Sentences with phrase «in emerging ecosystem»

The Team's initiative, she said, began informally in 2005 functioning in an ad hoc, sporadic fashion to enable policy makers from around the world to receive fast, focused advice on how to participate in emerging ecosystem markets and design effective plans and legislation that yield payments for ecosystem services.

Not exact matches

A decade and a half after the MaRS Discovery District opened its doors in Toronto, the city's promised health - care ecosystem is at last starting to emerge.

The last few years, Alibaba has emerged as an aggressive ecosystem builder in the vein of Google or Apple, but its bread - and - butter remains e-commerce.

But we join a strong entrepreneur ecosystem of startups and emerging venture capital in the so - called Silicon Beach community.

Gartner clients can read more in the report «Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2017» by Mike J. Walker his research is part of the Gartner Trend Insight Report «2017 Hype Cycles Highlight Enterprise and Ecosystem Digital Disruptions.»

Next we will highlight the new player in the ecosystem that is poised to take advantage of these aforementioned changes and emerging biases.

The federal government is taking an interest in the emerging technology, which could form the basis for a strong local innovation ecosystem

Emerging markets like China are a good starting point for developing cross-industry ecosystems because businesses and expectations are not as defined as they are in more developed countries.

Citibank's Global Head for Payments & Receivables, Manish Kohli spoke with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano on the sidelines of Sibos 2017 regarding the major technological changes underway in the global payment ecosystem and Citi's plan to emerge on top.

These problem - solving ventures do not simply emerge in a vacuum; they require an entire ecosystem to grow.

New digital - only operators, while adding spark to the media ecosystem, lack the scale in Canada to fill these emerging democratic deficits.

«Apple just bought a company in Toronto — it's a great reflection of the emerging technology ecosystem, immense talent, and exciting companies that are growing here,» Mr. Golden said.

As Bitcoin matures, an ecosystem of companies is emerging to support consumers and retailers in storing, exchanging, and accepting bitcoins for goods and services:

That said, India boasts strong GDP growth, a vibrant entrepreneurship ecosystem and a positive future outlook, making it one of the most attractive of the emerging economies for PE investments in 2015.

In the emerging social ecosystems of today, businesses will need to become integral members with their role in the social ecosystem being redefined by the social buyers they interact witIn the emerging social ecosystems of today, businesses will need to become integral members with their role in the social ecosystem being redefined by the social buyers they interact witin the social ecosystem being redefined by the social buyers they interact with.

In any ecosystem, new life forms are constantly emerging as old ones fade from the scene.

Xcelerate will seek applications from entrepreneurs and early - stage companies, gaining first - hand access to emerging technologies and trends; building a pipeline of investible businesses; and supporting the overall start - up ecosystem in Australia and New Zealand.

Last year, data emerged indicating the same fungus inhabits caves and other sites where bats hibernate in Europe — and probably has been part of their ecosystems for hundreds of years, if not millennia.

Professor Friedlingstein, who is an expert in global carbon cycle studies added: «Current land carbon cycle models do not show this increase over the last 50 years, perhaps because these models underestimate emerging drought effects on tropical ecosystems.»

A consultation of deep - sea stakeholders spanning academia, industry and NGOs has identified deficiencies in basic knowledge of deep - sea systems which, if not addressed, could hinder ecosystem - based management of the deep sea and in turn limit the sustainability of the emerging deep blue economy.

Fish consumption emerged as playing an important role in future ecosystem declines.

The Avida team subsequently flooded some digital worlds with numbers and limited others to a scant supply, and the same pattern of diversity found in global ecosystems emerged.

This pattern has emerged time and again in studies on ecosystems ranging from grasslands to Arctic tundra.

For more on the emerging field of soundscape ecology, see «Eavesdropping on Ecosystems» in this week's issue of Science, and listen to the Science podcast interview.

There is considerable uncertainty surrounding emerging contaminants in aquatic ecosystems and groundwater, and a recent Penn State study of compounds from pharmaceuticals and personal care products didn't add much clarity.

From these various anthropological approaches, a basic dichotomy has emerged between two types of societies from very different ecosystems: societies born in rain forests and those that thrive in deserts.

Scientists warn of ocean tragedy An international team of researchers has today warned of an emerging tragedy in the worlds» marine ecosystems.

PARIS, France — In today's global fashion ecosystem, New York and London are veritable hotbeds of emerging designers.

An emerging success story from Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Network that has played just this role may bolster the case, as it appears to be one of the few clusters that has greatly accelerated innovation in education along a variety of metrics — and helped unearth emergent, critical gaps in the ecosystem for new organizations to fill.

In fact, it might be the case that the most fertile and most unspoiled field for education entrepreneurs is the slowly emerging state - level reform ecosystem.

In 2017 PublishDrive was accepted into a six - month accelerator program that matches top growth - stage startups from emerging ecosystems with the best of Google — its people, network, and advanced technologies — to help scale great products.

Speaking of Wikert and O'Reilly Media, Joe Esposito at the Scholarly Kitchen in A New Publishing Ecosystem Emerges has a very detailed look at elements of O'Reilly Media's impact on much more in publishing than in its conferences alone.

Randy sees this film, describing the domino - like relationship of species in an ecosystem, as the best single video to emerge in his years - long coaching effort.

Ecosystem - based adaptation has emerged as a framework for understanding the role of ecosystem services in moderating climate impacts on people, although this concept is currently being used more on an international scale than within the UniteEcosystem - based adaptation has emerged as a framework for understanding the role of ecosystem services in moderating climate impacts on people, although this concept is currently being used more on an international scale than within the Uniteecosystem services in moderating climate impacts on people, although this concept is currently being used more on an international scale than within the United States.

At least 21 such government programs are currently underway, and nine of these have emerged in the last four years, according to this study by Forest Trends» Ecosystem Marketplace.

The findings reinforce suggestions that strong positive ice — temperature feedbacks have emerged in the Arctic15, increasing the chances of further rapid warming and sea ice loss, and will probably affect polar ecosystems, ice - sheet mass balance and human activities in the Arctic...» *** This is the heart of polar amplification and has very little to do with your stated defintion of amplifying the effects of warming going on at lower latitudes.

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In particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate changIn particular, it presents four key messages, namely that: biodiversity is key to climate change adaptation; a different set of policy directions, changed incentive structures, reduced or phased - out perverse subsidies, and increased engagement of business leaders is required to work towards «holistic economics»; environmental limits need to be established to ensure society remains within them in order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate changin order to achieve sustainability; and ecosystem - based adaptation (EBA) is an emerging approach that works with nature to help vulnerable communities and build resilience to climate change.

External stressors can make it difficult to define the parameters of target ecosystem services: While an emerging blue carbon PES scheme might successfully protect a mangrove from deforestation, it may have little influence on changes in upstream sediment loads or on sea - level rise.

Looking forward, things to watch include: the impact of economic recovery on commodity prices and agricultural expansion for food and biofuels production; large - scale land acquisition by foreign nations and corporations in tropical countries; climate negotiations and the REDD mechanism, including controversies over land rights, «offsetting», forest definitions, and sustainable forest management; the emergence of payments for ecosystem services beyond REDD; the cap - and - trade versus carbon tax schemes; efforts to address the demand side of deforestation — notably consumption; emerging certification systems for agricultural and forestry products (i.e. RSPO, Aliança da Terra, FSC, etc); and Brazil's progress in meeting its deforestation reduction targets.

The regional effects of unexplained factors suggest that the next generation of ecosystem models will need to explore the impacts of forest demography, differences in regional management intensities for cropland and pastures, and other emerging productivity constraints such as phosphorus availability.

In recent years, markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES), such as carbon sequestration, watershed protection and biodiversity conservation, have emerged in several African nations as a viable method for maintaining ecosystems and rewarding responsible environmental managemenIn recent years, markets and payments for ecosystem services (PES), such as carbon sequestration, watershed protection and biodiversity conservation, have emerged in several African nations as a viable method for maintaining ecosystems and rewarding responsible environmental managemenin several African nations as a viable method for maintaining ecosystems and rewarding responsible environmental management.

Wang, M. Ikeda, K. Mizobata, and J. Overland, Abrupt climate changes and emerging ice - ocean processes in the Pacific Arctic region and the Bering Sea, Chapter 4, in The Pacific Arctic Region: Ecosystem Status and Trends in a Rapidly Changing Environment, J. M. Grebmeier and W. Maslowski (eds.)

Currently, monitoring is taking place in a variety of contexts, and some data - sharing and uniformity of data sharing is emerging with efforts such as the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON).23 But in general different things are being monitored in different ecosystems, and there is little coordination among different groups.

Determining the effects of climate change on infectious diseases is complex because of confounding contributions of economic development and land use, changing ecosystems, international travel, and commerce.38 Currently, climate warming has been identified as contributing to the northern expansion of Lyme disease in North America39 and has been projected to increase the burden of child diarrheal illness, particularly in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.40 Concern has also been raised for climate links to emerging infections, including coccidioidomycosis41 and amoebic meningoencephalitis.42 Further investigation into climactic influence on infectious diseases is needed.

This document brings report the key messages that emerged from the Third International Off - grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC 2016), including the importance of (1) mainstreaming off - grid renewable energy in national rural electrification strategies, (2) creating an ecosystem to accelerate deployment, (3) designing dedicated policies and regulations for the off - grid sector, (4) unlocking capital for energy access, (5) identifying the right business models for deploying off - grid renewables, (6) innovating to improve accessibility, reliability and range of electricity services, (7) strengthening the sustainability of energy access efforts and maximizing benefits and (8) harnessing the cross-sector development impact of off - grid renewables.

She also has significant expertise in emerging markets in ecosystem services, particularly the forest carbon market, where she is involved in developing markets and protocols for high - quality forest carbon projects at the state, regional, and federal levels.

But as that growth becomes evident in emerging economies, we all have to engage with whether and how it can be made compatible with our Earth's ecosystems.

However, threats will emerge from smaller, more agile alternatives who can use the ecosystem to access the benefits of scale that were traditionally the preserve of established partnerships and, in the process, challenge these partnerships at their own game.

The ECF website states that the grant program is a «first step towards supporting the growth of the Ethereum ecosystem,» and we understand that there is the potential for a for - profit investment element to emerge from the organization in the future.