Sentences with phrase «if international efforts»

Governments must enact domestic laws on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions if international efforts to stall global warming are to succeed, according to the UN's climate chief.
According to EU's financial services chief, the European Union may impose rules on a federal level, if the international effort is not enough to tackle the issues.

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IF you think it's a hassle organising a weekend away for two, imagine the effort required to coordinate international travel itineraries for large corporate groups.
The apparent intensification of efforts to police how foreign businesses refer to Chinese - claimed territories - even if only in pull - down menus - underscores just how sensitive the issue of sovereignty has become in a China that is increasingly emboldened on the international stage.
While analysts and international observers have been — understandably — quick to scoff at Maduro's latest attempt to restore growth to his economically battered country, this effort could show promise if done properly.
The church also convened an international conference in Crete, but as Patriarch Bartholomew says, «our efforts will be meaningless if they remain fragmented».19 The demands of the world call upon Christians not only to act ecumenically but together with all people of faith and good will.
Despite efforts in international law to distinguish between degrees of culpability with regard to politicians, generals and ordinary citizens, policies of direct attacks upon civilians continue to find a rationale in the identification of the citizen with the state — even if the ordinary citizen is both ignorant of and indifferent to affairs of state.
If a weakness of international ecumenism today is that people in the pews can not see the result of the efforts made, local ecumenism is flourishing and bringing a vivid sense of the life and vitality of Christian encounter across denominational lines.
players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes
The Hoosiers say they are «working diligently» to see if they can find a last - minute opponent for their previously scheduled Oct. 7 bye week after Florida International was forced to cancel this Saturday's game (on Tuesday afternoon, they found a dance partner in Charleston Southern); the Yellow Jackets have not publicly stated any similar efforts after losing this week's trip to UCF, which has offered up its campus and stadium as a staging area for the National Guard.
A move to the Bernabeu failed on deadline day as the necessary paperwork wasn't handed in on time, but it is unlikely that that another error of this kind would be made if they made another effort to sign the Spain international.
If you believe the latest Arsenal transfer rumours, which is always a risky business by the way, then it looks like Arsene Wenger is making a determined effort to sign the young Brazil international striker Gabriel Barbosa from Santos.
They will be recharged after the international break and ready to step up their efforts in the Premier League, as the players will recognise that they have a great chance of winning the title this season if they can find consistency.
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But if Sweetgreen's goal was to raise awareness about school nutrition (and not just garner a lot of publicity for its restaurants, which it did in spades), I fail to see what it accomplished by holding American schools up to an unrealistic international standard — whether the standard is unrealistic because it's inaccurate (Greece) or because the country in question invests far more time, money and effort than the United States in feeding its children (France.)
«Conference delegates told MSI that it would be helpful if we could find a way to keep the spirit of the conference alive and to provide the community with an opportunity to continue networking, co-ordinating effort and sharing information,» said Tony Kerridge, spokesperson for Marie Stopes International.
Given the great tides in international affairs my effort, even if successful, will be but a drop in the ocean of need.
If true, the dual - use nature of this technology may eventually raise issues for international law; it can also add further impediments to current efforts to develop legal regimes against weaponization in space.
«The Commission is concerned that over-reliance on international offsets — given the practical difficulty of assuring that emissions reductions claimed in other countries are real, permanent, additional, and verifiable — could undermine program goals and political support, especially if substantial U.S. funds are leaving the country to support abatement efforts abroad rather than at home,» it states.
But she is adamant that Chinese ambition could be raised further if there were a concerted international effort.
The International Chamber of Shipping did not comment for this story, but in its 2013 annual report, it said it was «concerned that efforts by certain governments (and environmentalist NGOs) to treat the Arctic as if it is fundamentally different to any other sea area in which special dangers might apply may have the unwelcome effect of delaying the code's adoption.»
We must urgently step up international efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and strengthen the implementation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these spinternational efforts to tackle the illegal wildlife trade and strengthen the implementation of the CITES Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these spInternational Trade in Endangered Species, if we want to prevent the further decline of these species.»
It could even be an international effort, Newmark suggests, if Iran were to set up a collaboration under OPCW's auspices.
«It would be great if related efforts by marine geochemists in Russia could be integrated with future studies by other nations, for example under the auspices of the international GEOTRACES program.»
Duncan Marsh, director of international climate policy at the Nature Conservancy, praised Indonesia's climate efforts and noted that the government said it can achieve the deeper end of its 29 - to -41-percent emissions curb by 2030 if it receives international finance.
«Global efforts to stay well below 2 degrees [Celsius of warming], and especially 1.5 degrees, will be severely compromised if international aviation and shipping emissions continue to increase,» Mark Lutes, senior global climate policy adviser at the World Wide Fund for Nature's global climate and energy initiative, said by email.
«If, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report saiIf, as in the past, the ambition of these sectors continues to fall behind efforts in other sectors and if action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report saiif action to combat climate change is further postponed, their emission shares in global CO2 emissions may rise substantially to 22 percent for international aviation and 17 percent for maritime transport by 2050,» the report said.
There is a need for an international joint strategic effort if we want good results from all the money spend, conclude the researchers, ecologists Dalia A. Conde, Owen Jones and Fernando Colchero from the University of Southern Denmark in the scientific journal PLOS One.
Coordination between NASA and the NSF can be advantageous because (1) the sheer scale of many modern astronomical investigations requires a coordinated national, if not international, effort; (2) the enormous increase in technical, computer, and Web - based capability reduces the barriers to cooperation; and (3) the growing sophistication of researchers» investigations implies that coordination across wavelength bands and across disciplines is required to produce a deeper and more fundamental understanding of the objects and processes under study.
Drawing on his extensive knowledge of international development and aid, he provides readers with a realistic assessment of our ability to solve the global food crisis and questions if any one effort can do it alone.
In the new study, which was funded by Pfizer and published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, an international group of researchers led by David D. Waters, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco, looked at 9,955 people with an average age of 62 to see if cholesterol - lowering efforts — including taking medication or trying diet and exercise alone — were having the intended effect.
If you still agreed to do this, then be sure your time and efforts spent at the local and international dating sites are worth it.
Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.
While I have no problem with going all - index — a total U.S. stock market fund for broad domestic stock exposure, a total U.S. bond market fund for your bond stake and a total international fund if you want to include foreign shares in your asset mix — I don't contend you would be totally undermining your investing efforts if you throw in the occasional actively managed fund, provided it has low expenses.
But if you're willing to put in just a little more effort, you could get even more diversification by devoting, say, 20 % to 40 % of your stock stake to a total international stock index fund, which would give you exposure to the stock markets of countries large and small around the globe.
«But if atmospheric CO2 stabilizes at 550 ppm — and even that would take concerted international effort to achieve — no existing coral reef will remain in such an environment.»
If the efforts to negotiate an international solution that includes China and India do not succeed, we still have an obligation to act.
If the United States does abandon the Paris accord, it will certainly mark a moment for nations that have not traditionally led international climate efforts to step up, as the United States and Europe deal with difficult political situations at home.
Even if these efforts are successful, the international community needs to keep in mind that China would adopt such a carbon trading scheme strictly in its own interest - that is, to reduce local air pollution, increase energy security, and gain a competitive advantage in the energy markets of the future.
But if this is really meant to be a credible part of an international effort to stave off submerged cities and methane - belching plains, is this in any way adequate?
Biodiversity loss, much like climate change, is an environmental crisis that requires a coordinated international effort if it is to be managed effectively.
If national and international leaders can't take care of basic matters of state, then what hope do we have that they can address a complex global problem, requiring unprecedented cooperation and decades of concerted effort?
I try to assist the international congresses on family matters and it would be beneficial to know lawyers in the respective countries reciprocate the same efforts, in order for me to obtain such help if needed.
If the problems of research method that I have described prevent courts from «effectively and timely» identifying customary international law, then the Rule would seem to permit them to use special masters to supplement their efforts.
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If the International Graduate programme seems like something you would enjoy, then give yourself enough time to get some good advice on improving your CV and give the application your best effort.
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If the transaction is all cash, the buyers lawyer is the party that needs to gather the Fintrac required information, As usual money rules, CREA has let the Real Estate industry down again, by failing to aggressively lobby the government, to exempt us from Fintrac rules, The banking industry and the legal community have the ear of the government thru their financial contributions for campaigning, and their paid lobbyists, The government of Canada had to show that they are making an effort to stop money laundering, in order to meet International requirements for financing our massive National debt.
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