Sentences with phrase «world leader in its efforts»

He reached out to a number of world leaders in an effort for them to accept the Canadian - initiated Responsibility to Protect.

New York is also an acknowledged world leader in its efforts to create a more sustainable food system.

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Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures.

Nestlé has been a leader in the «shared value» movement — an effort to show businesses can do good in the world, even as they are doing well for shareholders.

«I truly believe that [Canada] has an opportunity to be a world leader in several areas if we just focus our expertise on them and really make an effort to mitigate the number of Canadians that...

Japanese and Canadian venture capital firms will be adding to the funding promised by the government and British companies, in a concerted effort to stave off the threat from the growing AI sector in China, which aims to become the AI world leader by 2030.

«In 2014, Welby warned that world leaders risked conflict against Islamist extremists, advocating the need for a long - term effort to build fair and sustained peace.

In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up.In a world where the religious spend a signficant amount of time pointing out the sins of others while claiming that they are in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up.in relationship with the One who has set the moral standards... and then a significant number of them commit one of the most heinous of crimes against children and have leaders spend significant effort at covering it up...

«We call upon the world's religious and political leaders to unite in their efforts to come up with an effective response to extremism.»

World leaders met in New York last week to discuss the progress of global efforts to reduce poverty, hunger and disease.

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a coalition of leaders — Champions 12.3 — launched a new effort to inspire ambition and mobilize action to reduce food loss and waste globally.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND (January 21, 2016)-- At the World Economic Forum in Davos, a coalition of 30 leaders — Champions 12.3 — launched a new effort to inspire ambition and mobilize action to reduce food loss and waste globally.

The effort, cooperation and outstanding spirit of unity shown and offered to the Governor by Senator Andrea Stewart - Cousins and the Leaders of the Regular Senate Democratic Conference have been out of this world but they not been appreciated or rewarded for it in the past, and I am afraid that now one more time people may be playing them out and taking advantage of their spirit or cooperation and understanding.

The governor, in his efforts to pass the anti-sexual assault measure, enlisted the aid of prominent women in the political and entertainment world including House Leader Nancy Pelosi and actress and comedian Whoopie Goldberg, who made a video.

«He was a leader in the effort to reduce the size of the world's nuclear arsenal and to stop the spread of nuclear weapons.

This December, world leaders will meet in Copenhagen to add more hot air to efforts to combat climate change.

Last week, leaders of these massive, multi-institution projects and others around the world met at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, to discuss an even loftier goal: a global neuroscience collaboration that would link their efforts and rival big science investments in astronomy and physics.

One China expert said Obama's emphasis on U.S. - China cooperation ahead of the United Nations» Copenhagen, Denmark, summit in December — where world leaders will try and hammer out a worldwide climate change treaty — could aid efforts to reach a global pact.

As world leaders hold climate talks in Paris, research shows that land surface temperatures may rise by an average of almost 8C by 2100, if significant efforts are not made to counteract climate change.

(c) California is poised to be a world leader in this research effort given the prominent role of scientists and industry leaders throughout the state.

In order to end all forms of poverty without driving up global temperatures, world leaders will need to ramp up climate mitigation efforts by 27 %, the lead author tells Carbon Brief.

The $ 144 million research effort is led by a consortium of 70 world leaders in immune tolerance from over 40 institutions around the globe.

Leaders and diplomats from around the world are huddling at the 2015 U.N. Climate Change Conference in an effort to produce a global response to the climate problem.

With programs and staff in five countries in Central Asia and support from around the world, the Snow Leopard Trust is a leader in the effort to secure the future of the snow leopard.

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Living amongst them in an effort to get closer to their members, Sarah finds herself unexpectedly torn between two worlds as she starts to fall in love with the group's charismatic leader (Skarsgard), finding her life and her priorities irrevocably changed.

Murphy argues that leaders will inevitably fail to find the right strategies for every situation, make occasional public gaffes, renege on commitments in the face of competing demands, be caught off guard and flummoxed as they struggle in a turbulent world, be misunderstood and unable to respond because of confidential information, and be rejected in their efforts to promote change or adopt new approaches.

Founded by tech industry leaders and educators in San Diego, High Tech High is undertaking various efforts to scale up its design, which offers a rigorous, personalized program focusing on math, science, and technology, and providing extensive connections to the «adult» world through internships and other means.

Our new assembly will help your class understand the effects of climate change on people in rich countries and poor, as world leaders prepare to renew efforts to build a sustainable future at the Rio +20 summit in June.

The Center for Educational Improvement (CEI) is collaborating with educational leaders in Scandinavia to plan and conduct mutually supportive, cross-cultural efforts that further instructional leadership and prepare students to engage with the world.

Since opening in 1971, the Kennedy Center has continued its efforts to fulfill his vision — presenting the greatest performers and performances from across America and around the world, nurturing new works and young artists, and serving the nation as a leader in arts education.

But, many world leaders have learned from past mistakes and have made a concerted effort to avoid the issues they faced in the past.

Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition is the second stop on a three city tour.More than one hundred pieces, from paintings to sculptures are included in this exhibition of the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859 - 1937)- including Tanner's upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War, the artist's success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the International art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner's role as a leader of an artist's colony in the rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in WWI France and his modernist invigoration of religious painting deeply rooted in his own faith.

As world leaders and their top advisers convened in Manhattan for Tuesday's United Nations summit on global warming, there were hints of accord on a few issues that could form the basis for a climate deal in December in Copenhagen — something less that a full - blown treaty but sufficient to avoid total breakdown of an international effort.

We reject efforts to bring national car standards down; we're already leaders in doing right by our neighbors and the natural world; rather than putting obstacles in our path, the EPA should be following our lead.»

FlightPath 1.5 expressed concern that the current proposals for a global aviation climate deal fall far short of aviation's fair share of effort towards the global climate goals world leaders agreed in Paris last December.

California is redoubling its environmental efforts less than three months before world leaders gather in Paris for a United Nations summit to create a new global pact for fighting climate change.

The strategy was drawn up in response to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, one of the first efforts by world leaders address global warming.

KNOW TOMORROW will also help millennials add their voices to a number of other Climate Reality campaigns: student leaders will also play key roles in the US effort for the Road to Paris campaign, Climate Reality Leadership Corps trainings, and 24 Hours of Reality: the World is Watching.

Fostering future leaders: WCRP promotes current and future leadership in climate science, making particular efforts to support and engage Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from all regions in the world, toward a sustainable climate research community.

All this complex web of efforts and strategies will continue to be needed to achieve the necessary changes, sustain them, and make the university a world leader in sustainability.

Pope Francis convened the summit as part of his effort to influence world leaders as they head into a critical U.N. climate change conference in Paris this December.

[1], [2] Rucker's strong belief in the «power of the market combined with the applications of safe technologies,» to «offer humanity practical solutions to many of the world's pressing concerns,» resulted in «a number of leading scientists, academics, and policy leaders» joining Rucker in his CFACT efforts, according to CFACT's «About» page.

It is up to each of us to become involved in these efforts to close coal - fired power plants and to help the United States become a world leader in stabilizing climate.

GENE SPERLING, Natl. Economic Adviser, 1997 - 2001: Developing country leaders uniformly saw the effort to put a binding climate change regime on them as an effort by the United States, the most advanced, productive economy in the world, to now stunt their growth before they could even have a chance to catch up.

So last year, when the world's leaders met in Paris, they set a new number: Every effort, they said, would be made to keep the global temperature rise to less than 1.5 degrees.

«He is a world leader of energy research and policy and he will be instrumental in organizing research efforts of our faculty in areas of critical importance to our state's and nation's energy needs.»

«Both of these individuals are world - class leaders with deep expertise and proven track records in exactly the areas that will be critical to accelerating our efforts to advance Committee for Children's mission: to foster the safety and well - being of children thorough social - emotional learning and development.»