Sentences with phrase «in international efforts»

Italy's top political leadership has been briefed by Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams of the Nobel Women's Initiative and Italian non-governmental organizations on the need for the government to support the call for a ban on fully autonomous weapons and play an active role in international efforts to address the weapons.

That response, the panel concluded, ought to include not only a strong policy to begin reducing greenhouse gas emissions but also a plan to begin adapting to climate change, some amount of which is already inevitable; more research into climate science and alternative energies; and active engagement in international efforts to control climate change.

Doña Maria (pictured above) moved from being one of the 1.4 billion people without access to electricity to one of the several million people who now receive modest amounts of electricity from a solar home system (SHS), which have emerged as keystone technologies in international efforts to address energy poverty.

SHSs and other solar lighting technologies provide modest amounts of electricity to several million people like Doña Maria across the developing world; small scale solar energy systems have emerged as keystone technologies in international efforts to address energy poverty.

Because when the American public is overwhelmingly concerned about the climate crisis and supports participating in international efforts to address it, it becomes that much harder for the current administration to just sweep the issue under the rug and hope that people will forget about it like with the Kyoto Protocol in 2001.

(For a discussion of the role that the United States has played in international climate negotiations, see Brown, 2002 and Brown, 2012) The Obama administration ghg reduction targets were seen by many as a constructive change in the US role in international efforts to find a global solution to climate change.

Staffers of the DOE's Office of International Climate and Clean Energy, which plays a key role in international efforts to advance clean energy technology, were told Tuesday to avoid climate - related terms.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

Through most of this month and the next few days, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is hosting an enormous gathering of environmentalists, diplomats, scientists, indigenous leaders and others trying to break new ground in international efforts to fit human activities and aspirations within the constraints that come with life on a finite planet.

CRU has been among the leaders in international efforts to determining the overall uncertainty in the derived temperature records and where work is best focused to improve them.

The G7 leaders agreed to jointly take a leading role in international efforts to address pressing issues, such as downside risk for the global economy and challenges to the international order through unilateral actions, as a group guided by common values and principles, including freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

As Director - General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.

While attention has been focused on Trump's rhetoric, State Department envoys, federal agencies, and government scientists remain active participants in international efforts to both research and fight climate change, according to U.S. and foreign representatives involved in those efforts.

It could also jeopardize America's current role in international efforts to confront climate change.

Itegboje said Nigeria had consistently been in the vanguard of supporting and participating in international efforts at conflict - prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and sustaining peace both sub-regionally, regionally and globally.

Cuomo has joined 11 other governors prodding Trump to participate in international efforts to combat climate change.

In fact, there has been rather exceptional progress in international efforts to prevent atrocities against civilians in recent years.

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

But such conclusions fail to explain why India is a reluctant partner in the international effort to protect rights.

«I will proudly represent the people of Rockland County in this international effort to make sure that Raoul Wallenberg is remembered as the hero he was,» Day said.

«The opportunity comes from an increasingly capable China that might be enjoined in the international effort to create a beachhead in Earth orbit and extend human presence beyond LEO.

In the mere three years since it was set up on the outskirts of Paris, Genethon has chalked up one success after another in the international effort to map the 24 different human chromosomes — a key step in spelling out the three billion nucleotide building blocks that make up the human genome.

NASA is also involved in an international effort called the High Mountain Asia Project, which seeks to understand how climate change is affecting glaciers in the Himalayas and water resources for more than 1 billion people in that region.

That fearlessness served Mitchell well as a key architect in an international effort to synthesize the yeast genome, an important step towards the creation of synthetic life.

Now, researchers involved in an international effort to sequence the entire genome of Arabidopsis have obtained - for the first time - the complete DNA sequence of chromosomes from a plant species.

«The English version of the anthology will be used actively in the international effort to increase the share of women in the Armed Forces worldwide.

Full implementation of the Safe Climate Act is critical to engage other nations in an international effort to mitigate the threat of and harm from global warming.

Not exact matches

In an effort to fix its international performance, Walmart in January appointed Chief Operating Officer Judith McKenna to run its international unit and has indicated it will focus on its core North American markets and growth markets like China and IndiIn an effort to fix its international performance, Walmart in January appointed Chief Operating Officer Judith McKenna to run its international unit and has indicated it will focus on its core North American markets and growth markets like China and Indiin January appointed Chief Operating Officer Judith McKenna to run its international unit and has indicated it will focus on its core North American markets and growth markets like China and India.

With the White House ramping up efforts to derail the ambitions of Chinese tech companies in the U.S., electronics giant Huawei said it would increasingly look to Europe to grow its international market share in high - end devices.

The move was in response to a union effort after a maid accused Dominique Strauss - Kahn, then - leader of the International Monetary Fund, of sexual assault.

In many ways, this sort of growth trajectory can unfold more predictably, and possibly more quickly, than a more conventional foray into international markets that involve the familiar cycle of trade shows, cold - calling, and targeted marketing efforts in untested areaIn many ways, this sort of growth trajectory can unfold more predictably, and possibly more quickly, than a more conventional foray into international markets that involve the familiar cycle of trade shows, cold - calling, and targeted marketing efforts in untested areain untested areas.

Wang Kao - cheng, the dean of the Tamkang University College of International Studies in Taiwan, said Mr. Trump's comments on the «One China» policy - and other recent changes to the trilateral relationship among Taiwan, the US, and China - might have triggered Beijing's efforts in São Tomé and Príncipe, as The Taipei Times reported.

Clark told an elite trade delegation Monday that the province is ramping up efforts to make trade deals with Asian nations, in part by charting a route to build the first international trading centre for the Chinese currency.

In an op - ed published in Newsweek that year called «Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems,» the WikiLeaks founder argued Google Ideas was an apparatus for the company to engage in international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that efforIn an op - ed published in Newsweek that year called «Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems,» the WikiLeaks founder argued Google Ideas was an apparatus for the company to engage in international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that efforin Newsweek that year called «Assange: Google Is Not What It Seems,» the WikiLeaks founder argued Google Ideas was an apparatus for the company to engage in international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that efforin international affairs and use Cohen's connections with the U.S. government in that efforin that effort.

The deal in Kigali builds on momentum from other international efforts this past year aimed at addressing climate change.

Initially, Cascade manufactured the filter as part of a humanitarian effort in conjunction with a NGO partner called International Aid.

Morgan Stanley is increasing its focus in the international wealth management business and recruited Musa to lead its efforts.

Speaking via a recording at the TED International conference in Vancouver last night, the pope's talk was the culmination of an extraordinary effort to get him to speak (including a year of asking).

The effort paid off: Blackmore got the position and in 2014, he was named Brand Ambassador Of The Year by The International Whisky Competition.

In Hoey's opinion, the federal government's efforts amount to little in trying to entice a foreign company to enter Canada's wireless market, mainly because a cap on foreign involvement still exists in the form of a 10 per cent limit on the market share of any wireless entity with international financial backinIn Hoey's opinion, the federal government's efforts amount to little in trying to entice a foreign company to enter Canada's wireless market, mainly because a cap on foreign involvement still exists in the form of a 10 per cent limit on the market share of any wireless entity with international financial backinin trying to entice a foreign company to enter Canada's wireless market, mainly because a cap on foreign involvement still exists in the form of a 10 per cent limit on the market share of any wireless entity with international financial backinin the form of a 10 per cent limit on the market share of any wireless entity with international financial backing.

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

Getting Rollei into the picture These talents have been plainly evident in Singapore's effort to attract international business.

It could be that developing a project to support local or international educational efforts may help you to map out what you'd like your company to accomplish in the long term.

«The approval of this historic sanctions package is a clear sign that the international community is united in our efforts to keep up maximum pressure on the North Korean regime,» she said in a statement.

The progress on both deals is a sign that Canada's efforts to diversify its international trade portfolio have paid off in the face of growing uncertainty with its top trading partner, the United States, said Pickerill.

Speaking at Fortune «s Most Powerful Women International Summit in London, Gavet, whose company owns travel sites such as Priceline.com, Kayak.com and booking.com, said the European Union's effort to create its much - touted «single digital market» is «the biggest question for tech startups here in Europe.»

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

Over the last five years, the organization has worked with some of the most well - known international relief efforts, such as Medic Mobile and Save the Children, helping them to add Bitcoin to their donation streams and running fundraising campaigns aimed at people in the Bitcoin community.

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.

Our general and administrative expenses increased sequentially in absolute dollars during 2009 and 2010, as we invested in our infrastructure to support our growth in operations by hiring employees and utilizing outside consultants on project initiatives, including international expansion efforts.