Sentences with phrase «urgent need of change»

On the night of last April 17, the Philadelphia school community waited anxiously to find out which of the district's schools would land on a new list of low performers — schools that the state was declaring to be in urgent need of change.

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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.

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

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.»

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).

IFOAM — Organics International is attending the COP22 climate talks to speak out on behalf of the organic food and farming community and to raise awareness of the urgent need to make organic agriculture part of a climate change solution.According to Gabor Figeczky, Advocacy Manager at IFOAM — Organics... more

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.

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.

At the operational level, information communication failures mean that information on urgent and fast - changing needs is not easily transmitted, including from affected populations to existing providers of public goods.

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 government.

Unfortunately, it hasn't kept up with those changes and now needs urgent review if it not to become a «talking shop» of little consequence.

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.

ALBANY — When he unveiled his new Common Core task force Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a «total reboot» of the state's system, citing an urgent need for change amid a growing protest movement.

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.

He therefore called for the entrenchment of unity and peaceful co-existence among Nigerian people, adding that there is an urgent need for Nigerian government to build on the solidarity required across religious and ethnic lines as part of improving its change agenda.

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 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.»

Over the past thirteen months, the unending series of controversies and scandals that has rocked Albany and the preliminary findings of the Moreland Commission illustrate the urgent need for comprehensive and systematic changes.

As the effects of climate change rapidly alter communities, economies and natural systems, the need to advance new solutions to what may be the most pressing biological challenge of our time has never been more urgent.

We commend Secretary Clinton for calling out climate change deniers and effectively illustrating the urgent need to act on a defining issue of our time.»

The team, which consists of scientists from Stockholm University and the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, say that their surprising finding highlights an even more urgent need for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate Arctic climate change.

Now, with tight funds, waning public patience and an increasingly urgent need for solutions to climate change, fusion research faces uncomfortable questions of which direction to go, how to get there and what gets left behind.

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.

LONDON — The world is far behind on delivering the low - carbon energy it needs, and unless urgent action is taken, calamitous climate change is certain, the International Energy Agency told a meeting yesterday of energy ministers whose countries account for 80 percent of global energy demand.

Citing polls showing that the majority of the U.S. public does believe that climate change is taking place, Holdren said the real problem is that the issue isn't as urgent as other concerns that many people have: «We need to be more in the business of persuading people this needs to be higher on their priority list.»

The threat of climate change means that there is an urgent need to find cleaner, renewable alternatives to fossil fuels that do not contribute extensive amounts of greenhouse gases with potentially devastating consequences on our ecosystem.

True, these findings are exciting, but they also pose some urgent questions: Do scientists need to change the theory of black holes to accommodate their large sizes, their large numbers as well as their proximity to each other?

The main objective of the event was to draw attention to the environmental threats posed by human behavior and stress the urgent need for a change of attitude, turning towards sustainable practices.

Although cancer immunotherapy is changing the paradigm of how cancer is treated, there is an urgent need to develop predictive biomarkers to identify patients who are most likely to benefit from various immunotherapeutic strategies.

Other possible symptoms include: pressure in the lower pelvis, frequent or urgent need to urinate, needing to urinate at night, and a change in the color (usually cloudy or bloody) or odor of the urine.

For years, consensus had been building across the political spectrum that the nation's schools, especially those in urban America, were in urgent need of fundamental change.

There is also an urgent need for education systems to impart higher skills aligned with the demands of growing economies, where many jobs are being automated and skill sets are changing fast.

That's when we realized that as much as we must communicate the students» urgent need for more excellent teachers, we must also communicate the huge sense of urgency we feel to change the teachers» profession — because opportunities for teachers mean opportunities for students.

«There is no failed policy more in need of urgent change than our government - run education monopoly,» Trump said.

A 2015 OECD report on Sweden warned the country's school system was in «need of urgent change» and that its accountability measures were «weak and unclear.»

Many ASCD members have been committed to greater emphasis on early education for years, but the need is increasingly urgent because of changing demographic and employment patterns, as well as evidence from neuroscience that the first few years of life are crucially important.

While I laud Mr. Amphlett's advocacy for positive change on part of the Alliance, ranging from rethinking student success measures to cultural relevant teaching, which are indeed in urgent need — this is true; I also respect his focus and level argument here, I disagree however with his support on the Alliance's «leadership» in regards to Steward.

Without proper training and continuous knowledge update, diversity clubs will not significantly change the situation with discrimination and prejudice.Taking into account the specifics of demographics in Texas and increasing tensions among diverse students in the school setting, there is an urgent need in the creation of diversity clubs which is not possible without sufficient funding.

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The record numbers of stranded marine mammals we've seen in recent years indicates there is an urgent need for more science to help us all better understand how large - scale human impacts, such as climate change, overfishing and pollution, may be affecting the health of these animals and their ocean environment.

Directed by Academy Award - winning filmmaker Fisher Stevens and presented by National Geographic, it features DiCaprio in his current role as a U.N. Messenger of Peace, on a three - year quest to learn about climate change and emphasize the need for urgent, widespread solutions.

The UN Summit on Climate Change, convened this week in New York by Secretary - General Ban Ki - Moon, brought together more than 100 heads of state and dignitaries to tackle the urgent need for action and to mobilize real

And there's much to consider, particularly for anyone juggling multiple obligations in a time of great change, in «The Urgent Need to Slow Down,» a conversation between Elizabeth Kolbert, the Pulitzer - winning author and New Yorker writer, and Matthieu Ricard, a Buddhist monk.

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

By using an interactive online format, Art Works for Change is looking to inspire activism and engagement about environmental issues in as many people as possible, by addressing «the urgent need to live sustainably within Earth's finite resources» through the lens of art.

As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, the need for international climate action is ever more urgent.