Sentences with phrase «for subnational»

«I was involved as a premier in the European trade discussions and one of the big issues for Europe was procurement for subnational governments.

Some leaders are skeptical about the potential for subnational governments to lead the way on climate and energy, however.

While US federal cooperation on regulating greenhouse gas emissions is unlikely in the short term, there are quite a few opportunities for subnational US and Canadian governments as well as the Mexican government to explore harmonization.

For anyone who's has the time, there's the full report (Science Policy: Considerations for Subnational Governments report) and its recommendations on gender and diversity, researcher mobility, alignment with federal support and programmes, science advice and evidence - based policy, and more.

Not exact matches

A study conducted by the Department of Finance in 2001 examined fiscal rules in a number of countries at the national and subnational level and concluded that legislative fiscal rules are not necessary for achieving a balanced budget.

«In conclusion, the NGF Economist regretted that the picture is not all rosy for governance at the subnational level.

A new paper from the U.S. Institute of Peace, which builds upon fieldwork from the past three years, argues that 2014 marks an important opportunity for donors to recalibrate three central tenets of their subnational governance and development strategy.

Council tax is one of very few subnational revenue streams over which councils have any discretion — and even then accounts for barely a fifth of income in any council.

Stymied by the slow pace of the negotiations — which they are not even allowed to participate in — these so - called «subnationals» have worked on the sidelines for years, using political will, economic leverage and the celebrity status of prominent politicians to advance their climate goals.

Brown, who is now the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change's special envoy for states, will host a summit on subnational action next year in San Francisco to be co-chaired by UNFCCC chief Patricia Espinosa.

Lead author Dr Robert Holland, also from the University's Centre for Biological Sciences, said: «Based on mapping patterns of freshwater consumption associated with energy sectors at subnational scales, our analysis also reveals that pressure on freshwater resources associated with energy production happens in a number of freshwater scarce river basins globally.

Making science policy explicit at the subnational level can also aid in leveraging federal support for science.

Los Angeles County Doing Business with Us Graphic Version: County Home Home About this Site About this Site Online Services E-mail FAQ Public Info The Doing Business project provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms in 190 economies and selected cities at the subnational level.

A methodical next step for governments — at the subnational, national, regional and international level — is to set long - term decarbonization pathways for aviation that are compatible with the Paris Agreement and a roadmap to adhere to these pathways.

For methane in particular, sharing data as well as approaches for cost - effective regulation would aid subnational jurisdictioFor methane in particular, sharing data as well as approaches for cost - effective regulation would aid subnational jurisdictiofor cost - effective regulation would aid subnational jurisdictions.

The dashboard offers global monitoring and alerts for operational and supply chain disruptions via a subnational mapping and data platform.

The hope for California REDD is that it will set a high bar for social and environmental safeguards, and by submitting subnational efforts to the light of international scrutiny, will prevent any further abuses of this sort.

That combined with emission reductions that have not yet been paid for (nearly US$ 26 billion if all of Brazil's emissions reductions could be paid for), opens a window of opportunity to mobilize REDD + funding at the subnational level.

From a scientific, economic and political perspective, REDD is a very complicated business that ratcheted up demand for the Rapid Response Team because many governments with critical and intact forest are now pursuing national or subnational level policies for REDD, often without the necessary tools, time and capacity.

the responsibility of not only nations but subnational governments, entities, organizations, and individuals for climate change,

The term climate finance broadly designates all financial instruments used by the public and private sectors for climate action at the international, national and subnational level.

8 December 2014, Lima, Peru: The world's leading reporting platform for local and subnational climate action — the carbonn Climate Registy (cCR)-- welcomes its 500th reporting city today, with the new addition of the City of Bristol, United Kingdom.

Ecoterrorism.Eco - terrorism is defined by the Federal Bureau of Investigation as «the use or threatened use of violence of a criminal nature against people or property by an environmentally oriented, subnational group for environmental - political reasons, or aimed at an audience beyond the target, often of a symbolic nature.»

For those Parties that have subnational governments, the applicable laws, regulations, procedures, and policies include those of their subnational governments.»

As the coordinating partner of the Sustainable Energy for All Building Efficiency Accelerator, we work directly with subnational governments to help them implement policies and projects to both improve buildings and save energy in their communities.

Its main focus, however, is on the discrete set of issues and options for nesting project - level activities within broader frameworks under the assumption that the issues will be broadly similar if the broader jurisdiction in which projects sit are national or subnational.

Finally, subnational activities are a critical piece of emerging national frameworks for REDD + management and accounting.

For this purpose, local and subnational actors have to be strengthened in their capacities, know - how and resources for jointly implementing the Paris Agreement as well as the Sustainable Development GoaFor this purpose, local and subnational actors have to be strengthened in their capacities, know - how and resources for jointly implementing the Paris Agreement as well as the Sustainable Development Goafor jointly implementing the Paris Agreement as well as the Sustainable Development Goals.

At the subnational level, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM) announced a partnership with the World Bank to mobilize US$ 4.5 billion as loans to support 150 of its committed cities and launched Global Urbis — a partnership with the European Union, European Investment Bank (EIB), and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)-- to accelerate financing to cities in developing countries with US$ 1.5 billion.

For instance, we would like to see an increasing number of nations commit to supporting local and subnational climate action.

We emphasized the Global Action Framework for Localizing Climate Finance as a key mechanism to mobilize actors and catalyze new financial standards, channels and coordination to the benefit of local and subnational governments.

CCC's Sandee Recabar expounded on climate policies for local governments and the role of the Commission in support of them, as well as gave examples of subnational contributions given emerging directions of nationally determined contributions or efforts by each country to reduce national emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.

By 2017: We are calling for structured dialogues between local and subnational governments, the urban resilience community and national and international partners through global processes.

Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance: With leadership from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance (CCFLA), the Global Campaign for Localizing Climate Finance will push for climate finance to reach local and subnational governments and look for ways to connect local action to the NDC Funding and Initiatives Navigator, a searchable database of financial and technical assistance programs that support implementation of national plans.

President Trump has backed his nation out of the deal, but the surge in subnational action in the U.S. creates an opportunity for joint research, knowledge transfer and continued low - carbon development.

Technically, there is no reason that a state or other subnational body could not earmark some of its climate - related revenue for international financial support.

Participants looked specifically at how states could partner further with businesses in order to accelerate the deployment of key low carbon technologies, as well as looking ahead to what new commitments can be developed on a subnational level for Cancun.

I have also witnessed pats on the back for such initiatives as more legal aid money (from a cash - strapped government carrying the largest subnational debt in the Known Universe), more pamphlets, more e-filing, the re-purposing of the Shirley Dennison legacy to pay for an award for people who enhance A2J each year, and encouraging our First Nations people to make more use of (very useful) circles of healing.

Pursuant to the CUSTA and the NAFTA which superseded it, the parties to the agreement are responsible for the measures of their subnational bodies.

Most countries have national (or subnational) guidelines for social and emotional assessment on student report cards, and «some countries assess student social and emotional skills in their national level surveys to evaluate their education systems.»