In particular, future greenhouse gas emissions depend
on societal choices, policies, and technology advancements not yet made, and climate - change impacts depend on both the amount of climate change that occurs and the effectiveness of development in reducing exposure and vulnerability.
Not exact matches
«
Societal stereotypes driving these gendered listings could be having a knock -
on effect for the next generation of engineers, especially girls, impacting their future career
choices,» the IET warns, according to The Guardian's write - up of the report.
Morality is a process whereby the beneficial or harmful outcomes of an action are compared and the
choices made are labelled either good or bad depending
on societal or cultural norms.
Politicians are nervous to touch
on an issue which they often see as being about individual
choice rather than a «collective
societal responsibility», as Dr Nigel Rollins described breastfeeding in The Lancet report last year.
While Slater does face certain
choices along his journey, it mostly feels manipulated by Brand New - U (though perhaps this is a reflection
on societal manipulation of our own identities).
Swapping the dream of white picked fence for the open road has long been my personal
choice and while I never let the
societal pressure stop me from following it, there's nothing more reassuring, inspiring and motivating than knowing that you're not walking a lonely path; that there are hundreds of others just like you, who didn't want to base their idea of happiness
on the social norms and instead, decided to create it for themselves.
I see a concentration
on the
choice of subjects, the
societal context, in the compositions, and also in your titles.
Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University weighed in
on the difference between personal behavior and
societal choices:
The scientific process would seem to yield a much more reliable foundation
on which to drive
societal choices, rather than the current process of hobbling along with a failed energy market, the freedom to confuse people about science by knowingly lying about it in mass media, and unlimited, anonymous money in politics.
Characterization of how
societal choices influence long - term trends in climate and air pollution (having adverse affects
on human health in urban areas, and
on agriculture in farming areas) are our primary goals.
Susan and I talked about how the book came to be, and our own experiences with
societal judgment based
on our marital
choices — a late first - time marrier (43), Susan was barraged with questions by people wondering what was wrong with her whereas I, a twice married and divorced woman, was seen as someone who «failed» at marriage (twice!)