The number of refugees has accelerated faster than projected in that appeal.
Demand for palm oil, used in everything from margarine to shampoo, is blamed for four west African states featuring in a list of 10 countries where the rate of tree loss has accelerated fastest since the millennium.
The exec also notes that with each subsequent launch of online grocery shopping, customer adoption has accelerated faster than in the previous market, indicating growing consumer interest in this service.
Floods, forest fires and heat waves are more frequent, melting of the summer Arctic sea ice cover has accelerated faster than predicted, and in certain regions the climate is changing more rapidly than ecosystems can adapt (5, 6).
"But land prices have accelerated faster than home prices, and the cost of building materials -- from framing lumber to sheet metal -- has been skyrocketing, pushing home prices up".
The report found growth had accelerated faster in service sector activity, with goods production increasing at a more modest pace.
Technology has accelerated so fast, giving access to information we didn't have.
Fueled by mobile, marketing has undergone a shift over the past few years, a shift that has accelerated as fast as a Porsche 911 in the past 12 months.
Moreover, American research suggests that the decline in disability among older people has accelerated: it was faster in the first half of the 1990s than in the 1980s.So why the near-universal rise in the number of people of working age who claim to be disabled?
As it celebrates its centenary, International Business Machines is a business that shows how innovation has accelerated - and how fast you have to move to stay ahead.
