Sentences with phrase «toward global action»

They'll gather again on Thursday on the sidelines of the summit in L'Aquila,, trying to come up with commitments aimed at smoothing the path toward global action on global warming.

The strategy contributes toward global action on reducing food waste by aligning with Sustainable Development Goal 12 — ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns — in the United Nations Transforming our world: 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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I'm heartened at the efforts to reduce food loss and waste that have gained traction in the past year, and with even greater action by governments and businesses we can accelerate global progress toward Target 12.3.»

As we approach the global climate negotiations in Paris in just over a week, actions by state governments like New York State provide essential momentum toward a strong and effective agreement.»

The chair of the panel, Chad Holliday, said after the meeting that he leans toward Cole's optimistic assessment of where U.S. research universities stand in the global pecking order but that he also agrees on the need for decisive action.

After the failure of federal climate legislation in Congress this year, the fate of California's law was viewed as a US turning point — either away from addressing global warming or toward stronger action to curb greenhouse gases.

This manifesto calls for action that helps move simultaneously toward a more localized socio - economic structure and toward a supra - national mindset that helps us transcend the parochial concerns of a corporate - capitalistic globalization to activate a global citizens movement.

We define global education as curriculum that seeks to prepare students to live in a progressively interconnected world where the study of human values, institutions, and behaviors are contextually examined through pedagogy that promotes critical engagement of diverse information toward socially meaningful action (Gaudelli, 2003).

Honda says there's a global market shift toward compact utility vehicles, and the company's new Civic Hatchback is poised to capture some of the action.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; Merck's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of Merck's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; the company's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of the company's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

An assessment belied by the fact that quite a few nations met their Kyoto goals and have already achieved significant emissions reductions...; that Paris NDCs are much more inclusive and ambitious, and there is already visible action toward meeting them... the global energy economy is visibly changing now.

So how do we advance action and drive up ambition toward achieving our global climate and sustainable development goals?

«The Climate Reality Project endlessly thanks everyone who contributed to this global movement toward action on climate, especially those who worked directly with us to do so.

Toward Sustainable Aviation Fuels (October, 2015) Commercial aviation accounts for 2 percent of global carbon pollution, a figure projected to grow to between 3 and 4.7 percent by 2050 without concerted action to curb emissions.

The near - final draft, approved Friday by representatives of more than 140 governments meeting in Valencia, Spain, said global warming is «unequivocal» and said man's actions are heading toward «abrupt or irreversible climate changes and impacts.»

Second, the Philippines has also agreed that the collective INDCs shall be the basis for global action toward a low - carbon, climate - resilient future.

«As we work toward next year's climate conference in Paris, we continue to urge all nations to join us in pursuit of an ambitious and inclusive global agreement that reduces greenhouse gas emissions through concrete actions,» they write.

More broadly, draft White House guidance to federal agencies on environmental impact assessment of proposed federal actions such as energy development permits, which has languished for four years, could move the system toward analyzing specific proposed projects within a larger context of cumulative global warming impacts.

The ICCT's actions have ultimately shifted global attitudes toward diesel, changed the direction of the automobile industry, which is now moving away from diesel and petrol engines and toward electric mobility, highlighted the need to closely monitor self - regulating companies, and raised global awareness of the dangers of vehicle pollution to health and the environment in a transformative way.

With these selections, Mr. Obama is putting words into action that he will move toward clean energy solutions, take on global warming and jump - start the economy.

«With the global trade in shark fins pushing sharks toward extinction, it will take strong actions such as this to prevent us from making irreversible changes to our ocean ecosystems,» said Whit Sheard, senior advisor for Oceana, a maritime conservation organization.

«As a global leader on climate action, Germany has demonstrated that investment in renewable energy and technology can help usher in a successful transition toward a clean energy economy without compromising economic strength,» said former US Vice President and Climate Reality Chairman Al Gore.

The SAICM Global Plan of Action, adopted at the first session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (Dubai, 4 — 6 February 2006), contains some 300 activities to bring us toward the 2020 international goal of sound chemicals management.