The global challenges of climate change and energy security require urgent action.
SAN JOSE, California — Africa will be the source of the «innovation and intellectual power» necessary to confront
global challenges of climate change, threats to energy security, and pandemic disease, predicted Naledi Pandor at the 2015 AAAS Annual Meeting.
Our decisive action at home empowers us to make more progress internationally on the shared
global challenge of climate change.
We also recognize the importance of pursuing and promoting sustainable energy and low carbon policies in order to tackle
the global challenge of climate change.
The global challenge of climate change is the driver behind our work.»
Not exact matches
These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways
of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet
global challenges, ranging from
climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.
The book's short chapters address the economic underpinnings and
challenges of everything from
climate change to
global governance to the imbalance between savings and investment in China.
Moreover, looking «outside - in» means acknowledging that business does not operate in a vacuum, and that the private sector has a role to play in collaborating on the key
global challenges of our time, from
climate change to sustainable development.
WASHINGTON — Biofuels made from the leftovers
of harvested corn plants are worse than gasoline for
global warming in the short term, a study shows,
challenging the Obama administration's conclusions that they are a much cleaner oil alternative and will help combat
climate change.
In fact, Xi has begun to cast China as a defender
of economic globalization and inclusivity, as well as a leader in combating
global challenges, like
climate change.14 Unlike Russia's willingness to take large risks, China's approach is generally cautious, reflecting its desire to safeguard its economic interests.
Other than
climate change, extreme income inequality and pandemics, the
global trust deficit may be one
of the world's direst
challenges - noting that they are all interconnected.
In a letter to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, the CEOs noted «
climate change poses one
of the greatest
global challenges and threatens to roll back decades
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This new program recognizes and supports young Canadians who work in the international arena on the most pressing
challenges of this century including political unrest,
climate change, human rights and
global health pandemics.
APF Canada is dedicated to strengthening ties between Canada and Asia with a focus on expanding economic relations through trade, investment and innovation; promoting Canada's expertise in offering solutions to Asia's
climate change, energy, food security and natural resource management
challenges; building Asia skills and competencies among Canadians, including young Canadians; and, improving Canadians» general understanding
of Asia and its growing
global influence.
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Climate change is a problem with serious implications for the
global environment, social, economic, distribution [systems] and policies and constitutes one
of the main
challenges for humanity.
One assumes he endorses the use
of technology to meet the
challenges of global climate change, uses that will amount to an unprecedented attempt to manage and manipulate the earth's ecosystem.
In recognition
of the urgent
challenges posed by
climate change and population growth, the two organizations are now planning a merger that will enable us to scale up critical sustainability interventions in the
global agricultural supply chain.
To meet the world's growing food security needs and face the parallel
challenges of improving nutrition and reducing poverty under a
changing global climate, a second — science - based — Green Revolution in agriculture is already under way.
We continue to support the wheat and barley industries in the face
of global challenges such as
climate change, food and fuel security and sustainable agriculture practices.
I confess that I have become somewhat blasé about the range
of exciting — I think revolutionary is probably more accurate — technologies that we are rolling out today: our work in genomics and its translation into varieties that are reaching poor farmers today; our innovative integration
of long — term and multilocation trials with crop models and modern IT and communications technology to reach farmers in ways we never even imagined five years ago; our vision to create a C4 rice and see to it that Golden Rice reaches poor and hungry children; maintaining productivity gains in the face
of dynamic pests and pathogens; understanding the nature
of the rice grain and what makes for good quality; our many efforts to
change the way rice is grown to meet the
challenges of changing rural economies,
changing societies, and a
changing climate; and, our extraordinary array
of partnerships that has placed us at the forefront
of the CGIAR
change process through the
Global Rice Science Partnership.
Food group and beverage giant Danone and Veolia, the
global resource management group, have announced an innovative strategic partnership focusing on the water cycle, waste management, sustainable agriculture and energy efficiency, to meet the
challenge of climate change.
In addition, through warmth
of heart, clarity
of thought, and strength
of purpose, Waldorf students are uniquely equipped to address the
global challenges facing their generation — issues
of renewable energy,
climate change, food quality, wildlife conservation, and preserving our natural resources.
The
Global Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders of food - related research and training are working together through the Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining reso
Global Food Security programme is the UK's main public funders
of food - related research and training are working together through the
Global Food Security programme to meet the challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining reso
Global Food Security programme to meet the
challenge of providing the world's growing population with a sustainable, secure supply
of safe, nutritious, and affordable high - quality food using less land, with lower inputs, and in the context
of global climate change, other environmental changes and declining reso
global climate change, other environmental
changes and declining resources.
It is crucial that the party develops new approaches to deal with the pressing
challenges of the early 21st century, such as rising inequality, declining social mobility,
global financial chaos and
climate change.
«And these technologies will help us be better stewards
of the environment, and they will help us to confront the serious
challenge of global climate change.»
«There is no security or prosperity at home unless we deal with
global challenges of security, globalisation,
climate change, disease and poverty.
«
Global challenges are mounting: in the equitable provision
of reliable energy, food and water security, in population health, biodiversity protection, cyber security and the prevention
of catastrophic
climate change.»
Climate change is yet another science - based global challenge requiring the best efforts of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris climate agreement as «an important step forward.
Climate change is yet another science - based
global challenge requiring the best efforts
of scientists worldwide — a point that ExxonMobil seemed to acknowledge in a statement that described the historic Paris
climate agreement as «an important step forward.
climate agreement as «an important step forward.»
Arguing for the need to focus on «solutions rather than on catastrophic consequences
of climate change,» Wibeck suggests effective methods for moving forward with
climate change communication, emphasising a need for strategic interaction between communicators and educators, arguing that it is necessary if the public role in
challenging global climate change is going to increase.
Also at the conference Tuesday, a major alliance
of science, research and United Nations bodies launched a 10 - year initiative — Future Earth Research for
Global Sustainability — to commence next year to coordinate scientific research into the major social and environmental
challenges from
climate change as they emerge over coming years.
«We need a planning process that is equal to the scale and complexity
of the
challenge, rather than continuing to depend on piecemeal efforts that put wildlife species and human communities at higher risk in the face
of global pressures like
climate change and a race for resources.»
The 45th president
of the United States will confront a broad range
of global challenges, from addressing
climate change and securing our energy future to sustaining investments in scientific research efforts in numerous areas, including medicine.
The South African minister
of science and technology said Africans will be «full participants» in solving
global challenges such as
climate change and pandemic disease.
«
Global inequality, with its roots in the histories
of imperialism and colonialism, has affected the ability
of Caribbean societies to deal with the
challenges of climate change.
Will the Wall Street Journal's editorial writers accept a
challenge to learn the truth about the science
of global climate change?
For example, when examining hurricanes and typhoons, the lack
of a high - quality, long - term historical record, uncertainty regarding the impact
of climate change on storm frequency and inability to accurately simulate these storms in most
global climate models raises significant
challenges when attributing assessing the impact
of climate change on any single storm.
U.S. geoscientists are accustomed to being used as a punching bag by
climate change skeptics in Congress, who
challenge the science
of global warming.
In addition to reducing the risk
of nuclear war, U.S. reactors have also been staving off another
global challenge:
climate change.
But there,
challenges also arise, as models that simulate
changing climate at a
global scale do so at relatively coarse resolution,
of around hundreds
of kilometers, while hurricanes require resolutions
of a few kilometers.
Dr Jochen Hinkel from
Global Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author of this paper and a Lead Author of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
Climate Forum in Germany, who is a co-author
of this paper and a Lead Author
of the coastal chapter for the 2014 IPCC Assessment Report added: «The IPCC has done a great job in bringing together knowledge on
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context of both climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change, sea - level rise and is potential impacts but now needs to complement this work with a solution - oriented perspective focusing on overcoming barriers to adaptation, mobilising resources, empowering people and discovering opportunities for strengthening coastal resilience in the context
of both
climate change as well as existing coastal challenges and other issues.
climate change as well as existing coastal
challenges and other issues.»
«Leveraging a digital control mechanism means we can give value to the millions
of observations collected by volunteers» and «it allows a new kind
of science where citizens can directly contribute to the analysis
of global challenges like
climate change» say Hamed Mehdipoor and Dr. Raul Zurita - Milla, who work at the Geo - Information Processing department
of ITC.
Enabling the poor to be resilient in the face
of challenges like
climate change may require a fundamental rethinking
of the methods used to address both poverty and
global warming.
«Although many
of these effects are already seen, their progression in the absence
of climate change mitigation will greatly amplify existing
global health
challenges and inequalities,» they warn.
Now the president - elect
of AAAS, Sharp predicts that biology will be crucial in addressing
global challenges in
climate change, food security, energy, and health.
The current major
global challenges in attaining food and nutrition security are compounded by pressures
of growing populations,
climate and other environmental
change, and economic inequity and instability.
Thus, research aimed at fully understanding the mechanisms by which plants either defend against, or succumb to infection / infestation is
of paramount importance to facing the
global challenges of feeding a burgeoning population amidst a
changing climate.
The Institute will spur significant advances in software infrastructure, education, standards, and best - practices that are needed to enable the molecular science community to open new windows on the next generation
of scientific Grand
Challenges, ranging from the simulation
of intrinsically disordered proteins associated with a range
of diseases to the design
of new catalysts vital to the
global chemical industry and
climate change.
But public awareness
of the urgency
of the
climate challenge remains low even as journalists report more deeply about how
global warming will alter our cities and environment and how we'll have to adapt to those
changes as wildfires rage, ice sheets melt and seas rise.
In parallel to the Rio +20 gestation process, the UN Secretary - General and his senior advisors, after more than two years
of wholehearted efforts to bring about a major
global agreement on
climate change, had come to the conclusion that
climate change was part
of a broader package
of global sustainable development
challenges, and could probably be better addressed in conjunction with the rest.
Has many
global challenges about that, including the development
of actions for mitigation and adaptation to
climate changes.