rises of a metre or more over the course of the next century.

I consider this to be the existential threat of our time and am committed to doing what I can to help draw attention to the need for urgent action.

At the same time, environmental groups are using the finding as more justification for urgent action to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.

Some of their analysts oppose the dominant view of scientists of the need for urgent action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

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

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

The 18 corporate members agree; the group was created «to underline the need for urgent action by the global community and to influence the post-Kyoto process by demanding a global framework supporting a market - based solution to the climate change issue.

«Audits and information gathering are all very well, but they are no substitute for the urgent action which is needed to tackle the deep injustices rife in the system.»

Lead researcher Aylin Ulman, recently based at the Sea Around Us, and her team call for urgent action from policy - makers to ensure the future sustainability of the fishing industry in this archipelago nation.

Audits and information gathering are all very well, but they are no substitute for the urgent action which is needed

The Welsh Liberal Democrats have called for urgent action as a Welsh Government report has revealed the shortfalls of Wales» mental health services.

In determining key priorities for urgent action it will be guided by the Productivity Commission's Report on Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage, commissioned by COAG, in particular it seven Strategic Areas for Action:

«Late last year in Paris the nations, including Australia, agreed on the need for urgent action against climate change.

So they are petitioning their government for urgent action and strong leadership.

Experts have been warning for some time that our antibiotic use is unsustainable and now the UK's chief medical officer, Dame Sally Davies, is calling for urgent action worldwide against what she is calling «a catastrophic threat.»

The new checklist spotlights three places for urgent actions: Indonesia's Java island, small islands between Indonesia and the Philippines, and the Brazilian state of Para, which contains the easternmost Amazonian rainforest.

Call for urgent action prior to 2020, in order to accelerate the phase - out of greenhouse gas pollution and to close the gap between the science and national pledges; action is needed at all levels, from the grassroots to the United Nations;

As the government prepares to set out its plans in the Queen's Speech, school leaders across 17 councils are calling for urgent action over a funding gap.

Published in collaboration with Patrick Bingham - Hall, WOHA's Garden City Mega City, is a plea for urgent action to rethink, re-plan and remediate the world's mega cities for the age of global warming.

This indicates the need for urgent action still.

They will have broad - based and inclusive governance mechanisms and, as an interim measure, fill an immediate financial gap for urgent actions until a new financial architecture under the post-2012 regime is effective.

Live Updates below «Worse than we thought» has been one of the most durable phrases lately among those pushing for urgent action to stem the buildup of greenhouse gases linked to global warming.

Political focus on tackling climate change has dropped since Paris talks, but need for urgent action remains writes Thoriq Ibrahim

The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has requested the Australian Government to respond to a Request for Urgent Action submitted by a number of Aboriginal people residing in Prescribed Areas in the Northern Territory who are subject to the measures of the Northern Territory Intervention.

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

The report also has the formal backing of the Hansard Society and the Constitution Society, while Peter Riddell of the Institute for Government has said that it «makes a powerful, convincing and evidence backed case for urgent action by the Prime Minister to adopt a new approach to appointing peers».

The report's authors called for urgent action by national and local governments, and threatened the worst local authorities with legal action under the gender equality duty if changes were not made to stop the post code lottery of services.

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 behind.

He called for urgent action as the number of Aboriginal children in out - of - home care soared by 42 per cent in Victoria.

They also emphasize the need for urgent action in solidarity with the poor and oppressed people in our land.

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.

New analysis released today by Oil Change International shows that, despite repeated calls for urgent action on climate change, the World Bank Group increased funding for fossil fuels in its last fiscal year.

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has called for urgent action to end the civil war in South Sudan which... More

A former Archbishop of Canterbury has called for urgent action to end the civil war in South Sudan which has already claimed more than 300 lives this month.

Although Charlie represented a high suicide risk, the counselor felt, at the end of the first hour, that there was time to work and that Charlie had been able to involve himself enough in the problem - solving process that there was no need for urgent action.

Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I called for urgent action to «heal our wounded creation», warning that generations to come will suffer unless concrete and collective action is taken.

In a statement, the White House said that «the findings in this National Climate Assessment underscore the need for urgent action to combat the threats from climate change, protect American citizens and communities today, and build a sustainable future for our kids and grandkids»...

There's more than a hint of the controversialist in his work, and it seems an unlikely coincidence that Lovelock became convinced of the irreversibility of climate change in 2004, at the very point when the international consensus was coming round to the need for urgent action.

Addressing the UN in New York, Mr Brown called for urgent action to avert the «greatest humanitarian disaster the world faces today».

WaterAid calls for urgent action to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene to hospitals as research reveals major gaps in water, sanitation and...

Last May, the information commission, Richard Thomas, called for urgent action to tackle the «pervasive and widespread industry» of buying and selling everything from ex-directory telephone numbers to bank details.