Sentences with phrase «major impact on the world»

«She knows that she is in an unusual position and has the standing to have a major impact on the world stage,» said Peter Seligmann, chief executive of Conservation International, on whose board Ms. Powell Jobs sits.

This means that a sudden change in supply, demand or policy in one or more of these countries could have a major impact on world market flows and prices, such as occurred in the price crisis of 2007 to 2008.

Since 1964, Canadian supporters have helped fund some of the world's most talented scientists who are conducting cutting - edge research, which has a major impact on the world we live in.

Precipitation extremes, many of them associated with one of the strongest La Niña events of the past 60 years, had major impacts on the world.

But, Vizlegal could have a major impact on the world of legal research in the years ahead.

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With the announcement of an additional $ 10 - million donation, the centre will make a major impact on Canadian and global business worldwide by developing the world's first truly integrative business school curriculum.

She was speaking alongside Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan, who has repeatedly warned about the impact central bank actions in major economies can have on the developing world.

And if you don't believe that Italy's problems could have a major impact on US investors, remember how the US subprime mortgage crash and subsequent financial crisis affected the entire world.

Much of the debate over the past years about the benefits and the costs global specialization, primarily the rapid advance of China as a major manufacturing center has been less about the financial costs — the $ 12 trillion dollars of additional liquidity that the US consumers offered to the world (the cumulative US trade deficit from 1990 through 2015 compared to the over $ 3 trillion dollars in trade surplus run - up by China over this same period — and more in terms of the jobs lost and the impact of foreign products on American wages in manufacturing.

He was credited by the UN's Christiana Figures as having a «major impact» on the process to agree the world's landmark deal on climate change.

A pulling away on the left by large segments of the evangelical world would likely result in a merging of those segments with a conservative Protestant mainstream in a way that would have a major impact on the shape and internal politics of a number of church bodies.

You must not be a parent, because I guarantee you that raising a child is a MAJOR impact on your life, and if a woman / family is not up to it, then you will have a miserable child and family in this overpopulated world.

He wants to see them do five things: «Initiate a focused approach to the claims of Islam; make a political and cultural analysis of the unique impact of the Islamic evangelization of black males; approach Islam on theological and evangelical levels; assess the geopolitical and strategic implications of Islam in Africa and South Asia, since the fortunes of black people in the U.S. are informed by what happens to blacks elsewhere In the world; and, mount a major effort to investigate the success of Islam in prisons.

If she follows trends found in every major study of higher education since the 1950s, Paula's experience of college will have a secularizing impact on her faith, mediating the intellectual relativism and cultural eclecticism that is so much a part of her postmodern world.

Finally, name one other major religion that has had the impact of Christianity on the world that came from someone who, or some group that, did not exist.

It seems premature to write him off because he supposedly hasn't had a major impact yet on the world's Reformed churches.

Moreover, agricultural intensification has had major detrimental impacts on the terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems of the world.

In today's dual - income, online shopping world, dads have a major impact on the state of today's retail industry.

We have a world - class reputation for research excellence and are spearheading three major societal challenges that have a significant impact on global society.

Chairman of UBA, and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) and a major promoter of entrepreneurship in the continent, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has called on global institutions to support the growth of small businesses in Africa as part of the efforts to impact the world entirely.

The world is fast approaching a «catastrophic tipping point» on climate change that could have a major impact on economic growth and security, Tony Blair has said.

The establishment of the world - leading facilities MAX IV and ESS will have a major impact on future scientific and industrial development in both materials science and life science.

«As a company, we work to minimize our impact on the world around us, so this project's innovative approach to tackling a major environmental problem was a great fit for us — not least as we head towards an electric future.»

«The new study finds that e-readers could have a major a major impact on improving the sustainability and environmental impact on the publishing industry, one of the world's most polluting sectors,» a statement at the Cleantech's Web site states..

This distinction refers to whether policy loans will negatively impact the dividend rate that is being paid on the policy cash value, and of course, taking policy loans are a major aspect of insurance policy growth in the infinite banking world.

When investors see breaking news or major headlines on current events that may have a negative impact on the world, they tend to view that as a risk within their portfolio.

From its humble beginnings in a tent in 1983 to its current status as one of the world's largest book festivals, the Edinburgh International Book Festival has had a major impact on literature around the world.

Reed Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market Simon Press said: «The impact of major sporting events on travel and tourism has been much debated.

Reed Travel exhibitions director World Travel Market, Simon Press, said: «The impact of major sporting events on travel and tourism has been much debated.

It is now possible to participate and have an impact on the «geopolitical fate of the world» even if you are not a member of one of the major guilds.

In a world where we use Instagram and Twitter «likes» to assess who and what is important, the major new exhibition Follow will ask what impact the internet is really having on our concept of «reality», and how we think about ourselves, our idols and those around us.

Titled «One Image, One Minute: Significant People Present Significant Images,» this unique fundraiser invites you to look and listen to various people in and outside the art world respond to images that have made a major impact on their lives.

In many arid parts of the world, desertification is a major issue, and advancing deserts and loss of formerly fertile lands can have a big impact on not just the local environment, but can also affect where and how people live in those areas, many times leading to mass migrations from the country to the cities.

In 2012, the World Health Organiation and the UN environment programme published a major report on the state of EDC science, which concluded that communities across the globe were being exposed to EDCs and their associated risks and that urgent research on the health and environmental impacts was needed.

A 4 °C world would be one of unprecedented heat waves, severe drought, and major floods in many regions, with serious impacts on ecosystems and associated services.

Le Mouël et al., determine that solar activity has major impact on temperatures across the world.

The alleged rationales for anti-coal and gas policies — to reduce global warming or protect local environments — are furphies: whether or not further warming will occur and be dangerous — and both propositions are questionable and are being ignored by major emissions producers China and India, and soon the USA — Australia's emissions reductions will have no measurable impact on world climate.

Margaret Beckett (Again, from Mindfully.org), the Environment Secretary, who opened the conference, added another ominous prediction when she said that major global warming impacts on the world in the next 20 to 30 years could not be avoided.

«A narrow focus on the factors that influence plant growth has led to major underestimations of the potential impacts of climate change on plants, not only at higher latitudes but more severely in the tropics, exposing the world to dire consequences.»

The Arctic is warming at twice the rate of other regions of the world, and this has already had a major direct impact on marine and terrestrial ecosystems, including belugas and other species found only in the Arctic.

The latest study from the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) put the inevitability of drastic global warming in the starkest terms yet, stating that major impacts on parts of the world — in particular Africa, Asian river deltas, low - lying islands and the Arctic — are unavoidable and the focus must be on adapting life to survive the most devastating changes.

Besides emissions of greenhouse gases, humans are constantly changing their environment which does have an impact (e.g. turning a corn field into an asphalt parking lot or massive deforestation in the world's major tropical rainforests or laying down a carpet of black soot on ice sheets).

What will be the impact on Australia if we introduce a an emissions permit system ahead of our trading partners and the worlds major sources of greenhouse gasses?

That is the central finding of the Ecological Footprint (EF), a widely cited global sustainability indicator used by the United Nations and major NGOs around the world to estimate the impact of human activity on the biosphere.

a) start off by making a hypothesis concerning the color of crows and how this impacts their habits b) based on the hypothesis, create model scenarios to simulate the color and behavior of crows c) investigate fossil remains of pre-historic Archaeopteryx d) declare that the paleo - avain findings check closely with the model e) validate the model scenarios by comparing them with one another f) declare that the hypothesis has been confirmed by the model simulations g) project that (if unabated by exorbitantly costly measures involving major payments to dictatorships in the developing world) black crows will destroy all other species plus our planet by 2100 h) ensure that «crow disaster scenario» is conveyed to public by a doomsday - hungry» media

They are already having a very real impact on the finances of consumers in the USA and other developed countries, and in the developing world, where they manifest as food shortages, they are already a major factor contributing to social unrest and even violent revolution.

In 2001, the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment announced that humanity's impact on the natural world was increasing to levels never before seen, and that the degradation of the planet's ecosystems would become a major barrier to achieving the Millennium Development Goals.

This distinction refers to whether policy loans will negatively impact the dividend rate that is being paid on the policy cash value, and of course, taking policy loans are a major aspect of insurance policy growth in the infinite banking world.

According to this YourTango panel of relationship experts — including our very own Gal Szekely — how you carry yourself can make a major impact on not only your intimate relationships, but on how the world sees you.

I believe the attraction of global foreign investment in a time of social, economic and environmental instability has a major impact on our market, and I think liveability taps the psyche of wealthy people the world over.