Sentences with phrase «global security implications»

The Pugwash conferences were conceived in the 1950s as a forum for scientists concerned about the global security implications of emerging technologies, namely nuclear energy.

It is prudent to expect that over the course of a decade some climate events — including single events, conjunctions of events occurring simultaneously or in sequence in particular locations, and events affecting globally integrated systems that provide for human well - being — will produce consequences that exceed the capacity of the affected societies or global systems to manage and that have global security implications serious enough to compel international response.

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This growth holds serious implications for global food security.

The Council will also take interest in regional and global policies and trends that bear implications for food security in Nigeria.

The council, in its assignment, is also expected to take cognisance of regional and global policies as well as trends which have implications on Nigeria's food security.

Dr Paschalis added: «Understanding the responses of plants to elevated concentrations of CO2 is of major importance with potential implications on the global economy and water and food security under a changing climate.»

But John Pike, analyst with defence think - tank Global Security, based in Virginia, says the implications are clear.

The authors do however urge caution due to the potential impact on yield production which could have implications for regional and global food security.

April 13, 2018 - A new book by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Center for Global Security Research (CGSR) explores the military and security implications of emerging and disruptive technSecurity Research (CGSR) explores the military and security implications of emerging and disruptive technsecurity implications of emerging and disruptive technologies.

In August, 2006, I gave a power - point - presentation at the Veterans For Peace National Convention titled, «A World of Hurt or Hope: The National Security Implications of Global warming / Abrupt Climate Change.

But a recent Foreign Affairs article titled «Arctic Meltdown: The Economic and Security Implications of Global Warming» by a military writer named Scott G. Borgerson is a must - read:

We judge global climate change will have wide - ranging implications for US national security interests over the next 20 years.

(2008) Global Climate Change National Security Implications.

The Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security, Toronto, Canada, 27 - 30 June 1988: Conference Proceedings.

It will look at ways in which the energy sector can help or hinder the broader reform process, and also look at the potential implication of different pathways for energy markets, global environmental goals and energy security.

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WEO Analysis: A sea change in the global oil trade The World Energy Outlook traces three trends that are reshaping traditional oil trade flows and considers their implications for future oil security 23 February 2018

The scope of this chapter, with a focus on food crops, pastures and livestock, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry (commercial forests), aquaculture and fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculturalists and artisanal fishers, is to: examine current climate sensitivities / vulnerabilities; consider future trends in climate, global and regional food security, forestry and fisheries production; review key future impacts of climate change in food crops pasture and livestock production, industrial crops and biofuels, forestry, fisheries, and small - holder and subsistence agriculture; assess the effectiveness of adaptation in offsetting damages and identify adaptation options, including planned adaptation to climate change; examine the social and economic costs of climate change in those sectors; and, explore the implications of responding to climate change for sustainable development.

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The most compelling assessment of the human and security implications of our failure to deal with global warming is set out by in a new book, published this month, called Climate Wars written by the highly respected international affairs and military analyst Gwynne Dyer.

It signalled a dramatic shift in the international debate over climate change, with defence and intelligence experts at the highest level becoming alarmed at the implications for global security.

Apart from this astonishing piece of foresight, virtually no one in the security or intelligence agencies gave global warming any thought until 2004 when London's Observer newspaper broke the story of a leaked report commissioned by the Pentagon on the security implications of climate change.

Just last month the U.S. Army War College funded a two - day conference at the Triangle Institute for Security Studies titled «The National Security Implications of Global Climate Change.»

Given Southeast Asia's role as a global growth engine, understanding what is shaping energy markets in this vibrant region and the implications for energy security and the environment is vital for policy makers and anyone with a stake in the energy sector.

The success at Montreal was followed up the next year, 1988, in a «World Conference on the Changing Atmosphere: Implications for Global Security,» nicknamed the Toronto Conference.

The Forum on Microbial Threats hosted a public workshop in Washington, DC to consider the possible infectious disease impacts of global climate change and extreme weather events on human, animal, and plant health, as well as their expected implications for global and national security.

In a July 7 decision with significant implications for the global OTC market, the Second Circuit addressed the standards for certifying classes in securities fraud cases.