Sentence examples for challenges humankind from inspiring English sources

Faced with societal challenges, humankind always discovers and implements innovative strategies to meet and adapt to them.

The human immunodeficiency virus, first identified in the early 1980s, presents one of the most devastating health challenges humankind has ever confronted.

So, even as knowledge of humanity supplants knowledge of God as the keystone of the system of knowledge, the scientific perspective on humanity starkly challenges humankind's self-conception as occupying a privileged position in the order of nature.

Transitioning to sustainable land systems that satisfy growing demands while avoiding the detrimental environmental and social outcomes of land use is one of the main challenges humankind faces in the coming decades (Foley et al., 2011).

This combat puts our lives at stake, it is the most important challenge humankind has ever faced.

But there is another form of celebration planned, and its sponsors believe it says something about the national character: a three-day conference of some of the best minds from around the world on some of the biggest challenges facing humankind — and especially the Jews — in the coming decades.

NEW YORK, 18 December 2009 – In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world's youth in overcoming the challenges facing humankind, from enhancing peace to boosting economic development, the United Nations today proclaimed an International Year of Youth starting on 12 August 2010.

TWI2050 hopes to serve the global community with the best science available in tackling these key global challenges for humankind.

He spoke instead of his preoccupation with the challenges confronting humankind, including the risks posed by arms proliferation, global warming, and food scarcities.

Recognising global warming as "one of the most serious and complex challenges facing humankind," this year's WEF meeting devoted 23 sessions to climate change.

They might also ask why, in the face of all the challenges facing humankind, not least in Africa, primates spent five days obsessing about their attitude to gay sex.