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Background The promotion and support of breastfeeding is a global priority with benefits for maternal and infant health, particularly in low - income and middle - income countries where its relevance for child survival is undisputed.

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The chamber said the share of companies that identified China as a top three global investment priority dropped to 56 % this year, compared with a peak of 78 % in 2012, a record low.

The partnership will help high - potential Canadian companies connect with global market opportunities, share information on priority international markets and highlight the work of leading Canadian companies in the field.

We are based at MIT Sloan School of Management and we are a member of the MIT Innovation Initiative and of MIT - Africa, the initiative that encompasses the Institute's global priority for collaboration with Africa in the areas of education, research and innovation.

Since that time, while many internal divisions persist, the United Church of Canada has been able to get on with other things, including great global concerns of social justice that must have a certain priority over personal morality and church polity.

The Catholic Church with its near billion members, its global linkage and organization can be truly a multinational for human liberation of it orients its priorities in this direction.

Xavier's mission will be to fully embed the Digital Roadmap of Pernod Ricard, one of its top priorities, ensuring the Group's digital strategy in Asia is aligned with the global vision and objectives.

This process involves Peak Industry Councils and industry representatives consulting with MLA to help set strategic priorities for growing demand and improving market access for the Australian red meat industry across global markets.

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ILCA is responding to and adapting to local and worldwide lactation priorities with the goal of advancing breastfeeding on the global agenda.

The strategy sets out how investment can deliver a stronger, fairer Britain — with priority for projects which cut congestion, support growth, boost Britain's global competitiveness or unlock new housing.

Firstly, we fund scientific research in a truly global context in the form of grants for international collaborations between two to four labs in different countries (and with high priority given to teams on different continents), with both a special programme for Young Investigators and programme grants for scientists at any stage of their careers.

I have made women's health the top priority in my first term and my second term, and I have been working with [U.N.] secretary - general Ban Ki - moon and other people to promote the global strategy for women and girls.

Influenza remains a major health problem in the United States, resulting each year in an estimated 36,000 deaths and 200,000 hospitalizations.4 Those who have been shown to be at high risk for the complications of influenza infection are children 6 to 23 months of age; healthy persons 65 years of age or older; adults and children with chronic diseases, including asthma, heart and lung disease, and diabetes; residents of nursing homes and other long - term care facilities; and pregnant women.4 It is for this reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that these groups, together with health care workers and others with direct patient - care responsibilities, should be given priority for influenza vaccination this season in the face of the current shortage.1 Other high - priority groups include children and teenagers 6 months to 18 years of age whose underlying medical condition requires the daily use of aspirin and household members and out - of - home caregivers of infants less than 6 months old.1 Hence, in the case of vaccine shortages resulting either from the unanticipated loss of expected supplies or from the emergence of greater - than - expected global influenza activity — such as pandemic influenza, which would prompt a greater demand for vaccination5 — the capability of extending existing vaccine supplies by using alternative routes of vaccination that would require smaller doses could have important public health implications.

The kind of research likely to have the greatest global benefits might not be given funding priority by countries with the greatest resources.

The GOOS Regional Alliances identify, enable, and develop sustained GOOS ocean monitoring and services to meet regional and national priorities, aligning the global goals of GOOS with the need for services and products satisfying local requirements.

It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.

As global market integration has advanced, their role has gained particular importance in aligning economic activities with social and environmental priorities.

The panel will advise on the Scottish Government's priorities for education and bring with them global expertise

Today in The Global Search for Education series, I continue my conversations with education luminaries to discuss the issues that we believe will be a priority for the next President of the United States.

In that job, I was often confronted by the glaring disconnect between my school's academic priorities — I was charged with preparing students for the New York Global Studies Regents exam — and my students» nonacademic needs.

As Congressman Jared Polis crowed in a press release at the time, the meeting with Rhee was «an opportunity for Members to hear first - hand Rhee's experiences implementing reforms at the local level, discuss priorities moving forward, and collaborate on ways to better incentivize innovation and excellence in our schools to prepare students for college and jobs in the 21st century global economy.»

Selected over other global manufacturers for its combination of compact exterior and maximum interior space in a multi-year «Taxi of Tomorrow» competition, the all - new Nissan NV200 Taxi design reflects the input of hundreds of taxi owners and drivers, and thousands of passengers who shared their ideas and priorities with Nissan designers and engineers.

As digital book distributors make their global expansion a priority, readers have responded with a zeal for ebooks.

«Of all 50 states, Arizona had the steepest increase in college tuition with an 83.6 percent increase since 2008, according to a recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities,» said Joe Mason, Chief Marketing Officer of Allianz Global Assistance.

It earns miles at the same rate and comes with a complimentary checked bag, priority boarding (Group 4), a $ 100 credit for TSA PreCheck or Global Entry, and a full Admirals Club membership.

However, the card comes with an Admirals Club Membership, priority check - in, a $ 100 Global Entry Fee credit, and more.

However, the card comes with an Admirals Club Membership, priority check - in, a $ 100 Global Entry Fee credit, and more.

It earns miles at the same rate and comes with a complimentary checked bag, priority boarding (Group 4), a $ 100 credit for TSA PreCheck or Global Entry, and a full Admirals Club membership.

Here's the list from top to bottom, with the economy listed as a top priority by 85 percent of those polled and global warming 30 percent: the economy, jobs, terrorism, Social Security, education, energy, Medicare, health care, deficit reduction, health insurance, helping the poor, crime, moral decline, military, tax cuts, environment, immigration, lobbyists, trade policy, global warming.

* The government insists that dealing with global warming is way down the priority list and since our economy is booming because of mineral exports (including heaps of coal don't you know) we should concentrate on that and not get too worried about the water situation.

Down in the «Partisan Gaps over Priorities» table, «Protecting the environment» is running three times higher among Republicans, so we can see that is being differentiated from «Dealing with global warming.»

Such a low ranking is driven in part by indifference among Republicans: just 11 % consider global warming a top priority, compared with 43 % of Democrats and 25 % of independents.

It shows that you are aligning your efforts with those of the global community and working in an area identified by the UN as a priority for action, which by extension validates the need for your programme.

Pew Research puts «dealing with global warming» dead last on their list of «public priorities» in the US.

Requires the President to enter into an agreement with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices to: (1) evaluate the utility to state, local, and regional decision makers of each Plan and of the anticipated and actual information outputs of the Program for development of state, local, and regional policies to reduce vulnerability to global change; and (2) recommend priorities for future global and regional climate change research and assessment.

Requires the President to enter into an agreement with NAS to: (1) evaluate the scientific content of the Plan; and (2) recommend priorities for future global and regional climate change research and assessment.

Recalling the concern reflected in the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled «The future we want», 1 that the health of oceans and marine biodiversity are negatively affected by marine pollution, including marine debris, especially plastic, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals and nitrogen - based compounds, from numerous marine and land - based sources, and the commitment to take action to significantly reduce the incidence and impacts of such pollution on marine ecosystems, Noting the international action being taken to promote the sound management of chemicals throughout their life cycle and waste in ways that lead to the prevention and minimization of significant adverse effects on human health and the environment, Recalling the Manila Declaration on Furthering the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healGlobal Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities adopted by the Third Intergovernmental Review Meeting on the Implementation of the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healGlobal Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land - based Activities, which highlighted the relevance of the Honolulu Strategy and the Honolulu Commitment and recommended the establishment of a global partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human healglobal partnership on marine litter, Taking note of the decisions adopted by the eleventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity on addressing the impacts of marine debris on marine and coastal biodiversity, Recalling that the General Assembly declared 2014 the International Year of Small Island Developing States and that such States have identified waste management among their priorities for action, Noting with concern the serious impact which marine litter, including plastics stemming from land and sea - based sources, can have on the marine environment, marine ecosystem services, marine natural resources, fisheries, tourism and the economy, as well as the potential risks to human health; 1.

Indeed, in January of this year, a Pew Research Center poll found that «dealing with global warming» was ranked 21st among 21 possible priorities for the President and Congress.

48 Growing Energy & Environmental Concerns 58 % of Americans rank «dealing with the nation's energy problem» as a top priority in 2006, up from 40 % in 2003 87 % of Americans cite home heating and energy prices as a «very big» or «big» problem for the nation's economy 88 % of US adults respond that «energy efficient» was very important in their electronics, appliance, lighting and heating / cooling equipment purchases Gallup polls: Americans» concerns about environmental issues have increased more than 10 percentage points between 2004 and 2006 The LOHAS Consumer Report: 91 % of people are in total agreement with the statement «I care about protecting the environment» ABC News / Washington Post Poll: 79 % of Americans think global warming poses a serious threat to future generations Source: AP Source: NASA

-- Muller believes humans are changing climate with CO2 emissions — humans have been responsible for «most» of a 0.4 C warming since 1957, almost none of the warming before then — IPCC is in trouble due to sloppy science, exaggerated predictions; chairman will have to resign — the «Climategate» mails were not «hacked» — they were «leaked» by an insider — due to «hide the decline» deception, Muller will not read any future papers by Michael Mann — there has been no increase in hurricanes or tornadoes due to global warming — automobiles are insignificant in overall picture — China is the major CO2 producer, considerably more than USA today — # 1 priority for China is growth of economy — global warming is not considered important — China CO2 efficiency (GDP per ton CO2) is around one - fourth of USA today, has much room for improvement — China growth will make per capita CO2 emissions at same level as USA today by year 2040 — if it is «not profitable» it is «not sustainable» — US energy future depends on shale gas for automobiles; hydrogen will not be a factor — nor will electric cars, due to high cost — Muller is upbeat on nuclear (this was recorded pre-Fukushima)-- there has been no warming in the USA — Muller was not convinced of Hansen's GISS temperature record; hopes BEST will provide a better record.

They say there are potential economic and security problems if there are delays answering climate questions that are a priority for the United States — like whether global warming will eliminate the winter mountain snows that supply California with three - quarters of its water in summer.

These issues include: (a) the need to determine when the obligation of any nation is triggered, (b) difficulties in determining which adaptation and compensation needs are attributable to human - induced warming versus natural variability, (c) challenges in allocating responsibilities among all nations that have emitted ghg above their fair share of safe global emissions, (e) challenges in prioritizing limited funds among all adaptation and compensation needs, (f) needs to set funding priorities in consultation with those who are vulnerable to climate change impacts as a matter of procedural justice, and (e) the need to consider the capacity of some nations to fund adaptation and compensation needs.

Only 30 percent of the voters deemed global warming to be â $ œa top priority, â $ compared with 35 percent in 2008.

«Contributing to combating climate change and respecting planetary boundaries in the way we do business is a priority for us,» said Marie - Claire Daveu, Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of International Institutional Affairs, Kering, «The Science Based Targets initiative is enabling the business community to set meaningful and measurable goals to ensure that we align with the 2 °C global agenda and Kering is proud that our own GHG reduction ambitions have been validated by the initiative.»

Global climatic disruption has been elevated as a national priority to the point that the Obama - Biden administration has acknowledged that it must have one or more top - notch climate advisers in the White House to deal with the problem effectively.

We look forward to working with the new Congress and the Trump administration to implement voters» energy priorities and maintain America's global energy leadership.

Their is an ekos poll out that shows global warming at the bottom of the heap for priorities with the economy and social issues beating out global warming.

Business leaders at the event, hosted jointly by CDP and the We Mean Business coalition in partnership with the UN Global Compact and CGEM, agreed that with the Paris Agreement now in force, the priority was to move from adoption to speedy implementation.