Sentences with phrase «for urgent change»

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.

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While that in itself may be cause for action, the extraordinary rapidity of the change we now observe makes action even more urgent.»

The 45th annual World Economic Forum kicked off today as business and political leaders prepare for urgent and immediate changes that are about to shake up the global economy.

NCFA Canada's submission to Finance Canada (March 2018): Urgent Need for Regulatory Change and Government Support

Church leader and theologian Steve Holmes wrote: «I agree profoundly with Steve in his concern that our pastoral practice in this area has often been appalling, and needs to change... his diagnosis of a real and urgent problem is spot on... [He] names a pastoral scandal that we have swept under the carpet for too long.»

It is really urgent that we tackle climate change for the sake of the poorest people in the world who are being hit by it right now.»

The introduction to notes that the book's essays «focus on the urgent and far - reaching changes in ecclesial governance, administrative style, and financial accountability called for if the congregation of the faithful in the future is to fulfill its hallowed aspiration to be the salt of the earth and the light of the nations.»

In today's hyper - connected world, fighting climate change and building resilience to its impact are urgent priorities for us all.

Meeting the world's future food and nutritional needs in a sustainable way presents critical development challenges, underscoring the urgent need for action to enhance production while minimizing the environmental footprint of rice systems and their vulnerability to climate change.

From fighting deforestation and climate change to building economic opportunities and better working conditions for rural people, the Rainforest Alliance is working to solve urgent environmental and social challenges.

So if the various permutations and Blackpool's urgent need for points weren't already promising a thrilling contest in Manchester, the very first encounter between the two in the Premiership back in January, when Blackpool squandered a two - goal lead before losing 3 - 2, would certainly suggest another thrill - a-minute contest despite the likelihood of United manager Sir Alex Ferguson making wholesale changes to his starting XI.

«The data from Ofcom highlights the urgent need for radical changes to be made to the 999 emergency service so that those in need can text as well as call.

The UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 evidence report, prepared for the UK Government by the the Committee on Climate Change, identifies where more effort is necessary, and urgent, to address the risks of climate cChange Risk Assessment 2017 evidence report, prepared for the UK Government by the the Committee on Climate Change, identifies where more effort is necessary, and urgent, to address the risks of climate cChange, identifies where more effort is necessary, and urgent, to address the risks of climate changechange.

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.

ALBANY — When he unveiled his new Common Core task force Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a «total reboot» of the state's system, citing an urgent need for change amid a growing protest movement.

«We write to direct your urgent attention to the destructive role of these companies in the current crisis in Puerto Rico, in which massive hurricane damage and economic loss is being exploited by private equity funds seeking huge profits from human suffering,» says the letter, which was also signed by groups including New York Communities for Change and the Center for Popular Democracy.

«The unions are still going to be major players after this, but it will change their revenue picture and it will force them to dial back some of their activities that don't reflect urgent concerns of the members,» said the Empire Center's Ken Girardin, who is rooting for a decision adverse to organized labor.

He therefore called for the entrenchment of unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerian people, adding that there is an urgent need for Nigerian government to build on the solidarity required across religious and ethnic lines as part of improving its change agenda.

The government has called for urgent international action to tackle climate change, after a new United Nations report found «unequivocal» evidence for global warming.

Advocates for electoral reform say that the outcome has again exposed the limitations of the first - past - the - post system, prompting urgent calls for a change to the way Britain votes.

Lib Dem Treasury spokesman Vince Cable added: «This was a chance for the chancellor to match the brilliant analysis of climate change by Sir Nicholas Stern, who argued for urgent preventative measures costing one per cent of GDP.

«You don't have to be a woman to understand that if our political system does not reflect society then there is a an urgent need for change,» he said.

«I have spoken with the de Blasio Administration about the urgent need for reforms and called for substantive changes that include splitting the responsibilities of ACS into different agencies; implementing rigorous oversight over contract agencies; adequately training and supervising caseworkers; and providing deeper ongoing supports to children in foster care or child preventative services.»

«It will be for the party executive to decide whether it accepts the reforms proposed, but a party in such urgent need of reform blocks those changes at its peril.»

Commenting on Jeremy Hunt's announcement that the A&E at Trafford General is to be downgraded to an Urgent Care Centre, and in the longer term a Minor Injuries Unit, and on other changes to services at Trafford General Hospital, Kate Green, Labour Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston said:

Over the past thirteen months, the unending series of controversies and scandals that has rocked Albany and the preliminary findings of the Moreland Commission illustrate the urgent need for comprehensive and systematic changes.

The need for change becomes more urgent.

We also applaud Speaker Heastie and the Assembly for pushing for other urgent and necessary changes to the criminal justice system, including bills related to bail, speedy trial, discovery, reentry, and more.

Spano, a Democrat who campaigned for mayoral control last year and even convinced the Senate majority conference to include the change in its state budget proposal, said the issue isn't as urgent for him now because the city recently merged some of its administrative offices with the school board.

In a thoughtful aside, Paterson told Gay City News that he thinks it's urgent that progressives develop the «patience» to learn how to organize and change the minds of many who voted for Trump.

Former climate change secretaries called for an urgent rethink.

Emergencies and disasters, and less urgent natural changes and challenges, the preparation for them, the response to them, underscore the need for good science policy connections at the local and national levels,» added Holt, referencing the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that struck central Mexico, including Mexico City, on Sept. 19 and the 8.2 magnitude earthquake that struck Mexico's Pacific Coast two weeks earlier.

Toll agreed with other panelists who called for urgent action on climate change.

Like other panelists during the event, Horton called for urgent action on climate change because of the grave threat it poses.

We commend Secretary Clinton for calling out climate change deniers and effectively illustrating the urgent need to act on a defining issue of our time.»

The team, which consists of scientists from Stockholm University and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, say that their surprising finding highlights an even more urgent need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate Arctic climate change.

For some urgent societal challenges, such as climate change, the problem may lie in generating social momentum to begin with.

He is typical of plant - genome scientists, whose work often combines a passion for understanding their subjects» inner workings with a belief that their findings will help counter some of humanity's most urgent problems: hunger and malnutrition, the demand for renewable energy, and climate change.

A government advisory body has called for urgent action to prepare for climate change risks, but has also highlighted opportunities

For Gates, statistics like those, combined with the facts of climate change, make the pursuit of assisted evolution necessary and urgent.

Now, with tight funds, waning public patience and an increasingly urgent need for solutions to climate change, fusion research faces uncomfortable questions of which direction to go, how to get there and what gets left behind.

Writing in Current Climate Change Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change imChange Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change imchange impacts.

«There is an urgent need for measures of media reach, and how messages are received, and whether it changes attitudes in ivory demand countries,» Dr Holden said.

LONDON — The world is far behind on delivering the low - carbon energy it needs, and unless urgent action is taken, calamitous climate change is certain, the International Energy Agency told a meeting yesterday of energy ministers whose countries account for 80 percent of global energy demand.

Every continent is feeling the impact of climate change, intensifying calls for urgent action.

The main objective of the event was to draw attention to the environmental threats posed by human behavior and stress the urgent need for a change of attitude, turning towards sustainable practices.

We have a planetary climate crisis that requires urgent change to our energy and carbon pathway to avoid dangerous consequences for young people and other life on Earth.

Ben Sanderson, a project scientist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research and co-author of a commentary on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement published in the journal Nature Climate Change in February 2017, says this move signals that the current administration doesn't consider climate change to be an urgent or pressing Change in February 2017, says this move signals that the current administration doesn't consider climate change to be an urgent or pressing change to be an urgent or pressing issue.

These sorts of problems have led Charles Moore, an oceanographer and racing boat captain who played a significant role in discovering and publicizing the great Pacific Garbage Patch, to argue that plastic pollution has become a more urgent problem for ocean life than climate change.

It's a luxury to revisit whatever is universal from the original and to find a new vehicle for that universality in this new context which is a very sadly special context because the world has changed so much, and Trump is in power and the temperature is very specific and very different and the story becomes very urgent.