Sentences with phrase «for urgent action from»

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.

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.

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.»

To be consonant with the Word of God, philosophy needs first of all to recover its sapiential dimension as a search for... the ultimate framework of the unity of human knowledge and action, leading them to converge towards a final goal and meaning (para. 81)... to verify the human capacity... to come to a knowledge which can reach objective truth (para. 82)... Hence we face a great challenge at the end of this millennium to move from phenomenon to foundation, a step as necessary as it is urgent.

Urgent action must be taken to improve skill levels and how they are developed in order to boost productivity, wages and social mobility, according to a report from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES), supported by the CBI and the TUC.

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.

The Sri Lankan government and the United Nations and wider international community must take urgent action to protect people from torture in Sri Lanka and end impunity for perpetrators.

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.

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.

A report commissioned by the BBC governors today calls for «urgent action» from the corporation to improve its coverage of EU news.

Led by scientists from Chile's Universidad Andres Bello (UNAB), NGO Ranita de Darwin, and international conservation charity ZSL (Zoological Society of London), working alongside the University of Zurich, this new revelation highlights a need for urgent conservation action.

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.

Religious leaders, notably the Pope and the Dalai Lama, have called for urgent action, and the divestment movement has pledges from 400 organisations to move $ 2.6 tr from fossil fuels to low carbon investment.

More generally, there is an urgent need for government action to ban glyphosate in order to protect our population from harm.

Finally, it outlines strategies for leveraging the expertise of highly effective teachers, working proactively with moderate performers to improve their skills, and taking urgent action with ineffective teachers to improve their performance or exit them from the classroom.

11 While the ruling called for more urgent action from districts to desegregate their schools, the ambiguity of the phrase provided ample leeway for officials such as those in Prince Edward County to implement delaying tactics.12 In fact, in the years following the Brown rulings, Virginia's NAACP chapter continuously fought county officials in court as they refused to set a start date for integrating the public schools.

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.

We frequently shared public platforms to advocate for urgent action to stabilise our planet's climate, and for measures to protect vulnerable people from the damage caused by the destruction of the world's priceless environment, in particular its forests.

Over 10 hours, a host of views were expressed, ranging from a hopeful picture of demographic trends from Gérard - François Dumont of the University of Paris to an urgent call for action to avoid crossing dangerous planetary boundaries from Jeffrey D. Sachs of Columbia University's Earth Institute.

AGW / CC Mitigation — 22 national academies and societies of science from around the Commonwealth call for urgent Government action and Net Zero GHG Emissions

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

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.

«In light of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and its worsening impacts, and the related issue of air pollution from burning fossil fuels, the United States and China recognize the urgent need for action to meet these twin challenges,» the countries said in the statement.

Market - centric approaches ignore the urgent need for rapid large - scale action, which can really only come from government.

From my point of view, the implications for policy are critical, and the case for urgent drastic action has not been made, by BEST or anyone else.

The University of Earth, Urgent Action Series: COP 21 Paris 2015: Dr Anders Levermann of the Potsdam Institute discusses the threshold for warming for Greenland, and the long - term risk of sea level rise from Antartica.

Panelists, which included senior environmental and health officials from Morocco, Gambia and Ivory Coast as well as UNFCCC, the World Health Organization, and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, weighed in on the urgent need to take action on the environment in ways that protect human health — which is the core of planetary health.

«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,» the White House said in a statement.

Sessoms» concern echoed testimony on June 18 from four Republican former EPA Administrators before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on the urgent need for action on climate change.

«Ministers stressed the need for urgent action to reduce SLCP emissions to contribute to Arctic climate change mitigation and to the preservation of the unique culture and ecosystems of the Arctic which are under threat from rapid climate changes,» read the statement issued at the conclusion of the meeting.

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.

We can't afford to be distracted from the need for urgent action to combat global warming — rich countries must lead the way by agreeing to slash their emissions when they meet in Copenhagen next month.

If Huntsman decides to make a run for the Republican presidential nomination, will he distinguish himself from his competitors by sticking to his guns and insisting that climate change is a real problem that needs urgent action?

Head of Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says concerted action from rich nations is urgent

Furthermore, the COP resolved to enhance the provision of urgent and adequate finance, technology and capacity - building support by developed country Parties in order to enhance the level of ambition of pre-2020 action by Parties, and in this regard strongly urges developed country Parties to scale up their level of financial support, with a concrete roadmap to achieve the goal of jointly providing USD 100 billion annually by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation while significantly increasing adaptation finance from current levels and to further provide appropriate technology and capacity - building support.

«India's leadership builds on the continued strong political momentum from Paris for urgent global action on climate change,» the U.N. spokesman's office said in a statement.

in Africa, for instance, as early as 2020... in some countries, yields from rain - fed agriculture could be reduced by up to 50 per cent... Today, the power of sceptics has become extremely high because economic interests which resist change support them... The challenge... is, therefore, to launch urgent grassroots action by civil society, business and local governments.

See also the media release from the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), calling for «urgent and radically different action to Close the Gap».

And it comes amid growing frustration in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities that decades of vital inquiries and recommendations for urgent change, such as those from the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the Bringing Them Home report, end up in filing cabinets and on dusty shelves, not in action on the ground.

The General Assembly, Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and good faith in the fulfilment of the obligations assumed by States in accordance with the Charter, Affirming that indigenous peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected as such, Affirming also that all peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures, which constitute the common heritage of humankind, Affirming further that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust, Reaffirming that indigenous peoples, in the exercise of their rights, should be free from discrimination of any kind, Concerned that indigenous peoples have suffered from historic injustices as a result of, inter alia, their colonization and dispossession of their lands, territories and resources, thus preventing them from exercising, in particular, their right to development in accordance with their own needs and interests, Recognizing the urgent need to respect and promote the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources, Recognizing also the urgent need to respect and promote the rights of indigenous peoples affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements with States, Welcoming the fact that indigenous peoples are organizing themselves for political, economic, social and cultural enhancement and in order to bring to an end all forms of discrimination and oppression wherever they occur, Convinced that control by indigenous peoples over developments affecting them and their lands, territories and resources will enable them to maintain and strengthen their institutions, cultures and traditions, and to promote their development in accordance with their aspirations and needs, Recognizing that respect for indigenous knowledge, cultures and traditional practices contributes to sustainable and equitable development and proper management of the environment, Emphasizing the contribution of the demilitarization of the lands and territories of indigenous peoples to peace, economic and social progress and development, understanding and friendly relations among nations and peoples of the world, Recognizing in particular the right of indigenous families and communities to retain shared responsibility for the upbringing, training, education and well - being of their children, consistent with the rights of the child, Considering that the rights affirmed in treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements between States and indigenous peoples are, in some situations, matters of international concern, interest, responsibility and character, Considering also that treaties, agreements and other constructive arrangements, and the relationship they represent, are the basis for a strengthened partnership between indigenous peoples and States, Acknowledging that the Charter of the United Nations, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 2 as well as the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, (3) affirm the fundamental importance of the right to self - determination of all peoples, by virtue of which they freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development, Bearing in mind that nothing in this Declaration may be used to deny any peoples their right to self - determination, exercised in conformity with international law, Convinced that the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples in this Declaration will enhance harmonious and cooperative relations between the State and indigenous peoples, based on principles of justice, democracy, respect for human rights, non-discrimination and good faith, Encouraging States to comply with and effectively implement all their obligations as they apply to indigenous peoples under international instruments, in particular those related to human rights, in consultation and cooperation with the peoples concerned,

The overrepresentation in imprisonment and crime victimisation rates for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people requires urgent, coordinated action from government.

The CERD monitors and reviews the actions of States who are parties to the Convention through four main mechanisms [4]: the periodic reporting mechanism [5]; requests for further information from States parties (for example, the early warning / urgent action procedure)[6]; individual communications [7]; and state - to - state complaints.