Sentences with phrase «governments act quickly»

* More than half of all plants, a third of animals at risk - study * Rapid peak in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce impacts By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle OSLO, May 12 (Reuters)- The habitats of many common plants and animals will shrink dramatically this century unless governments act quickly to cut rising greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Sunday after studying 50,000 species around the world.

«We called for parties to declare full details of all loans and were pleased that the government acted quickly in response by changing the law to ensure that loans will be reported to the commission on the same basis as donations in the future.»

Trudeau campaigned on a promise to let scientists speak, and his government acted quickly to reverse restrictions from when Stephen Harper was prime minister.

The U.K. government acted quickly and decisively to transform the practice of law sellers market into a legal services buyers market.

Not exact matches

Declaring a national emergency could help deliver additional funds and more access to treatment and gives the government more flexibility to act quickly.

The Provincial Government should act quickly to introduce ridesharing in B.C. while also modernizing the traditional taxi industry.

We urge the government to act quickly and decisively to restore the integrity of Canada's EI social insurance system.

It is imperative that the executive be allowed to lead the people and to act quickly and flexibly in their behalf, within his defined sphere of responsibility, and that he be checked and balanced by the other powers of government mainly through regular review of his accomplishments and through the setting of long - term policy.

Dr Bawumia who launched the project announced the saving of billions of cedis which was allegedly going to line the pockets of private individuals in the John Mahama government, had this government not acted quickly.

A formal consultation will be launched in the spring, but the change only requires the government to enact section 202 of the Equality Act so it should be in place quickly.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says the federal government must act quickly to contain the Zika virus that

Commenting on the Scottish Government's response to the report of the Barclay Review of Business Rates, Moira Kelly, chair of the CIOT Scotland Technical Committee, said: «Last week, the first minister said that the Scottish Government would act «quickly» to take forward the recommendations of the Barclay Review.

The report argues that the government must act quickly to stop the continued rewarding of poor teachers:

Should our governments and international bodies fail to act quickly and effectively, organised crime and corruption will continue to penetrate our sports industry, It will, as the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions» latest report puts it bluntly, «pose a threat to the future of sport».

RM: May's government has clearly anticipated a problem in prisons that could quickly spiral further out of control, and acted to put more money into prison safety.

Still, the court gave prosecutors plenty of room to think a retrial has merit, and acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim quickly issued a statement saying the government would seek one.

Now make that three Labour ministers caught doing so just hours after the Labour Party launched its election manifesto telling us all how quickly and decisively the present Labour government had acted to clean up the parliamentary expenses scandal.

The Coalition needed to act quickly given the mess Labour left behind: «The previous Government were borrowing at the rate of an additional # 3 billion per week — that is an unsustainable rate.

Mr Pond said the government needed to act quickly to maintain the momentum of recent years.

Michael Rawlins, head of the AMS panel that drafted the report, says: «I am delighted to see that the government has acted quickly in announcing a package of measures that take forward recommendations from our report.

The current CR expires on Friday, so Congress must act quickly to avoid a government shutdown.

However, the true figure is likely to be lower after last year's Education and Adoption Act smoothed the way for the government to intervene quickly to strip under - performing trusts of academies.

If Twitter UK can be embarrassed into acting quickly, recently ridding itself (this week in fact) of cyber bullies and other assorted trolls by the British news media, backed by the government, plus have them arrested and publically exposed to the nation, then why hasn't the head office of Amazon in the United States been forced to take the same action when it comes to attacks by trolls on Indie writers who are ordinary law abiding citizens like you and I?

«The fact that other governments aren't acting as quickly doesn't excuse the Dutch government from acting» according to the court ruling, said Moffett, «because it has responsibilities to its own citizens.»

These features include: (a) it is a problem caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of ghgs in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people and who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, and, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people, nations must act quickly to limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions.

The question is beginning to be asked: how quickly will governments act?

The changes in the Earth's climate are happening at an unprecedented speed and the CSSA wants governments and researchers to act quickly to produce agriculture which can thrive in a warmer world.

Those are the four major things, and the government has to act very quickly, otherwise we will lose the investment and all that we've done up to now will come to a stop.

May 11 (UPI)-- Malaysia's new government will need to act quickly to capitalize on any economic momentum from higher crude oil prices, an analyst said.

Now, spindoctors in industry and government are acknowledging the science, but arguing that we shouldn't or can't act quickly to correct the problem.»

That prompted the New York Times to urge in an editorial that Congress act quickly to impeach Kent and get him off the government payroll.

You can seek compensation from the government, but you need to act quickly because there are strict rules and shortened timeframes when it comes to suing a government agency.

In addition to gathering evidence, you should speak with a personal injury lawyer as soon as possible, because if you pursue litigation in a bus accident case, you must act quickly due to notice requirements and statutes of limitation that can be more complicated is the bus or transportation vehicle is owned or operated by a government entity including a city or county.

It is critical to act quickly, especially if a government entity could be involved.

You will need to act quickly, however, as the statute of limitations in claims against the government is only one year in Utah and six months in Idaho.

«The stories we collected illustrate the need for the new government to act quickly to modernize basic workplace rights, institute proactive enforcement, and provide the Employment Standards Branch with the resources needed to carry out its mandate effectively.»

Both solutions will occur because the power of the news media and of the internet, interacting, will quickly make widely known these types of information, the cumulative effect of which will force governments and the courts to act: (1) the situations of the thousands of people whose lives have been ruined because they could not obtain the help of a lawyer; (2) the statistics as to the increasing percentages of litigants who are unrepresented and clogging the courts, causing judges to provide more public warnings; (3) the large fees that some lawyers charge; (4) increasing numbers of people being denied Legal Aid and court - appointed lawyers; (5) the many years that law societies have been unsuccessful in coping with this problem which continues to grow worse; (6) people prosecuted for «the unauthorized practice of law» because they tried to help others desperately in need of a lawyer whom they couldn't afford to hire; (7) that there is no truly effective advertising creating competition among law firms that could cause them to lower their fees; (8) that law societies are too comfortably protected by their monopoly over the provision of legal services, which is why they might block the expansion of the paralegal profession, and haven't effectively innovated with electronic technology and new infrastructure so as to be able to solve this problem; (9) that when members of the public access the law society website they don't see any reference to the problem that can assure them that something effective is being done and, (10) in order for the rule of law, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the whole of Canada's constitution be able to operate effectively and command sufficient respect, the majority of the population must be able to obtain a lawyer at reasonable cost.

Rick Woodburn, president of the Canadian Association of Crown Counsel, said the Jordan and Cody rulings put the spotlight on elected governments to act quickly, or see more murder and sexual assault trials thrown out of courts that can not cope with all the demands.

Should the Government be acting more quickly?

For example, by utilizing Schedule A hires, the Intergovernmental Personnel Act, expert or consultant appointments, term appointments, and the like, much - needed human capital can be engaged in government work more quickly and, in some cases, without the restrictive requirements of career positions.

«We want the next Government to prioritize children with behavioral problems, to champion early intervention and to prevent later inequalities by acting quickly to help families when they need it,» the report says.

I hear Justin Trudeau really admires the dictatorial Chinese government model for its ability to act quickly and decisively on issues that «it» deems to be in its «citizens»» best interests... using filched taxpayers» dollars as its own.