Taking action from common sense knowledge. We all remember the last time we read an article and yelled “I knew that.” Yet, most of us never take action on advice that will benefit us most. Sometimes, we convince ourselves that our situation is different. Other times, we vow that we ...
“If things are going to change, action by governments will be key.” This was proven this weekend when, after mounting international pressure and a threat from French President Emmanuel Macron to rethink trade agreements with Brazil, President Bolsonaro finally authorized the deployment of 44,000 ...
Shaping the climate action journey for financial institutions Measuring the financed emissions of a portfolio is the foundation enabling financial institutions to perform scenario analysis, set targets, inform actions and disclose progress. These areas jointly are crucial for portfolio alignment and decarboni...
Motivation comes fast when you take action first. (tweet this) As a main strategy, motivation might be good enough to get you by in life, but it’s a poor choice compared to willpower. While willpower is the best strategy, most people don’t know how to use it and drain their will...
While I initially had to overcome the reluctance to discard the cartridges every night, even when they have only been used very little and otherwise seemed good for another dive or two, I conceded the expenditure was not a major issue. When bought in bulk, such as in 8-packs, current lis...
That said, when agents share a discount factor, the existence of perfectly equitable allocations follows from a classic result for repeated games: if the common discount factor is sufficiently high given the number of action profiles in the stage game, then any convex combination of stage game ...
China Latin America, and China Pacific Island countries is progressing steadily. Nowadays, building a community with a shared future for mankind has become a common action of more and more countries and regions, and China's initiative to practice it on a global scale is becoming increasingly powe...
Through the Aviva Community Fund in the UK, we support small causes that are taking action in the face of climate change and helping people to take control of their financial wellbeing. community fund about Aviva Community Fund Aviva Foundation In the UK, the Aviva Foundation1 continued to...
Do people who do many good things with their lives---raising children, healing patients, serving the poor, doing important research---have rights not to spend time taking action on DT? While reasonable, the excuse objection errs in ignoring the fact, already argued, that people who cause DT...
It is fair to say that the defendant has been prejudiced by [the police’s] lack of action in that the defendant is now facing a private prosecution,” the CPS lawyer told EMM, TM Eye’s lawyers, the court record shows. The CPS also took into account unspecified “personal ...