Sentences with phrase «how global power»

As the past few decades have witnessed how global power has systematically distributed the world's resources in unequal ways, concerns such as human rights have become increasingly tied to issues involving air, water and land.

As corporate dominance becomes more and more apparent, there is more discussion within and among corporations of how their global power should be exercised.

Not exact matches

With these and other changes afoot, it's worth taking a look at current global rankings to see how China, the US, and other countries stack up when it comes to air quality, total energy use, and renewable contributions to power production.

Don't ask customers a question without a plan for how it will be used to provide insight for you company's stakeholders, says Gina Pingitore, the chief research officer for J.D. Power and Associates, a global customer satisfaction research firm best known for its automotive quality rankings.

The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

How can we tap into the power of the global startup community and strengthen entrepreneurial bonds across the Pacific and APEC region?

George Friedman: America today is still finding its place in a new world Balance of global power hinges on how the U.S. handles its challengesBalance of global power hinges on how the U.S. handles its challenges, writes George Friedman.

Amazon Editorial reviews Product Description How China's ascendance as an economic superpower will alter the cultural, political, social, and ethnic balance of global power in the twenty - first century, unseating the West and in the process creating a whole new world...

His other books include Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).

As the sisters debate and pray on how to respond, they realize they are in the center of a broader global power struggle.

How was it possible for ideologues to grab global normative power?

Manchester United have beaten Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to reclaim their position as the biggest brand in world football, becoming the first club to pass the $ 1billion mark.The brand Finance, which measures a team's «brand power» and its ability to monetise its global recognition, shows United as top of the pile despite two trophyless seasons at Old Trafford.I mean how is that even possible?

Because the folks behind the site (the Center for Global Development) used a Google Maps interface, you can easily drill down to each plant and pop up data about how much power and pollution it puts out.

There is no better indicator of how we are viewed globally, and the reach of our soft power, than by the thousands of students who continue their careers around the world as ambassadors of a truly Global Britain.

«As we have seen in the U.S., no country is immune to the global financial problems and even the world's biggest military power is now grappling with how to make defence cuts and reform for the future.»

In a speech in Bruges, Mr Miliband will set out how the EU can become a model global power over the next two decades.

«I think that this decision represents a clear and powerful recognition of how serious the threat of global warming is and that our reliance on coal for power generation needs to be changed,» says Eric Young, spokesman on global warming at New York City — based environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council.

«Those in the market for a new car may have been uncertain how the global warming emissions and fuel costs of EVs stack up to gasoline - powered vehicles.

They predicted how much global warming would be produced by different kinds of power plants during and after their period of operation.

An example of what's going on in the world affecting us is the rise in the global uranium spot prices - the price per pound of uranium used in nuclear power plants - and how it relates to work we do, especially regarding proposed uranium mining in New Mexico (pages 8 - 9).

She should know: she works there as an interpreter and sees how the power - brokering halls of the U.N. avert global crises daily.

Moreover, again, how is it that a bunch of random Chinese ER doctors seem to know more about the power and perils of CPH4 than, say, the pharmaceutical industry, the military - industrial complex, and the actual global crime syndicate that is smuggling the drug around the world?

The themes were many and varied: the simmering heat of racial politics (Get Out, Detroit); a U.S. President's unconstitutional war against a free press (The Post), the rage that comes when you feel helpless to fight the power (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri); and the essential question of how to live in a world heading for global disaster (Dunkirk, Darkest Hour).

Much of the contemporary literature on the topic focuses on the domestic factors that enable these competitive authoritarian regimes to stay in power, however I focus on the global ontology, or the character of the world as it actually is, and how it has proved to be very conducive to this type of political system over the past decade.

The Power of the Walkie - Talkie Principal How setting up a global PLN using Voxer can ignite your leadership life Rick Jetter and Rebecca Coda

In this set of lesson plans, students examine the role of the consumer, the local, national and global impact of consumer behavior, and explore how consumer power can change the lives of people in other countries.

«The Xmotion concept is a study in how seemingly disparate elements can gain power and strength through coexistence,» said Alfonso Albaisa, senior vice president of global design at Nissan.

Headlining the changes are the all - new second - generation LEAF, the all - new Nissan Kicks and some exciting new technologies in support of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, a global initiative that focuses on how Nissan vehicles are driven, powered and integrated into society.

The new LEAF is also the embodiment of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, a global initiative that focuses on how Nissan vehicles are driven, powered and integrated into society.

Now imagine how more powerful this will be when the resources are global and the power of scale comes into play.

In a global market increasingly bereft of yield, how important a role can renewable power infrastructure play for investors?

Asia: Powering global tourism: The second session follows the macro evaluation of the region and will consider tourism growth in Asia over the next ten years and how the socio - economic situation discussed in the first session will impact the industry.

Her work asks viewers to closely consider how global topics like consumerism and power play a role in their daily lives.

«The political issues that Wayne raises in his paintings: questions of conspiracy, how power is brokered, and how the masses are lead, resonate in a powerful way within the context of New Orleans, but also carry implications unto the global scene.»

Inspired by growing up in Denmark and Iceland, Eliasson's use of natural elements evokes an awareness of the sublime world around us and how we interact with it; his projects often point toward global environmental crises and consider art's power to offer solutions to issues like climate change and renewable energy.

The new paintings consider how our global justice system abandons and disregards the lives of those incarcerated, and how power is yielded over a desperate and vulnerable margin of society.

But Mr. Lewitt is also interested in issues beyond the flow of electricity: the movement of global capital, political power and philosophical movements like phenomenology, which concerns how our consciousness of our bodies affects our experience of reality.

But Mr. Lewitt is also interested in issues beyond the flow of electricity: the movement of global capital, political power and philosophical movements like phenomenology, which concerns how our

This is where we can discuss how to invent my two favorite, fully guaranteed solutions to global warming: The time machine and the beer - powered Flux Capacitor.

I often hear nuclear advocates proclaiming that «nuclear is THE solution to global warming» and that «no one can be serious about dealing with global warming if they don't support expanded use of nuclear power» but I have never heard any nuclear advocate lay out a plan showing how many nuclear power plants would have to be built in what period of time to have a significant impact on GHG emissions.

FWIW, my best guess is that the difference between weather (which can not be predicted reliably for more than a few days no matter how much computing power you throw at it, and due to the data quantity / quality problem, it may well be technically impossible entirely under real - world conditions) and climate (which can be much better predicted on a global scale for a longer period of time with a higher degree of accuracy — still, a few years are the technical limit) is a difference of scale.

Although our global models demonstrate that long - term environmental norms are very successful at capturing chronic fire probability patterns, future work is necessary to assess how much more explanatory power would be added through interannual variation in climate variables.

We're seeing a global shift in how the world is being powered.

Higher density sources of fuel such as coal and natural gas utilized in centrally - produced power stations actually improve the environmental footprint of the poorest nations while at the same time lifting people from the scourge of poverty... Developing countries in Asia already burn more than twice the coal that North America does, and that discrepancy will continue to expand... So, downward adjustments to North American coal use will have virtually no effect on global CO2 emissions (or the climate), no matter how sensitive one thinks the climate system might be to the extra CO2 we are putting back into the atmosphere.

How will global powers cooperate with such a precious raw material that could answer all of our future energy needs?

String inverters at scale: The global solar industry has seen in the past few years how string inverters are increasingly displacing central inverters in multi-MW PV power plants.

... The Truth About Coal, China, and Smog... Environmental extremists, especially those wedded to the CO2 hypothesis for global warming, have repeatedly reported on China's smog and how coal - fired power plants were to blame.

He sought to look at the global energy budget of the earth, how much of that could be exploited for our power needs - and then whether massive conversion to wind, wave and solar may themselves have unintended negative consequences for the planet's energy balance - and possibly for climate change.

We will have to continue the arguments about how to meet our need for power in the face of peak oil and global warming.

«All new schools... should be models for sustainable development: showing every child in the classroom and the playground how smart building and energy use can help tackle global warming... Sustainable development will not just be a subject in the classroom: it will be in its bricks and mortar and the way the school uses and even generates its own power.»