Sentences with phrase «urgent changes in»

We must act now and bring about urgent changes in the way we live and use natural resources.

Beware the Trade Deals that look to lock out these urgent changes in secret.

It's hard to start the morning with an urgent change in schedule.

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Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

While that in itself may be cause for action, the extraordinary rapidity of the change we now observe makes action even more urgent.»

The VC industry is in the dark ages and in urgent need of radical change.

Early in Larson's leadership, Packard made a massive bet on curbing climate change — an issue that has only become more urgent since then.

Church leader and theologian Steve Holmes wrote: «I agree profoundly with Steve in his concern that our pastoral practice in this area has often been appalling, and needs to change... his diagnosis of a real and urgent problem is spot on... [He] names a pastoral scandal that we have swept under the carpet for too long.»

It is really urgent that we tackle climate change for the sake of the poorest people in the world who are being hit by it right now.»

The question is no less urgent but has changed in some respects.

The introduction to notes that the book's essays «focus on the urgent and far - reaching changes in ecclesial governance, administrative style, and financial accountability called for if the congregation of the faithful in the future is to fulfill its hallowed aspiration to be the salt of the earth and the light of the nations.»

The gulf war, both in the ways it is like all wars and in the ways it is unique, makes the testing both concrete and urgent, while also heightening the chances that the «facts» available when this text is drafted will have been changed by the time it reaches readers.

Mention of that great saint brings to mind what he said about change: he sharply cautioned against changing law — any law — even when some improvement is possible, unless there is some «urgent necessity or substantial and obvious benefit», since «the mere fact of change in law itself can be adverse to the public welfare and lessen the restraining power of the law».

In this changed social landscape, discussing porn is both risky and urgent — perhaps especially so in the churcheIn this changed social landscape, discussing porn is both risky and urgent — perhaps especially so in the churchein the churches.

The murder of Jesuit priests in El Salvador, the electoral defeat of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua, the invasion of Panama, the «war on drugs,» and changing East / West relations add urgent weight to our need to confront the U.S. strategy of «low - intensity conflict» (LIC).

The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged world leaders meeting in Germany this week to recognise combatting climate change as an «urgent priority».

However, the urgent necessity of today is that the sort of principles science has worked with so successfully in relating established order to changed knowledge may be applied in these other areas.

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 chaiIn 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 chaiin the global agricultural supply chain.

While there, we'll be announcing the new rule and the palm kernel expeller opportunities, as well as calling on manufacturers and retailers around the world to take urgent steps to help make positive change in the palm oil industry.

«Urgent change» is needed to stop recyclable and biodegradable material from being incinerated in London, as energy - from - waste hinders the capital's move to a more circular economy, according to the London Assembly's Environment Committee.

But as one of 8,000 Sulawesian smallholder cocoa farmers participating in a climate - smart program of the Rainforest Alliance and Olam Indonesia (under Millennium Challenge Account — Indonesia), Syamsuddin soon came to understand the new reality of a changing climate, and the urgent need to adapt his farming practices.

In today's hyper - connected world, fighting climate change and building resilience to its impact are urgent priorities for us all.

Meeting the world's future food and nutritional needs in a sustainable way presents critical development challenges, underscoring the urgent need for action to enhance production while minimizing the environmental footprint of rice systems and their vulnerability to climate change.

So if the various permutations and Blackpool's urgent need for points weren't already promising a thrilling contest in Manchester, the very first encounter between the two in the Premiership back in January, when Blackpool squandered a two - goal lead before losing 3 - 2, would certainly suggest another thrill - a-minute contest despite the likelihood of United manager Sir Alex Ferguson making wholesale changes to his starting XI.

«The data from Ofcom highlights the urgent need for radical changes to be made to the 999 emergency service so that those in need can text as well as call.

In the light of the crash in global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenIn the light of the crash in global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the governmenin the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the government.

urgent action on climate change, mobilising the resources of public and private sectors in a way unprecedented in peacetime;

This need became even more urgent following the March discount rate change when it dropped to its lowest in history and immediately doubled the cost of some high value claims.

Initiatives like the Power 4 Puerto Rico Coalition, a direct response to the urgent need to mobilize in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, are bold signposts that change is afoot.

«We write to direct your urgent attention to the destructive role of these companies in the current crisis in Puerto Rico, in which massive hurricane damage and economic loss is being exploited by private equity funds seeking huge profits from human suffering,» says the letter, which was also signed by groups including New York Communities for Change and the Center for Popular Democracy.

«Working with colleagues in health and other public services we will study the proposals in detail and will be seeking urgent talks with NHS employers and the government on any further changes to the NHS pension.»

This need became even more urgent following the March discount rate change when it dropped to -0.75 %, its lowest in history.

As the need to deal with the threat of climate change becomes ever more urgent, they're also a vital source of diversity and renewables in our energy mix.

«I fundamentally disagree that this is an issue that isn't urgent to address in terms of climate change,» Mr. de Blasio told Senator Simcha Felder, a Brooklyn Democrat who caucuses with Senate Republicans and had brought the groceries.

«I have spoken with the de Blasio Administration about the urgent need for reforms and called for substantive changes that include splitting the responsibilities of ACS into different agencies; implementing rigorous oversight over contract agencies; adequately training and supervising caseworkers; and providing deeper ongoing supports to children in foster care or child preventative services.»

The Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Tuesday said the dearth of infrastructural development in Osun State before 2010 necessitated the urgent need to borrow and change the face of the state.

«It will be for the party executive to decide whether it accepts the reforms proposed, but a party in such urgent need of reform blocks those changes at its peril.»

Commenting on Jeremy Hunt's announcement that the A&E at Trafford General is to be downgraded to an Urgent Care Centre, and in the longer term a Minor Injuries Unit, and on other changes to services at Trafford General Hospital, Kate Green, Labour Member of Parliament for Stretford and Urmston said:

Later that afternoon, SUNY Poly's web coordinator, who appears to have participated in a late - morning, «urgent call» with communications staff — and who, at 3:12 PM, received an email from Gretzinger titled «URGENT [redacted]» — sent the spokesman links to the undergraduate and graduate course catalogs («catalog changes as discussed,» the subject line urgent call» with communications staff — and who, at 3:12 PM, received an email from Gretzinger titled «URGENT [redacted]» — sent the spokesman links to the undergraduate and graduate course catalogs («catalog changes as discussed,» the subject line URGENT [redacted]» — sent the spokesman links to the undergraduate and graduate course catalogs («catalog changes as discussed,» the subject line read).

Spano, a Democrat who campaigned for mayoral control last year and even convinced the Senate majority conference to include the change in its state budget proposal, said the issue isn't as urgent for him now because the city recently merged some of its administrative offices with the school board.

In a thoughtful aside, Paterson told Gay City News that he thinks it's urgent that progressives develop the «patience» to learn how to organize and change the minds of many who voted for Trump.

«In the face of rapidly expanding energy demand and the increasingly urgent threat of climate change, we are continuing to respond to the energy system as it evolves rather than actively managing its transformation,» Didier Houssin, IEA's director of sustainable energy policy and technology, said yesterday at the report's launch.

Science and technology will be critical in our efforts to tackle the most urgent societal challenges, be it climate change, food security, or public health.

For some urgent societal challenges, such as climate change, the problem may lie in generating social momentum to begin with.

As climate change is increasing the duration, frequency and severity of extreme weather events, it has become increasingly urgent to identify their effects and provide early warnings, in order to ensure market stability and global food security.

Linse and her colleagues» urgent mission is to study seafloor that was in the shadow of the ice before the ecosystem changes.

Reliance on aboriginal insights is particularly crucial in the Arctic, where climate change creates an urgent need to understand local dynamics.

Writing in Current Climate Change Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change imChange Reports, they conclude that, the most urgent course of action is to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, but concurrently there is also a need to consider novel management techniques and previously over-looked reef areas for protective actions under predicted climate change imchange impacts.

«There is an urgent need for measures of media reach, and how messages are received, and whether it changes attitudes in ivory demand countries,» Dr Holden said.

One answer to an urgent question Many of these regions also face diminishing water resources in the face of more severe droughts caused by climate change.