Sentences with phrase «ambitious national goals»

Japan used the philosophy of TQM and the concept of continuous improvement to set and achieve ambitious national goals.

More legislation is needed to achieve efficiency's potential and to achieve the more ambitious national goals such as doubling energy productivity by 2030.

Making good choices is complicated by the sheer volume of new products that claim to be aligned to the Common Core, the ambitious national goals adopted by 45 states and the District of Columbia that aim to encourage critical thinking and deeper learning.

Not exact matches

Grand Challenges are ambitious goals on a national or global scale that capture the imagination and demand advances in innovation and breakthroughs in science and technology.

With national research expertise in biotechnology, transportation, the chemical industry, and information technology, to name a few fields, that already transcends borders between universities, agencies, and commerce, there is no question that the democracy can achieve its ambitious goals, argues Mas - Colell.

«If countries wish to break the poverty cycle and achieve (post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals), they will have to set up ambitious national minimum target investments for STI, including special allotments for the promotion of basic science and science education and literacy.»

The ethical, professional, and respectful work environments fostered at the National Laboratories allow the current and next generation of great minds to contribute to their mission in support of the Department of Energy's ambitious goals.

A nanotechnology - inspired grand challenge is an ambitious but achievable goal that harnesses nanoscience, nanotechnology, and innovation to solve important national or global problems and has the potential to capture the public's imagination.

The US National Plan to Address Alzheimer's Disease set an ambitious goal to prevent and treat the disease and related dementias by 2025.

Douglas County superintendent Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Celania - Fagen sounds eminently reasonable in arguing that the national reform agenda has not been crafted with her students in mind and embraces insufficiently ambitious goals.

The foundation's goal is ambitious: to improve the national graduation rate to at least 80 percent, from about 65 percent, while increasing the likelihood that all high - school graduates are college - ready.

To reach these ambitious and important goals, appropriate financial flows will be put in place, thus making stronger action by developing countries and the most vulnerable possible, in line with their own national objectives.

The disappointing track record of this approach in achieving its ambitious goals resulted, in 2009, in its adherents proposing national — rather than state — academic standards and testing: Common Core.

On April 6, 2018 the Aspen Institute hosted the launch of the «Youth and Family Calls to Action,» which are ambitious goals and demands emanating from the Aspen Institute's National Commission on Social, Emotional, and Academic Development.

In current national dialogues about school improvement, SEAs have increasingly been asked to provide oversight and support for districts in their efforts to meet ambitious goals for increasing student achievement.268 SEAs also clarify education policy for districts.

«With U.S. veteran unemployment rates still well above the national average,» said Bobby Kotick, «we are committed to continuing our efforts and have established a new, ambitious goal to secure employment for 50,000 veterans by 2019.»

«With some of the most ambitious clean energy goals in the country, and an unwavering commitment to achieve these goals by Governor Cuomo, New York is a national model in developing a robust solar market.»

To reach these ambitious goals, appropriate financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced capacity building framework will be put in place, thus supporting action by developing countries and the most vulnerable countries, in line with their own national objectives.

National governments need to promise greater emissions cuts and enact policies to keep global warming to the more ambitious target of 1.5 C or at most 2C, which they set as the goal of the Paris climate agreement.

«In 2018, the Under2 Coalition is positioned to both contribute to direct emissions reductions and to support and inspire more ambitious climate goals from national governments,» says Tim Ash Vie, Director, Under2 Coalition Secretariat, The Climate Group.

The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission was launched on the 11th January, 2010 by the Prime Minister setting an ambitious goal of deploying 20 GW of solar capacity by 2022.

Ambitious Corporate Climate Action Driving Delivery of Paris Goals Business Commitments Need Reinforcing by Strong National Policies Marrakech, Morocco, 9 November, 2016 - Private sector leaders have come together at the COP 22 Business & Industry day to call for countries to fully implement their national climate action plans (the NDCs) through strong domestic legislNational Policies Marrakech, Morocco, 9 November, 2016 - Private sector leaders have come together at the COP 22 Business & Industry day to call for countries to fully implement their national climate action plans (the NDCs) through strong domestic legislnational climate action plans (the NDCs) through strong domestic legislation...

Convening cross-sector participants from the private sector, Government, Investors, UN agencies and international NGOs, a strong focus will be placed on discussions around national climate targets and the drive towards business innovations and solutions that need to be implemented in order to achieve these ambitious goals.

To reach these ambitious goals, appropriate mobilization and provision of financial resources, a new technology framework and enhanced capacity - building is to be put in place, thus supporting action by developing countries and the most vulnerable countries, in line with their own national objectives.

Some states may have more ambitious environmental goals (or a greater desire for revenue sources) than those embodied by a national carbon tax, and might maintain their state - level policies.

China's national energy efficiency goals are ambitious, he says, and municipalities just focus on keeping pace.

In particular, he called for a broad national effort with an ambitious goal: convert 10 million PSVs (Pickups, SUVs and Vans) by 2012.

While the tree - planting goal is obviously quite ambitious, the Distrito Federal, or Federal District, which encompasses much of Mexico City, has made a solid contribution to the goal by planting three million trees in 25 communities over 49,000 acres (20,000 hectares) in the district's rural southern zone.According to the National Forest Commission (Spanish link), as of mid August, 50 million tree seedlings had been distributed around the country, which means they may reach the goal of 250 million trees by year's end.

Today I want to call for us to be ambitious and to be focused on achieving the goal of a national Indigenous representative body.