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For example, if we fail to tackle climate change, the worst effects will be suffered by future generations and by poor countries far from global power centers.”
In particular, eight men “living in different parts of the country at different times across three generations showed an ‘abnormal behavioural phenotype.’”
Building a true democracy (as opposed to simply holding elections) is an enterprise that requires decades or even generations.
As a result, chauvinist sentiments have been instilled in generations that are far removed from the horrors of past wars, while institutions capable of fostering economic and political cooperation remain in their infancy.
Without nuclear fusion, future generations’ energy options will be severely limited – creating a serious problem for developed and developing countries alike.
As a result, generations of Colombians have grown up surrounded by violence, never having known real peace.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, determined to restore by force the sphere of influence once held by the Russian/Soviet empire, has shredded the rules that have ensured peace in Europe – indeed, in much of the world – for three generations.
Should we write off what more than two generations of Europeans have created – a massive investment in institution-building that has led to the longest period of peace and prosperity in the history of the continent?
Women must therefore claim their right to sit where decisions are made, and to shape the policies, plans, and strategies that will affect their lives and the lives of Africans for generations to come.
Omit either a market penalty now for behavior that may become reckless or the institutional levers that give a voice to future generations, and you run grave risks – perhaps not today or tomorrow, but someday, and for the rest of your life.
In order to ensure that today’s efforts benefit future generations, strategies to improve global food systems must emphasize environmental sustainability.
But if future generations are unable to find productive outlets for their skills, the social fallout could be severe.
Deficits to finance wars or give-aways to the financial sector (as happened on a massive scale in the US) lead to liabilities without corresponding assets, imposing a burden on future generations.
But high-return public investments that more than pay for themselves can actually improve the well-being of future generations, and it would be doubly foolish to burden them with debts from unproductive spending and then cut back on productive investments.
And, with effective educational programs that instill in future generations the importance of restoring Earth’s balance and delivering a prosperous future for the many, rather than the few, we can stay on that path.
Aging countries seeking to recover the ground lost in the current recession quickly cannot afford to lose entire generations.
For almost three decades, sustainable development has been defined as development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising future generations’ ability to meet their needs.
Viewed this way, sustainable development should be redefined as “development that meets the needs of the present while safeguarding the Earth’s life-support system, on which the welfare of current and future generations depends.”
The corporatist model makes no sense to younger generations who grew up using the Internet, the world’s freest market for goods and ideas.
Like Grass, Germans – especially the younger generations, who feel further removed from the events of WWII – are increasingly abandoning the notion that they owe it to Israel to remain its silent, steadfast supporters.
In every respect, conditions in Burma are among the direst of any country in the world, and it will take decades, if not generations, to reverse current downward trends and create a foundation for a sustainable and viable democratic government and a prosperous society.
As generations pass, monuments evolve from a medium of mourning to instruments of education.
After all, crossing that two-degree threshold implies condemning future generations to global warming’s most devastating consequences.
This combined effect will damage societies for generations, while discouraging investment today.
This training enabled them to compare the debased state of affairs of their time with the norms and aspirations of earlier generations of clerics and thinkers.
The United States-led invasion of Iraq put an end not only to Saddam Hussein’s rule, but also to Sunni-minority control, established by the British generations ago.
What, then, can other countries, and individuals, whether in the US or beyond its borders, do about the fact that Trump is jeopardizing the future of us all, for many generations to come?
Age Against the MachineBEIJING – The elderly are a crucial link in the chain that binds generations and sustains civilized society.
Even if this were an accurate assessment of China’s intentions (and even Chinese cannot know the views of future generations), it is doubtful that China will have the military capability to make this possible.
Two generations ago, only a small minority of the daughters of the elite received a university education.
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