Sentences with phrase «of rising insecurity»

Under these circumstances a cross-border raid could present an attractive option for an Israeli government that may need to demonstrate military strength in the face of rising insecurity.

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For more than a decade, the threat of terrorism has contributed to rising oil prices, global instability and insecurity in major financial centres — in other words, it's been a major drag on business.

In place of misplaced animus and misleading arguments, he offers a strong case for dramatically expanding America's most successful domestic program in an age of rising inequality and widespread financial insecurity.»

In a world of rising population, increasing cost of food, concerns about inequality and growing food insecurity, food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time with 30 percent (1.3 billion tons) of food produced being wasted each year.

The loss of a parent through divorce gives rise to feelings of betrayal and an insecurity that endures.

The Nigerian Governors Forum on Monday expressed thier support for the creation of state police to address rising insecurity in the country.

By focusing Labour's local and European elections campaign on the «bread and butter» issues of housing stock shortage, rising housing prices, zero - hour contracts and a widespread sense of general economic insecurity, Miliband is trying to diffuse the electoral challenge posed by UKIP.

National Chairman of the NDC, Mr Kofi Portuphy at a press conference on Thursday said crime was being committed with «brazen bravado across the length and breadth of the country and that the state of insecurity has given rise to fear filled anxiety among innocent Ghanaians who are struggling under excruciating and suffocating economy.»

The Senate on Thursday, urged the Inspector - General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to «stop holding on to the straw» for refusing to honour its summons on rising insecurity across the country.

In his opening remarks, Governor Shettima said the 19 northern states are worried by the rising cases of insecurity involving herder and farmers, and expressed optimism that their intervention will help in finding lasting solution to the conflicts.

And the increasing insecurity we see, with too many stuck in temporary jobs, and rising numbers of zero hours contracts, makes it harder for people to get a mortgage to buy their own home, or save for a pension, all of which adds to the pressure on our social security system.

The minister who made the disclosures during a working visit to Force headquarters in Abuja, noted that to attain the 3 pronged fundamental objectives of the Buhari adminstration which are security, the economy and tackling unemployment, the Police which is the most strategic institution as far as internal security is concerned must rise up to the challenges of insecurity.

They alleged that the level of insecurity in the state had risen to what they described as an unbearable level, thereby forcing their candidates to stop campaigning across the state.

This book provides a thorough assessment of the factors that influence global food insecurity, including rising energy prices, water scarcity, increased biofuel use, and expanding populations.

As the number of plastic surgeries performed each year continues to rise, the body - positive community has been buzzing about cosmetic procedures: Are they an empowering choice, or a way to cover up insecurities?

My insecurities rise to the top, and I start thinking about all of the things that I need to do for my house to look «perfect.»

I am sure his need for power rose out of his insecurities.

A rousing storyteller, Ribowsky energetically chronicles Redding's rise from local singer to the King of Soul, as well as his marital difficulties, his personal insecurities and fears, and his reluctance to embrace the fame coming his way, often preferring to work on his farm in Macon where he felt most comfortable.

But I came up with the idea to reproduce this insecurity by allowing players to freely explore the Rise of Nightmares map.

It's almost like we — the twenty - and early thirty - somethings — are coming of age at some weird potluck of every social issue staring us in the face: food insecurity, epic natural disasters, stock market crashes, three wars, droughts worse than the Dust Bowl, banks getting away with robbery, extreme poverty, corporate - purchased elections, rising childhood obesity, rising deficit, salmon run extinctions, flocks of birds dropping out of the sky, college debt surpassing credit card debt, you name it.

Joseph Bast, who works with the group, highlighted some of the group's conclusions in Forbes: There is little risk of global food insecurity owing to higher levels of CO2, as higher CO2 will greatly aid plant productivity; «No changes in precipitation patterns, snow, monsoons, or river flows that might be considered harmful to human well - being or plants or wildlife have been observed that could be attributed to rising CO2»; and little risk to aquatic or dry - land ecosystems.

The Asian region also faces a range of climate impacts, including extreme heat, imperiled drinking water resources, and accelerated sea - level rise, which can lead to widespread population displacement, food insecurity, and costly damage to coastal cities and towns.

Despite the lack of an El Niño effect, 2017 is set to be the second or third hottest year on record; hurricanes unprecedented in their power pummelled the U.S. and Caribbean; the largest wildfires California has seen burned deep into the Northern Hemisphere winter; scientists warned the «Arctic shows no sign of returning to the reliably frozen region of recent past decades»; studies revealed an ecological armageddon amongst insect populations; droughts fuelled famine and insecurity across East Africa and the Middle East; the U.N. warned the number of chronically undernourished people has risen for the first time since the turn of the century due in large part to climate impacts.

The RUAF network was initiated in response to the needs identified by a group of representatives from 28 international organisations, including UNDP, FAO, IDRC, GTZ and CIRAD, that met in Ottawa (Canada) in 1994 and recognised the need to address the increasing «urbanisation of poverty» and growing urban food insecurity related to urban - rural migration, lack of formal employment, rising food prices, growing dependence on food imports, increasing dominance of supermarkets and fast food chains, and challenges posed by climate change.

As fossil fuel prices rise, as oil insecurity deepens, and as concerns about climate change cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new energy economy is emerging in the United States.

There is little or no risk of increasing food insecurity due to global warming or rising atmospheric CO2 levels.

Impacts: Rising sea levels place the Philippines in a particularly vulnerable position, and increase the threat of storm surges that inundate vast coastal regions, threatening their populations who will be forced to migrate en masse if they are to escape the effects of food insecurity and loss of shelter and livelihood that result.

Among the former are mounting concerns over climate change, a growing sense of oil insecurity, the rising level and volatility of fossil fuel prices, and financial outlays for importing oil.

At a time of rising unemployment and economic insecurity, some people argue that we can not afford the «luxury» of protecting the environment; but the report, Tackling Climate Change, Reducing Poverty shows that tackling climate change actually offers a huge opportunity to boost the economy and tackle UK poverty at the same time.

While years of political dictatorship and repression are no doubt the top line cause of the popular uprisings in Tunisia, Yemen, and Egypt, the background impact of food price rises and high level of food insecurity in

As oil insecurity deepens, the extraction risks of fossil fuels rise, and concerns about climate instability cast a shadow over the future of coal, a new world energy economy is emerging.

Frank Rijsberman, head of the world's 15 international CGIAR crop research centres, which study food insecurity, said: «Food production will have to rise 60 % by 2050 just to keep pace with expected global population increase and changing demand.

In his written testimony, Admiral McGinn cited a number of scenarios that could come to pass if we fail to address the climate problem: rising humanitarian crises and conflicts in Africa exacerbated by drought, food insecurity, and extreme weather; social conflict and northern migration in Latin American driven by food shortages and land degradation; millions of refugees driven northward by intense coastal typhoon damage in Bangladesh; and external and internal unrest in Asia compounded by unreliable water supplies from the shrinking Himalayan glaciers.

Thus, the lack of uniformity and governing standard has given rise to uncertainty and insecurity: the very policy objectives that the limitations period doctrine itself seeks to eradicate.

As the costs of insecurity rise, these design choices need to be revisited, and in many cases alternate implementations optimized for security will be required.

The land grab scenario, they say, would mean that: «Aside from human rights violations becoming commonplace, employment would decline, production would fade and imports would rise, leading to high levels of food insecurity... This scenario would rank poorly from both an economic and a legal point of view.»