Sentences with phrase «global problems which»

Instead of reevaluating the way in which every one of us lives our lives (in terms of material consumption, housing patterns, transportation patterns, dietary norms) to build societies which are radically lower in carbon emissions than they are currently, just spend a lot on money trying to tinker with global ecosystems to correct for global problems which were caused by us in the first place.

Proposed solutions to global problems which are based only on the experience of the recently dominant group are unlikely to lead to the indivisible salvation of the whole world.

So, it's a global problem which all the nation must come together and fight it together.»

«Being here today has hammered home to me that drugs are a global problem which create victims all around the world.

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«The other problem is a lack of investment demand, which is surprising given the headwinds to global trade from protectionism» amid global trade tensions.

Zhang attacked this problem by creating Tmall Global, which debuted in 2014.

Unlike many global health nonprofits, which focus their work in the poorest regions of the planet, Bush has always felt it was important for fellows to address problems in the US in addition to those in other countries.

Founder and CEO Social Capital LP and Golden State Warriors Owner Chamath Palihapitiya has a mission which is, «To advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems including the advancement of human capital, the eradication of disease, solutions to global climate change, and other really difficult things that are non obvious.»

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.

These exchanges bring fresh ideas, new perspectives and different ways of approaching problems, which are all catalysts for the innovation which fuels the economy and help us meet global challenges, ranging from climate change to fossil fuel dependence and infectious diseases.

Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annglobal problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annGlobal Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.

He suggested the basic problem was Chinese over-production, which creates a global glut, with dumped products finding a way into the U.S. through third countries:» You put a tariff on it coming from one country, they trans - ship it through another one.

It's a science - driven company focused on solving problems like world hunger and global warming with, for instance, drought - resistance seeds, which have been gaining market share from competitors but had to be developed over years.

«When you get resistance for a common infection, it's a big problem, which we're sort of ignoring a bit like global warming,» said Dr. Colin Broom, the CEO of Nabriva Therapeutics, a biotech firm developing a new antibiotic to treat community - acquired bacterial pneumonia.

Many books have already been written about the structural problems which were the foundation for a near collapse of the global financial system.

«The other problem is a lack of investment demand, which is surprising given the headwinds to global trade from protectionism.

Cyber specialists say the problem with GPS and other Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) is their weak signals, which are transmitted from 12,500 miles above the Earth and can be disrupted with cheap jamming devices that are widely available.

Certainly at the heart of the problem is China's out - sized contribution to excess global capacity, which neutralizes the productivity gains documented in the WaPo piece (excess capacity is roughly unutilized production).

The problem is the Fed has chosen to get their water from the small 2 % inflation pond, which has been steadily shrinking over the last several decades (not global warming, but instead dropping 10 year rates).

Although manufacturing overcapacity is certainly a problem, much of it is in areas in which global demand has simply collapsed, and isn't coming back, and so a cheaper currency would have little impact beyond temporarily reducing excess inventory, which is not enough of a benefit to justify the many costs of a weaker currency.

Choudary said it was often not enough to nurture local competition because «the problem with platforms, a lot of platforms have global network effects, global domination, which is that they are uniformly visible across the world and having all users in one platform is much more useful than having a local platform.»

As you can see in the table above, which looks at the price differential between the Brent global benchmark price and the West Texas Intermediate price (the amount by which North American oil prices differ from average international prices each year), the problem is that the price differential between 2011 and 2013 was exceptional.

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The Pope's remarks echo statements he made to an Italian newspaper in December in which he tied breastfeeding to the problem of global hunger.

Instead of being seen in terms of person - to - person relationship and the love of Christ, the problem is posed in global and sociological terms (which proves that the point of departure was humanist and social).

Huntington, for example, contends that «far more significant than the global issues of economics and demography are problems of moral decline», an «increase in antisocial behavior», decay of family structures, weakening of the «work ethic», and decreasing commitment to intellectual activity.12 Similarly Brzezinski refers to a current global crisis of spirit which has to be overcome if the human race is to regain some control over its destiny.

It calls into fundamental question the process of global industrialization to which they look for the solution of the world's continuing problems.

Of course, as our convictions persist and mature, we begin to see the ways in which we are complicit in global wealth disparity and injustice, and we begin to think more seriously about policy, about sustainability, about making more dramatic attitude and lifestyle changes, and about problems within some of our charities and justice groups that perpetuate a white savior complex, sometimes doing more harm than good.

The last large area of problems which an ecologically - oriented global community must face up to is what may be called the man - society relationship.

Among the problems to which growth in general contributes is global warming.

Isn't the problem that the global position, due to modern travel, modern transport and modern communications, sovereign funds, multinationals, free trade agreements and a world trade organisation which is overpowering the capacity of a lot of countries to control their own sovereignty and destiny.

One prime example of this is GMO «Golden Rice», which was touted as a way to help solve a major global health problem by providing kids adequate amounts of Vitamin A.

The OBR said over-optimism regarding net trade, caused by the eurozone crisis and broader problems in the global economy, was the biggest limit on Britain's GDP growth, which has now been downgraded across the board.

The fact that people around the world expect the UN to deliver (which is why they are, so often, disappointed when it fails); the fact that we now expect states to work collectively on global problems; the fact that almost every aspect of human endeavour and planetary resource is addressed by international laws or bodies — all this reflects the transformative impact of the UN on our world and our lives.

The first «World Conference on Untouchability» has prompted questions in the House of Commons and the House of Lords about government policy towards the global human rights problem of caste discrimination, which afflicts almost 250 million people in countries from Japan to Nigeria.

The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world's problems, set up a financial commitment that benefited a for - profit company part - owned by people with ties to the Clintons, including a current and a former Democratic official and a close friend of former President Bill Clinton.

«We earn our living in a globalised economy and a world in which nations are interdependent in tackling global and regional problems.

We also know that the fall of the price of oil, which is a global problem, is also responsible for the fall of the naira.

Up to July 2015, he worked in Parliament through the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG for East Asian Business which he chaired, the All Party Parliamentary China Group [32] of which he was the vice-Chair (special focus on Hong Kong), and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Trade and Investment [33] of which he was treasurer to promote better trade and political and cultural links between the UK and East Asia and work to encourage the next generation of East Asians and other diaspora to develop the leadership skills to play a greater role in public life, in society, and business, and in harnessing the resources that East Asians have globally and locally both financial and non-financial to address global and local problems today.These groups were discontinued after the May 2015 election.

... It is becoming clear that the roots of the problem we face today are in the current patterns of global production and consumption, which are not sustainable.

White said that the Invention Ambassadors program is meant to encourage such an outlook on innovation, which she described as «inventing to solve global problems.»

After all, carbon emissions are just one lens through which to look at our global land - use problems.

In my paneled session on resource scarcity, I end my 3 - minute «pitch» hoping for not much more than small strides toward putting the problem of global forest sustainability — the pure science of which we all seem to agree is largely done — into the hearts and hands of some of these mind - blowingly successful businessmen and social entrepreneurs.

By looking at the problem on a global scale, we have calculated that if four of these strategies are applied at the same time we could actually stabilize the number of people in the world who are facing water stress rather than continue to allow their numbers to grow, which is what will happen if we continue with business as usual.»

As to reasons for the decline, most analysts point to a range of factors including diversions of river water for farming, pollution, the intermingling of wild salmon with weaker, disease - ridden hatchery fish, and global warming — which creates some problems and exacerbates others.

In a global market in which Britain's best scientists are often lured overseas, «the government has not addressed the problem of retention.»

«But, by looking at the problem on a global scale, we have calculated that if four of these strategies are applied at the same time we could actually stabilize the number of people in the world who are facing water stress rather than continue to allow their numbers to grow, which is what will happen if we continue with business as usual.»

One way to tackle the problem of global scientific collaboration should be the necessity for scientific consortiums within countries for which a specific research / product is directed.

He says that during campaigns for the federal election held in July — after the massive bleaching event of earlier this year — both major political parties promised measures to protect the reef, but neither offered anything to address the «root cause of the problem, which is global warming.»

The office of Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D - R.I.) noted that in a panel discussion last week, the senator called climate change a global problem that demands global leadership, adding, «This may be the only issue in which the Republican Party doesn't want the United States to exercise global leadership.