Failing to take action in the face of global climate change amounts to negligence that will set "a course for disaster," President Barack Obama told graduating US Coast Guard cadets Wednesday.
Well-nourished children are better able to grow and learn, to participate in and contribute to their communities, and to be resilient in the face of disease, disasters, and other global crises.
Given the increased numbers of disasters and humanitarian crises which occur in the face of diminishing global resources, the contemporary disaster management and humanitarian fields face greater challenges to optimize cooperation and coordination processes among actors as well as in ensuring and increasing humanitarian aid delivery performance.
Ms Anne Richards, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, of the US Government remarked in Nairobi, "we currently face a long list of global disasters, conflicts, and disease outbreaks.
Walter, with his head full of books, spins erudite theories in the face of domestic disasters.
In the face of natural disasters, such diversity seemed to be the West's ace in the hole.
In the face of impending disasters, moving is a life-saving strategy.
In the face of escalating military disasters, some German soldiers deserted, but most continued to fight.
