But we do have to recognize a global shift in consciousness on environmental issues.
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But there is another global shift that has less to do with ethnic identity or social philosophy.
As we move into what is potentially the next great economic era, companies are adapting to address the global shift by utilizing Cloud and mobile technology.
There are more and more of these stories every week, and they speak to the transformative power and economic opportunity of the global shift to sustainable cleantech industries.
The global shift towards mutual-fund investing is already under way.
After ten years of dollar weakness, a strengthening of the global reserve currency could gradually shift global markets.
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The win-win solutions are endless: more job creation, increased returns for investors and entrepreneurs, global economic shift, and social and environmental impacts that could steer the planet in more positive directions.
The international energy market of the twenty-first century is witnessing an unprecedented period of turmoil and instability, an indication of an indisputable global power shift that holds serious, long-term implications for U.S. national security interests throughout the world.
Global warming will shift from vague concern to serious business opportunity, as local and national governments worldwide use taxes, regulations and incentives to push less carbon dioxide-intensive technology.
Other companies from other emerging markets have made the necessary shift to global markets.
This raises serious doubts about claims that biofuels account for a big shift in global demand.
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"The global economy continues to shift to mobile handheld computing, " said chief executive Carl Yankowski.
If more countries are participating in science, we are also seeing a shift in global influence.
The other half is due to warmer seawater, caused by global warming or a shift in Atlantic currents, or both.
"Morgan Stanley has seen a huge shift to global wealth management, which should pay off, " said Bernie Williams, a vice president at USAA Investments.
In summary, I believe that these recent price increases are more attributable to the excess liquidity in the financial system than a sudden positive shift in global economic fundamentals.
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Meanwhile, he cited one other key change in the gold market that has helped put a floor under prices in recent years the shift of global central banks to net buyers from net sellers.
The shift in global economic power to the big emerging countries in Asia means prospects look much brighter for the newer breed of financial hubs, such as Hong Kong and Singapore, than for established centres like London or New York.
Although unlikely to rival the economic might of India and China or the resources of Russia and Brazil, this motley crew of emerging markets make the CIVETS the next band of countries to profit from a shift in global power.
Chrysler Group President Thomas LaSorda said the recovery plan outlined Wednesday would solidify Chrysler's position in the North American market while laying the foundation for a new business model that would stress global growth and a shift to more fuel-efficient models.
On Monday, the report " Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds" forecast that U.S. economic and international influence will decline in the next two decades as a shift of global power moves from the West to the East, and from the North to the South.
The man who coined the term BRIC to explain a structural shift in the global economy over the last decade thinks there has been a new twist.
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And if the legacy of London 2012 really proves to be a defining shift in the global attitude towards disability, then what on earth could Rio expect to achieve in four years time?
Nevertheless, he thinks it can capitalize on a shift in the global energy business toward liquefied natural gas, especially as China seeks alternatives to dirty coal-fired power plants and Japan trims its nuclear fleet.
But the onetime British trading post's ascent into the stratosphere of the world's ultra-wealthy cities in recent years reflects a momentous shift in the global economy, as wealth settles in Asia after more than a decade of booming emerging-market growth.
Ultimately, the global conversation will have to shift so people don't see these animals simply as a source of fins, or animals to be hunted for sport, but instead as the magnificent mainstays of a vast and delicate ecosystem that they really are.
Rampant population growth and changes to the environment caused by humans, including the burning of fossil fuels and the conversion of nearly 43% of the planet's land to farms or cities, threaten to cause an abrupt and unpredictable shift in the global ecosystem, 22 scientists from five countries said in their paper.
Against this backdrop, coupled with ongoing debt issues in the eurozone, gold futures are on the defensive Monday as many investors shift to cash with global equities and most commodities getting pounded amid general risk aversion.
Until that shift takes place, the global recovery will be fragile and probably quite feeble.
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