In this sweeping town hall meeting moderated by New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin, pioneering scientists presented research at the vanguard of solar, wind, geothermal and algae / biofuel energy, while conservationists and high - level policy - makers provided additional perspectives on the challenges and opportunities presented by
this urgent global problem.
You're helping to tackle
an urgent global problem.
Human societies need energy — turn it off and chaos would result: But if we could fix the ratio without obliterating other life forms, we'd be giving ourselves enough breathing space to tackle other
urgent global problems, such as clean water supply, food sufficiency, and the preservation of health - giving natural areas.
Not exact matches
Global climate change is considered one of the most
urgent environmental
problems.
«If you consider the morbidity and mortality caused by the scourge of counterfeit drugs, it is an
urgent problem that requires a
global response,» says Jim Hayward, the CEO of Applied DNA Sciences.
When you book your trip using a credit card that has a
global assistance benefit, you'll be able to contact a toll - free number in the event of an emergency whether that involves a medical
problem, a lost passport, or the need for an
urgent translation.
Highlighting the most
urgent problems of our
global society, Ai's dogged dedication to freedom of expression and basic human rights remains unparalleled among his artistic peers.
I've said this before:
global warming is certainly not our only big environmental
problem, but it is an
urgent crisis that must be fixed immediately, if we are going to buy the time to address the other
problems.
And so long as that's the case, a lot of conservatives are likely to remain skeptical that
global warming is an
urgent problem in need of solving.
«One
problem facing humanity is now so
urgent that, unless it is resolved in the next two decades, it will destroy our
global civilization: the climate crisis.»
President Obama and other world leaders will attend to discuss the
urgent problem of climate change, seeking common ground in preparation for a «meaningful
global agreement in 2015.»
Further, by tying a big chuck of
global development aid to climate change, developing countries will not receive the help they need in dealing with their very real and
urgent problems, e.g.
This will require
urgent and *** unprecedented levels of support — the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report indicates that the
global cost of adaptation could be as much as *** $ 200 or $ 300 billion per year by 2050 — but it is right that the rich countries responsible for the
problem help to protect the culture, heritage and identity of the most vulnerable communities and countries... Q: What should EU governments be doing about it?
Global warming continues unabated, and it remains an
urgent problem.
The need to limit
global warming is
urgent, according to two experts from the Harvard Medical School and Duke University speaking for the nonprofit Civil Society Institute, who expressed their concern earlier this month that droughts fueled by unchecked
global warming would touch off more wildfires and a rise in related public health
problems.
Schlesinger says the
problem of
global warming is
urgent.
We have entered an era in which all nations are called upon to work together to address the
urgent problem of
global climate change.
Since these reports were written, the
urgent problems of
global warming have rapidly risen up the public and political agenda.
It is
urgent that we properly approach the
global warming
problems worldwide.
Moreover, if there is an
urgent need to address the
problem, in what way is the $ 5 billion of
global R&D budget for nuclear energy «enough»?
This represents a critical gap in the literature and an
urgent national and
global public health
problem based on statistics that more than 1 in 5 children are now living below the poverty line in the United States alone.6
«Cybercrime is a
global problem,» Edgerton said, one that's becoming more prevalent and more
urgent.