Sentences with phrase «urgency of the problem»

«For all of the commendable achievements of Pope John Paul II», the NCR continues, «his blindness to this cancer within the church and his unwillingness until the last years of his long reign to understand the urgency of the problem will be seen as serious flaws of his tenure.

«I think there's a political sense around the world of the urgency of the problem, and people believe that one of the ways that they can signal their engagement in support of the urgency is to ratify quickly,» Pershing said.

«Dr. Goodall's lifetime of study and experience in forests has given her an unparalleled understanding of the urgency of the problem of tropical deforestation — and the huge opportunity California has to help solve it.

Now you can fully appreciate the urgency of the problem by watching the classic originals back - to - back with the modern Hollywood bastardizations.

Considering all the impediments to wholesale high - school reform and the absence of true consensus as to the nature and urgency of the problem, I conclude that diversity and experimentation are a reasonable way to proceed in mid-decade, rather than pressing for elusive agreement about a single national strategy.

Given what we know about the flatlining or decline in elementary - and secondary - education achievement levels, and the void in any sense of true accountability in undergraduate higher education, I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at these results, but it certainly should add to the urgency of the problem.

I'd say that they could just say that the landscape has changed from ten or twenty years ago and now the urgency of the problem requires that they have their corps members commit to more years.

Romm feels the urgency of the problem, sees the existence of solutions, and wonders why people aren't choosing to implement those solutions as fast as needed.

Scientific consensus of impending disaster will be absolutely meaningless if the vast majority of the public does not appreciate the magnitude and urgency of the problem and thus the need for a substantial, paradigm shift in how we manage our energy needs.

What will it take for politicians and candidates for office (especially presidential ones) to realize the urgency of the problem, and even for our most outspoken advocates in congress to make a big enough fuss?

That increase in frustration, I think, is in proportion to an increase in concern about the urgency of the problem.

One can tell by how climate change policies are being debated around much of the world that few people, including many very educated people, understand the scale and urgency of the problem now [continue reading...]

Last year, he delivered a message at the U.N. Interfaith Summit on Climate Change about embracing the urgency of the problem.

People typically have an awful lot on their mind, and stuffing their heads with details of lots of scientific findings is not really likely to happen or be productive — what is needed is an overall impression of the urgency of the problem and enough evidence being presented to show that his conclusions of importance and immediacy are based on solid scientific information (and the movie demonstrates a lot of this).

«But, between Kyoto's supporters and those who scoff at the dangers of leaving greenhouse gas emissions unchecked, there has been a tiny minority of commentators and analysts convinced of the urgency of the problem while remaining profoundly sceptical of the proposed solution.

Moreover, instead of acknowledging the urgency of the problem and the growing certainty of the science, Tillerson brought out the tired claim that the science justifying action was not there yet: «[O] ur ability to understand all of the relationships between emissions and the environment and the feedback loops continues to be one of the science community's grand challenges,» he said.

Roberts notes, and most scientists would agree, that Adler understates the scale and urgency of the problem, cause and solutions.

That hits home, it hits a nerve, and more importantly, it hits quite a strong nerve especially with those that are not convinced of the urgency of the problem.

Yet many people still don't believe that climate change will affect them personally, or they deny the urgency of the problem.

But the Helmholtz team decided to look at the bigger picture: although climate scientists have repeatedly warned that the only safe answer is to reduce — and go on reducing — fossil fuel emissions, and although governments have acknowledged the urgency of the problem, very few really effective steps have been taken.

The big chance for world governments to show that they understand the urgency of the problem.

Exerting U.S. leverage to seek to hold back tar sands development would strike an important blow on behalf of scientific integrity in policymaking and action commensurate with the magnitude and urgency of the problem of global climatic disruption.

[2] This is despite the EU being fully aware of the urgency of the problem and it acknowledges that even a temperature rise of 2 degrees can not be considered as wholly safe.

But for this to begin to take off, those of us on the fringe of media need to make a case for the urgency of the problem.

It's not a first - best policy, but given the urgency of the problem, it's a good enough one.

These range from skepticism about the urgency of the problem to outright dismissal of humankind's influence on climate through our emissions of greenhouse gases.

While the urgency of the problem demands that Australia begins to cut its emissions now, the Government's response is to shift responsibility to other countries or to future generations.

The PAR system could work in some type of world in which countries understood the scope and urgency of the problem, but in this world, the pledges are too low, the action too weak, and the system ineffective.

«Governor Cuomo's modest actions to date don't match the scale and urgency of the problem.

And it is likewise crucial that they «keep a cool head» as they continue to carefully, methodically and dispassionately study the climate system and the effects of AGW with ever - greater understanding, in ever more refined detail, because that's the only way that we — ordinary citizens as well as policy - makers in both the public and private sectors — are going to become aware of the rapidly increasing seriousness and urgency of the problem.

You believe that NWS does not communicate the urgency of the problem and the potential dangers of global warming to the public.

Recent research is shedding light on the disturbing state of our planet's oceans and the incredible amount of waste that has collected at sea, but sometimes a shocking video is more helpful in advancing the urgency of the problem.

When people who agree can't even agree on a definition of the extent and urgency of the problem, then what's the point of saying anything to anyone?

Given the urgency of the problem, climate science will always be developing methodology in real time.

They are the ones who refused to vote for a bill, no matter how many compromises were made, no matter how clear the urgency of the problem.

We have been saying this for years, yet governments still refuse to accept the urgency of the problem, in order to protect dinosaur industries with good lobby contacts to politicians.

The needs of clients, the urgency of their problems, the length of the sales process, and the amount of knowledge they have varies from one area of law to the next.

Underscoring the urgency of the problem, a number of researchers are studying whether there's a balance to be struck between decentralization — the key non-financial motivation for cryptocurrency and blockchain excitement — and these networks» ability to scale to an ever - growing number of users.