Sentences with phrase «twin challenges»

«For decades, advocates have been pushing our elected leaders to put forth a serious congestion pricing plan to tackle the region's twin challenges of traffic and transit underinvestment,» added Alex Matthiessen, the director of the Move NY Campaign.

Matt's now facing twin challenges: the potentially lucrative sale of a prime parcel of land and the impending death of his wife, Elizabeth (Hastie), who lies in an irreversible coma after a boating accident.

We shouldn't rue the loss of a few poorly paid jobs, particularly when rising minimum wages also help meet the twin challenges of the early 21st century: constrained revenue growth and higher service needs due to population aging.

Faced with the twin challenge of maintaining its unprecedented pace of economic growth while protecting the environment and enhancing the quality of life for its citizens, the Chinese government has...

Faced with the twin challenge of maintaining its unprecedented pace of economic growth while protecting the environment and enhancing the quality of life for its citizens, the Chinese government has turned to promoting the development and adoption of clean technologies.

Cardinal Sarah compared the twin challenges of «the idolatry of Western freedom and Islamic fundamentalism to two apocalyptic beasts.

By the end of the eighteenth century, the twin challenges of the natural sciences, along with their philosophical interpreters, and of scientific historical study profoundly challenged the credibility of received forms of Christian faith.

The CorrBoard UK Alliance offers three unique benefits to any company facing the twin challenges of complex, ever - evolving requirements and -LSB-...]

W1 have also faced the twin challenges of departures of core players and tougher competition.

«Getting the twin challenges of Brexit and the economic fundamentals right will require leadership, consistency and clarity — after a year in which business has been dismayed by what it sees as division and disorganisation across Westminster.»

As a veteran educator, he understands that better schools are the answer to the twin challenges of opportunity and safety.

Fuleihan agreed to stay on through this budget battle to help the speaker navigate the twin challenges of a fiscal crisis and an uber - aggressive new governor.

The twin challenges that we face today are overconsumption and poverty.

EUROPE»S Aurora manned space program may have the giddy quality of a dream, but solving its twin challenges — building a vessel to carry a crew into deep space and designing the engines that can reach interesting destinations — pushes it toward mundane pocketbook realities.

So said U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday while addressing the United Nations, talking about the twin challenges of climate change and energy consumption.

We recognize that fair access to energy services is essential for the achievement of the SDGs and that, addressing the twin challenges of sustainable development and climate change mitigation will require enhanced use of low - carbon and renewable energy sources and improved energy efficiency.

In many ways a complex exploration of the twin challenges of artistic creation and parenting, Goodbye Christopher Robin nevertheless strays distressingly from the real facts of the case.

How can the free schools programme meet the twin challenge of creating more school places and improving educational standards?

In other words, there are twin challenges: to support and promote the progress of all children — and particularly children who lag in their development — in the preschool years; and to ensure that all children make a smooth transition into the first year of school by meeting individuals at their points of need upon entry.

The twin challenges of meeting standards and testing requirements make it even more important that teachers have tools to help get the most out of time with their students.

In addition to this bill's path - breaking provisions on school turnarounds, the Act launched a bold new strategy for addressing the twin challenges of fostering greater school choice and stimulating more innovation.

If this is true, we may face twin challenges: significantly improving students» literacy and numeracy skills and placing less emphasis on comparing schools and more emphasis on improving learning.

Opening new schools is the only way we are going to be able to meet the twin challenge of meeting rising demand for school places and improving educational standards across the country.

Public school districts are facing twin challenges: maintaining a labor supply of qualified teachers while shoring up the deteriorating system that compensates them.

Levenson's charge: «Districts must tackle the twin challenges of controlling special education costs and improving student achievement.

In 2000, CSDC formed an ad - hoc coalition of stakeholders and spearheaded the effort to create a limited federal role in assisting charter schools with the twin challenge of acquiring and financing facilities.

CSDC helps charter schools with the twin challenge of finding and financing facilities and closing the funding gap so that they can keep their focus on their educational mission and student achievement gains.

One objective of the report is to provide information helpful to state policy makers and others who are grappling with the twin challenges of court mandates regarding school funding and constituent pressure to lower property taxes.

Already JLR has launched an internal corporate efficiency programme called LEAP, to face the twin challenges of cost of electrification.

This they hope will help device manufacturers to ward off the twin challenges posed by the Apple iOS on the one hand and Google Android on the other.

That Apple is shedding minor share in the face of the twin challenge is not surprising.

Walsh's successful management of ATM, the Middle East's premier travel and tourism event, and hands - on leadership in facing the twin challenges of the global economic slowdown and the Arab Spring, has given him a uniquely well - rounded perspective to drive new business opportunities.

Hi Hugh, I agree that the twin challenges of de-commoditisation and humanisation are part of the key to companies like this developing the kind of new relationships we all want to see.

We need to immediately take steps to deploy our energy capital strategically and intelligently given the twin challenges of global warming and resource depletion.

In addition to these factors, the region faces the twin challenges of price competitiveness and off - taker / country risks.

Instead The Economist acknowledges the other reality of the Anthropocene, which is the twin challenge of powering a 22nd century world of 10 billion people existing in a somewhat decent standard of living while also simultaneously making the planet more resilient to a severely distressed carrying capacity.

«In light of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and its worsening impacts, and the related issue of air pollution from burning fossil fuels, the United States and China recognize the urgent need for action to meet these twin challenges,» the countries said in the statement.

These data points reflect a commitment to be part of the clean energy and climate conversation and real solutions that tackle the twin challenge of making progress on these fronts while supplying individual Americans and the broader economy with the energy needed to sustain our prosperity, supports opportunity and improves Americans» lives.

Built in the back garden of two architects, this simple - but - elegant brick house in Blackrock faced the twin challenges of an extremely tight site and less - than - ideal orientation, but with rigorous attention to detail it came close to passive house levels - while delivering impressively low actual heating costs.

Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation The Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation is a network of theologians, pastors, other ministry leaders, scientists, economists, other scholars, and policy experts committed to applying Biblical principles to the twin challenges of economic development for the very poor around the world and wise Earth stewardship.

So said U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday while addressing the United Nations, talking about the twin challenges of climate change and energy consumption.

One pathway to meet these twin challenges of alleviating energy poverty and minimising greenhouse gas emissions is nuclear energy.

Through this argument, one can see that India is walking a tightrope between the twin challenges of ending energy poverty for its 400 million citizens living without electricity access while balancing the needs of the hundreds of millions more who will be impacted by a changing climate.