Sentences with phrase «effect practical change»

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From a practical point of view, the most important change is the adoption of an «acquisitions» approach to the measurement of housing costs, which will have the effect of removing mortgage interest rates from the index.

A fourth and final objection assumes the form of a practical question prompted by concern for the mission of the church: Does the inductive method of preaching effect change?

While the Evangelicals» concern for the social problems of their day was mainly practical and philanthropic, trying to effect change through Acts of Parliament and by giving relief to those in need, the response of the Church of England's High Church party, known as the Tractarians or Oxford Movement, was more theological.

«The Art of Yoga Project (AYP) has a mission to lead teen girls in the California juvenile justice system toward accountability to self, others and community by providing practical tools to effect behavioral change.»

It opens doors for new perspectives, describes pitfalls and successes and gives practical small steps one can take in order to effect change and improve the human condition.

Because the SAC only takes approximately 5 to 7 minutes to administer and was designed for use by clinicians with no neurocognitive testing experience, it is considered a «practical sideline assessment tool» (2) which can «detect changes across multiple domains of cognitive functioning that are susceptible to the acute effects of concussion.»

The author of this study indicated that «The practical significance of these changes should be seen within the context that thousands of babies undergo this exposure yearly without reported clinical effects».

But ideas about constitutional change can not have social (indeed, any) practical effect unless they are adopted as executive policy even if that executive policy is, in any particular case, a policy decision to let the people decide in a referendum.

In any case, changing one arbitrary standard to another would do nothing about the widespread misinterpretation and misuse of P values, or change the fact that a statistically significant P value can be calculated for an effect that is insignificant in practical terms.

As part of the Programme, with support from PRBB Foundation, the Green Belt Movement developed a specialised Training of Community Trainers project which sees local women taught about climate change adaptation strategies that can be used to provide practical solutions to effects of climate change at a local level.

To counter this line of argument, I have found real life examples of the practical effects of climate change to be a more effective approach.

Green Planet provides practical solutions and the example required to effect necessary change.

pg xiii This Policymakers Summary aims to bring out those elements of the main report which have the greatest relevance to policy formulation, in answering the following questions • What factors determine global climate 7 • What are the greenhouse gases, and how and why are they increasing 9 • Which gases are the most important 9 • How much do we expect the climate to change 9 • How much confidence do we have in our predictions 9 • Will the climate of the future be very different 9 • Have human activities already begun to change global climate 9 How much will sea level rise 9 • What will be the effects on ecosystems 9 • What should be done to reduce uncertainties, and how long will this take 9 This report is intended to respond to the practical needs of the policymaker.

The only way to promote constructive collective decsionmaking on the climate change that ordinary people, left and right, are worried about, and that farmers and other practical individuals are taking steps to protect themselves from, is to protect our science communication enviornment from the toxic effects of the other climate change — the one that people believe or disbelieve in to express their tribal loyalties.

The total heat store available in the oceans is so large that it is capable of rendering changes in any Greenhouse Effect an irrelevance for all practical purposes.

The first step is educating citizens both in the Philippines and around the world about what the nation is facing, and about the practical clean - energy solutions available that can begin to address the harmful effects of climate change in the Philippines and beyond.

An obsession with radiative theory when discussing climate change is as unhelpful as would have been obsessing about the theory of gravity and ignoring the lift effect of an aerofoil before heavier - than - air flight was proved to be practical.

It highlights some practical measures that can be taken to adapt to the expected effects of climate change.

The other was to cover practical methodologies to factor - out direct human - induced changes in carbon stocks and greenhouse gas emissions and removals from indirect human - induced and natural effects (e.g. CO2 fertilization and N deposition) and effects due to past practices in forests.

FAO is supporting countries to both mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change through a wide range of research based and practical programmes and projects, as an integral part of the 2030 agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Our knowledge base, however, is insufficient to quantify the effects of climate change on many of these metrics because of conceptual challenges posed by climate change to standard assumptions, as well as practical data and methodological hurdles; insufficient understanding of how such metrics capture the way people actually feel; and, for non-monetized values, sometimes resistance to calculating them at all (Sussman et al 2014, Neumann and Strzepek 2014).

Taking practical steps to reduce your daily footprint is important, but if we're going to truly solve the crisis, we need to effect change at all levels of society and shift from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy.

An expert of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification said that the green roof has a good many practical strongpoints, like strengthening the buildings» anti-mechanocaloric effect ability, releasing the effect of acute temperature change in winter and summer, absorbing and minishing urban noise, as well as creating new eco-environment for the species of animals and plants in cities.

As global concerns about climate change grow and implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement ramps up, the portfolio of decisions that could be made by nations and cities to avert the most deleterious effects of climate change are so consequential and so long - lasting that public deliberation stands as both an ethical and practical requirement.

But the changes you are so concerned about are trivial and have very limited practical effects.

Changes of global temperature are likely to have their greatest practical impact via effects on the water cycle.

For hurricanes, for example, it's useful to know that for the foreseeable future the incremental change in damages caused by global warming is relatively small compared to the impact of hurricanes in the first place, so that for most practical purposes it's better to be afraid of hurricanes than to be afraid of global warming's effect on hurricanes.

Emotional Denial: «I don't feel uneasy about climate change»; Personal Denial: «My daily actions are not part of the climate change problem»; Practical Denial: «There is nothing I can do personally that will have any significant effect on limiting climate change»

Although with little practical effect, the systematic approach to interpreting Article 3 (1) would change significantly.

In my opinion the practical effect of the changes brought about by Bill 168 have been minimal at best.

At Jackson Lees, we have acted for a number of clients who have sustained life changing Brain Injuries, and are experienced in the type of issues that arise, as well as in understanding the emotional and practical effects that these issues can have upon the client and their wider family, and deal with such cases as sensitively and as compassionately as possible.

The practical effect of the proposed change would be to allow enforcement bodies, such as the OFT, to take action to remove notices, and to bring action against EULAs «without complex legal arguments about whether the licenses were or were not contracts», they said.

The practical effect of these changes is that employees who are members of a qualifying pension scheme for auto - enrolment purposes are not placed in a more favourable position if they are subsequently transferred to a new employer under TUPE.

I blend the traditional with the cutting edge and provide concrete tools, practical advice, and spiritual guidance while effecting lasting change and healing.

This year I examine the practical effects the changes have had.

This approach is endorsed for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research given that it emphasises participation by the people being studied, cultural respect, capacity building and collaboration.32 The key features of the action research approach to be used in this study are «cyclical activities involving examination of existing processes, change monitoring the apparent effects of the change, and further change».33 This will help the services develop and implement practical strategies to improve the identification and treatment of cannabis and related mental health issues in their young Indigenous clients.

Their mission is to lead at - risk, exploited and incarcerated girls toward accountability to self, others, and community by providing practical tools to effect behavioral change.

A few small changes can have a transformative effect on any scheme, striking the right decorative note as well as making a difference from a practical point of view.