Sentences with phrase «unprecedented global crisis»

Not exact matches

Impacting nearly 60 million people, the global refugee emergency is a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented size.

«The unfortunate truth is that given the unprecedented nature of the global refugee crisis, there are simply more people than ever that need our support and our compassion,» said Tim Breene, CEO of World Relief, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals and one of nine agencies partnering with the government to resettle refugees.

However, in November 2008 when the global economic crisis led to an unprecedented 1.5 percentage points cut in the base rate, banks such as HBOS, Lloyd's TSB and Abbey all passed on the full 1.5 % cut to borrowers with standard variable rate (SVR) mortgages.

«Mr Speaker, I think the leader of the opposition doesn't understand one thing: This is an unprecedented global banking crisis.

In 2008, Europe entered a period of unprecedented financial crisis following a global economic downturn.

Developments in the last century — the evolving global economy, an unprecedented migrant crisis, massive social changes, and increasingly seamless digital connectivity and convergence across work, play and life — have forced a challenging shift in the way we think about what matters most to teach and learn.

This is different than the risk on risk off we saw post the global financial crisis, since that one was from unprecedented quantitative EASING.

The global financial crisis has resulted in unprecedented challenges which are affecting Antigua and Barbuda at this time.

It strikes me as an opportunity to acknowledge one another's individual humanity as we celebrate our emergent global community in preparation for preventing / managing unprecedented crises.

Modern global warming is: «Civilization ending»; a «climate crisis»; «dangerous»; «rapid»; «accelerating»; «unequivocal»; «unprecedented»; «irrefutable»; «indisputable»; «irreversible»; and, of course, the ever familiar «man - made».

Indeed, the extended hiatus in warming, together with the unprecedented fall in solar activity, has furrowed the brows of not a few scientists, who have not as yet succumbed to the moral vanity of the global warming / climate crisis crowd.

Global TV News published a summary of opinions by several commentators on how the Government of Ontario might deal with the crisis in electricity bills, which is causing unprecedented energy poverty.

The nature and extent of impacts among human populations hinges on how successfully we respond to the biosphere crisis with extraordinary leadership, balanced solutions applied at global scales, and unprecedented cooperation — or not.