Sentences with phrase «global pressure»

The new agreement puts global pressure on countries to clean up their heavy industries and to protect the climate, but it contains huge gaps.

I think kids today have to be really resilient, as global pressures mean they're working much harder and being made aware from an earlier age that they're in a race.

In more recent years, however, intense global pressure has created a significant swing towards employment of women in key roles in the life sciences.

The decision comes on the heels of years of mounting global pressure to stem the mass killings and threatened extinction of African elephants.

But global pressure for change is growing too.

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says Canada will face global pressure to raise interest rates in 2014, as the United States begins to step back from its policy of extraordinary economic stimulus through intervention in bond markets.

«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.»

FTSE is lagging, as Technology shares remain under global pressure, off 1.4 % in early London trading.

On the other hand, global pressures often serve to intensify ethnic identity and become the cause of conflict.

I travel to Port Talbot where Tata Steel continues to be the area's biggest employer, somehow managing to survive in the face of immense global pressures.

However, it is not known whether the brand has succumbed to global pressure about the design or if the refresh was already planned.

The full list is unveiled next month, but a peak at this year's Develop 100 shows UK studios succeed despite global pressures.

But global pressure for change is growing too.

Whilst the Japanese are allowed by the International Whaling Commission to hunt for an annual quota of 945 whales for scientific purposes there has been intense global pressure to prevent the whalers from being able to fill their quota.

Earlier this month, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty gave his interest rate forecast, stating Canada will face global pressure to raise interest rates in 2014, as the United States begins to step back from its policy of extraordinary economic stimulus through intervention in bond markets.

The Federal Reserve is keeping a key interest rate unchanged in light of global pressures that risk slowing the U.S. economy.

No nation can any longer be isolated from these global pressures.

While standing up against an unpopular United States may have significant propaganda value, encouraging Iraq to continue resistance, global pressure would be more effective.

March 15 — Having bowed to global pressure and finally banned former Brazilian FA boss Marco Polo Del Nero for 90 days, FIFA's ethics committee has extended the suspension for a further 45 days while it continues to investigate his alleged role in taking bribes.

And global pressure to produce biofuels rather than food may mean that hunger will not be erased anytime soon.

We feel the global pressures for increased digital citizenship and customized learning.

Aim of this paper is not only to condemn poverty and the Greek politicians» broken promises (that played a significant role in the country's bad course) but also to put a global pressure on governments in order to take substantial measures to deal with poverty and protect their citizens properly.

Though some had labelled it as almost blasphemous to suggest the next GT will utilise anything less than eight - cylinders, the new car's shift to a smaller capacity, forced induction unit was almost inevitable given increasing global pressure to lower emissions.

Profit margins may mean - revert eventually, but it might be a while for that to happen, given the global pressures that are keeping wage rates low.

But what I wrote additionally was the GE was constant — because the global pressure was held constant by gravity — so that CO2 effect remains tiny regardless of its actual percentage.

Facing global pressure, these consumer goods companies made a flurry of «zero deforestation commitments in 2014, to the point that 60 % of the global palm oil trade is now controlled by companies that have committed to eliminating deforestation and human rights violations from their supply chains.

HSI calls for global pressure as Japan poised for new whale killing in Southern Ocean next month

With this announcement, the global pressure on the fossil fuel industry ramps up some more.