Sentence examples for a worldwide shift from inspiring English sources

A worldwide shift to a shorter working week could cut the CO2 emitted this century by half.

The largest emerging markets are recovering fast and starting to think the recession may mark another milestone in a worldwide shift of economic power away from the West.

Falling coal use in China and the US and a worldwide shift towards renewable energy have kept greenhouse gas emissions level for a second year running, one of the world's leading energy analysts has said.

A recent report from the Centre for Economic and Policy Research suggested a worldwide shift to shorter working hours could reduce carbon emissions enough to halve additional expected global warming between now and 2100.

India and China are also continuing to experience high economic growth rates – albeit from a much lower level than Brazil – and the Economist recently concluded that "the recession may mark another milestone in a worldwide shift of economic power away from the west".

The proportion of EU citizens in each member-country's foreign-born population varies widely from 25% in the Netherlands to 89% in Luxembourg and any tendency for this share to rise has lately been overshadowed by the influx of new immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe.Another new trend is a worldwide shift towards migration of highly skilled workers.

In a state that pioneered bans on smoking tobacco, smoking cannabis is now easier than almost anywhere in the world.California, with its network of pot-friendly physicians, offers the most visible evidence of a tentative worldwide shift towards a more liberal policy on drugs.

What makes this period of uncertainty unique is that it comes in the midst of an unprecedented worldwide shift to solar adoption.

The move is generally regarded to have been effective: since the worldwide shift away from fluorocarbons, the ozone hole has not only stopped growing, it has actually contracted.

This isn't to say that the problems of poverty, food security and resource access will instantly disappear, but the worldwide shift towards people meeting more of their basic needs with less of their income is undeniable.

Despite all existing pharmaceuticals aiming at effectively reducing LDL cholesterol, the steadily increasing prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD) worldwide shifted focus on HDL as an alternative therapeutic target for the treatment of CHD.