More of problems are global in scale.

More of our economics is global in scale.

So at a global scale, it looks like this.

And that's desperately what we need again on a global scale.

On a global scale, we are living in daily risk of terrorist attacks.

Global tasks such as poverty reduction and the preservation of our natural environment must be addressed on a global scale, and that means that there is also need for financial instruments on a comparable scale.

The assets freeze is perhaps the most implemented of the sanctions on a global scale, and it may constitute the most effective mechanism to prevent large scale terrorist operations.

The breakthrough in information technology gives us a unique opportunity to promote it on a global scale.

Peace, development and the protection of human rights on a global scale were the fundamental aspirations of its founders.

While the global and regional interplay of these factors is complex, it is possible to understand it at the local scale.

So, long before the industrial age we've been affecting the planet on a global scale, with just a small amount of technology.

Unless we do something to prevent it, over the next 40 years we re facing an epidemic of neurologic diseases on a global scale.

During WFP's Global Meeting in Dublin in June 2004, the essential role of partnerships in addressing the scale of today's problems was stressed.

Partnerships ranged from small scale development projects with a limited number of local actors to global initiatives with large numbers of major participants.

In this crucial process, our highest priority should be our collective commitment to ensure sustainable social and economic development on a global scale.

We need to cut the spigot of single use and disposable plastics, which are entering the marine environment every day on a global scale.

There also continues to be a great deal of progress in developing advanced atmospheric modelling tools, ranging from the local to the global scale.

Yes, we have preserved peace on the global scale, there has been no new world war, and to that extent we have been successful.

Since its inception in 1915, WILPF has worked to prevent armed conflicts and to establish the conditions for sustainable peace on a global scale.

By using advanced communications and information technologies for telehealth and tele education applications, GATES would improve basic medical care and education on a global scale.

'Scotland's reach in pursuing criminals is on a truly global scale and in this case we have dealt a substantial economic blow to organised criminals.'

And I really, strongly believe in the power of the small story, because it is so difficult to do humanitarian work at a global scale.

Rapid global demand for electricity, increasing uncertainty in supply and prices of oil and natural gas, and concerns about the greenhouse gas emissions have opened more prospects for the new development of nuclear energy at the global scale.

After five years of global financial sector scandals on a grand scale, patience is wearing thin. As Eduardo Porter of The New York Times put it,

Given their size and relative isolation, they are unable to achieve economies of scale or enter national and global value chains driven by large transnational corporations.

Tourism is a significant economic and social force in the world, whose current scale and likely future growth have serious implications for local and global environments.

Certain technologies are still too expensive and may require a few decades of continued research and development before they can make large contributions on a global scale.

Now, science indicates that, yes, we can achieve a prosperous future within the safe operating space, if we move simultaneously, collaborating on a global level, from local to global scale, in transformative options, which build resilience on a finite planet.

The first priority addresses the issue of indigenous rights on a global scale through the documentation and exchange of good practices for the implementation of Convention No. 169.

On the global scale, the GIWA assessment has confirmed the widespread concern that pressures from human activity have weakened the ability of aquatic ecosystems to perform critical functions.

But the rolling series of scandals surrounding global megabanks makes it difficult for anyone to keep a straight face when executives insist that our largest banks must maintain their current scale and scope. Do we need HSBC to facilitate global money laundering?

11. Stresses that the wider use of available renewable sources of energy requires technology transfer and diffusion on a global scale, including through North South and South South cooperation

9. Recognizes that the wider use of available renewable energy technologies requires the diffusion of available technologies on a global scale, including through North South and South South cooperation

10. Recognizes that the wider use of available renewable energy technologies requires the diffusion of available technologies on a global scale, including through North South and South South cooperation

8. Stresses that the wider use of available renewable sources of energy requires technology transfer and diffusion on a global scale, including through North South and South South cooperation

The joint UN system Global Fund team will identify good practices and disseminate them together with the lessons learned to support countries' efforts to scale up their AIDS programmes.

11. Stresses that the wider use of available renewable sources of energy requires technology transfer and diffusion on a global scale, including through North South and South South cooperation

From our point of view, the Conference on Disarmament has to be one of the major international instruments playing a crucial role in pursuing disarmament on a global scale.

Elinor Ostrom, the latest Nobel laureate of economics, clearly shows empirically across the world that we can govern the commons if we invest in trust, local, action based partnerships and cross scale institutional innovations, where local actors, together, can deal with the global commons at a large scale.

So this is a real problem not just because the Red Sox are having a bad year but it's a real problem because, as we're discussing here at TED, the real problems in the world the interesting problems to solve are global in scale and scope, they require global conversations to get to global solutions.

My dream is to create the conditions for world peace in my lifetime and to do that by creating the conditions for inner peace and compassion on a global scale.

The Organization quickly recognized that, besides the traditional threats to international peace and security, new threats have emerged on a global scale, such as transnational organized crime, corruption and terrorism.

On both the regional and global levels, decisive progress was made in reaping the benefits from trade and economies of scale. The European integration project seemed to herald a new kind of cooperation, which could extend to other regions and even influence global cooperation.

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