Sentences with phrase «change expert held»

Talking Points Memo confirmed that «The Interior Department is «reviewing» whether a government climate change expert held over from the Bush administration received improper payments from an institution known for its opposition to environmental regulation, a spokesman tells TPM.»

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Unless the PBO's mandate is changed and the Office reports directly to Parliament, rather than to the Library of Parliament, it will never be fully independent and have access to information from departments and agencies that it requires to provide Parliamentarians and the public with the expert analysis they need to hold the Government to account.

And while those rates seem to be holding steady, the places of worship and the size of the groups are changing, says one expert.

The idea that one single aspect of birth (long 2nd stage) is deemed the causal variable in the baby's current discomfort and that one expert can change the trajectory of the infant - parent relationship simply by holding a baby for a few moments completely undermines the entire discipline of perinatal and infant mental health research.

The Combining All Our Strength alliance for civil society organisations, in which OurKingdom is a key player, this week held a high - level seminar on the prospects for change, involving electoral experts and Labour and Lib Dem MPs.

«President Buhari holds the view, as do many experts, that these conflicts are more often than not, as a result of major demographic changes in Nigeria.

Governments need to give technical experts more autonomy and hold their nerve to provide more long - term stability when investing in clean energy, argue researchers in climate change and innovation policy in a new paper published today.

But the stunning success of the high - function toilet holds lessons for anyone — from public health officials to marketing experts — whose work involves understanding and changing human behaviour and decision making.

Experts called for climate - related migration to be incorporated in the Paris climate change conference to be held on Nov. 30.

They should also work with experts in conceptual change, given that these briefs will be directly refuting many strongly held beliefs.

Ministers from across government are joining forces with engineers, industry experts and hundreds of businesses to change perceptions around engineering — and highlight the scale of opportunity that careers in the industry hold for young people in the UK.

The change has resulted in confusion with regard to how the virtual charter schools will be held accountable for ensuring students are meeting statutory minimum requirements for learning — and that's a troubling prospect to virtual charter schools expert Gary Miron, a Western Michigan University professor who says a very similar pilot program took place in his home state.

Climate change experts said the data set was the most ambitious effort so far to hold individual carbon producers, rather than governments, to account.

Subjects holding hierarchical and individualistic outlooks, on the one hand, and ones holding egalitarian and communitarian outlooks, click me for a closer look!on the other, significantly disagreed about the state of expert opinion on climate change, nuclear waste disposal, and handgun regulation.

To help unpack the topic, the International Energy Agency held a high - level roundtable meeting in Paris yesterday on «producer economies in a changing energy world,» which brought together more than 50 decision - makers and experts from around the world to share their analysis and experience.

This technical document emerged from the results of an expert group meeting held in at El Colegio de México in Mexico City, October 2010, entitled «Population Dynamics and Climate Change II: Building for Adaptation.»

The responses have been elaborated by thirteen climate change and forestry experts gathered in Quezon City, Philippines, to discuss the implications on the forestry sector in the Asia - Pacific region of decisions taken at COP 17, held in Durban, South Africa, in November and December 2011.

This activity report is about an informal expert consultation on «Adaptation to Social, Environmental and Climate Change Impacts on Vector - Borne Diseases,» which was held on February 27 - 29, 2012.

The responses have been elaborated by twelve climate change and forestry experts gathered in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the implications on the forestry sector in the Asia - Pacific region of decisions taken at COP 15, held on 7 - 18 December 2009, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

On what basis do you disregard the conclusions that humans are causing dangerous climate change held by the United States Academy of Sciences, over a hundred scientific organizations whose membership includes experts with expertise relevant to the science of climate change, and 97 percent of scientists who actually do peer - reviewed research on climate change?

Two Climate Change Reconsidered briefings will be held next Monday, September 23, in Washington, DC — featuring NIPCC experts.

That being said, if climate change is a matter to be decided by expert opinion, we have a right to hear from experts who hold a variety of perspectives.

Ben Nickell posted High profile experts debate climate change Ben Nickell comments on the recent climate change debate held at the Royal Geographical Society and including experts Professor David Bellamy OBE, Greg Barker MP (Shadow Environment Minister), Peter Mather (UK CEO of BP), Professor Mark Maslin and BBC Newsnight's «ethical man» Justin Rowlatt.

This activity report provides a summary of the expert meeting on socio - economic information, held under the Nairobi work programme on impacts, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change.

Note that a new practice at the IPCC is the back - to - back holding of an expert meeting on scenarios with lead author meetings, to ensure coordination with the scientific community which is developing a new generation of socioeconomic scenarios for climate change impacts, adaptation and mitigation research.

Ahead of a Congressional hearing held by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R - TX), members of Congress, law experts, and environmental groups gathered at the Capitol to highlight all that Exxon knew and buried about climate change, and to push back on the Chairman's overreaching subpoenas.

Ahead of a Congressional hearing held by House Science Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R - TX), members of Congress, law experts, and environmental groups gathered at the Capitol to highlight all that Exxon knew and buried about climate change, and to push back on the Chairman's overreaching...

Playing uncivil, tactical, inappropriate, old - school, trial by ambush games like: threatening to require proof of obviously valid records, holding back important documents until the last second, failing to fulfil undertakings until the eve of trial, delivering new expert's reports during the trial, saying untrue things to counsel opposite (whether knowingly or not), failing to prepare examinations in advance to «wing it» at trial, refusing to agree to the admissibility of relevant documents while requiring changes to be made to irrelevant ones, refusing to share costs of joint expenses, refusing to cooperate on court ordered process matters, are all wrongful.

Act 2, including: changes to Wisconsin's product liability laws; adding Daubert standards for cases tried in Wisconsin involving expert opinion and evidence; eliminating the controversial «risk contribution» theory created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court in the 2005 Thomas v. Mallett decision; placing caps on punitive damages; and reducing frivolous lawsuits by holding parties liable for costs and fees for filing frivolous claims.

Legislation that holds tech companies accountable or offers more transparency regarding data use could help, experts say, but it has proved difficult to pass in the U.S. People also could swear off social media, change their privacy settings or just share less.

Vanessa holds a number of current expert advisory positions that contribute to changing policies, including the National Advisory Group Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Informatics and Data, Australian Health Care Reform Alliance, and Close the Gap.

The changes, which are intended to simplify and modernize the provisions governing investments for money held in contingency reserve funds and collected on special levies, came in response to feedback from strata councils and investment experts.