The basic concept is the same as that underpinning the "white roads" idea -- the development of a technology that can reflect a proportion of the sun's radiation away from the earth's surface and back out into space, thereby cooling the atmosphere and slowing, or even reversing the damaging effects of global climate change.

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The idea is to maximize flexibility in such projects as global health, renewable energy development and access to information and capital.

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As you know, I feel strongly that it would be a bad idea to allow the development of fully autonomous lethal weapons.

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My own organization, Oxfam, an international relief and development organization, recently endorsed the idea of eating less meat and dairy as part of our GROW campaign to fight global hunger.

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The development stunned and embarrassed charter school supporters, who had long seen unions as antithetical to the very idea of these independent public schools, which rarely employ union teachers.

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The idea itself is not new--using existing molecules as a template is a hallmark of drug development.

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The idea is to work out the kinks of development and manufacturing at once so production can start as soon as the technology is perfected.

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