Sentences with phrase «scale shift towards»

«We are witnessing a mass scale shift towards a meat free culture.

The Sustainable World Coalition produces materials and programs for schools and the general public intended to deepen awareness of and foster large scale shifts towards sustainability — and towards living lives in harmony with nature and all beings.

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According to the United Nations, the meat industry is «one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global», and the UN has concluded that a global shift towards a vegan diet is vital to saving the world from hunger, fuel poverty and the worst effects of climate change.

Recently, after a few conversations with my clients, I realized how significantly my attitude towards my body and scale shifted over the past years.

Arnett also said that schools must be ready to foster a shift in classroom instruction and, on a larger scale, a change in school culture towards technology in the classroom.

Under greater acceleration, or when braking moderately, the bar in the MID shifts more towards either end of the scale, showing the use of more fuel, and the ambient meter glows a green / blue colour.

For the entire Northern Hemisphere, there is evidence of an increase in both storm frequency and intensity during the cold season since 1950,1 with storm tracks having shifted slightly towards the poles.2, 3 Extremely heavy snowstorms increased in number during the last century in northern and eastern parts of the United States, but have been less frequent since 2000.11,15 Total seasonal snowfall has generally decreased in southern and some western areas, 16 increased in the northern Great Plains and Great Lakes region, 16,17 and not changed in other areas, such as the Sierra Nevada, although snow is melting earlier in the year and more precipitation is falling as rain versus snow.18 Very snowy winters have generally been decreasing in frequency in most regions over the last 10 to 20 years, although the Northeast has been seeing a normal number of such winters.19 Heavier - than - normal snowfalls recently observed in the Midwest and Northeast U.S. in some years, with little snow in other years, are consistent with indications of increased blocking (a large scale pressure pattern with little or no movement) of the wintertime circulation of the Northern Hemisphere.5 However, conclusions about trends in blocking have been found to depend on the method of analysis, 6 so the assessment and attribution of trends in blocking remains an active research area.

Successful 1.9 W m − 2 scenarios are characterized by a rapid shift away from traditional fossil - fuel use towards large - scale low - carbon energy supplies, reduced energy use, and carbon - dioxide removal.

This new official data offers hope that China is shifting towards more climate - friendly path of development, but also perspective on the scale of the challenge.

Instead of creating one more body for business - as - usual, governments, funding agencies, and international organizations should be taking bold action: committing to shift resources away from climate - damaging practices of chemical - intensive industrial agriculture and meat production and towards investment in and commitment to agroecology, food sovereignty, and support to small - scale food producers.

There are some observable shifts in finance that might facilitate incremental steps towards sustainable development, such as a growth in green bonds, large - scale investments in renewable energy and transport systems, high profile campaigns by large institutional investors to divest from fossil fuels, as well as commitments in the G20 to remove fossil fuel subsidies.

We believe the photovoltaic industry to be shifting from large ground mounted utility scale installations towards small and decentralized roof top systems.

The new fund's focus will shift towards blockchain and cryptocurrency, while the strategy will involve scaling local startups internationally, into Europe, the USA, and Asia.

It will shift the balance of advantage in the hiring process towards involving a specialist recruitment company, one capable of delivering a personalised headhunting - like experience, but at a scale and pace not previously possible.