Sentences with phrase «lack of political will»

Most of the legal or technical obstacles cited as reasons to not commit to a phase down, are actually manifestations of lack of political will.

But the climate negotiations are currently suffering from lack of political will for more ambitious emission reductions, and a mechanism by itself is not going to change that, or save the planet.

Given that typical lack of political will, once again we find others taking the lead.

The main problem, without a doubt, is simple lack of political will and leadership.

Indeed, the problem is one of lack of political will and not limited capacity on the part of the security agencies to deal with the problem.

«You should not confuse the total lack of political will on some issues for complexity and a lack of time,» said Schneiderman, who said the last few weeks in a legislative session are like «dog years.»

One of the main reasons for such poor breastfeeding rates in the UK is lack of political will from the very top to protect, promote and support it, and fear of engendering maternal guilt.

The price differential between hybrids and fossil fuel cars could be removed at a stroke if sales tax levels were set based on a car's GHG emissions per mile, and this would be likely to make a huge difference to take - up of hybrids — again, the problem is not technology, it is simply lack of political will.

Your primary objection for a mass eradication campaign is predicated on lack of political will among Americans.

Technology outcomes should not be the victim of lack of political will dominating other critical issues, and Durban must deliver.

«Frustrated by an historical lack of political will to respond adequately to the increasingly urgent and dire acceleration of global warming, eight youth petitioners submitted a petition for rulemaking,» wrote Judge Hollis Hill in her June 23, 2015 order.

As ever, world leaders» lack of political will stands in the way of meeting their stated climate goals.

These possible objections to the Bill and the apparent lack of political will to enact it — the Bill was not included in the 2007 Queen's Speech — may mean the law of forfeiture remains on the to - do list for some time yet.

Given the current lack of political will to support any statutory change in the law, this seems to be the end of claims for pleural plaques.

It is not a lacking of legislation that is causing the crisis of herdsmen; it is lack of political will on the part of the institutions to enforce the laws.

«Anti-corruption agencies in Nigeria generally have not met widespread expectations mainly because of lack of political will of those in government to fight grand corruption; absence of an over-all national anti-graft strategy; inadequate legal framework and resources and / or lack of full and effective implementation of new initiatives; limited independence and public trust; lack of an enabling climate and necessary know - how, and lack of basic ethical values.

She noted how few public schools offer computer science courses — they continue to offer outdated keyboarding classes, though — and the lack of political will to change that.

The biggest obstacle to regulating Facebook is a lack of political will, and an unwillingness to identify the problems to fix in the first place, the New York Times reported.

Some of the others: lack of political will, and the system's focus on treatment, rather than prevention.

However, this is somewhat mitigated by the lack of political will to allow this to occur.

The Federal Government's decision to reject traffic light labels demonstrates a lack of political will for tackling obesity and preventing non-communicable diseases.

I disagree only in that there is no lack of ideas for job creation, simply a lack of political will.

Even though the Governor has called for early voting in five of the last six State of the State addresses, it has never made it through the Legislature and funding has never been provided in the state budget, indicating a lack of political will in Albany.

The main problem is a lack of political will on the Israeli side and growing antagonism on the side of the Palestinians who experience constant injustice.

«When it comes to tackling this crisis, we've seen a lack of political will on both sides of the aisle,» Mr. de Blasio said in Nebraska last month.

The three women said while they were confident that individual members of the working group wanted change, they feared structural barriers in the system and a lack of political will would make it impossible.

According to him, the problem has persisted because of the lack of political will to end it.

Inspite of the fact that virtually every African leader on the assumption of office pledges zero tolerance for coruption, the canker still persists in almost all African countries at varying degress, Ghana being no exception, due to lack of political will - power and unbriddled greed on the part of the leaders.

«The truth is that the review acknowledges the existence of problems but that there is a lack of political will to deal with them.

The apparent delays in the passage of the bill has widely been criticised by some anti-corruption crusaders who have pointed to lack of political will on the part of both the executive and parliament.

The primary obstacle to enacting these changes here in New York is a lack of political will.

On the lack of political will by major stakeholders to help tackle the problem, the lawmaker said while stakeholders» intervention was necessary, the onus lied on the Federal Government.

Fresh off meetings in Haiti to discuss potential renewable energy plans with the government, state electricity company and other players in the country's energy market, Konold calls the lack of political will in the Haitian government to tackle the hardest problems like theft disheartening.

The US has the capacity to adapt, but is struggling with misinformation and a lack of political will.

A: The financial crisis was clearly a problem, in addition to a lack of political will.

«The challenges to implementing them lie in the political economy of water supply, use, and management and regulation and enforcement — and the lack of political will and resource to get such solutions implemented.»

Technical difficulties and a lack of political will have hampered attempts to do away with this confusing mishmash.

The analysis shows that while the existing infrastructure in Germany could support rapid switching from coal to gas, there is a lack of political will to switch from coal to gas imports.

But he agonises over the fact that the Geneva negotiations failed because of the lack of political will on the part of Washington and Moscow (read the election of Ronald Reagan as president).

As an organisation CAT believes that the technology and resources for a sustainable future exist, and that it is only the lack of political will and distribution of these resources that prevents achieving it.

The failure of Rio +20 Summit goes beyond the lack of political will power.

In addition to the obvious need for increased teacher resources and teacher support in order to implement new programs, Reimers cited three additional factors: the lack of political will on the part of national and state governments; the resulting insufficient knowledge base to support effective citizenship and human rights education; and the limited ability of international institutions to implement educational change.

From an outsider's perspective it would be unfortunate if either or both of these would fail because of lack of political will and appropriate funding that Australia as one of the wealthiest nations surely can afford.

Blaming a lack of improvement in the worst - performing areas of the country on a «lack of political will», Sir Michael will say there is «urgent need» for a London challenge - style approach by MPs, council bosses and headteachers «to raise secondary school standards in towns across the north and midlands».

A + Colorado is encouraged by the legislative efforts to update the accountability clock A + believes that a deeper challenge than the accountability policy structure is a lack of political will to intervene in even the most dramatic circumstances A + Colorado calls on the Colorado legislature, our Governor and the state board of education to enact...

Our deeper challenge is a lack of political will to intervene on the behalf of students in the lowest performing schools.