Sentences with phrase «human development challenges»

WRI is honoring Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, and Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM, at its 2017 Courage to Lead dinner, an event recognizing bold leadership that confronts pressing environment and human development challenges.

Our research focuses on identifying and promoting technological solutions to environmental and human development challenges in three areas: energy, conservation, and food and farming.

This global bushmeat hunting crisis is a fundamentally distressing problem to address because it is intimately tied to human development challenges such as food insecurity, emergent disease risks and land - use changes [7].

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On March 30, I attended the federal governmentâ $ ™ s conference on â $ œInternal Trade: Opportunities and Challenges, â $ which was hosted by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and by Industry Canada.

Furthermore, the force of the human sciences, as well as the consequences of scientific and technological developments, stimulate new challenges for the Church.

after clarifying the validity of this evolving faith based on the material process, the big challenge now is for us humans a coresponding development in the spiritual aspect of our existence, though we are confident of His guidance through evolution, we with our limited insights and intellegence will be able to develop and come up with guide lines in our moral lives.

To challenge the pursuit of global wealth is not to oppose development but to call for that kind of development that genuinely responds to urgent human need.

The main objectives of this Consultation were to analyze globalization and its impact on human rights; to study ethical and theological considerations with regard to globalization; to search for alternative development paradigms; to study the policies of developed nations on development and trade policies in the context of globalization; to gain inputs on the experiences of indigenous people, workers and farmers who are affected by globalization; to consider the response of the Churches to the challenges posed by globalization and to study and identify concerns that the Asian churches can take up in order to address the adverse impact of globalization in the Asian context.

Aristotle considered (prime) matter to be unintelligible andnon - being» Fourth, developments in genetic engineering will pose a challenge both ethically and metaphysically in the way man deals with attempts to manipulate life (and change it) via cloning, hybrids, and the integration of human (organic) and machine technology (via nano - technology); issues of conscience, soul, purpose, intelligence, memory and morality will require the Church to articulate competently its understanding of the human person in order to provide an ethical voice.

The form of argument in this presentation has emphasized several specific points: first, that the Asian values argument, as a challenge to the implementation of constitutional democracy, is exaggerated and fails to account for the richness of values discourse in the East Asian region - local values do not provide a justification for harsh authoritarian practices; second, that the cultural prerequisites arguments fail because they ignore the discursive processes for value development and they are tautological, excessively deterministic and ignore the importance of human agency it, therefore, makes little sense to take an entry test for constitutional democracy; third, the difficulties of importing Western communitarian ideas into an East Asian authoritarian environment without adequate liberal constitutional safeguards; fourth, the positive role of constitutionalism in constructing empowering conversations in modern democratic development and as a venue for values discourse; fifth, the importance, especially in a cross-cultural context, of indigenization of constitutionalism through local institutional embodiment; and sixth, the value of extending research focused on the positive engendering or enabling function of constitutionalism to the developmental context in general and East Asia in particular.

In practical terms these claims are challenged both by the rapid recent development of democracy and human rights in several East Asian societies and by social activist and scholarly discourses which challenge these claims directly.

People who think their few years of experience, and access to human knowledge are enough to dismiss the thousands of years of culture and religious beliefs that accommodated development of morality and led man to this democratic point need to challenge their pride and open their mind.

Dr. Jeanne Stolzer, Professor of Child and Adolescent Development at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA, whose research is known worldwide as an intelligent challenge to the current Western medical model that seeks to pathologize normal human behaviors, including breastfeeding, too, shares her beginnings in LLL.

Again, insights in neurochemistry bring different perspectives about human behaviour and moral development, challenging previous theories about morality in society and in the international arena.

It by such rearrangement, leading to genuine and true political and physical federalism that the challenges facing Nigerians can be relieved and new fiestal of human development can open up».

Explaining the rationale for the implementation of policies such as Free Senior High School Education and the restoration of Teacher and Nursing Training allowances despite enormous fiscal challenges, Vice President Bawumia said any nation that seeks to achieve holistic development must necessarily invest in its human capital, «and the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, is very committed to the education of every young person in Ghana, because an educated population is a prerequisite for growth.»

The presidential spokesman said Buhari, who has identified improved security in Nigeria as a priority for development, shares the vision of the Forum in finding lasting solutions to security challenges on the continent, notably terrorism and violent extremism, piracy, drugs, child and human trafficking.

«Study of the Right to Enjoy the Benefits of Scientific and Technological Progress and its Applications,» in Donder and Volodin, editors, Human Rights in Education, Science and Culture: Legal Developments and Challenges, UNESCO / Ashgate, pp 273 - 308.

It's a very important but also very challenging issue [of] aligning the needs of biodiversity conservation with the needs of human and community development.

Despite the challenges ahead, Michael Mascia, a senior social scientist at WWF and founder of the Social Science Working Group for the Society of Conservation Biology, finds the new links between conservation and human development promising.

While an increase in population from 6.8 billion today to closer to 10 billion by mid-century will make sustainable living on the planet a challenge, especially since the bulk of that growth will be among those living in poverty who have a moral claim to economic development, the real problem may not be human numbers so much as human behavior.

«Biofilms were rampant on the Mir space station and continue to be a challenge on the International Space Station, but we still don't really know what role gravity plays in their growth and development,» said Cynthia Collins, Ph.D., principal investigator for the study and assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. «Before we start sending astronauts to Mars or embarking on other long - term spaceflight missions, we need to be as certain as possible that we have eliminated or significantly reduced the risk that biofilms pose to the human crew and their equipment.»

The reports also identifies other challenges that impact sustained observations, such as the declining investment in new technological development, increasing difficulty in retaining and replenishing the human resources associated with sustained ocean observing, and a decreasing number of global and ocean - class research vessels.

Additionally, the Department of Health and Human Services is holding the «Bridging the Word Gap Challenge» that will award $ 300,000 in prizes for innovative solutions that promote language development skills among children from low - income families, Doggett said.

One of the biggest challenges of the Human Brain Project is the development of new supercomputers.

What I especially like about working for UKHTB is that it offers a new challenge and is pioneering in an area that has the potential to benefit human health through the enhanced development of new drugs and diagnostic tools.

«Biologists peek into the past to see the future through tiny spider eyes: Biologists look to the past for early genetic development of tiny spider and insect eyes to find potential for research into human visual challenges.»

One of the greatest challenges facing artificial intelligence development is understanding the human brain and figuring out how to mimic it.

Insights from human challenges reach far beyond drugs and vaccine development.

In addition, the Board calls for an annual Global Sustainable Development Report — a flagship UN publication like the Human Development Report — that monitors progress, identifies critical issues and root causes of challenges, and offers potential ways forward.

Rensselaer serves as a crossroads for collaboration — working with partners across disciplines, sectors, and geographic regions, to address global challenges — and addresses some of the world's most pressing technological challenges, from energy security and sustainable development to biotechnology and human health.

As part of its research and development efforts on in - situ resource utilisation, NASA has recently announced the In - Situ Materials Challenge which seeks proposals from the public on converting in - situ extraterrestrial materials into structural elements that would be useful for human deep space missions.

There are a number of challenges inherent in the development of astrocyte - based treatments for human disease.

The autoimmune therapeutic area represents a broad category of human disease presentations that involve a variety of organ targets and thus presents a significant challenge with respect to the development of therapies designed to re-establish self - tolerance.

NAILING DOWN HAR FUNCTION: A remaining challenge in the study of human accelerated regions (HARs) is establishing their specific functions during development and other biological processes.

After six months of work, the team formed by CSIC staff and the LuzLux production company, among others, has completed the documentary «Nanocosmos, a journey to the origins of dust grains, a road movie which talks about the technological and human challenge that lies behind the development of instruments in the area of Laboratory Astrophysics.

The challenge takes on even more urgency with recent developments, including a federal administration now more open to exploring the potential of stem cells, the recent FDA approval of a human trial involving embryonic stem cells, as well as the reported case of a young boy who developed a brain tumor four years after receiving a stem - cell treatment for a rare genetic disorder.

Moving the Needle provides quarterly updates from PATH's Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access (CVIA) on our vaccine development efforts, as well as related supporting work, such as developing human challenge models, building capacity of developing - country vaccine manufacturers, and evaluating new adjuvants and other novel vaccine technologies.

The Belt and Road region spans diverse geography and human cultures, but the countries face a spectrum of shared challenges, including environmental protection and a need for sustainable development.

Creating human lung epithelial cells in the lab has been a challenge, and lineage - specific reporters, which indicate each cell's specific type, are key to understanding lung epithelial stem cell development.

We write about the things we are passionate about — natural solutions to health challenges, political issues that directly affect human health and the environment, green living, conscious consumerism, food and nutrition, the mind - body connection, personal development and awakened spirituality.

In a new paper published in Human Development, Wu argues that using a childlike approach to learning can help people of any age take on and conqueror new challenges.

Our International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development.

This growth has led scholars from New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development to argue that harnessing these students» «energy, optimism, and faith in the future is in everyone's interest» and «one of the most important challenges to our country's democratic promise.»

Unit 2 Challenges In The Human Environment Case Studies Included: - Urban Issues and Challenges Topic - Mumbai (NEE Urban Area) and a depth study of London (HIC Urban Area) Changing Economic World - Nigeria and Royal Dutch Shell (NEE Country); Jamaica (Development through tourism); UK Sustainable Car Industry; South Oxfordshire and Milton (Contrasting Rural Areas).

Recommended sequence: Year 7 Map Skills Rainforests Settlement Rivers UK, Weather and Climate Year 8 Coasts Extreme Environments Tourism Fragile Environments Year 9 Development Gap Energy Population Hazardous Earth Year 10 Development Dynamics The UK's Evolving Physical Landscape The UK's Evolving Human Landscape Forests Under Threat Year 11 People and The Biosphere Consuming Energy Resources Challenges of an Urbanising World

NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development announced the Education Solutions Initiative to inform and challenge policymakers to make meaningful progress on resolving the critical issues facing students and educators in the wake of ESSA implementation.

Gwen Benson, associate dean of School, Community, and International Partnerships at the College of Education and Human Development at Georgia State University — a recipient of a 2014 TQP grant — believes that this strong partnership is critical in preparing teachers for the challenges they will face when they have graduated and found jobs in high - need schools.

Thirty - five states and the District of Columbia have applied for the Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge, a $ 500 million competitive grant program jointly run by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services to improve early learning and development.

«The individual and collective progress of the 20 Early Learning Challenge States is changing the early childhood landscape for the better,» Linda Smith, deputy assistant secretary for early childhood development at the Administration for Children and Families, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, said in a statement.