Sentences with phrase «global benefits»

A parallel effort on the science, technology and policy for water could prove to be of similar global benefit.
The kind of research likely to have the greatest global benefits might not be given funding priority by countries with the greatest resources.
It makes less sense, however, to require an individual state to consider possible global benefits in its policy making.
In other words, while costs are poised annually to outstrip the benefits as a percent of global gross domestic product as early as 2018, by the report's estimate, «the accumulated [emphasis Fortune's] global benefits of being connected should still outpace the costs through the year 2030 ″ by nearly $ 160 trillion.
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason to postpone such measures, taking into account that policies and measures to deal with climate change should be cost - effective in order to ensure global benefits at the lowest possible cost.
Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty should not be used as a reason for postponing such measures, taking into account that policies and measures to deal with climate change should be cost - effective so as to ensure global benefits at the lowest possible cost
«There has been a history of claimants asserting export and other global benefits when in reality it has not existed and the merger has been really about reducing domestic competition,» he said.
Before purchasing emergency medical coverage, we strongly recommend that you first contact your regular health insurance provider to inquire about global benefits and how your benefits apply when you are outside of your home country.
Ecotrust's recently - updated website includes an interactive Google map for the Trees for Global Benefits project.
«It's the right thing to do,» says Tami Graham, Intel's director of global benefits design.
But these estimates, and all the IAMs currently capable of performing global benefit - cost analyses, suffer from significant limitations and over-simplifications (see Kopp & Mignone, 2012, for a review).
HSBC Premier is a world - class banking solution that provides you with unlimited day - to - day banking and exclusive global benefits - including preferred rates on HSBC mortgages and other products.
Willis Towers Watson Global Benefits Attitudes Survey This survey of some 30,000 employees in 19 countries (including more than 5,000 in the U.S.) examines, among other things, how confident workers feel that they'll have enough resources to support them throughout retirement.
The solutions are evaluated both in terms of the real currency of the 21st century — gigatons of greenhouse gases avoided or sequestered — and in conventional economic terms: When possible, the research team estimated a «net cost» for each solution, one that takes both global costs and global benefits into account.
Second, significant uncertainty underlies the «correct» monetization of the social cost of a ton of CO2 emissions (SCC), and the extent to which global benefits should motivate local policies is controversial.
GeoBlue Expat combines comprehensive global benefits with a new generation of medical assistance services.
Members of CoreNet Global benefit from a wealth of research resources.
In this «Farmer Focus» episode by Ecotrust, Communications and Public Relations Officer Jonah Butsatsa interviews Daniel Mukhwana, a Trees for Global Benefits (TGB) participant and beneficiary.
In addition to family planning, girls» education and other measures to empower women, education to inform people about the personal and global benefits of smaller families and action to challenge beliefs and values favouring large families can all help reduce family size and bring population growth to an end as soon as possible.
Activision Blizzard, a Jiff customer, is using the platform, among other reasons, «to make this a higher - value place to work,» says Milt Ezzard, Activision Blizzard's senior director of global benefits.
The global benefit of mobile money.
4) By highlighting the «public» nature of climate change the EU should become more aware of the difference between its own strategic interests and the global benefits of its action.
We shared a passion for finding ways that scientists can work through this system to improve the way the shared national investment in programs can produce national and global benefits.
The plan says that the visual impact of wind farms outweighs their global benefits.
But he said he remained optimistic that developed countries will recognize the global benefits that will come from continuing to support the bank's work, which Kim said would include attention to mitigating and adapting to climate change.
Uppsala University — quality, knowledge, and creativity since 1477 World - class research and outstanding education of global benefit to society, business, and culture.
An emerging method to store global - warming carbon dioxide underground faces challenges in gaining public acceptance, especially when the global benefits carry localized costs, a new study co-authored by Indiana University researchers confirms.
It is not my goal to preach to you about the global benefits of sustainable practices, but I would like to highlight that I appreciate when something is good design, AND it's better for the environment.
I am excited to have this opportunity to bring attention to American Sign Language, deaf culture and the global benefits of being bilingual.»
According to Josh McKay, Amex's vice president and general manager of Global Benefits and Services, it's wasn't a very tough choice.
Josh McKay, vice president and general manager, Global Benefits and Services, American Express, stated that, «We aim to elevate our Card Members» travel experiences and our industry - leading lounge program is one of our Card Members» favorite ways we do this.
Josh McKay, vice president and general manager, Global Benefits and Services, American Express had this to say:
«This program for saving the Congo was a fundamental pillar of their vision for the future of their countries,» he said, adding that they emphasized the global benefits of forest conservation.
The ASEAN Energy Equation report (WCA & ACE, 2017) also suggested that promoting HELE deployment across ASEAN would result in significant carbon reduction emissions to global benefit.
Some solutions can have global benefits and applications, but remember to start where you are.
If enforced, regulations that ban forest conversion could provide an effective way to reduce deforestation, but why should a developing country adopt those unilaterally unless somehow compensated for the global benefit provided?
An analysis of the major economic climate models shows that the global benefits of temperature rises of up to 3 F to 4 F outweigh the costs.
Trees for Global Benefits has now been issued credits for 989,059 tonnes of CO2 through 2015, which means it has now surpassed the 1 million tonne mark this year.
I argued that there are three technical reasons that the single value the IWG developed and proposed for use in this initiative should not be used exclusively: global benefits, discount rates and equilibrium climate sensitivity.
This is despite the fact that the global benefits of action may well be greater — possibly much greater — than global costs.
Critics say that simply shaming outliers will not ensure compliance and that, unless there are costs for non-compliance, any country can share in the global benefits of reduced temperature rises while leaving the hard work of emissions cuts to others.
The aim of the UN SEED 2013 Global Award Winning «Trees for Global Benefit (TGB) is to produce long - term, verifiable voluntary emission reductions by combining carbon sequestration with rural livelihood improvements through small - scale, farmer led, forestry / agroforestry projects while reducing pressure on natural resources in national parks and forest reserves.
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