Sentences with phrase «posed by our human actions»
Our actions require urgent, bold, decisive response from all stakeholders, both private and public to promote behavioural change to address the threats posed by our human actions», said the First Lady.
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They argue that the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance is similar to that posed by climate change because it is a natural process exacerbated by human activity and the actions of one country can have global ramifications.
The chemical is currently the subject of a class action lawsuit launched against Syngenta by 15 water providers in Illinois who are seeking at least $ 350 million for facilities to purify drinking water of atrazine, which they say poses a threat to human health.
Interestingly, on that same day, ABC (with several other organizations as signatories) issued a letter (PDF) to Department of Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, urging «swift action to address the threat to wildlife populations and human health posed by feral cats.»
These human references, stripped of all clothes and accessories, are in fact posed ready to fire weapons or jump into action - they embody the violence so glorified by computer games, stripped back to its most naked humanity.
In Andy's article on Wednesday, «Strong Action Urged to Curb Warming», we are told that «The scientific academies of 13 countries on Tuesday urged the world to act more forcefully to limit the threat posed by human - driven global warming.»
«Already influential is work he did on climate engineering, which found that when global warming was posed as a problem that could be solved through human ingenuity, not by limiting growth, hierarchical - individualists were more likely to support action.»
• Even greater risks to human rights than the risks posed by aggressive mitigation action arise from the profound impacts of climate change, especially if temperature increase exceeds 2 °C, which becomes increasingly likely if mitigation is delayed.