These are transformative examples brought about
by decentralisation and digitisation.
Philip Lowe, Chair of the World Energy Trilemma study group, said: «Policy makers need to adapt regulatory frameworks to the new opportunities opened up
by decentralisation and to take account of the widening options for energy supply and use.
Not exact matches
It said bitcoin's bubbles were created
by a combination of hype, mystery,
decentralisation and possible insider trading, suggesting that a small group of bitcoin owners were speculating on its price and manipulating general investors.
Bitcoin itself is a paragon of
decentralisation: Its payment system is kept up
by a distributed peer - to - peer network of users (the blockchain) rather than
by a single authority.
If true, this fact likely has legal consequences and rather undermines the «
Decentralisation Defence» being put to the regulators
by industry lobbyists.
Similarly, regional newspapers have also focused on issues of regionalism and
decentralisation, as illustrated for example
by the Yorkshire Post's recent publication of a «Yorkshire Manifesto» in view of the 2015 general election.
The key themes and questions underpinning the narrative of this nascent «Northern regionalism» were unpacked and discussed at length in a symposium held at the University of Huddersfield (co-sponsored
by the Centre for Research in the Social Sciences and the Political Studies Association and organised
by the Britishness Specialist Group) on the 13th of February: «
Decentralisation and the Future of Yorkshire».
The government must also ensure that every council plays its part in meeting UK climate targets
by introducing local carbon budgets in the
decentralisation and localism bill.
The research team, led
by Dr Sarah Ayres, conducted interviews with senior Whitehall officials in which they found a growing awareness of the need to boost the competitiveness of England's economically weaker regions and to improve services through
decentralisation and empowerment.Whitehall officials viewed the first round of RFAs in 2006 as generally positive - in particular, the main beneficiary had been the Department for Transport and transport policy.
The present Government's scheme for a northern powerhouse to be directed
by a DEEM covering combined local authorities is promoted
by the Treasury — to the amazement of many because in the past it has resisted
decentralisation of powers, fiscal discretion and resources to elected local authorities, as George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted in his speech earlier this month.
For him,
decentralisation was the way of the future and the constitutional reforms proposed
by Trudeau were incompatible with Canadian federalism.
However, the civic relationship between citizens and local government has been complicated
by ongoing
decentralisation of the governance of England over the past two years — with the North of England most affected.
Government is undermining the authority of local government and efforts at
decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid
by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has intimated.
The idea for a multicultural complex, bringing together in one place different forms of art and literature, developed, in part, from the ideas of France's first Minister of Cultural Affairs, André Malraux, a western proponent of the
decentralisation of art and culture
by impulse of the political power.
While many challenges remain, it is difficult not to be optimistic about the potential for change that has been opened
by decarbonisation,
decentralisation and digitalisation in an overall context of electrification of final demand as outlined in the latest energy scenarios published
by the Council.
The energy industry is being shaped
by a number of risk factors, including moves toward
decentralisation and digitalisation, shifting demand and prices, as well as sustainability as a public policy issue.
While the climate issue is still poorly understood
by the general public, we all need to promote the benefits of a real transition towards a sustainable and renewable system model: job creation, restoring democracy, community power -
decentralisation of energy systems which are now mostly in the hands of big corporations, energy sovereignty, improved air quality and health, a better quality of life...
Decentralisation has many advantages, but will create both regional and temporal imbalances that can not be met
by expanding the grid alone.
The second D -
decentralisation - comes hot on the heels of the first: Clean technologies like wind and solar are decentralised
by their very nature.
Powering the RISE platform is a Delegated Proof of Stake consensus algorithm which is the one of the most environmentally friendly protocols available and thrives on greater
decentralisation by allowing the community to vote for block producers.
This is about understanding that we now have through internet protocols the ability to redesign the mechanisms of social organisation, to create systems that are egalitarian, that provide autonomy, independence, freedom of conscience, freedom of expression and empowerment for millions and billions of individuals around the world, simply
by changing the shape, simply
by choosing
decentralisation.»