Sentences with phrase «basis for policy discussions»

AGU also urges that the scientific basis for policy discussions and decision - making be based upon objective assessment of peer - reviewed research results.

Some evidence, combined with extensive robustness checks, is clearly better than no evidence, also as a basis for policy discussion.

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The Obama Administration's ability to fully act on its goals will be determined by forthcoming budget discussions, notes Lauren Setar, analyst for Los Angeles - based IBIS World, which recently released a report on the sectors likely to be affected by Obama's second - term policies.

A PROPOSED policy paper for the operation of Internet discussion sites, including web - based bulletin boards, has been released by the Australian Securities and Invest - ments Commission for public comment.

Daniel Schwanen, the Toronto - based C. D. Howe Institute's resident expert on trade and international policy, says one possibility is that negotiators will quickly prioritize a short list of topics truly up for serious discussion.

One forum for this type of discussion is the April 2013 Pacific Energy Summit, co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the U.S. - based National Bureau of Asian Research, that will bring together private sector, government and policy leaders from a number of Asian countries, as well as the United States and Canada, to discuss how to forge trans - Pacific co-operation for this new energy era.

Many are members of major research networks in political and legal studies, such as the Institute for Global Law and Policy based at Harvard Law School, and edit prominent sites of scholarly discussion such as the debuting London Review of International Law.

In the advocacy world, most outreach efforts involve one or more of three basic goals: trying to affect government legislation and / or regulation, trying to build a base of supporters for long - term fundraising and / or grassroots action, and trying to influence the broader public policy discussion.

It says: «We want to add a fourth pillar to what we do... This is the creation of a platform designed to build a new policy agenda for the centre ground together with the networks which link people up, and allow a reasonable and evidence based discussion of the future which avoids the plague of social media - led exchanges of abuse.

«Our position was that any evidence session would be most useful once the German presidency had set out their timetable for discussions leading up to the European Council and once the government had drawn up a set of policy options in response which would provide the basis for a discussion at an evidence session.

The governor named a close lieutenant, Ben Lawsky, to be an omnibus regulator, but he has won attention not for racking up scalps in the New York - based financial sector but by grabbing billions through sanctions on foreign banks, and leading the discussion about policy adjustments demanded by the rise of digital currencies like BitCoin.

While policy - level discussions about the regulations of genome - edited organisms are slowly taking place around the world, according to Dr. Ishii, his study will serve as a basis for the conversation with regulatory agencies in the world as well as the Japanese Ministry of the Environment.

The AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Security Policy (CSTSP) initiated a series of discussion - based meetings in the broader Middle East and North Africa region, including Afghanistan and Pakistan (BMENA) to better understand critical issues that underlie international collaboration and scientific engagement in the biological sciences.

In summary the projections of the IPCC — Met office models and all the impact studies (especially the Stern report) which derive from them are based on specifically structurally flawed and inherently useless models.They deserve no place in any serious discussion of future climate trends and represent an enormous waste of time and money.As a basis for public policy their forecasts are grossly in error and therefore worse than useless.For further discussion and an estimate of the coming cooling see http://climatesense-norpag.blogspot.com

Based on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lBased on the literature reviews, observations in the schools and meetings with the departments at the Ministry of Education, the team presented several key policy considerations to the Ministry: (1) utilize a website, the National Play Day, and the Jamaican Teaching Council as platforms from which educators can develop and share best game - based learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lbased learning practices; (2) promote a culture of collaboration through the Quality Education Circles (local discussion groups for educators), and by allocating time for teachers to develop and share game - based learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school lbased learning strategies; (3) provide resource support for schools in the form of workshops and training; and (4) create a monitoring and evaluation plan to be conducted at the school level.

«The bad news is we're not seeing a lot of innovation or discussion around personalized learning,» said Claire Voorhees, national policy director for the Tallahassee, Florida - based Foundation for Excellence in Education, an advocacy group for personalized learning.

Tillman did not respond to Policy Watch interview requests this week, but based on recent days» bickering over the board's decision, the SBE's power over charters might be up for discussion again when the legislature reconvenes in January.

The Pennsylvania Clearinghouse for Education Research — or PACER — is designed to inform state education policy discussions through rigorous, objective research; regular policy briefs; and research - based commentaries in leading media outlets statewide.

This comparison examines the characteristics of the methods and serves as an empirical basis for discussions about retirement - income policy issues, such as projected - income illustration requirements, default annuitization in 401 (k) plans, minimum distribution rules for individual accounts, and retirement - plan design by sponsors.

Finally, if you want to argue that the current crop of Green policies are not fundamentally based in Socialism and Central Planning then you are going to need to present evidence for that, any then you yourself will be bringing politics to the discussion.

The CBAT tool allows visualization of any national response for reducing national ghg emissions commitments based upon the idea of contraction and convergence, one of several equity frameworks under discussion in international climate negotiations, but is also of value for visualizing the policy significance of other equity frameworks that are under discussion internationally.

They form the basis for the KMP's broader discussion, through writings, photography, and social media, concerning energy policy, climate change, and transparency.

Following my recent post, a number of commenters suggested that I ought to respond more directly to the arguments of James Hansen and others for a CO2 target of 350 parts per million, as opposed to the 450 ppm that forms the basis of much current policy discussion.

There has been discussion of the potential for adaptation and mitigation as substitutes within narrow economic analysis (cost - benefit frameworks), and some studies have tried to assess the optimal policy balance of mitigation and adaptation using CBA based on IAMs.

A classic example of «belaboring the obvious», but the important thing to remember is: It makes absolutely no difference whether you (and I) are right about the «fitness for use» of the global temperature data base, A cursory examination of the actions of various Western governments over the past couple of decades, and recent US policies implemented over the past few years, up until the Social Cost of Carbon regulations now coming into effect, will show that we are having a strictly academic discussion.

Understanding the causal links between environment, economic growth and different types of energy consumption provides a basis for discussion in order to design and implementating effective energy and environmental policies.

The discussion's panelists were: (1) Professor Giuseppina D'Agostino, the Founder and Director of «IP Osgoode,» the Intellectual Property Law and Technology Program at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto; (2) Professor Dan Breznitz, Co-Director of the Innovation Policy Lab Munk Chair of Innovation Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; ``... known worldwide as an expert on rapid - innovation - based industries and their globalization...»; and, (3) Dan Ciuriak, a Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Senior Fellow; one part of his expertise being intellectual property rights and domestic innovation.

With increasing regularity, the legal blogosphere generates these types of discussions of noteworthy pending cases, and it is not unusual for those discussions to include thoughtful recommendations about how a court should rule based on existing law and policy considerations.

Moving forward, no - action requests made under both bases for exclusion must include a discussion of how the board analyzed a policy issue that was raised, as well as of the specific processes the board used to arrive at «well - informed and well - reasoned» conclusions.

We aim to provide balanced and objective research, offer new and unexplored viewpoints to public policy discussions which are inclusive of the opinions and interests of a broad range of IP stakeholders (including governments, nongovernmental organizations, the legal community, businesses and the general public) and ultimately, act as a facilitator for the flourishment of a knowledge - based society in Canada.

The paper concludes with discussions of the gaps in current intervention research, of barriers encountered in the implementation and evaluation of family - based prevention programs, and of the implications for future preventive intervention research and for social policy related to family - based preventive interventions.