Sentences with phrase «global political debate»
Many forest researchers consider feeding their results into the global political debate a part of their jobs.
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For Canadians, it is important that our political parties start discussing and debating the policy actions a «new» government should take to respond to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observation, that the global economy, and therefore the Canadian economy, could be entering a long period of economic stagnation, characterized by slow growth, high unemployment and increasing income inequality.
(i) the question of gay rights — funny I agree with gay rights, must be a political debate at its heart (ii) a wonan's right to choose — funny I agree with this, see above thought (iii) teaching evolution in school — again I agree (iv) my ability to buy a glass of wine on Sunday — definitely politics here (v) immunizing teens against HPV — got my kids immunized, not even politics here (vi) population control — this is religions fault??? no this is cultural (vii) assisted suicide at end of life — agree with that, still have my religion (viii) global warmning — agree it needs to get fixed, doesn't have anything to do with religion
This recent ruling has global media commentators on all sides of the political aisle debating whether this issue is an affront to religious freedom or a victory to protect the foreskins of young male babies around the world.
Economists, though, now say that soaring global wheat and corn prices will soon be felt in Japan, potentially complicating the country's economic recovery and forcing debate on a complex set of social and political issues.
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«I think our findings speak to a debate that has taken place between people who think that social media usage is bad for us and those who think it's good for us, and that debate has not always been based on evidence,» co-author James Fowler, Ph.D., professor of political science and global public health at UC San Diego, told RealSimple.com.
23] Above all realize that to become or to be a global citizen requires clarity, conviction and courage to consider all life as One, or humility to accept every life is just a similar part / particle of whole of life which can be termed as «Entity of Life or Energy of Life» as this terminology can steer clear of any religious connotations or theistic debates or ideological overtones or political undercurrents.
Her scholarship engages in debates in the fields of political sociology, international and comparative education, adult education, critical pedagogy, global and transnational sociology, and social theory.
Facts and anecdotes examine the historic, scientific, economic, political, cultural, and literary aspects of coal, as well as the current debates about energy consumption, developing nations, and global warming.
While increasing potential for significant global macro / monetary divergence, the meteoric ascent of political populists & populism, the ongoing debate for renewed fiscal stimulus (vs. austerity), latent inflation potential, etc. all suggest a (far) more conducive environment for Record's products & services, both in terms of winning mandates and better returns.
In his intriguing series Refuge, Kevin Chin's new paintings are inspired by the global migrant crisis, the resurgence of political parties like One Nation and Reclaim Australia, the US election of Trump, and the continuing debate around nationalism, belonging and alienation.
In the first weeks of this 10th anniversary year of the September 11th attacks and the subsequent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, with global economic and political policies fueling conflict and prompting revolt, there have been numerous programs, talks, and debates around the city about walls: metaphorical walls created by censorship, physical walls dividing Israeli and Palestinian territories or Mexican borders, but also boundaries that some artists insist are essential to maintaining the integrity of cultural expression and identity.
«This is not a technical book on climate change, as others have said, however if you want your opinion on the AGW debate to be an informed one or are interested in the political forces even now shaping the future global climate, this is essential reading.»
The political debate is, crudely, whether to take action to mitigate global warming or not.
* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)
In the talk, Victor, trained in political science, warns against focusing too much on trying to defeat those denying the widespread view that greenhouse - driven climate change is a clear and present danger, first explaining that there are many kind of people engaged at that end of the global warming debate — including camps he calls «shills» (the professional policy delayers), «skeptics» (think Freeman Dyson) and «hobbyists.»
I suspect part of the reason why global warming isn't getting more serious political debate is that, unfortunately, for a long time it was the sole province of left - leaning environmentalists, who were so easily tagged as woo - woo space cadets.
The most amazing thing to me, in this entire discussion of Global Warming is that it remains a political (Republican vs. Democrat) debate.
Three themes are emerging from the newly released emails: (1) prominent scientists central to the global warming debate are taking measures to conceal rather than disseminate underlying data and discussions; (2) these scientists view global warming as a political «cause» rather than a balanced scientific inquiry and (3) many of these scientists frankly admit to each other that much of the science is weak and dependent on deliberate manipulation of facts and data.
While the guests varied on the feasibility of global governance of long - term deployment, there was a consensus that new governance structures are needed to manage research and to continue to debate questions of ethics, political consequences, and material risk.
If the answer to the first question is yes or if the answer to the second is no, the global warming debate becomes merely interesting, with very few real political consequences.
While I do not know whether Global Warming is a fact or if it is man made, what annoys me most is that there is no scientific debate about it - it's all political!
By focusing on the consequences of climate change rather than its scientific causes, some experts suggest that Mr. Nash succeeded in circumventing a divisive political debate over global warming and the extent to which human activity contributes to it.
The political debate apparently trumps any responsibility the program might feel to present to its viewers an accurate picture of the debate, or non-debate, over anthropogenic global warming among actual climate scientists.
Gore's thesis is fourfold: (1) Global Warming is real, (2) Global Warming is a potential catastrophe to human civilization, (3) we CAN do something about it if we act both quickly and responsibly and (4) we are all in this together; it is not (or should not be) a political debate.
The «war on science» has definitely evolved under the Obama administration, as President Obama (who seems to genuinely pay attention to science) has scientized many political debates, notably global climate change.
In this case, they also indicate how political the entire Global Warming debate has become.
He said that while evangelical churches typically don't have endowments, he has been watching the divestment campaign with interest and expects church leaders across the country to grow more vocal as global warming resurfaces in political debate.
I am happy to report that the majority of my students recognize the «global warming» debate for what it is... a divisive political issue.
The Weekend Australian lead editorial on «Global warming facts must give us all pause to think» references Judith's work and concludes after considering the pause that «The gatekeepers of scientific media and political debate should not be afraid of a discussion about the facts and their ramifications.
More to the point, it was wielded in a public and political debate about global warming policy.
Appleton seems to think that «We need a new school of thought in the global warming debate, which is founded not on scientific facts but on political critique.».
«James Hoggan's Climate Cover - Up: The Crusade to Deny Global Warming is a valuable expose of the efforts that have been made by self - interested actors to prevent political action on climate change, by manipulating the public debate and confusing people about the strength of the science....
One is that it will simply intensify the political, ideological and, yes, moral debate that has erupted over who does and does not believe we are causing global warming, and thus move us even farther from the important scientific effort that the issue deserves.
Nevertheless, global warming hypotheses have been narrowed in the press and public debate to a «consensus» view of catastrophic global warming in a political world that prizes agreement and confidence over exploration, and a media that thrives on crisis.
While the AGW debate is real, CAGW is a complex shell game; it's been propagandized as a distraction to unite citizens behind a concept, the goal is political empowerment, ultimately global fascism for many elites on the Left who are yanking the reigns.
Nowhere is the political and ideological force of growth fetishism more apparent that in the long, tortuous debate over how to tackle global warming.
Like the tobacco lobbyists who spent years denying the links between smoking and cancer, global warming denialists don't have to win the debate — they simply have to confuse the public indefinitely to successfully undermine any political action which might hit the interests of their backers in the fossil fuel industries
A climate researcher for decades, he had long been in the midst of political and scientific debates over global warming, tirelessly urging political leaders and the public to take action now to avoid disasters such as rising sea levels in the future.
This is because the global warming debate has become extremely political.
«It's interesting that the global warming alarmists, like many other phenomena of the political left, believe that the way to win a debate is to silence the opposition.
The study - published in this spring's Sociological Quarterly - documents opinions on global warming, and seems to confirm that global warming has become yet another political totem issue; a worrying sign for the chances of moving forward from debate to action on slowing climate change
... [O] ngoing political debate about global energy policy should not stand in the way of common sense action to reduce societal and environmental vulnerabilities to climate variability and change.»
An effort by a handful of UC Berkeley scientists to reexamine temperature data underlying global warming research has landed in the center of a national political debate over government regulation.
I do understand that the scientists at realclimate state that they don't want to get involved in political or policy debates, just scientific debates — but by rushing to the defense of the whitelisted / blacklisted groups who refuse to accept the facts about global warming, they've just entered the political arena.
Notably, it provides climate - savvy political leaders like in California an opportunity to raise the issue of international solidarity and global justice in the context of state - level debates.
As a scientist I have tried to resist seeing the global warming debate as first and foremost a political, not scientific issue, but the evidence is becoming overwhelming.
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The political societies at university engage debating and public speaking skills to talk about contemporary global issues.