Sentences with phrase «global concerns about»

As global concerns about climate change grow and implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement ramps up, the portfolio of decisions that could be made by nations and cities to avert the most deleterious effects of climate change are so consequential and so long - lasting that public deliberation stands as both an ethical and practical requirement.

The United Nations (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) created the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to address global concerns about climate change and global warming.

Equally importantly, even though the COAG reforms coincided with the emergence of global concerns about climate change, the reform process took no account of the possibility of carbon pricing, and made no provision for renewable energy.

The discovery is a rather unique way that CMI is addressing global concerns about the supply and demand of rare - earth metals.

Finally, Chinese researchers at home or away face global concerns about their science that are rooted in the country's evaluation system.

The growing global concerns about obesity and diabetes have lead to reduce sugar and calories in the products.

The incident comes as Facebook faces global concerns about personal data privacy, including Congressional hearings at which Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg testified.

Shaken by shale oil production in the United States, softening demand from China and Europe, and rising global concern about climate change, Canada's tar...

Although increased global concern about the environment is largely focused on single - use plastics at present, the importance of sustainable design will play a much greater role in all packaging decisions; returnable and 100 % recyclable glass, with its well - established collection infrastructure across Europe, is well placed to provide customers with fresh options for all their food and drink products.

Washington State University scientists are addressing growing global concern about the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Africa, where the World Health Organization predicts that, by 2050, drug resistant tuberculosis and other bacteria could lead to the deaths of 4.15 million people each year.

There has been global concern about the rampant rates of deforestation of the Amazon rainforest and the potential impact this could be having on global warming.

But as global concern about climate change has grown in recent years, REDD + has taken on an explicit climate focus, with an emphasis on reducing emissions and compensation linked to verified reductions.

Second, the same echo chamber that promoted Steve McIntyre's criticism of the Hockey Stick is now fully engaged accusing scientists of manipulating data to increase global concern about climate change.

For polls see e.g., Brett W. Pelham, «Awareness, opinions about global warming vary worldwide,» Gallup (2009), online here; Leiserowitz et al. (2010b) and other work by Leiserowitz's group; Council on Foreign Relations, «Public Opinion on Global Issues» (2011)(no longer available online); Bruce Stokes et al., «Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions,» Pew Research Center, Nov. 5, 2015, online here.

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Weakness in the global economy and concern about the uneasiness of markets, as well as uncertainty about many lushly - priced private companies known as unicorns, drove the markdown, investment experts said.

So, if there's a lot of global slack, that will make them less concerned about inflation pressures, but by then, if a lot of places are at relatively full employment and seeing target inflation, that will make them want to make sure that we're not going into an overheating kind of mode.

Comments: «He's betting investors eventually will return to the market in force as concerns about global growth ease.

«DoD continues to be concerned about the negative impact on our key allies,» it said, and «targeted tariffs are more preferable than a global quota or tariff.»

In the same quarter last year, Goldman missed expectations, citing «renewed concerns about global economic growth.»

The company also moved its global headquarters to Zurich last month, attracted by its «regulatory stability,» Casares said, during a time when bitcoin companies based in New York are concerned about the state's BitLicense regulatory framework.

Ironically, the selloff of U.S. stocks began a few weeks ago because of weakness in the Chinese economy, the devaluation of the yuan, and stock market turmoil in the Asian nation, which led to serious concerns about a global economic slowdown.

Brian Nick, TIAA Global Asset Management, and Jeff Kilburg, KKM Financial, share their reactions to Ray Dalio's growing concerns about President Trump's policies.

The G20, which met in China in early September, included concerns about antimicrobial resistance in its closing communique, saying that AMR «poses a serious threat to public health, growth, and global economic stability.»

Everyone concerned about oil prices should watch Bahrain, according to global intelligence company Stratfor.

One of Barton's pet phrases is «I worry about...,» and his list of global concerns is long.

Most of us feel concern about certain global issues, but sometimes feel powerless to help.

The energy sector dipped slightly as concerns about global energy demand sent the July crude contract down 50 cents to US$ 93.65 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

What's also concerning is that there's been little regulation or technical research about defense techniques to combat the «global proliferation of weaponizable robots.»

«Although China will be switching over to renewables by 2039, concerns about unhealthy air will be so intense after two decades of respiratory diseases that they could likely pioneer buildings with filtered air, oxygen supplements and artificial light to replace lost sunlight,» said Jacques Gordon, LaSalle's head of global research and strategy.

The data, however, doesn't seem to be quelling concerns — not least from the Chinese regulators themselves — about a major credit event spreading to global markets.

Democrats are also more concerned about global unrest than Republicans.

The study was sponsored by the global insurer and health services company Cigna, which is concerned about loneliness as a societal problem but also because it's not just making us sad: It can literally make us sick.

«Global investors are also concerned about potential trade wars... which is stirring up some risk - aversion trade, so that, in turn, is supporting gold,» said Richard Xu, a fund manager at China's biggest gold exchange - traded fund, HuaAn Gold.

Even though analysts have forecast continued momentum in global economic growth, concerns remain over how policy normalization might bring about changes after almost a decade of easy money.

In exclusive interviews with Reuters in Davos, Gates and Chambers both voiced concern about leadership changes in the U.S. and in United Nations bodies and what these might mean for funding and commitment to global health.

But the Fed has been buffeted by a global growth slowdown, financial market volatility — first over concerns about China's economy and then later Britain's decision to quit the European Union — and choppy U.S. data.

«We are still concerned about another global recession.»

However following the latest meeting, when the Fed decided to hold rates on rising concerns about the global economy, analysts increasingly expect the central bank to delay a hike until next year.

Although some are concerned about potential inflation and higher interest rates, we still enjoy an environment of synchronized global economic growth and muted macro risks.

Global bond yields have declined significantly in recent months, but at a pace and uniformity that suggests either a climax in yield - seeking or growing concerns about economic weakness.

In your analysis you reject concerns about the macroeconomic impact of budget deficits because, you argue, the United States will be able to attract capital from the global capital market.

While the trade data had little impact on U.S. financial markets, concerns about weakening global demand pushed Brent crude oil prices to the lowest level in more than four years, dragging down U.S. stocks.

A surprise shift Tuesday in how the People's Bank of China (PBOC) fixes the currency initially sparked fears that Chinese leaders were concerned about the country's growth prospects and dragged down global markets.

Regardless, we believe that the S&P 500 is likely to experience flat returns or losses over the coming decade, and we remain concerned about growing financial distortions driven by yield - seeking malinvestment, as we were in the runup to the global financial crisis.»

Coupled with a global technology sell - off, concerns about its growing spending have clobbered its shares more than 10 per cent since a January record high.

The recent declines in the global stock markets can lead to a lot of questions and concerns about what investors should do.

Rather than add to the mass of coverage that the recent market events in China have generated, or to continue expressing my concern about the intractable arithmetic of global demand imbalances, I plan to discuss the process of Chinese reform and adjustment in this issue of my blog.

Chinese businesses and investors are very obviously increasingly concerned about both Chinese and global prospects, and so it is fitting that stock markets have been so accident prone this year.

Today, as the global population faces more serious challenges — from resource scarcity to concerns about income inequality and education — companies around the world are committing themselves to creating a profit while also defining their broader contribution to society.

It Seems Likely As They've Already Taken Huge Risks With The Global Economy [QE / ZIRP / NIRP / IOER / + Debt Monetization] Showing Little Concern About Its Negative Implications.