Sentences with phrase «effect change in public policy»

When she's not working to effect change in public policy around cats, she enjoys making vegan cheese and playing disc golf.

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We believe that your new government has provided Canada with the opportunity to effect real change in public policy, including as it involves crowdfunding.

If you are interested in lobbying local elected officials for policy changes that effect our neighborhood (congestion pricing, affordable housing, public school improvements), getting involved in the local community board, or participating in our club's efforts to elect progressive judges, this is the committee for you.

But a study published online today in the journal Cognition by researchers at the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the University of Pennsylvania found that the encyclical did not directly influence people's beliefs about the seriousness of climate change or its effect on the poor.

In addition to using his foundation to effect change to American public education, Eli Broad has made personal campaign contributions to candidates who are favorably disposed to his preferred policies, even down to the local school board level.

In contrast to public views on other specific policy proposals, opinion is closely divided — 45 % to 52 % — over whether solar geoengineering would make a difference in reducing the effects of climate changIn contrast to public views on other specific policy proposals, opinion is closely divided — 45 % to 52 % — over whether solar geoengineering would make a difference in reducing the effects of climate changin reducing the effects of climate change.

The study cites Spencer and Bast along with other «manufacturers of doubt,» whose work to undermine the public understanding of this consensus has been stunningly successful — only 12 percent of Americans, their previous work found, know that more than 90 percent of scientists agree on this — and has resulted in «cascading effects on public understanding that climate change is happening, human caused, a serious threat, and in turn, support for climate change mitigation and adaptation policies.»

Since 2014 — in collaboration with leading medical and nursing societies and related organizations — we have been assessing clinicians» knowledge of and experiences with the health impacts of climate change, and supporting interested clinicians in their efforts to educate the public and policy makers about the health effects of climate change, and the health benefits of climate solutions.

As a family medicine professor and physician for over 30 years, Dr. Sarfaty has engaged in research and teaching focused on primary care, cancer screening, and public policy, including the health effects of climate change.

Due to expected climate changes in the future, the dengue fever distribution in the country might change, which requires public policy to minimize these effects.

What I mean by this question is that climate change poses a real challenge to social change movements because it is gradual, delayed in its effects, and uneven in its impacts.The message that is coming from climate scientists at present, along with climate - hawkish public figures, is that we still have time to change — that international conferences, evolving public policies, steady but small annual emissions reductions, could still prove sufficient to keep us within the «safe zone».

Major changes in public policy should demand a better accountability of what is unexplained, especially when the unexplained appears to be much greater than the purported effect (i.e. AGW) that the changes in public policy are being imposed to prevent or mitigate.

The public policy effect is to make an open marketplace into a walled garden, in which you can play only if you're prepared to let your new masters set the rules, and change them at their whim.