And the trend? Well the trend is clear.

For every trend on this planet, there's a counter trend.

Is it a trend?

There is clearly a trend.

This is a welcome trend.

This is a heartening trend.

There is a trend here.

18. A significant exception to this trend is found on the Indian subcontinent.

The current trend is toward decentralization.

This is certainly an alarming trend.

But this trend is less unambiguous.

So the trend is pretty clear.

Education hacking is the new trend.

Increasingly tight regulation on immigration in most industrialized countries is, however, slowing this trend.

This trend is not hard to understand.

In North America, the trend is stable

This is a trend to be welcomed.

In fact, even TED is a trend.

Is that method a trend these days?

Trying to pick a trend is difficult.

It is clear, however, that the trend is downwards.

Today there is a clear trend to seek local systems based on participation and concerted action, and this trend must be extended at the regional and international levels.

This is a trend rather than a rule.

That is an upward and quite discomforting trend.

Well, this is another trend in the field.

This is what a successful trend feels like

And this is the trend in well being over that time, a small increase, but this is the trend in ecological footprint.

We believe that that trend is having a negative impact on the Organization's principle of objectivity.

106. Another indication of political commitment is the trend in public expenditures on population related initiatives.

Only Europe is bucking the trend. Cocaine use is on the rise, especially in Spain, Great Britain, and Italy.

This trend is the same among adult women (22 ).

Unfortunately, the current trend is towards underrepresentation for Asia.

This trend is also visible at the middle level.

In North America and Oceania the trend is stable.

Equally worrisome is the downward trend in environmental degradation.

This is a very dangerous and very unsettling trend.

This trend is likely to continue in future biennia.

The upward trend in economic growth figures is encouraging.

Overall trend

Industrialized Trend

There is also an increasing trend on the part of the Government to enlist NGOs in programme implementation.

This trend towards more variability and fluctuation is perhaps more important, in terms of its impact on human health, than that of a gradual and long term trend towards higher average temperature.

Like the financial crisis itself, this trend is now global.

Fortunately, a counter trend in Copenhagen is also worth noting.

There is an abundance of explanations for the downward trend.