Sentences with phrase «change on the ground»

Facts change on the ground in the publishing industry faster than most people can track, especially in the last couple years.
But even the best satellite surveillance will be worthless without changes on the ground as well.
«We're seeing climate change on the ground now in parks,» he said.
These stories also carry a message to government and other stakeholders who all want to see change on the ground.
Nor is there any plausible plan for translating it into change on the ground.
Though there is more confidence in his economic team than that of his predecessor, very little has changed on the ground so far.
In other cases, poor people agree to modify their behaviour on paper in order to receive funding but in reality little changes on the ground.
They explored how cities and local leaders can step up where Trump won't for the climate, and lead real change on the ground.
Meet the first member of the Change Gang, a group of people leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society and greener planet.
A minister could use this power to start making changes on the ground - tinkering with law and regulators in a way that makes it all - but impossible for parliament to vote against the deal, because of the chaos it would trigger.
But importantly they also have clear recommendations for the profession as well — because as I'm sure you know, tackling workload requires much more than change from government, but culture change on the ground as well.
Grist is proud to present the Change Gang — profiles of people who are leading change on the ground toward a more sustainable society and a greener planet.
«It is naive in the extreme to trust a company that has broken virtually every commitment it has made and been suspended by RSPO twice, until it delivers lasting change on the ground,» said Deborah Lapidus, campaign director at the Center for International Policy, which had called on the RSPO to maintain the suspension.
There are well - intentioned people who resist all social change on the ground that so ~ me innocent people will be hurt.
The total loss of civilian lives equivalent to 27 separate 9/11's can not be outweighed by minor changes on the ground.
Morrisey said in an emailed statement that the comments to DEP «further demonstrate the need for an immediate stay of the illegal Power Plan, a plan already causing real and irreversible changes on the ground in the states.»
«We're showing that these commitments can [produce] meaningful change on the ground,» says land use researcher Holly Gibbs of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a lead author of the study, published online this week in Conservation Letters.
Keep in mind that changing the law won't in itself drive change on the ground without the resources and people power to actually do the TNR.
Laura Redman from Condé Nast Traveler discusses the rapid changes on the ground, in the air, and on the water in the once - forbidden destination.
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 — 1960) was a great political campaigner, in many ways ahead of her times; a visionary but not an ideologue, she worked to facilitate change on the ground in terms moulded by those affected.
Earth Work The main theme at Creative Time's Summit last weekend was Place, particularly the idea of artists moving from one to another to work — whether by installing Land Art (which Lucy Lippard likened to a kind of gentifrication) or trying to effect change on the ground.
The U.S. has undersea research capabilities and detailed satellite data from the Arctic, but new icebreakers would really help efforts to monitor changes on the ground and forecast dangerous situations.
I'd actually thought the article was more about the satellite sensors, data, and analysis at this point and was expecting some «ground truth» information later on to tie the color change in the pictures to the actual changes on the ground.
There was a strong feeling that a «grand plan», as developed by the Australian Law Reform Commission, was less likely to lead to practical changes on the ground for Aboriginal communities.
Ultimately, changing the conversation about wildfire matters only if the dialogue manifests in real changes on the ground.
Ms Morgan added: «The groups also make recommendations for the profession — because tackling workload requires much more than change from Government, but culture change on the ground as well.»
Until companies actually implement their commitments and start making changes on the ground, critically important forests, wildlife, and local communities will remain at risk from expanding oil palm plantations.»
«Some fungal outbreaks over the past couple of decades, such as Dothistroma needle blight, could likely have been anticipated by tracking how temperature and precipitation were changing together,» said Mahony, who has worked as a forester in British Columbia for 10 years and has witnessed the impacts of climate change on the ground.
«It is naive in the extreme to trust a company that has broken virtually every commitment it has made and been suspended by RSPO twice, until it delivers lasting change on the ground,» said Deborah Lapidus, campaign director at the Center for International Policy, which had
For me, I still have two kids in diapers, and if I am not in the room with the changing pad, I am totally fine just laying them down and changing them on the ground.
The key factors for bringing about that discussion are that Palestinians realise that statehood is only attainable by negotiation, borders must be agreed upon, changes on the ground must support policies rather than work against them, and the wider region must play a role.
But global mean temperature evolution alone can't tell us how climate and weather are changing on the ground, where people live.
«Today, with the Education 2030 Framework for Action, Governments from across the world have agreed on how to translate a promise on paper to change on the ground,» said UNESCO Director - General Irina Bokova at the launch event.
But no if this turns out to be its own unrealistically ambitious federal regulatory scheme, no if it amounts to a bunch of plan writing and plan reviewing that yields no real change on the ground, and no if it further complicates what is already a hugely challenging transition in most states to higher academic standards and new forms of assessment.
Once things are underway, a retailer's reports on response and changes on the ground can be essential to the direction of the campaign.
But global mean temperature evolution alone can't tell us how climate and weather are changing on the ground, where people live.
The announcement as such has no effect nor does it enforce any change on the ground as no banks in the country are providing cryptocurrencies and there are no exchanges in the country that have official tie - ups with banks, as banks have withdrawn or have given no said support to cryptocurrencies anyway.
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