Sentences with phrase «change policy framework»

We seek to develop and promote a comprehensive, market - based climate change policy framework that creates jobs and puts the country on course toward a sustainable energy future.

Impact scepticism would question whether the melodrama of the discourse of future climate catastrophe is credible and policy scepticism would query dominant climate change policy frameworks and instruments.

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With the right policy framework, we are confident that America can reduce the economic risks from climate change while seizing new market opportunities.

Dedicated to addressing the policy framework and industry responsibility towards tackling obesity, this seminar programme combines speakers from policy and industry to review progress, discuss new initiatives, share reformulation case studies and explore new approaches to changing dietary behaviour.

Pierre Haski thinks it is possible but also thinks there is a lack of vision underpinned by real policy substance: «If the Socialist Party has a new framework with other [European] socialists especially Germany, there could be a change of political landscape in Europe.

The campaign suggests four simple changes that national and local government could make: • Strengthen national planning via the national planning policy framework.

On the other hand, institutions may reinforce the EU's foreign policy capabilities, allowing it to play an important role within those multilateral frameworks tasked to tackle new global challenges such as climate change.

But make no mistake, the appointment of Jon Cruddas to head the policy review alongside Ed Miliband's one - nation framework has emboldened those seeking to make far - reaching changes.

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner's administration sent letters to common councilors outlining a framework for changing the city's computer use policy.

«So, this new policy framework that was approved today (Wednesday), puts in place a much better opportunity to engage with states, local governments and communities and executing the priorities of the change agenda,» she said.

Current polls show Harper's Conservative Party lagging behind the Liberals, who have pledged to undo many of the prime minister's energy and environmental policies and to push for a «pan-Canadian framework» for combating climate change.

James A. Edmonds • Member, IPCC Steering Committee on «New Integrated Scenarios» (2006 - present) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Framing Issues,» IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Global, Regional, and National Costs and Ancillary Benefits of Mitigation,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Decision - Making Frameworks,» IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group III, Summary for Policy Makers, IPCC Third Assessment Report (2001) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Energy Supply Mitigation Options,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group II, «Mitigation: Cross-Sectoral and Other Issues,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Estimating the Costs of Mitigating Greenhouse Gases,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «A Review of Mitigation Cost Studies,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, Working Group III, «Integrated Assessment of Climate Change: An Overview and Comparison of Approaches and Results,» IPCC Second Assessment Report (1996) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1994: Radiative Forcing of Climate Change and An Evaluation of the IPCC IS92 Emission Scenarios (1994) • Lead Author, IPCC Special Report, Climate Change 1992: The Supplementary Report to the IPCC Scientific Assessment (1992) • Major contributor, IPCC First Assessment Report, Working Group III, Response Strategies Working Group (1991).

Mission The mission of PNNL's Aerosol Climate Initiative is to advance the current scientific understanding and parameterization of aerosol processes and properties to improve comprehensive climate modeling frameworks and to inform policy decisions related to global climate change and the environmental impacts of aerosols.

The International Blue Carbon Policy Working Group supports efforts to integrate blue carbon in existing international policy frameworks such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) among oPolicy Working Group supports efforts to integrate blue carbon in existing international policy frameworks such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) among opolicy frameworks such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) among others.

The married couple, both graduates of the International Education Policy Program, credit one of Professor Fernando Reimers» courses with providing a framework for producing change at scale in the global context.

Late last week, the board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress was poised to adopt a new framework for the NAEP reading test that would change the content significantly enough to prevent the continuation of comparisons among tests.

Changing a NAEP framework is a huge deal — expensive, contentious, and slow — as well as amajor policy decision because of the issue of trend lines.

Since systemic reform requires big changes in philosophy and policy, these three pieces were particularly welcome: David Osborne applied his steer / row framework to teacher empowerment in charters, Politico showed what D.C.'s robust charter sector is accomplishing, and Fordham offered a terrific taxonomy of state - level school governance.

The groups, which today released their own education policy framework and launched the National Opportunity to Learn campaign to advance their ideas, want Mr. Duncan to make big changes to his draft proposal for reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

Task 2: Create a structure for an applied developmental taxonomy that integrates concepts from multiple frameworks, describes in terms of everyday observable behaviors, and emphasizes how it changes across development); plus an illustration of how stakeholders can use the taxonomy to enhance their work in research, policy, or practice with children and youth.

Systemic reformers have tended to focus on creating new policy instruments such as content standards or curricular frameworks, assessments that are aligned with new content standards, and changes in both preservice and inservice teacher education (Cohen, 1995).

The government committed to a six - point action plan, including a promise not to change government policy and for Ofsted not to change inspection framework during the school year.

Public policy provides a framework for positive change.

These new policy instruments are commonly thought to include: new content standards or instructional frameworks; assessments that focus students» and teachers» work on intellectually authentic tasks that are «aligned» with new content standards; more ambitious curricula that are consistent with new standards and assessments; and changes in teacher education that would improve enactment of the new standards (Cohen, 1995).

Moving forward we MUST «change our policies around the nature of testing, the amount of testing, and the uses of testing... and move [forward] from a test - and - punish philosophy — which was the framework for No Child Left Behind... to an assess - and - improve philosophy.»

«Our reports are providing the intellectual framework for many of these policy changes,» the NCEE crows in its Workforce Skills Program pamphlet.

A K - 12 federal policy framework for competency education: Building capacity for systems change.

Compare the year - to - year scale at which humans make policy decisions, reflected in our political frameworks, to the multi-millennial consequences of today's energy choices, as delineated in «Consequences of twenty - first - century policy for multi-millennial climate and sea - level change,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehuchange,» the important recent commentary in Nature Climate Change by a host of top climate scientists, including PierrehuChange by a host of top climate scientists, including Pierrehumbert.

To overcome these drawbacks, researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change propose an alternative method that only a handful of other groups are now pursuing: a self - consistent modeling framework to assess climate impacts across multiple regions and sectors.

b) long term structural solutions that gradually change values, institutions and policy frameworks.

A new policy framework is needed — one that articulates overarching purpose and strategy; buttresses the supporting public - private partnerships; expands the collaborations to bring in social scientists, service providers, and end users, both domestically and internationally; commits the resources necessary for the long haul; and builds in the flexibility and responsiveness needed to keep pace with social change and evolving needs.

If you want to learn more about the Paris Agreement and the international legal and policy framework to address climate change, check out Module 2 of the Introductory e-course on Climate Cchange, check out Module 2 of the Introductory e-course on Climate ChangeChange.

Ms Najira advised that climate information is being integrated into national policy frameworks such as the National Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined Contributions policy frameworks such as the National Climate Change Management Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined Contributions Policy, 2014 - 2018 investment plan, Nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMA), National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPA) and the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).

«Policy on how to include Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry into the 2030 greenhouse gas mitigation framework will be established as soon as technical conditions allow and in any case before 2020.»

The Taskforce is comprised of eminent scientists, business leaders, policy advisers and political leaders drawn from around the world.5 Its purpose is to recommend to all governments a framework for managing climate change responses that is truly global, provides long - term direction, and is genuinely responsive to the scale of the problem.

So while the Program adds some new institutions, it also embeds them within a coordinated policy framework of Acre, other states in the region, and the federal government including The Sustainable Amazon Plan, the Plan for Prevention and Control of Deforestation in the Amazon, the National Plan of Climate Change, and The Amazon Fund.

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It presents a structured framework of policies and measures to promote energy efficiency investments for climate change mitigation and sustainable development, as well as to develop a menu of energy efficiency policies and measures.

Given the socio - economic importance of Mozambique's coastal cities and their susceptibility to regular climate hazards, the country's ICT policy framework is evaluated by analyzing the efficacy of the aforementioned ICT tools along a dimension that disproportionately affects the poor more, namely vulnerability to flooding - a reality worsening each year due to the effects of climate change.

Many governments and institutions took up the challenge of adopting the WCD framework through national dialogues, some of which have led to real policy changes.

As well as the groups mentioned above, scenarios are used extensively by scientists, policy makers, NGOs and commentators as a common framework through which they can discuss climate change, exchange ideas and communicate with each other effectively.

This policy document presents a framework for action to address climate change in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).

0 -80-100-Roots is San Francisco's climate action framework that will help us meet the challenge of climate change through innovative policies, programs, and partnerships.

This policy document aims to provide the medium - term (2011 — 16) framework defining the perspectives and objectives of the FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department with respect to climate change issues and development responses.

As described in section 1, evaluating climate change impacts on society and the consequences of alternative policy approaches are key goals of the scenario framework.

In the study, Monier and his co-authors applied the IGSM framework to assess climate impacts under different climate - change scenarios — «Paris Forever,» a scenario in which Paris Agreement pledges are carried out through 2030, and then maintained at that level through 2100; and «2C,» a scenario with a global carbon tax - driven emissions reduction policy designed to cap global warming at 2 degrees Celsius by 2100.

These principles can provide a responsible policy framework for structuring society's response to climate change risk.

The Paris Agreement created a framework for solving the climate problem, yet the post-Paris media has poorly covered the implications for nations of what sufficient ambition and fairness should be required of nations when they formulate national climate policies if very dangerous climate change is to be avoided.

Training is particularly needed to help all engaged in climate change policy formation to understand the links between INDCs, a warming limit, and an equity framework

The program aims to provide the leadership and the policy framework necessary to minimize the risks that stem from global climate change and competition for resources.