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But it wasn't until the changing climate of the pandemic that she was able to put it into action at BOAF, realizing that since exhibitor demand was going to be low, there was room to get creative. (associationsnow.com)
Many international festivals have found it impossible to proceed in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (theculturetrip.com)
Increasing reliance on private vehicles in the wake of the pandemic will raise air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, exacerbating the climate crisis. (unhabitat.org)
This project provides an opportunity to review the current walking and cycling conditions in the project cities and thereby provide a basis for ' building back better' and mitigate the impact of the current pandemic, while also contributing to the SDGs and the Climate goals. (unhabitat.org)
It is in this context that UN-Habitat and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have teamed up to conduct a study on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mobility patterns in East African cities. (unhabitat.org)
As we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, the coronavirus pandemic puts a spotlight on climate change and health. (nrdc.org)
In the period before the 2019 pandemic, about 28,000 international visitors arrived in Australia every day for leisure, study or work, spending about $65 billion, accounting for 13% of exports and 3% of GDP. (syakaihoken-web.com)
The pandemic will recede but we will still be left with all the other challenges that we had before including the climate crisis. (bvsalud.org)

If social distancing continues in some respects and the overall economic recovery is slow, many experts believe demand will stay suppressed beyond 2020. (eco-business.com)
Euromonitor International reported the U.S. will have 25,307 outlets specializing in coffee or tea by the end of 2020, down 7.3% from 2019 and representing the first decline since 2011. (foodinstitute.com)

Moreover, although social distancing and lockdown measures have managed substantially to slow the spread of the virus in many countries for the time being, it is quite possible that once lockdowns are ended, SARS-CoV-2 will start to rapidly spread once more. (isj.org.uk)
Some of that is due, of course, to social distancing and lockdown policies. (bigissue.com)

In a matter of weeks, any lingering momentum behind efforts to jointly confront climate change essentially vanished. (technologyreview.com)
The Paris accords had lifted hopes that after decades of dithering, the world might finally pull together to confront climate change. (technologyreview.com)
So the threat of rapidly accelerating climate change will remain. (technologyreview.com)
By its very nature, climate change is a global problem: every country needs to nearly eliminate emissions. (technologyreview.com)
Prudential Spirit of Community Award - National Honoree Diller Tikkun Olam Award Three Dot Dash - Global Social Entrepreneurship Incubator - Just Peace Summit International Literacy Association - 30 under 30 Award AFS-USA Project Change - Vision in Action Award "Will social distancing sidetrack the climate movement? (wikipedia.org)
ACIAR-supported scientists are researching how food security in PNG can become more resilient amid the growing threats from climate change and extreme weather. (aciar.gov.au)
This paper emphasizes the crucial role that language use plays in climate change communication. (pdcnet.org)
In particular, this paper examines UN public discourse and narratives about climate change. (pdcnet.org)
It will be shown that the climate change is often described as a 'threat to human wellbeing' and as an external enemy-the Other. (pdcnet.org)
On the other hand, humanity is often portrayed as a victim of climate change. (pdcnet.org)
The consequence of this rhetoric and logic of apocalypse is insufficient action in relation to climate change. (pdcnet.org)
As long as climate change is described as an external enemy and 'independent matter' and climate policy is based on binary oppositions, action to combat climate change will remain insufficient. (pdcnet.org)
Sustainable Development Goals" recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth - all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our environment. (pdcnet.org)
We spoke with School of Engineering professor and climate change expert John Abraham for some perspective on the overall impact of COVID-19's impact on climate change, and what lessons can be drawn going forward. (mnprivatecolleges.org)
How do you view the impacts of COVID-19 on the overall issue of climate change? (mnprivatecolleges.org)
While shutting down economies isn't a long-term fix, do you see or hear about any specific behaviors (more remote working, less international travel, etc.) that you could envision more fundamentally shifting in the long term that could be a positive in regard to climate change? (mnprivatecolleges.org)
Are there things people can and should be thinking about for how they can maintain more sustainable behaviors and help in a collective battle against climate change? (mnprivatecolleges.org)
By using more low-cost wind and solar power, by insulating our house and businesses, by reducing unnecessary travel, and by encouraging low-emission industries, we can bend the curve of climate change. (mnprivatecolleges.org)
Celebrities are now beginning to be taken seriously as actors in international politics, environmental conservation and climate change, fair trade and social justice. (ruc.dk)
Climate change has ranked in the Top Ten for the last dozen years or so. (languagemonitor.com)
Effectively communicating climate change risks to the general public could all hinge on bringing the issue closer to home, research by a team from Nottingham and Cardiff Universities has found. (nottingham.ac.uk)
The study, led by Dr Alexa Spence , found that in general the closer people felt to the problem, the more concerned about climate change they were. (nottingham.ac.uk)
It also recommends that more needs to be done to communicate the global impacts of climate change and highlight the severity of the problem. (nottingham.ac.uk)
She said: "Climate change is abstract, and if we make it more real for people then they are more likely to act sustainably. (nottingham.ac.uk)
The research was carried out in collaboration with colleagues Dr Wouter Poortinga and Professor Nick Pidgeon of Cardiff University, and their paper The Psychological Distance of Climate Change appears in the June edition of the international journal Risk Analysis . (nottingham.ac.uk)
To understand the psychological dimensions of distance in relation to climate change, the researchers assessed the geographical, social and temporal (or time-related) distance, as well as uncertainty. (nottingham.ac.uk)
Overall, whilst many people perceive climate change as a real and present threat, significant psychological distance remains. (nottingham.ac.uk)
regarding uncertainty, almost half (47%) believed that climate change is caused by a combination of human activity and natural processes - 31% said it is caused mostly or entirely by human activity, while 18% said it was mostly or entirely caused by natural causes. (nottingham.ac.uk)
The authors note that it is important to distinguish between different aspects of uncertainty regarding climate change. (nottingham.ac.uk)
Whilst a large proportion think that the effects of climate change are uncertain, only relatively small numbers think that climate change is not happening or not caused by human activities. (nottingham.ac.uk)
As The Atlantic has written and the documentary The Snow Guardian has shown, his records have informed dozens of studies on climate change. (wfae.org)
One of those so-called solutions to climate change is carbon capture and storage (CCS), which remains unproven at scale. (priceofoil.org)
Climate change, ecocide, and human rights abuses will continue. (priceofoil.org)
Oil Change International is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. (priceofoil.org)
Higher oil prices (a finite resource) and climate change (aircraft emissions are difficult to eliminate) will continue to affect the cost of air travel. (syakaihoken-web.com)
Krista Tippet's Civil Conversations Project attempts to gather signs of hope amid division and provide strategies for making progress when political change seems out of reach, and Georgetown University's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life brings diverse panels of Catholic experts together for public conversation. (americamagazine.org)
The carbon-heavy companies Mann calls "inactivists" have changed tactic from outright climate change denial to encouraging focus on individual actions and behaviours. (bigissue.com)
Those same allies have, for decades, been attacking the science behind and trying to defeat efforts to act on climate change because it's inconvenient to their own short-term profits. (bigissue.com)
Climate change denial is played out over decades, but this played out over less than a year," he says. (bigissue.com)
These developments are clearly positive for the fight against climate change. (eco-business.com)
ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu emphasised to the Ibero-American Symposium on Environment, Civil Aviation and Climate Change, that "it is a time for bold commitments and determined efforts supporting our shared goal of eliminating the threats now posed by accelerating global warming. (internationalairportreview.com)
COVID-19 has unsettled existing climate change priorities for urban societies. (lse.ac.uk)
Both COVID-19 and climate change are boomerang effects of globalization . (lse.ac.uk)
As expanding food and energy demands degrade and deplete wider ecologies, urban residents experience these anthropogenic transformations of nature as extreme weather events, air and water pollution, water shortages or floods, heat island effects and other place-based climate change impacts. (lse.ac.uk)
My recent talk as part of the LSE Southeast Asia Week panel on Environmental Resilience and Southeast Asia explored efforts to build urban resilience in Southeast Asia as a governance strategy for dealing with COVID-19 and climate change. (lse.ac.uk)
Notwithstanding the justifiable critiques of green growth, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) saw greening the regional economy as the most viable strategy to address its foremost concern of climate change. (lse.ac.uk)
This region-wide agenda facilitated the emergence of Southeast Asia's cities as centres of innovation in urban-based climate change resilience activities focused on balancing economic development with social inclusivity and ecological sustainability. (lse.ac.uk)
Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability Shane Rattenbury made the announcement yesterday. (edu.au)
Dr Lewis has extensive experience in researching Australia's changing climate extremes, including as a lead author with the International Climate Change Panel assessment reports that are used worldwide to develop policies around climate change," Mr Rattenbury said. (edu.au)
Dr Lewis said she is looking forward to working with the community and the government to continue to build on the territory's success in addressing climate change and protecting the environment. (edu.au)
The ACT is already a world leader in addressing climate change in particular, but there is still a lot to be done to address the challenges and vulnerabilities around our environment and sustainability, and I'm keen to be involved through the Commissioner position," Dr Lewis said. (edu.au)
As we have seen with our recent extreme heat, drought and fires, climate change is a huge challenge now and for our future as it will continue to impact on our environment at local, national and international levels. (edu.au)
There is also much we can do to help children understand climate change and to involve them in taking the essential action we need to achieve zero-net emissions and have the best possible chance to preserve our environment and their future. (edu.au)
This project report presents the scientific outcome of the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change ( ICSM-CHC ). (icomos.org)
ICSM CHC White Paper I: Intangible cultural heritage, diverse knowledge systems and climate change. (icomos.org)
Contribution of Knowledge Systems Group I to the International Co-Sponsored Meeting on Culture, Heritage and Climate Change. (icomos.org)
I am very proud of our teams for their continuous and selfless involvement in social change initiatives and we will continue to support employees who contribute their time, skills and generosity to the nonprofit organizations of their choice or to global educational programs funded by the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation" said Nthabiseng Mashilwane, HR Director for Africa, Alcatel-Lucent. (connect-world.com)
To consider arguments and assumptions underlying a range of claims concerning such issues as disability, global citizenship, climate change and the ethical status of nature. (liverpool.ac.uk)
Here are four tools that incorporate that can be used immediately in the classroom to help students become true climate change scientists. (thejournal.com)
As climate change, with its environmental impacts on pathogen evolution and international mobility continue to rise, highly infectious respiratory diseases will likely emerge more frequently and their impact is expected to be substantial. (bvsalud.org)
There is no vaccine for climate change but we do have solutions. (bvsalud.org)
The year 2022 saw unprecedented levels of damage due to climate change. (lu.se)
Nature Climate Change. (lu.se)
He has also reported from inside North Korea, on Rohingya refugees from Myanmar and on climate change in India. (lu.se)
Data regarding MSW regulations, its generation rate and composition, as well as data regarding relevant aspects of the Nigerian energy market and its regulations and Nigeria's climate change policies are evaluated in order to determine the potential for successful implementation of a Landfill gas to energy project in the Olusosun dumpsite in Lagos, Nigeria. (lu.se)

As the covid-19 outbreak rages across the world, it's easy to forget about the climate crisis. (technologyreview.com)
9. Understanding global economic events in social terms: globalization and securitization, 2008 world financial crisis and its aftermath, global resistance movements (e.g. (uni-lj.si)
If we power air conditioning by burning dirty fossil fuels-rather than by harnessing cleaner, renewable energy sources-we increase dangerous air pollution and contribute to the climate crisis. (nrdc.org)
The escalating climate crisis is making Shell's fall inevitable. (priceofoil.org)
Michael E Mann talks the climate crisis. (bigissue.com)
There are so many lessons to be learned from the past year that are directly relevant to the climate crisis," says Michael E Mann , climatologist. (bigissue.com)
The climate crisis is a war, he says, being fought between the profit-hungry fossil fuel industry and the rest of us. (bigissue.com)
The same powers that downplay the climate emergency ("the conservative media, the fossil fuel industry, who help spread misinformation and disinformation") found it "convenient" to deny the threat of the Covid-19 crisis, Mann explains. (bigissue.com)
5. However, the needed response to the public health crisis has resulted in the related economic and social crises. (who.int)
To consider conceptual and ethical issues arising from matters of global concern, such as international justice, humanitarian intervention and the environmental crisis. (liverpool.ac.uk)
The press conference today is on COVID updates with a special focus on the linkages between the climate and the COVID-19 crisis and the role of youth in the response ahead of Earth Day, which is 22nd April, and the first Global Youth Summit organised as part of the global youth mobilisation, which is 23rd to 25th April. (bvsalud.org)
The whole world is facing major and tangible changes as a result of the climate crisis, and in Europe the common view of democracy is threatened as media is controlled and courts are politicized in some countries. (lu.se)

Under the demands of social distancing, the teenage activist Greta Thunberg shifted her swelling climate movement online-where it effectively dropped out of public sight. (technologyreview.com)
Today's press conference will include three special guests and I'm happy to welcome Greta Thunberg, Climate and Environmental Activist, Elahi Rawshan from Bangladesh, volunteer in the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Society, supporting young people in Bangladesh, and Daisy Moran from the USA, Global Youth Mobilisation Youth Board Member and World YMCA Representative. (bvsalud.org)

These measures largely staved off the disease through the end of 2021, by which time over 80 percent of Koreans had been vaccinated and the government began relaxing social distancing measures. (trade.gov)
Most cities developed measures to combat the spread of the disease including sanitizing, wearing of masks and social distancing in public transport vehicles. (unhabitat.org)
Dr Lewis said the COVID-19 health emergency and social distancing measures have seen many more children enjoy the great outdoors. (edu.au)
Social distancing measures to curb the spread of the virus created significant challenges for global economic activity. (iadb.org)
3. When the first cases were imported, the region took swift and decisive action to contain the spread of the disease relying on basic public health measures of hygiene, quarantine, detection, contact tracing, isolation, social distancing, and travel restrictions. (who.int)

The important regional environment event attracted high-level officials and expert participants from North and Central America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Africa to Guatemala City, Guatemala, where Dr. Liu highlighted ICAO's ongoing work on a variety of programmes and priorities aimed at mitigating the carbon and other emissions impacts from international flight operations. (internationalairportreview.com)
ICAO and its Member States, with close cooperation from our industry colleagues and other stakeholders, will continue to lead the sector-wide efforts to address the environmental impacts of international aviation, including the CORSIA's successful implementation," Secretary General Liu confirmed. (internationalairportreview.com)

With Southeast Asia's majority urban population comprising around 330 million people as of 2019, building urban climate resilience through the pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals became a regional priority . (lse.ac.uk)

In these places, and the urban centres in which so many forced migrants live, placing food on the table is a hand-to-mouth commitment that makes social isolation nearly impossible. (newsroom.co.nz)
Given its international isolation and vast inland distances, the economic and social impact of expensive or more restricted air travel for Australia is substantial. (syakaihoken-web.com)
Joyce Neire Vidal Alexandre Souza 1 related to physical inactivity due to social isolation and fear of the disease (Covid-19). (bvsalud.org)

Then, in 2021, we've got to work social distancing into the mix. (associationsnow.com)
To date, 71 States representing 87.7 per cent of international air traffic have already announced their voluntary participation in CORSIA as of its pilot phase in 2021," she added, recognizing the admirable and proactive local CORSIA commitments on behalf of Guatemala, El Salvador, and Costa Rica. (internationalairportreview.com)

After two years working as a climate scientist with UNSW Canberra, Dr Sophie Lewis has been appointed as the ACT Commissioner for Sustainability and the Environment. (edu.au)
It is also important to me to contribute to the teaching at the department, not at least when it comes to the new focus on international trade law and sustainability within our master's programme. (lu.se)

Given the current climate, we operate a Covid-19 safe space, with all correct PPE and social distancing rules followed, along with hotel and departmental Covid-19 risk assessments in place. (leisurejobs.com)
The current climate has extremely damaging effects to our industry globally. (xpatloop.com)
Lead times may be extended on all-optical/blue-light lens orders due to the current climate. (pacificooptical.com)

In 2016, HRSV was reclassified by the International Committee on Virus Taxonomy (ICTV) into a new family, Pneumoviridae , genus, Orthopneumovirus , and species, Human orthopneumovirus . (cdc.gov)

Katie Eder (born c. 1999 or 2000) is an American activist and social entrepreneur who founded and has led social impact ventures 50 Miles More, Kids Tales, and The Future Coalition, the latter where she is currently the Executive Director. (wikipedia.org)

Public land also accounts for 20% of the country's total greenhouse gas emissions, making it key to any national energy (or climate) policy. (hcn.org)
Not only is the company under pressure from investors for its dismal financial performance, but investors have also submitted a resolution to Shell demanding that it set and publish emissions targets that are aligned with Paris climate agreement. (priceofoil.org)

The world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, for example, hosts more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent estimate there are 60,000 people living together within a square kilometre, roughly one and a half times that of Manila, the world's most densely populated city. (newsroom.co.nz)
When we put these numbers alongside climate displacement, which just six weeks ago was one of the world's most trending topics, it becomes clear that the relationships between conflict, climate and now, contagion, are increasingly interconnected. (newsroom.co.nz)

This thesis was written during my internship with the UNEP-Risø Centre for Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development in Roskilde, Denmark. (lu.se)

In this article, Ghamz E Ali Siyal draws on PRISE research to discuss how distance influences people's choices in semi-arid regions in Pakistan, and explores how this varies according to gender and marital status. (lse.ac.uk)
If city planners and architects don't take into consideration the distances between people's homes, jobs and leisure activities, then residents spend more time in traffic. (cdc.gov)

Industry observers recommend additional procedural steps to improve the investment climate, including Regulatory Impact Analyses (RIAs) and wide solicitation of substantive feedback from foreign investors and other stakeholders. (trade.gov)
In addition, the EIC has the mandate to advise the government on policies to improve the investment climate and hold regular and structured public-private dialogue with investors and their associations. (state.gov)
In order to improve the investment climate, attract more FDI, and tackle unemployment challenges, the Prime Minister's Office formed a committee to systematically examine each indicator on the Doing Business Index and identify factors that inhibit businesses. (state.gov)

Russo said she had been exposed to the layout idea earlier in her career when she was a membership manager with APCO International-finding it an interesting approach that had the potential to improve interaction. (associationsnow.com)
Social distancing and mass interaction simply don't work in this climate. (theculturetrip.com)

Climate mitigation strategies are woven into ASEAN's green recovery plans , but these take a backseat to infrastructural development , accelerated production rates and resilient supply chains aimed at restoring disrupted trade flows while buffering the region against future external risks and uncertainties. (lse.ac.uk)

The U.S. Department of State's Investment Climate Statements provide information on the business climates of more than 170 economies and are prepared by economic officers stationed in embassies and posts around the world. (trade.gov)
The Investment Climate Statements are also references for working with partner governments to create enabling business environments that are not only economically sound, but address issues of labor, human rights, responsible business conduct, and steps taken to combat corruption. (trade.gov)

Investors may elect to bring claims against the government for alleged breaches of trade rules under a transparent international arbitration mechanism. (trade.gov)
Dozens of people will be demonstrating tomorrow, keeping to social distancing rules to protest against Shell's 'business as usual' and false solutions at the company's headquarters. (priceofoil.org)
SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than 150 Australian economists on Monday warned the government against easing social distancing rules aimed at halting the spread of the new coronavirus even as the rate of infections slowed to a multi-week low. (metro.us)
Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week said there would no easing of Australia's restrictions for at least four weeks, and several state premiers on Monday urged the public to keep to the social distancing rules. (metro.us)
Our Laboratory has had to run a Skeleton crew due to Social Distancing rules and regulations). (pacificooptical.com)
The films represent the changing social values, especially in relation to the ideological institution of marriage, at the same time as the dominant capitalist society with its own internal logic of ownership rules are respected. (lu.se)

Public health experts brief the public almost every day and the public has largely complied with social distancing guidelines and universal mask-wearing. (trade.gov)
The camps and other sites of urban displacement illustrate in stark relief that opportunities for social distancing are largely available only to the privileged. (newsroom.co.nz)

But by most accounts, Australia, Brazil, and the US-each now run by nationalist leaders who rose to power in part on promises to defy global demands for greater climate action-took special pains to thwart progress. (technologyreview.com)
This cluster will study one form of charismatic authority-the celebrity--as a mediating actor, and 'celebritization' as a process situated in both the global and local interface of cultural, economic and social life. (ruc.dk)
In a project that aimed to analyse public perceptions of global warming, the researchers focused on 'psychological distance' in prompting people to go greener and the significance of uncertainty as justification for inaction. (nottingham.ac.uk)
The majority of her remarks focused on the historic adoption by world governments last October during the 39th ICAO Assembly of the ICAO Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation, or 'CORSIA' , and updated them on the comprehensive work now being undertaken through ICAO to address CORSIA's coming global roll-out - a world first for any major global industry sector. (internationalairportreview.com)
When this year began, and I started as the new president and CEO of Hillel International, we were in the process of putting together a new multi-year strategy to engage, inspire and empower even more Jewish students, strengthen their connections across the global Hillel movement, and secure the resources needed to launch Hillel into its second century. (hillel.org)

9. The region's response is further constrained by a fragile macroeconomic climate and high levels of external debt, contraction in donor support and the threat of natural disasters. (who.int)

A growing international recession has caused several unified problems, including increasing energy and food charges, monetary turmoil after the epidemic, and customer uncertainty. (lu.se)

As sustainable development agendas of international organizations take into account the social, political, and economic initiatives that promote ethics, inclusion, and tolerance, this article discusses the contributions of contemporary environmental art to expanded concepts of the political and science. (pdcnet.org)
Therefore, it represents a first attempt at providing a policy framework for all actors, including international organizations, national and local governments, businesses, civil society, and expert organizations. (icomos.org)
In an unprecedented show of solidarity, several international organizations and countries have joined together to back Ukraine and condemn Russia for its acts of aggression and human rights violations. (lu.se)

As the worldwide death toll accelerated, countries locked down cities, banned international travel, and all but shut down their economies in a desperate effort to slow the outbreak. (technologyreview.com)

The weeks of negotiations over crucial pieces of the Paris climate agreement reached four years earlier had ended in failure. (technologyreview.com)
The can-do spirit that birthed the Paris agreement feels like a distant memory today," Helen Mountford, vice president for climate and economics at the World Resources Institute, said at the close of the talks . (technologyreview.com)
Michel Agier is Professor of Anthropology at the l'École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris. (lu.se)

Journalist Samir Abu Eid and Professor Michel Agier have been awarded honorary doctorates by the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University. (lu.se)

In her discussions with Vice-President Franco, Secretary General Liu addressed the importance of fostering due political will to support the advancement and modernisation of the country's air transport system, as well as the related importance of that political will to the realisation of the sustainable socio-economic benefits for which international aviation connectivity is so vital. (internationalairportreview.com)
Given the impact of COVID-19 on the health of citizens and the main productive sectors of the economy, the IDB, through a partnership with ECLAC, deployed a team of local and international research experts to evaluate and collect pertinent data to prepare the report and to provide recommendations that could inform the creation of a sustainable Health Risk Management (HRM) framework. (iadb.org)
and the Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan), we observed how choice of destination is influenced by distance, and looked at how this varied with gender and marital status. (lse.ac.uk)

The International Organisation for Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has currently suspended operations to support refugee resettlement, a crucial lifeline for people living in highly precarious situations. (newsroom.co.nz)
Migration decisions are often influenced not just by economic and social factors but by distance, i.e. how far an individual or family has to move from their place of origin. (lse.ac.uk)
This idea has been elaborated in distance laws of migration by George Kingsley Zipf, whose 1949 inverse distance law of population movement clearly explains that the magnitude of migration is inversely proportional to the distance travelled. (lse.ac.uk)
These laws provide a useful foundation for exploring the influence of distance on migration today. (lse.ac.uk)

I expect that with remote working, people are finding ways to be productive that avoid commuting to work on a daily basis or traveling long distances for conferences and business meetings. (mnprivatecolleges.org)
The objective was to verify the fear of COVID-19 mediating role between the perception of safety at work and the intention of professionals on the frontline of COVID-19 to distance themselves from work. (bvsalud.org)
SD = 7.67), mostly female (67.8%), answered the Safety Climate Scale in Hospital Work, the Intentional Behavior to Take a Leave of Absence Scale adapted to the COVID-19 context, the Fear of COVID-19 Scale, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. (bvsalud.org)
His journalistic work is characterised by a balanced, analytical and empathetic approach, according to the social scientists' motivation. (lu.se)

Studies by the Korea International Trade Association, however, have shown that the ROK underperforms in attracting FDI relative to the size and sophistication of its economy due to a complicated, opaque, and country-specific regulatory framework, even as low-cost producers, most notably China, have eroded the ROK's competitiveness in the manufacturing sector. (trade.gov)

So while Shell talks about being at the forefront of climate action, it continues to offer false solutions and business as usual. (priceofoil.org)

The Social Systems Program takes a people-centred approach to agricultural research for development to reduce poverty. (aciar.gov.au)
However, the contribution of social science extends beyond systems thinking as research has clearly shown that engaging with people as active agents, rather than passive recipients of research and aid, results in far greater impact.Currently project opportunities are identified across South-East Asia and Pacific island countries. (aciar.gov.au)
But what we did not expect is that people in the USA and around the world would take social distancing so seriously. (mnprivatecolleges.org)
As people become increasingly delinked from their closest social relations, and as interactions across a significant social distance with people we do not know become more important, the celebrity figure serves as a new way of creating community through the media and as a mediator between causumers and the beneficiaries of causes. (ruc.dk)
Several cities across the world are also upgrading their footpaths and bike lanes so that people can move while maintaining social distance thereby reducing the risk of infection. (unhabitat.org)
While many people with more education, money and flexible jobs embraced the social distancing recommended by experts, others ( old and young , rich and working class) declared they would continue with their normal lives. (americamagazine.org)
Infections and hospitalisations among people aged 25 to 59 are increasing at an alarming rate, possibly as a result of highly transmissible variants and increased social mixing among younger adults. (bvsalud.org)

To examine how communities in India can strengthen actions to protect public health, international and local experts recently came together for a virtual roundtable discussion. (nrdc.org)
In the meantime, nonpharmacologic public health interventions such as mask-wearing and social distancing can provide some degree of protection. (bvsalud.org)
staff from rural public health and social services agencies, com- munity health centers, and extension offices. (cdc.gov)

High unemployment, greater use of remote working arrangements, and social distancing immediately curtailed the amount of energy that society has been using. (eco-business.com)

The Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce also organizes a monthly business forum that enables the business community to discuss issues related to the investment climate with government officials by sector. (state.gov)

We therefore propose the establishment of an international candidate vaccine pool repository for potential respiratory diseases, supported by multiple stakeholders and countries that contribute facilities, technologies, and other medical and financial resources. (bvsalud.org)

6. International travel restrictions and strict social-distancing protocols have devasted tourism and other economic sectors. (who.int)
00:04:28 Today the emergency committee gave me its advice on vaccines, variants, international travel and other issues. (bvsalud.org)

Before this he was a lecturer in economics at the University of Sydney, with research covering agricultural trade, climate adaptation, and smallholder decision-making under uncertainty. (aciar.gov.au)

The health and safety of our employees and guests remains a top priority and we are complying with all local, state and government requirements for social distancing. (xpatloop.com)
As always, we would like to thank you for putting your trust in our Marriott properties in Budapest for your future travels, guests' accommodations as well as your local and international events. (xpatloop.com)
These treat both Swedish and international conditions and vary in scale from local to regional. (lu.se)

The outcome will have far-reaching implications for the future of international cooperation and globalization. (brookings.edu)

A Michigan school district with six schools, including one that delivers paid classes online for credit completion, will be opening its doors to international students. (thejournal.com)
and can lead to absenteeism from school, reduced quality of life, and serious social and economic burdens (5). (who.int)

In contrast, a lack of control over resources and autonomy for decision making as well as restrictive social norms reduced women's ability to move. (lse.ac.uk)

We could argue that this could be replicated in climate/environmental issues: We can listen to the experts and follow their guidance. (mnprivatecolleges.org)

The health argument for climate action is crystal-clear. (bvsalud.org)

The result of social distancing guidelines where employees must stay separated from each other. (languagemonitor.com)

Indeed, the breakdowns in international (and even intra-national) cooperation as countries race to understand and tackle the covid-19 outbreak offer a stark warning for our climate future. (technologyreview.com)

Unfortunately, for the past four years we had a president who had done everything possible to disengage from international efforts to tackle the climate emergency, to alienate the rest of the world, including some of our most important partners like the UK. (bigissue.com)

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