Sentences with phrase «increasing global access»

While initiatives are still at work to increase global access to internet connection — such as programs like Google's Project Loon that literally plans to use high - altitude weather balloons floating over various regions around the world to provide internet access to places that otherwise wouldn't have it for decades — there's no point in having internet access if you can't afford a device to connect.

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Another recommendation is continuing the push for a common securities regulator, which would increase access to capital by increasing global confidence through more efficient regulation and stronger enforcement, enhancing Toronto's position as a major global financial centre.

I look forward to leveraging Ripple's global experience as the task force assess ways to increase speed, efficiency, access to, and competition in payments.»

Increasing obligations to environmental protection will improve Vietnam's access to global value chains and make the country's MSMEs more competitive.

Kerstin Braun, executive vice president of Coface North America, says the global market for trade credit insurance has steadily improved over the past year as an economic uptick has increased corporates» access to bank loans and let them focus on their growth.

According to Nasdaq, key benefits of the venture include a seamless, end - to - end transactional process for private - company securities; direct access to global payments from Nasdaq's Linq platform using CitiConnect ® for Blockchain and Citi's cross-border, multicurrency payments service; and increased operational efficiency and ease of reconciliation with real - time visibility of payment - transaction activity on the blockchain ledger.

Global economies and markets have been supported in the last nine years by a succession of liquidity injections by global central banks, increasing overall access to financing and lowering investors» risk - aveGlobal economies and markets have been supported in the last nine years by a succession of liquidity injections by global central banks, increasing overall access to financing and lowering investors» risk - aveglobal central banks, increasing overall access to financing and lowering investors» risk - aversion.

Global economies and markets have been supported in the last nine years by a succession of liquidity injections by global central banks, increasing overall access to financGlobal economies and markets have been supported in the last nine years by a succession of liquidity injections by global central banks, increasing overall access to financglobal central banks, increasing overall access to financing...

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report provides the international community with a global dashboard to register progress on the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7): ensuring universal energy access, doubling progress on energy efficiency and substantially increasing the share of renewable energy by 2030.

While demand for freshwater access continues to increase — after tripling in the last 50 years — global supplies are becoming scarcer.

«We are trying to use the list as leverage for increasing access and further actions on a global level,» says Nicola Magrini, a pharmacologist in Bologna, Italy, and WHO's top overseer of EML.

With support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the three - year project will empower developing counties to advocate for universal access to reproductive health as a critical component in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in health through increased funding, an improved policy environment and increased visibility for family planning at the local, national and global levels.

An afternoon panel on Global Education featured three plans, Diploventures, American Global Scholars Program, and LingoTrotters, all focused on increasing students» access to global competency development and intercultural excGlobal Education featured three plans, Diploventures, American Global Scholars Program, and LingoTrotters, all focused on increasing students» access to global competency development and intercultural excGlobal Scholars Program, and LingoTrotters, all focused on increasing students» access to global competency development and intercultural excglobal competency development and intercultural exchange.

This increased access to mobile technology — mobile messaging services, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube... has a great potential to serve as an effective medium for raising more awareness on global education among young people.

The Gates Foundation makes monetary pledges «driven by the interests and passions of the Gates Family,» namely global access to health care, international poverty reduction and in the United States, increased access to quality education and information technology.

Technology exponentially increases possibilities for personalizing, differentiating, and deepening learning, especially for educators who have limited access to on - site professional learning or who are eager to reach beyond the boundaries of their own work setting to join local or global networks to enrich their learning.

In particular, he thinks all candidates should have to answer how they'll increase access to early childhood education (and if they won't, why not), what their goals are for high school graduation and dropout rates, and how they'll get the U.S. to once again be the global leader in percent of college graduates.

Analysts estimate the value of the K - 12 education market at more than $ 700 billion.2 Beyond their calls for students and workers to adapt to the global capitalist economy through increased competition and «accountability» in public schools, business leaders crave access to a publicly funded, potentially lucrative market — one of the last strongholds of the commons to be penetrated by neoliberalism.3

Good e-Reader has interviewed a number of non-profit and charitable organizations that are committed to increasing global literacy rates and building access to reading content in areas of the world that still seem pretty cutoff from this type of engagement.

That product breadth has been deliberately engineered in response to a few factors: (1) the growing sophistication of trading strategies that require more flexibility, (2) an increased focus on cost efficiencies associated with clearing, prompting the expansion of cleared products, and (3) the need for greater access to the global oil markets.

That's why FICO has announced the FICO Financial Inclusion Initiative, a global effort to increase access to affordable credit for consumers and businesses with limited or no credit history.

Weiss leads efforts such as a pilot program with veterinarians and global animal health company Zoetis to provide access to vital veterinary care and increase the likelihood horses can remain in their homes.

As partners, Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic Airways offer a far - reaching global network and increased loyalty rewards through reciprocal frequent flyer programs and lounge access.

As integrated alliance partners, Virgin Australia and Etihad Airways offer an expanded global network of seamless connectivity, and increased loyalty rewards through reciprocal frequent flyer programs and lounge access.

The multiple harms that global warming is causing, especially to human access to adequate food supplies, will only increase if the science deniers continue to provide politicians with excuses to do nothing about the problem, while the media remains nearly silent.

However this scenario only sees an 18 % global increase in coal demand, and leaves nearly three - quarters of the energy poor still without access to energy.

«With the theft of their land, or environmental damage caused by industries like mining, agribusiness, or logging, it's harder for women to grow food or access clean water, and the work that they're already expected to do to support their families and communities increases,» said Global Witness» Alice Harrison in a recent interview with The Ecologist.

Agricultural productivity, increased downstream processing and access to markets build local economies and global wealth.

This all changed in the mid-2000s, when several researchers began publishing papers claiming to have finally discovered evidence proving that man - made global warming was increasing the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones, e.g., Trenberth, 2005 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Emmanuel, 2005 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Webster et al., 2005 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Trenberth & Shea, 2006 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); Mann & Emanuel, 2006 (Abstract; Google Scholar access); or Holland & Webster, 2007 (Open access).

While computer models suggested that global warming should cause an increase in cyclone intensity, e.g., Evans et al., 1994 (Open access), the historical data showed no obvious link between the intensity of a tropical cyclone and the temperatures where it formed, e.g., Evans, 1993 (Open access).

American global energy leadership could help significantly increase the number of families with access to the clean, affordable energy they need to live healthier and more productive lives.

«Increasing access to clean energy, like solar, is critical in ensuring all New Yorkers have the opportunity to do their part in the fight against global climate disruption,» said Lisa Dix, New York Senior Representative of the Sierra Club.

We want to strengthen the dialogue between governments and the global coal industry in order to increase the awareness of the role low emissions coal plays in providing access to affordable, reliable and sustainable energy for all.

Today, in part because of the Green Belt Movement's own work, we understand much more completely the linkage between deforestation and energy access, about how a lack of alternatives to wood fuel for heating or cooking can drive forest destruction and increase communities» vulnerabilities to the effects of global warming and famine.

note 43, and Global Wind Energy Council, Global Wind 2006 Report (Brussels: 2007), p. 4, with capacity factor from National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Power Technologies Energy Data Book (Oak Ridge, TN: DOE, August 2006); Flemming Hansen, «Denmark to Increase Wind Power to 50 % by 2025, Mostly Offshore,» Renewable Energy Access, 5 December 2006; Global Wind Energy Council, «Global Wind Energy Markets Continue to Boom - 2006 Another Record Year,» press release (Brussels: 2 February 2007), with European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association, «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century, Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16.

Meanwhile, those concerned «global warming» is increasing storminess might like to access The Storminess Record From Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland, 1796 - 2002 (here for the.

It has become the largest contributor to the global increase in greenhouse gas emissions even though more than half a billion people in the region, mostly south Asia, don't have access to electricity.

As we reach a tipping point on global climate action, increased disclosure of environmental data, along with access to States and Regions Climate Action Tracker will help sub-national governments to understand their environmental impact and the risks and opportunities of climate change.

Paladin is building a global pro bono platform, working with leading Fortune 500s, law firms and law schools to maximize the ROI of their pro bono programs and increase access to justice.

Service providers, such as WhatsApp / Facebook seek a legitimate global market for products, in a world where wider access to the Internet continues to increase global connectivity.

Chinese companies have been acquiring household names to access technology and advanced manufacturing, build global brands and increase know - how in services

The pair is hoping to play a disruptive role in the global payments space with Lightyear by aggressively pursuing a global mission of creating an open and public financial infrastructure, enabling greater access for individuals, lowering costs for banks and increasing revenue for businesses.

By giving small farmers, who are responsible for 80 % of worldwide food output, access to capital at attractive rates, Smartlands intends to measurably increase global food output while improving environmental results.

Hewlett Packard Corporation (City, ST) 1998 — 2003 Systems Analyst • Serve on a global team responsible for technology solutions for 100,000 internal client systems • Develop and implement custom applications to update client devices for year 2000 compliancy • Design and launch automated process to upgrade global client devices to Windows 2000 Professional Edition prior to Microsoft's official product launch • Author information migration application utilizing Visual Basic for use on 80,000 HP systems and countless client devices worldwide • Lead worldwide client desktop image management team cutting global process costs and time • Write and employ programs to maintain remote access to client devices • Automate internal business processes and reporting resulting in increased daily efficiency • Manage company applications including MS Office, Internet Explorer, SAPGUI, etc. • Direct worldwide system upgrades to Internet Explorer prior to official product launch through building of the Custom Standardized Explorer Kit and coordination with Microsoft personnel • Build and strengthen professional relationships with Microsoft and other key clients • Consistently recognized for excellence in management and software development

For example, in 2015, Planned Parenthood Global partners collected enough signatures to force the Nicaraguan legislature to consider a «citizens initiative» that calls for increased abortion access — the first time in Nicaraguan history that this legal mechanism is being used.

Today, among Planned Parenthood Global partners in Mexico is an organization aiming to increase health access and reduce abortion stigma, and a leading local advocate for HIV, LGBT, and human rights issues in Quintana Roo.