Sentences with phrase «on global problem»

LLC, a fertilizer producer, questions the EPA's desire to make unit - specific or facility - specific emissions available, calling it «misguided» since a change in pollution from a single factory is unlikely to influence policy on a global problem.
More than neat arguments from first principles, this may require specially talented people, with strong diplomatic skills working on the ground, who can foster a sense of building bridges, and a feel for working together on a global problem.
Since when do we have to wait until 6.5 billion people agree before we act on a global problem of massive social significance?
What helps students develop the courage and confidence — while still in their teens — to take the lead on global problem solving?
Now, the University of Georgia's Jenna Jambeck and her colleagues in the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis working group have put a number on the global problem.
The fact that people around the world expect the UN to deliver (which is why they are, so often, disappointed when it fails); the fact that we now expect states to work collectively on global problems; the fact that almost every aspect of human endeavour and planetary resource is addressed by international laws or bodies — all this reflects the transformative impact of the UN on our world and our lives.
Our Task's goal is to inspire the young people to be an important voice on global problems and be the powerful force to lead the change towards a sustainable planet for future generations.
World leaders, urban planners, and other industry thinkers weigh in on what it takes for a city to attract top - tier talent and take on global problems.

Not exact matches

Many market players believe that a 3 percent level on the 10 - year U.S. paper is a massive problem for equities, but above all, for the global economy.
I should also note a thrust of my Leadership and the Environment keynote is that although I support science, education, innovation, and the approaches to reducing pollution, resource depletion, overpopulation, global warming, and our other environmental problems, I believe we need leadership in the style of Martin Luther King Junior, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, Mohandas Gandhi, and so on.
Finance experts from the euro zone have weighed in on comments made by Wolfgang Schaeuble, after the German finance minister warned that debt and liquidity problems could spark the next global crisis.
The founder and managing partner of the FullCycle Energy fund doesn't just focus on small problems: he harnesses new technology to solve global crises.
Here is the problem on a global scale.
Branson could spend all of his time on Necker Island, but he's using his billions and voice (he's got over 2 million followers) to try and solve some of the world's biggest problems, like the HIV / AIDS pandemic and global warming.
Pollution, resource depletion, extinctions, global warming, and other problems with our inventive, needy culture implies we may have based our culture on counterproductive values.
Though some of these seemingly out - of - left - field questions can be difficult to answer, they «test a job candidate's critical thinking skills, see how they problem solve on the spot, and gauge how they approach difficult situations,» Glassdoor's head of global recruiting and talent acquisition, Susan Underwood, said in a press release.
Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annglobal problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annGlobal Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.
The MBA Global program focuses on academic theory and research - based learning, while the MBA in the Management of Technology and Innovation (MBA MTI) covers management skills while examining complex, technology - related business problems.
He suggested the basic problem was Chinese over-production, which creates a global glut, with dumped products finding a way into the U.S. through third countries:» You put a tariff on it coming from one country, they trans - ship it through another one.
Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).
It's a science - driven company focused on solving problems like world hunger and global warming with, for instance, drought - resistance seeds, which have been gaining market share from competitors but had to be developed over years.
Still, Deboo suggests that there's a sense Polman has morphed into the classic Davos Man, more intently focused on fixing global problems than the nitty - gritty details of operations.
Nearly 50 years later, problems like rising global temperatures, melting Arctic sea ice, and the demographics putting pressure on food production and resources like forests, can make you want to scream or bury your head in the sand.
You'll learn about: * The opportunities provided by the growth in the esports streaming content market * What's causing the streaming content surge and market growth * The technology making this explosive esports growth possible on a global scale * Confronting the problems around scale in markets like China and elsewhere Speakers: * Dean Takahashi, Lead Writer, GamesBeat * Johannes Waldstein, CEO, FanAI Inc. * Roc Harry, Relationship Director, Worldpay * Carter Rogers, Senior Analyst, SuperData Research Sponsored by Worldpay
China's state - run Global Times newspaper on Monday said President - elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPoll: Republican support for Kanye West grew after rapper expressed support for Trump Giuliani calls on Sessions and Rosenstein to shut down Mueller investigation Fox News» Ingraham calls out Giuliani for contradicting Trump on Stormy Daniels» payments: «That's a problem» MORE is «as ignorant as a child» when it comes to foreign relations.
On the whole Bitcoin and related technologies are starting to get a lot of attention from larger players who see these technological advancements as possible solutions to global problems.
On the more positive side, America's budget problems are fixable — and not so terrible when viewed in a long - term global context.
Global financial crisis: causes, consequences, cures Central bank responses to the crisis: issues of democratic accountability, QE and inflation, regulatory reform Fiscal policy responses to the crisis: issues of inflation, stimulus, debt sustainability Real estate prices and mortgage problems New directions in economics in light of the GFC Impacts of the GFC on the BRICS and the developing world Modern Money Theory, Functional Finance Job Guarantee / Employer of Last Resort Problems of Eproblems New directions in economics in light of the GFC Impacts of the GFC on the BRICS and the developing world Modern Money Theory, Functional Finance Job Guarantee / Employer of Last Resort Problems of EProblems of Euroland,
Increasing need for more knowledge, more advisement on problem - solving, more modifications and customizations, more participants in buyer networks, and more complex global environments all point towards why buying cycles are getting longer.
And at least on departing high - level executive, Nikki Neuburger, formerly a vice president in global brand marketing, wrote Parker a detailed letter describing the problem and explaining that it had driven her to leave.
Waste is a chronic problem that affects all of us on a global level.
China's trade outlook for 2012 is worsening, darkened especially by growing problems in Europe, the Commerce Ministry said on Thursday as it revealed the longest run of falling inward investment growth in the economy since the 2008 - 09 global crisis.
These problems will continue to act as a drag on global growth in 2016 and into 2017.
The Good Food Institute (GFI) is on the forefront of the movement to use food technology and markets to solve some of the world's biggest problems, from climate change and global hunger to antibiotic resistance and the exploitation of billions of animals annually.
I spoke with Zuckerberg on Friday about the state of his company, the implications of its global influence, and how he sees the problems ahead of him.
Maybe Elon Musk's plan for global satellite internet fixes the telecom problem proposed on the podcast t
As Cobb freely acknowledges, solutions to global problems based only on the experience of white, North American men, «are unlikely to lead to the indivisible salvation of the whole world» (PTPT 153).
Francis drew a standing ovation on Monday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, where he marked the UN's World Food Day by calling for governments to work together to tackle the interconnected problems of hunger, global warming and migration.
(CNN)- Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey - expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be «the modern - day Jesus Christ.»
The historic Millennial Summit of the United Nations held during the first week of September with the hundred and fifty - odd world leaders assembled at New York adopted a wide - ranging declaration on some of the most impending problems that the global community face today.
When one begins to apply this procedure to the problems of allocating scarce food resources on a global scale, the size differential — and accordingly, the lack of control of the situation) the unpredictability of the results, and the resulting uncertainty of the final outcome — render inaccurate any comparisons of this with the medical situation.
To correct this problem this same god killed every living thing on the planet with a global flood except for a family and two of everything else living.
Burns is writing a dissertation that bears on many of the problems of a complex and globalizing economy — the kinds of issues that Greider addresses in a more straightforward way Are the massive forces of the global economy dehumanizing the workplace?
CNN: In video, White House shooting suspect calls himself «modern - day Jesus» Weeks before his arrest on a charge of attempting to assassinate President Barack Obama, an Idaho man taped a video pitch for Oprah Winfrey — expressing his contempt for government, offering secrets to solving global problems and proclaiming himself to be «the modern - day Jesus Christ.»
First of all, while I have here focused on the global dimensions of contemporary life by way of spelling out the biopolitical task, it would be my contention that the fundamental categories I have employed could be used to deal with the whole range of social - ethical problems.
There is widespread agreement among futurist writers with respect to the most crucial world problems — issues of such magnitude that failure to resolve them will result in enormous destruction, conflict, and misery on a global scale.
Furthermore, our environmental problems can only be resolved by recognizing their global impact on all creatures.
Proposed solutions to global problems which are based only on the experience of the recently dominant group are unlikely to lead to the indivisible salvation of the whole world.
As a design engineer, Fuller sees the basic problem of mankind in terms of the necessity to integrate the production and distribution of the world's material necessities of food, housing, etc. on a global scale.
Global Green Growth Forum 3GF is a global platform for designing and accelerating solutions to intractable problems that markets and governments have not been able to solve on theiGlobal Green Growth Forum 3GF is a global platform for designing and accelerating solutions to intractable problems that markets and governments have not been able to solve on theiglobal platform for designing and accelerating solutions to intractable problems that markets and governments have not been able to solve on their own.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z