Sentences with phrase «on societal choices»

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.

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«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!)
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