Sentences with phrase «important public policy change»

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Established in 2006, MomsRising and its members are organizing and speaking out to improve public policy and to change the national dialogue on issues that are critically important to America's families.

The study does a «very nice job» of using different approaches to show that climate change is a dominant force, says Thomas Lovejoy, president of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment in Washington, D.C. «I think the single most important public policy [issue] here is agreeing on what the limit should be on greenhouse gas concentration,» he says.

As scientists, when climate change research is relevant to public policy, the authors consider it important to bring that research to the attention of the wider world; sound science can and should inform wise policy.

This is important to know because you can increase your leverage to change programs and policies by pointing to your animal control's public funding source.

The wedge / identity politics success is probably largely to blame for the inability of the US to move forward consistently (or at all) on important public policy — global leadership on climate change or national gun control policy come to mind, right off the top.

The Advisory Board plays an important part in establishing our long term thematic research agenda into global sustainability issues, such as poverty, climate change, ecosystem services, biodiversity, pandemics, demographics, migration, public policy and responsible lobbying.

We said at the time that we had discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.

We are not letting up on our efforts to spread the truth about climate change and other important public policy issues.

«We have discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change diverted attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»

The Heartland Institute is not letting up on its efforts to spread the truth about climate change and other important public policy issues.

But this low - price message did not cause the policy targets in the CTPs to change, despite evidence that it would not only be cheaper than expected to meet these targets, but it would also be more important to public health to tighten the targets, based on scientific advances.

In 2007, Exxon pledged in its corporate responsibility report that it would no longer contribute «to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion on how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.»

Given the significance of climate change research in public policy, the study's results also provide important response to critics of global warming.

Moreover, previous research has identified important associations between public perceptions of the scientific consensus, belief in climate change and support for climate policy.

Previous research has suggested that perceptions of the scientific consensus play an important role in the formation of public beliefs and attitudes towards climate change and, moreover, that (mis) perceptions of the scientific consensus potentially decrease public support for climate change policies [15 — 19].

from Mann et al: Esoteric and academic arguments about the response of the atmosphere to a doubling of CO2 may be interesting for those steeped in the peer - reviewed literature, but for the public and policy makers the important and unfortunate fact is that climate change is continuing unabated.

For the public and policy makers, the important and unfortunate fact is that there is no solid evidence that anything we try with fossil fuels will affect climate change.

Esoteric and academic arguments about the response of the atmosphere to a doubling of CO2 may be interesting for those steeped in the peer - reviewed literature, but for the public and policy makers the important and unfortunate fact is that climate change is continuing unabated.

It is important that you use your position and visibility to influence United States government policy and also change the perceptions of the MSM and U.S public in this matter.

The Court noted that public interest litigation can change the traditional rules around costs because it imports other important policy objectives.

Having said that, the few studies that have indicated different characteristics of alternative care (Herreros 2009) have not necessarily been incorporated in the recent changes to public policies in that area (following the Guidelines for Alternative Care), so it is important to progress from research to policy and practice.