Sentences with phrase «global wave of»

Tony Juniper is a man with a mission «to do for the natural environment what is finally happening with climate change — to attack the global wave of extinctions with the same focus and energy that climate campaigners took to Paris in 2015!»

It was organized as part of Break Free, a global wave of people calling for an end to dirty energy.

fracking activist Bill McKibben, planned a «global wave of resistance» called BreakFree2016 — scheduled to take place from May 3 - 15 — on six continents.

We must act where we are, and make that action part of a global wave of local plans and clear plans and demands to facilitate the grand global renewable transformation.

No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would incite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent.

You can also create your own opportunities — or join the ones opened by the global Fossil Free campaign: global days of actions are powerful moments to show your local targets that there's a global wave of mobilisation.

Later as amphibian biologists shared their research, it was realized that they were facing a global wave of local extinctions.

Main image: Philippines joins global wave of actions to break free from fossil fuels.

Hopefully that will be just the start of a global wave of press.

The Rabbs» tree frog is just the latest victim in a growing global wave of amphibian die - offs, with a host of factors in play, from land clearing and ultraviolet radiation to pollution and climate shifts.

Students in my beginner's course are part of a global wave of school - aged children who are showing an interest in coding.

Who could have imagined that a nine - year - old boy's cardboard arcade could spark a global wave of creativity?

The U.S. chemical industry is riding a global wave of growth as the world's major economies experience an upswing for the first time in a decade.

The Creative Commons open - access resource provided by this product will be valuable not only to those studying the Palestinian Revolution, but also those with an interest in political ideas, decolonisation, and the global wave of national liberation movements of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

As the time zones change, this chain of local events creates a global wave of exercise.

Asked about the biggest threat to the industry, Mr Sorenson says this was «the global wave of populism» and he feels Hilary Clinton lost the US election, rather than Donald Trump winning it.

Not exact matches

A wave of global economic growth has driven up demand for oil.

These companies are also riding a wave of global brand awareness, thanks to increased international travel and the powerful reach of the Web.

It is a hamfisted cautionary tale about global warming (which, via the film's scientific hand - waving, produces an ice age), but it also functions as a powerful 9/11 allegory, celebrating the ability of New Yorkers to unify in the face of tragedy.

If I was a CEO of some big company, I would look into the future and see some pretty heavy waves coming at me, and start taking very seriously the idea that the future doesn't compute, that this $ 1 trillion sloshing around the global economy each day has turned it into a casino that needs to be dismantled.

On Saturday the world enjoyed the long anticipated March for Science, which transformed Earth Day into a global defense of STEM, led by quietly spirited people undaunted by weather, buoyed by conviction, and waving an unlimited supply of wry, funny signs.

For starters, it's part of a wave of global consolidation in agriculture that will put an increasingly large portion of the world's commercial seed market — roughly 50 % — under the control of a few giant multinationals.

Fraudulent investment schemes come and go in waves, he adds, and in the wake of the 2008 global financial crash, many people seem ready to try alternative paths to financial independence.

Taking America out of the running in the global race to clean up our cars can only lead to the next wave of bankruptcies and bailouts.

Whether you're selling a product or a societal warning like global warming, VR is the wave of the future.

Ironically enough, amid fears that the Trump administration would spook global markets with a wave of protectionist policies, foreign regulators are the ones landing the first high - profile, cross-border blows.

Small wireless player Wind Mobile, part of a wave of new companies that have brought Canadians more competition in the cellphone market, has signed a deal to owned by a global telecom company.

Singapore planted a fresh flag to promote global trade as the wave of the future in its Future Economy report.

«Irreversible structural forces,» including a strong culture of individualism and self - betterment, technology, global markets and small - business - friendly demographics, mean the next decade will see this startup wave continue and accelerate:

Financial News reports that Vigilant Global, a telecoms company owned by high - frequency trading firm DRW Trading, has submitted plans to build a 320 - metre tall tower to allow what it calls «a new communications point between the UK and Europe» which will have a «completely unobstructed» line of sight both optically, and for radio waves.

Early U.S. leadership in 4G fueled a wave of American innovation and entrepreneurship that gave rise to today's global mobile Internet leaders, creating billions in economic value and job growth.

South Korea's move follows a wave of global regulations against the crypto - token frenzy worldwide.

Furthermore, there are opportunities for progress on the structural side in terms of both trade and productivity if conditions permit another wave of global integration.

Not that investors seem to worry too much for now: Korean stocks hit a six - year high two days ago, riding a wave of global liquidity created by central banks.

This will show up as a new wave of integration and global trade growth.

If the US does actually take actions against China under the provision, it would undermine the global trade system — and could set off a whole wave of economically destabilizing tit - for - tat actions between China and the US.

Economic growth has been uneven and patchy, and financial concerns keep recurring, with waves of positive and negative sentiment sweeping global markets.

For example, Alibaba and Tencent — both on the forefront of the e-commerce wave in China — have risen by 98 % and 111 %, respectively, so far in 2017.2 Companies such as Sina, a global Internet media company, and Baidu, which operates an Internet search engine, have also generated returns this year that are nearly as strong or stronger than those of Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, or Google.3 As the world's second - largest economy, China is rapidly evolving from its former status as a noteworthy emerging market to an economic powerhouse on the rise.

US stocks tumbled as another big drop in Chinese stocks spurred more worries about the world's second - largest economy and triggered another wave of global selling.

The resolution covers trading from 2008 to 2013, several years after a far bigger wave of penalties tied to foreign - exchange trading by other global banks.

Bigger global companies are moving in and a lot of great talent is being spun out of the first wave of startups who are now starting new companies.»

Klaus Redomske, the president and chief operating officer of German skincare company Babor, which inked a deal with Tmall Global this year, said that although the Germans weren't part of the initial wave of ampoule vendors on Tmall, «I believe together with other brands, we can grow the category together.»

This new global focus will allow us to support a next wave of companies and entrepreneurs.

We suggested at the end of last year that when the massive tide of global liquidity injected into markets post-2008 begins to recede, a wave of volatility could follow.

In a recent analysis of climate events from last year, 2016, scientists determined three events — record - breaking global heat, a heat wave over Asia, and a «blob» of unusually warm water in the Northern Pacific — could not have occurred without human - induced climate change.

Attempts to export its excess savings can only lead to one of three outcomes: A) global growth rises because Europe's savings are all directed at developing countries with significant infrastructure investment needs and insufficient capital, B) global growth drops sharply, global unemployment rises, and China's adjustment becomes all but impossible, C) international trade and capital flows collapse in a repeat of the 1930s, so that Europe is forced to resolve its savings imbalance either by a massive increase in unemployment or a wave of sovereign defaults.

China's decision to change the method of setting its currency exchange rate caused global shock waves last week.

With the impressive wave of blockchain prototyping taking place in many sectors, the solution to this global trust deficit is beginning to see the light of day.

For many months global payments company Visa has expressed hesitation and skepticism regarding the new wave of digital currencies.

«When you look at the size of the moves there is certainly a big big wave of risk off,» said Vasileios Gkionakis, Global Head of FX Strategy at UniCredit in London.