Sentences with phrase «issues in a global society»

«In Global Studies, students study geography, languages and current and historical events, debating about issues in a global society.

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The task ahead of us is to help disentangle from ideology the issues that make up the themes of this consensus - inter alia, man's relationship to creation, the role of woman in society, people's participation in governance, a global ethic, North - South solidarity, the role of business, cultural identity, holism.

He co-authored the Recreational Sport: Program Design, Delivery and Management textbook; and he also edited Youth Sport in America: The Most Important Issues in Youth Sports Today and Sports Global Influence: A Survey of Society and Culture in the Context of Sport.

I am currently in the process of editing another book, China Across the Divide: Domestic Politics and Society & China's Global Relations, which focuses on the intersection between international and local issues, such as growing Chinese consumerism and its affect on global markets, recent waves of immigration to China, and human rGlobal Relations, which focuses on the intersection between international and local issues, such as growing Chinese consumerism and its affect on global markets, recent waves of immigration to China, and human rglobal markets, recent waves of immigration to China, and human rights.

«I am determined that we are a party that looks outwards, that talks about the concerns of the British people, the global economic crisis, how we tackle big issues in our society — not the place of Progress in our party.

Eliza Reilly, executive director of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a non-profit which seeks to strengthen student learning and interest in STEM by connecting course topics to issues of local, national and global importance, said rethinking STEM education is necessary to produce graduates equipped to tackle society's environmental, economic and political challenges.

«Rather than the causes of their behavior, I became interested in the global issue of how society responds,» he says.

Their results are now available in a free access article from Society and Natural Resources, titled «Environmental Views from the Coast: Public Concern about Local to Global Marine Issues.»

Numerous records were broken last year, according to the State of the Climate report, an annual checkup of the global climate published in a special issue of the journal Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

This is the first Marvel movie I have ever watched which shows African cultures (the rivalry between the tribes and their ritual) and the current issues faced in our global society.

In the meantime, there is increasing recognition in the policy making community that the global dimension of the educational process is essential to its relevance and that issues of world development, interdependence and solidarity are inherent to any curriculum for citizenship education in a global societIn the meantime, there is increasing recognition in the policy making community that the global dimension of the educational process is essential to its relevance and that issues of world development, interdependence and solidarity are inherent to any curriculum for citizenship education in a global societin the policy making community that the global dimension of the educational process is essential to its relevance and that issues of world development, interdependence and solidarity are inherent to any curriculum for citizenship education in a global societin a global society.

The symposium, sponsored by the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Mass., and hosted by Senator Edward Kennedy at the Hart Senate Office Building, addressed issues pertaining to arts education and the development of essential skills and capacities for learning and working in today's complex global society.

Spanish Version (Versión castellano) The United Nations, a respected world body and forum for global issues, including peace and security, is once again a leader in pressing societies for the establishment of initiatives promoting reconciliation.

In these times of making education the foremost instrument of the global economy while making public schools the scapegoat for society's lack of will to tackle the messy issues of race and class, that mission has gotten lost.

When the STEM Education for a Global Society Academy, a Columbus County school that focused on interactive, hands - on learning methods, shut its doors due to governance issues in April 2015 just months after state leaders approved their application, the school had already pulled in nearly $ 1 million in taxpayer dollars, according to state records.

However, in our ever more global societies it is becoming clear that many of today's key education issues are international in nature and must be addressed for all students in all countries.

iLiKETRAiNS attempt to address global issues in their own eccentric style, using the deeds of history to explore problems still facing society.

Judith Curry and colleagues have an interesting (and possibly provocative) article, «Mixing Politics and Science in Testing the Hypothesis That Greenhouse Warming Is Causing a Global Increase in Hurricane Intensity» in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS).

But, as is so clear in considering the interface of science and society on a host of tough issues — from nanotechnology and synthetic biology to global warming — the views of the average person, let alone an elderly folkie, do matter.

For its part, the American Physical Society issued a statement on Tuesday denying any financial interest in forming its stance on global warming science and policy and defending its statements on the issue.

The issue exploded a bit in 2006 after Heidi Cullen, a climatologist then with the Weather Channel, proposed that meteorologists seeking the seal of approval from the American Meteorological Society should study up on global warming.

Edward Lendner, who was director of climate issues in a previous White House administration, wrote last week: «In what would be the single most important contingency that could impact civil society in the United States and other nations around the world, there is no agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.&raquin a previous White House administration, wrote last week: «In what would be the single most important contingency that could impact civil society in the United States and other nations around the world, there is no agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.&raquIn what would be the single most important contingency that could impact civil society in the United States and other nations around the world, there is no agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.&raquin the United States and other nations around the world, there is no agreed upon plan for how to deal with a collapsing world in the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.&raquin the distant future if climate change and global warming get out of control and mass migrations northward create chaos in both wealthy and poor countries.&raquin both wealthy and poor countries.»

At the inception of the Al Gore era of the global warming issue, Stephen Schneider and the Society of Environmental Journalists spotted the very thing that could stop the issue in its tracks — if the public only saw scientists contradicting each other over whether man - caused global warming was a problem, the issue would never advance as a problem in need of a solution.

Kleidon's paper, to be published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society comes at a fresh angle to the familiar issues around global warming - that of the laws of thermodynamics.

Climate change and global warming work hand - in - hand and the former is more commonly used to express the issues facing our current environment and society.

Every effort is made to present all the issues, similar to what an enquiring mind would need to understand before rendering an opinion as to whether there are pros and cons to a warming (or cooling) scenario for a particular sector in a particular region, or even for the global society.

In 1990, two years after NASA scientist James E. Hansen issued his now famous warning about climate change during a congressional hearing, Lindzen started taking a publicly contrarian stance when he challenged then - senator Gore by suggesting in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that the case for human - induced global warming was overstated and that natural climate variability could explain things just as easilIn 1990, two years after NASA scientist James E. Hansen issued his now famous warning about climate change during a congressional hearing, Lindzen started taking a publicly contrarian stance when he challenged then - senator Gore by suggesting in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that the case for human - induced global warming was overstated and that natural climate variability could explain things just as easilin the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society that the case for human - induced global warming was overstated and that natural climate variability could explain things just as easily.

The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change met this week to discuss the latest on climate change and issued a report, adding that it should serve as a «wake - up call» to governments and society about the role of humans play in increasing global warming.

That last one leads into the logical next issue of concern about global warming and climate change ramifications in society.

Bast did not respond for comment following the launch of the campaign, but Heartland issued a press release: «The people who believe in man - made global warming are mostly on the radical fringe of society.

In fact, a report issued by the Royal Society shortly before the Cancun meeting started in late November concluded that there is now little to no chance of maintaining the rise in global surface temperature below 2 °C, despite repeated high - level statements to the contrarIn fact, a report issued by the Royal Society shortly before the Cancun meeting started in late November concluded that there is now little to no chance of maintaining the rise in global surface temperature below 2 °C, despite repeated high - level statements to the contrarin late November concluded that there is now little to no chance of maintaining the rise in global surface temperature below 2 °C, despite repeated high - level statements to the contrarin global surface temperature below 2 °C, despite repeated high - level statements to the contrary.

I think for the global community to understand the climate change problems in a proper context, I think the new chair should play a very important role in identifying the climate issues, not necessarily only identifying the problems, but also the solutions and what opportunities the solutions may provide for the global society as a whole is very important.

The reason is that the issue of global climate change is pregnant with far - reaching implications for human society and the kind of world our children will live in decades from now.

Global Warming: Overview and Causes Global Warming, the general increase in the earth's near - surface air and ocean temperatures, remains a pressing issue in a society that has expanded its industrial use since the mid-twentieth century.

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiaGlobal Environment Facility (GEF) unites 183 countries in partnership with international institutions, civil society organizations (CSOs), and the private sector to address global environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiaglobal environmental issues while supporting national sustainable development initiatives.

(06/07/2012) Scientists warn that the Earth may be reaching a planetary tipping point due to a unsustainable human pressures, while the UN releases a new report that finds global society has made significant progress on only four environmental issues out of ninety in the last twenty years.

The responsibility of any individual, group, society or nation to act on any global issue is logically in proportion to their per - capita contribution to that problem.

See e.g. Maxeiner, supra n. 1, at 44 (arguing that a globalized legal education is no longer subject to the cultural barriers that were once dominant in society, allowing students to focus on the legal cultures that they will likely encounter in an increasingly globalized economy); see also James E. Pfander, Book Review, (reviewing Thomas Main, Global Issues in Civil Procedure (Thomson / West 2006)-RRB-(describing the case for globalized Civil Procedure courses by emphasizing how such an approach would lead to a greater understanding of American procedure).

At the 2015 launch of a report on the subject, issued jointly with the Law Society of South Africa, director of business process services at the DTI Ntokozo Mthabela said: «The offshore business process services industry in South Africa is growing at more than 40 % each year and has recently witnessed the entry of several leading global investors.»

The review was issued jointly in June by GMAC Global Relocation Services, the National Foreign Trade Council, and the Society for Human Resource Management.