Sentences with phrase «current policy climate»

And with new, more rigorous standards and assessments in the early years of implementation across most states, and facing political headwinds in many places, the current policy climate is marked by fluctuation and uncertainty.

Not exact matches

If there is a silver lining to Minnesota's current business and policy climate, it's that some policymakers are beginning to hear the message from employers in the state.

But the current economic climate is challenging for several reasons, including the mop - up project in the wake of the extraordinary policy decisions over the last decade.

If achieved, the «united industry» approach would be markedly different from the current climate in the UK, where liberalist, free - competition policies allow individual processors to set their own farmgate prices.

Located at the junction of the Delta and the Bay, the park offers an ideal vantage of how climate change, water policy and natural fluctuations in the weather and currents affect our region.

As the Spuds continue to splash their cash and find yet another # 15m to sign a striker today, we at Arsenal are left to make do with both manager and club chairman talking about the affects of the current economic climate and how it influences our transfer policy.

Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public policy.

Steve Folkard, head of pensions and savings policy at AXA, said: «Some people have negative thoughts of retirement and it is not surprising feelings of trepidation are heightened in the current financial climate.

Dani Lever, the governor's press secretary, also defended Cuomo's record, saying, «Given the current political climate in Washington and the genuine frustration that progressive policies can no longer be achieved, New York State gives the rest of the nation hope.

Given the current political climate in Washington and the genuine frustration that progressive policies can no longer be achieved, New York State gives the rest of the nation hope.

The decisions the current Government takes on transport to tackle the dual challenges of climate change and rising oil prices could have significant repercussions for many years to come... Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to: «Change direction on transport policy - and aim to rapidly move towards a low - carbon transport system... Vehicle Excise Duty must be changed to make road tax on gas - guzzlers more expensive - and cheaper for greener cars...»

Indy Politics talks with former White House Press Secretary Pete Seat and John Ketzenberger of the Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute the current political climate on...

In the current climate, the main source of funding for studies of hallucinogens are two private philanthropies: the Heffter Research Institute in Santa Fe, which was founded in 1993 by academics and mental health professionals to finance scholarly research, and MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which has dispensed more than $ 10 million since it was launched in 1986 by Rick Doblin, a drug reform activist in Boston with a Harvard University Ph.D. in public policy.

Incorporating a pricing mechanism into our climate policy would likely be more efficient at driving down greenhouse gas emissions at a lower cost than the current policy of regulating such emissions under the Clean Air Act.

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.

Even if the United States implements all current and proposed policies, it would miss its 2025 target by as much as 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year — roughly 20 % of the nation's total emissions, according to the analysis published today in Nature Climate Change.

Strategies to adapt to climate change will dovetail with the current policies and practices that deal with variability and will be understood as more of the same, rather than something alien.

The results could have consequences not only for future climate models, but may also impact current policies on land use intended to promote fungi.

«Current climate change measurements mask trade - offs necessary for policy debates.»

This «lukewarm» option has been boosted by recent climate research, and if it is right, current policies may do more harm than good.

A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today in Nature.

The Nature Climate Change study estimates the Clean Power Plan accounts for about half of emissions cuts from the U.S.'s current and proposed policies.

Speakers included Audun Rosland from the Norwegian Environment Agency who explained current climate policy and its challenges and constraints, and Peter Wehrheim from the European Commission who set out the options for including emissions from land use and forestry (LULUCF) in the EU 2030 climate and energy framework.

A new model developed at Princeton University predicts that, if the poor continue to be affected in this way — and current climate policies remain the same — the world's future poor will be even worse off than impoverished people today.

A new scientific paper by a University of Maryland - led international team of distinguished scientists, including five members of the National Academies, argues that there are critical two - way feedbacks missing from current climate models that are used to inform environmental, climate, and economic policies.

«The Clean Air Act mandates you have to take action,» he said «The moral of that story is we would expect president - elect Trump to move against current climate policy but not make a lot of tangible headway immediately.»

The perception that future climate warming is inevitable stands at the centre of current climate - policy discussions.

Such near - term benefits provide the basis for a no - regrets GHG - reduction policy, in which substantial advantages accrue even if the impact of human - induced climate change turns out to be less than current projections show.

The analysis finds that a single policy tool — fossil fuel subsidy removal — could deliver emissions reductions equivalent to one - quarter of all current country commitments under the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change.

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The current era is marked by unprecedented transparency, shifting roles for federal and state governments, and fluctuation in the policy climate.

In June 2015, E4E - New York members and current classroom teachers from across the city released, Climate Change, a policy proposal with recommendations for ensuring safe and welcoming school communities.

Assessing educational reforms for their impact on democracy is particularly relevant in the current educational policy climate that favors practices potentially antithetical to civic education.

Given the state's current fiscal climate, it may very well benefit the Silver State to embrace educational choice policies that partially mitigate its financial challenges, even if by modest amounts.

I believe that educators must be more directly involved in policy - with a foundation based upon pedagogy rather than ideology, as appears to be the case in the current climate.

O'Connell will share his insights of the current political climate, resulting from federal policy and legislation, the Governor's California State Budget and state and federal leadership.

Climate Change: Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conserClimate Change: Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conserclimate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - over, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

Current climate change policies and actions in Kenya, and world - wide, do not provide effective support for community engagement in decision making, nor sustainable livelihoods and environmental conservation.

The options for personal loans are quite varied, but even if lenders in general do understand the injustices that the current economic climate has served up, not all of them are moved to break away from policy.

* Average citizens «understand» (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the «conventional wisdom» * Media «understands» (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom» * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent science appears to be out of touch with reality.

The film makes the basic point that we [he's speaking of the European Union] are now committed to spending $ 250 billion per year on current climate policies that will do virtually nothing in a century's time (reduce temperatures by 0.1 oF).

I have attempted to identify elements that could be added to current discussion to brake the current (and for most of us unanticipated) free fall regarding climate change as a public policy concern.

llewelly, «snark on» I take it you are referring to the current high level of trust and mutual respect between those in the US engaged in climate science and those in the US who are making policy / snark

The current White House climate change policy is continued research, but not any action.

The report is interesting because it begins to display some of the strains visible in the current approach to climate policy enshrined in Kyoto approach, which the report seems to endorse fairly comprehensively.

Current national and international innovation programs are not sufficient to effectively manage the risk of policy failure or higher ranges of climate sensitivity.

Climate change is a global problem with serious environmental, social, economic, distribution and policy implications, and make up one of the main current challenges for humanity.

The summary has already contributed to current policy documents and like the NAS report on global climate change, will have significant effects on policy documents if not actual policy and dedisionmaking.

The general picture is that current policy would have to work as intended (not a guarantee in the United States or internationally) and climate sensitivity would have to be very low to prevent exceeding the international target of 2 °C (let alone, 1.5 °C, which will be a policy and technological challenge even in a low - sensitivity world).

But the fact that current U.S. climate policies probably don't yet match with our stated goal of reducing emissions by 26 - 28 percent in the next 10 years is partially offset by Obama's growing climate influence abroad.