For the case of climate change, Thagard and Findlay (2011) showed how the mainstream scientific position, namely that GHG emissions
from human economic activities are causing the Earth to warm, is coherent and accounts for the available evidence.
Over the last 50 years, climate scientists have built an increasingly clear picture of how the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that arise
from human economic activity are changing the Earth's climate.
Not exact matches
Such an awareness does not deny a telos to the history of life, but it does remove its fulfillment
from the realm of mere
human activity, whether
economic, political, or otherwise.
In its essence, it has gone back to what it was when I first revolted against the old social order; a refusal to admit the existence of destiny an extension of the ethical impulse
from the restricted individual and family sphere to the whole domain of
human activity, a need for effective brotherhood, an affirmation of the superiority of the
human person over all the
economic and social mechanisms which oppress him.
The signature effects of
human - induced climate change — rising seas, increased damage
from storm surge, more frequent bouts of extreme heat — all have specific, measurable impacts on our nation's current assets and ongoing
economic activity.
But this extraordinarily rich and fragile deep - sea life is under threat
from a range of
human economic activities.
During this impact travel
activity, it was such a beautiful moment to witness
human beings
from different cultures and socio -
economic statuses working together to lay the groundwork — literally and figuratively — for a home.
(1) to provide new and additional assistance
from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and
activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity,
economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and
human migration; and
I don't tend to write much about this, but my concern over global warming is based, to a great extent, on the losses in biodiversity that will inevitably result
from climate change, even at rates that don't greatly damage
human economic activity in general.
Breakthrough launched their Ecomodernism manifesto in London on the morning of September 24, arguing that through science, technology and development,
human impacts on the natural world can be decoupled
from economic activity.
Further, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas of the biological or
economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest and woodlands resulting
from land uses or
from a process or combination of processes, including those arising
from human activities and habitation patterns, such as: (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical, and biological or
economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification defines land degradation as a reduction or loss in arid, semi-arid, and dry sub-humid areas, of the biological or
economic productivity and complexity of rain - fed cropland, irrigated cropland, or range, pasture, forest, and woodlands resulting
from land uses or
from a process or combination of processes, including processes arising
from human activities and habitation patterns, such as (i) soil erosion caused by wind and / or water; (ii) deterioration of the physical, chemical and biological or
economic properties of soil; and (iii) long - term loss of natural vegetation.
In this context, it must be emphasised that one of the finest features of this book is its balanced analysis, ranging
from institutional arrangements, the prior involvement procedure and the EU's autonomy (part I), over the allocation of responsibilities and the co-respondent mechanism (part II), the accommodation of multiple actors in the future multi-level protection system of
human rights (part III), the issue of legal pluralism within post-accession Europe (part IV), to the future common espace juridique and its potential expansion in areas of
economic activity (part V).
As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support child wellbeing.2 During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and
economic stability
activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Administration of Children and Families» (ACF) Office of Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded
from FY2015 through FY2020.9
Parental separation may also expose children to loss of social,
economic and
human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive
from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation
from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure
activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23