Sentences with phrase «urgent challenges»

In a new blog to support the Challenges for courts session, we investigate the most urgent challenges reported by court leaders, whom we met during projects and with whom we worked in seminars held in Singapore, San José (Costa Rica), Addis Abeba, Tunis and The Hague.

Michael has extensive experience advising government, institutional and business clients facing unique and urgent challenges requiring media management and messaging, including strategic use of social media.

Democratising the rule of law is one of the most urgent challenges of our times, as the legitimacy of legal institutions for protecting the rule of law is increasingly challenged... Jack's expertise in articulating and promoting constitutional values in the political process, his practical experience of how parliaments work in practice, and his proven commitment to promoting a democratic vision of the rule of law, make him perfectly placed to lead the Bingham Centre's programme of work in this area.»

features acclaimed journalist Terre Blair interviewing an extraordinary group of leaders to find solutions to some of the most urgent challenges facing humanity.

From planting fruit and nut trees in Kilkenny to reviving local currencies in Southampton - these groups are set on building local resilience in the face of urgent challenges.

To commemorate the opening of the High Level Segment of the «African COP» in Durban, ECO invited African NGOs to submit thematic articles on the often urgent challenges of climate change and the compelling opportunities for response.

We must greet the urgent challenges of our time as a vibrant, energized, diligent, and resilient global alliance.

But rather than use these assessments to develop evidence - guided policies to address the urgent challenges identified, our elected officials are attempting to kill the messenger by attacking the resources and the credibility of those institutions.

The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal - fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is extracted, captured, converted, and used if it is to meet the urgent challenges facing the energy system, of which climate change and energy security are the most pressing.

Sladek has addressed climate change and energy security from the grassroots level, illustrating how social entrepreneurship and environmental stewardship can come together to tackle two of the world's most urgent challenges.

Substantial finance and investments will be needed to meet the urgent challenges of mitigation, adaptation and access to clean energy in developing countries.

EDC is a global nonprofit organization that designs, delivers and evaluates innovative programs to address some of the world's most urgent challenges in education, health, and economic opportunity.

To address urgent challenges and drive continuous improvement effectively, school board members, superintendents, and school leaders must develop strong school board — superintendent teams.

Keystone Crossroads covers urgent challenges pressing Pennsylvania's cities, such as state funding of school districts.

«Education today must prepare young people to flourish in a society awash with intelligent technology and to enter a job market shaped by rapid technological change, yet there are urgent challenges in the world that require human solutions from future leaders.

Mathematicians are addressing some of our world's most urgent challenges — including tackling climate change, modelling disease transmission and solving the human genome sequence.

In today's environment of high - stakes accountability and limited resources, urban educators must be able to address urgent challenges on multiple fronts.

H2FIRST aims to address cross-cutting, urgent challenges related to station performance and availability.»

Fathoming how monstrous concentrations of wind energy are created and then being able to forecast them are among the biggest, most urgent challenges in disaster science.

We must greet the urgent challenges of our time as a vibrant, energized, diligent, and resilient global alliance.

The new Rainforest Alliance has a bold and ambitious goal: to accelerate and scale up our work to tackle today's most urgent challenges: climate change, social inequity, rural poverty, and biodiversity loss.

In recognition of the urgent challenges posed by climate change and population growth, the two organizations are now planning a merger that will enable us to scale up critical sustainability interventions in the global agricultural supply chain.

I am convinced that these principles, faithfully maintained, above all when dealing with human life, from conception to natural death, with marriage - rooted in the exclusive and indissoluble gift of self between one man and one woman - and freedom of religion and education, are necessary conditions if we are to respond adequately to the decisive and urgent challenges that history presents to each one of you,»

And while these more urgent challenges are largely cyclical in nature, the issue of social licence will not go away.

A strong talent pipeline is an especially urgent challenge for fast - growing companies.

In this situation, the medieval Church's most urgent challenge was mission: revitalizing the life of faith among those who were lukewarm, sparking faith in unbelievers, and transmitting the faith to the next generation.

In an encyclical, or papal statement, the pontiff said that everyone had a duty to address «the urgent challenge to protect our common home».

I want to apply the lessons I've learnt in victory and defeat to the urgent challenge of this Age of Unreason.»

Attention will now increasingly turn to the urgent challenge of adapting to the changes and helping those who are most affected.

The Paris Agreement is one of the singular achievements in international diplomacy in recent years, and the U.S. must continue to cooperate with the rest of the world in driving forward strong action on this urgent challenge.

In response to the urgent challenge of ocean acidification, The Nature Conservancy convened a workshop for ocean experts in Honolulu, Hawaii, in August 2008.

Probably the most serious and urgent challenge faced by the physical world now is the threat of climate change.

These programs address an urgent challenge or priority — from narrowing achievement gaps and postsecondary success to modeling courageous conversations and leading inclusive schools — and provide educators with important context and data, as well as concrete solutions for expanding opportunity and achieving excellence with equity.

It is great to hear Clinton call global warming an «urgent challenge that threatens us all.»

This could create a delay in the city's efforts to address the urgent challenge of climate change.

The current employment scenario for young people, worsened by the global economic crisis, poses an urgent challenge with long - term implications for both young people and society as a whole.

When referring to the whole issue, try something like «the urgent challenge of human - induced climate disruption» rather than «climate debate.»

It addresses an immediate and urgent challenge: preventing new, long term investments in gas - fired power generation.

In particular, in the face of uncertain coupling of natural and anthropogenic climate forcing, understanding the timing, extent and especially the mechanistic basis for baseline shifts now represents an urgent challenge.

Breaking the pervasive link between power and corruption is this generation most urgent challenge.

This is an especially urgent challenge for policy - makers today, because a report issued just this month shows that for the first time, a majority of public school children come from low - income families.

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I believed that was possible while I worked there, and I still believe it now, even as the challenge becomes more urgent than ever.

With two months of urgent repairs beginning at New York's Pennsylvania Station, commuters on Monday may get their first taste of the havoc the track work is expected to bring to the challenge of getting into and out of the largest U.S. city.

And who wouldn't like to serve a huge market connecting millions of customers having urgent technical needs, limited alternatives, and little concern about price with millions of highly skilled professionals who would love to be their own bosses, fill their days with challenging and diverse problems instead of bullshit make - work jobs, and have countless opportunities served up to them on a regular basis which they can pick and choose as they wish.

But short - term course corrections won't satisfy experts who demand urgent attention to Canada's longer - term challenges.

As environmental challenges for business becomes increasingly urgent, we will respond and deliver solutions that can make a positive and substantial contribution.

The paper covers the most urgent threats to this resource, which the authors view as governance challenges.

Indeed, the challenge for governments and industry is to find a path that mitigates carbon emissions yet continues to utilize coal to meet urgent energy needs, especially in developing economies.

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Providing pastoral care to persons suffering from AIDS, and to their families, poses an urgent and unavoidable challenge to the church.