Sentences with phrase «global governments form»

It's a film about natural disasters, which have grown so prevalent and destructive that global governments form a kind of alliance — in an attempt to save the world.

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Attendees include high - ranking government ministers from around the world, bootstrapped startups from across Europe and Asia, major Russian state - owned corporations, global conglomerates, universities and researchers, venture capitalists, and a diverse cast of costumed exhibitors — many of whom seem to be channeling the high - heeled, form - fitting fashion stylings of mid-century Pan-Am flight attendants.

While the WTO rules are very valuable, they were formed two decades ago and have failed to catch up with the times and realities of the global economy, such as massive government subsidies that create overcapacity and competition from state - owned enterprises.

As governments from Germany to Australia to the U.K. are on the verge of legalizing some form of marijuana, the global opportunity is coming into focus.

Preston: [00:17:56] So what's so interesting here is that on one side we have Silicon Valley working at a rapid pace to create this new digital cryptocurrency and we also have governments and global authorities looking into the implications of using the similar technology whether it's the IMF or other central banks around the world that are that are talking about using some form of crypto to back their monetary baseline.

Global Food Safety Conference 2018: Governments and Businesses Meet to Form Partnerships on Advancing International Food Safety

Number of pages: 195 Publication date: 2010 Languages: English ISBN: 9789241599573 Download the report [pdf 2.91 MB] Overview Countdown to 2015 is a global movement of academics, governments, UN agencies, foundations, health care associations and nongovernmental organizations formed in 2005 to track progress in reducing maternal and child deaths in the 68 countries where over 95 % of these deaths occur.

Many people believe that the current global order is the final form of human government, a natural end point of sociocultural evolution.

The U.S. government is also interested in recycling the spent nuclear fuel, as France, Japan, Russia and the U.K. do, under the terms of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a consortium of 21 foreign countries as well as domestic nuclear technology firms formed to promote nuclear power.

The idea is to provide dedicated funding to the U.S. Global Change Research Program to conduct such assessments, which would then form a base for government and the private sector to plan for the effects of climate change.

The world's nations have joined to form a unified economy and a global militaristic government.

I find it interesting that a particular organization might be indicted for supposedly being funded by the fossil fuel industry when so many organizations and studies fueling the global warming alarmism are funded by governments and not suprisingly endorse MORE government (in the form of regulations, regulatory agencies, taxes, fees, etc...) as a supposed «solution» to the problem.

Robert J. Samuelson recently said in his Washington Post column that the best near - term idea for moving against global climate change is a carbon tax to help finance government and stimulate energy - saving technologies and new forms of non-carbon energy.

He rejects any form of government action against global warming, although he does support efforts to develop renewable energy sources.

This is a requirement of much government legislation around the world — often in trading standards or consumer protection law — as well as forming the basis of the Green Guides, so organizations with a global presence can apply the same principles to all of their reporting and environmental claims worldwide.

More importantly, the Midwest, in forming their own coalition similar to those in the east and west, puts further pressure on the federal government to match the states» efforts to fight global warming and develop domestic clean technologies.

The best news came not in the form of the incremental environmental improvements made by thousands of businesses and governments around the world, but in the signs of interlocking, economy - wide, systems - level change that could yet provide a route to curbing global emissions during the 2020s.

Using government data on model year 2008 (MY2008) vehicles — the latest year for which final data are available — and assessing each manufacturer based on the actual smog - forming and global warming emissions of its vehicle fleet, this report objectively measures each automaker's true environmental performance of each of the «Top Eight» best - selling automakers» product offerings.

Petroleum and coal companies are allowed to sell their products which, when consumed, cause untold trillions of dollars in costs in human health and environmental damage, and governments pay those costs in the form of medical benefits, and eventually measures to deal with the effects of global climate change.

In a joint post the heads of the IMF and the World Bank have called for some form of global carbon pricing: «The transition to a cleaner future will require both government action and the right incentives for the private sector.

The global climate scandal and the crisis in Western science and in Western forms of government have simply confirmed a warning from the former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower — in his farewell address to the nation on 17 Jan 1961 — that a federally funded scientific - technological elite might one day take control of government policy and pose a serious threat to «the supreme goals of our free society»: http://www.h-net.org/~hst306/documents/indust.html

Germany, along with Canada, California, and other national and subnational governments, is a key member of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, a voluntary partnership formed to advance the long - term objective of a carbon price applied throughout the global economy.

Well, I like Gwyneth's approach better than «let's form a world government» so we can deal with global warming.

The Ontario Government's Long - Term Energy Plan provides a road map for moving to cleaner forms of energy and as a catalyst for substantial job creation and investment,» said Kerry Adler, President and Chief Executive Officer, «We applaud Ontario for showing global leadership in its dedication to the economic and environmental benefits of green energy».

Organized by the Global Campaign for Climate Action, the alliance of over 350 organizations that runs the TckTckTck campaign, they formed a figure at the Flamengo beach calling the government to secure clean, safe rivers.

A report by the Canadian government warns that Canada and the U.S. will both shift toward heavier forms of crude oil as global sources of lighter crude become scarcer.

Mastercard is a technology company in the global payments industry that connects consumers, financial institutions, merchants, governments and businesses worldwide, enabling them to use electronic forms of payment instead of cash and checks.

The addition of Paperless makes Sovos the first software provider to offer a global solution for real - time business - to - government reporting, a highly disruptive form of regulatory compliance that has now spread to more than 60 countries.

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Andrew Head, partner at Forsters LLP, says the shareholders most likely to sue the government are the two largest hedge funds SRM Global and RAB Capital, although possible action could also come from smaller shareholders who may form an action group to pursue their claim.

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The three - way strategic alliance among the Chinese government, ChinaLedger and the Shenzhen Consortium forms an unprecedented organized force, mandated to grow China's blockchain industry and propel it forward on a global level.

Inside the government - backed incubator, diverse participants gathered for the most recent meeting of Dubai's Global Blockchain Council (GBC), a 40 - member group formed to investigate blockchain and digital currencies.