Sentences with phrase «major national challenges»

«AAAS stands ready to assist the Trump administration in applying science to tackle major national challenges,» said Holt.

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At the 2018 national video conference dedicated to the achievements and major challenges facing the Chinese monetary system, the deputy governor of the PBoC Fan Yifei outlined objectives in protecting the yuan.

The challenge of the Morton Grove, Illinois, no - nonsense handgun law has the National Rifle Association and other influential «pro-gun» groups scrambling for a major counterattack.

The third major challenge in earning acceptance is that there's still no national standard for sustainability, unlike the National Organic national standard for sustainability, unlike the National Organic National Organic Program.

The Portuguese national team did now however, suffer a major set back early in the game when Dimitri Payet's challenge on Cristiano Ronaldo forced the team captain off.

Every Woman Every Child (EWEC) EWEC is a global movement that mobilizes and intensifies international and national action to address the major health challenges facing women, children and adolescents.

UKIP are a massive local challenge to Labour, not a major disrupter of the national political conversation and not a national challenge to the Conservative Party.

Find out more about the energy challenge and how National Grid is helping find solutions to some of the challenges we face at www.nationalgridconnecting.com The National Grid Energy Efficiency Innovation Award scheme was launched across National Grid's four gas distribution networks and provided a # 400k fund to support major innovations to tackle fuel poverty and deliver energy efficiency solutions in communities, with five agencies in total receiving awards.

«That's going to be quite a challenge, sort of organisationally, and it's clear that the national transitional council (NTC) wish the UN to play a major role in that process.»

The 2017 budget was to ensure confidence in the economy — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:52 The cedi remains relatively stable against he major currencies — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:51 Interest rate in 2017 continue to decline — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:50 Inflation continue to decline in 2017 — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:48 We have returned to a robust growth after 2016 recorded the worst growth in three decades — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:47 The call to relieve our country and people from a wretched existence is urgent — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 The should not simply be a statement to share the national cake between different groups but it should capture how a nation comes together to meet the challenges of our time — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:45 We plan on providing opportunities as many Ghanaians as possible.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has observed that security challenge is a major impediment to the exploration of oil in the Chad Basin.

Fayose governor challenged the DSS to tell Nigerians those who sponsored the Tuesday protest in Abuja by a group that called itself National Support Groups for Good Governance, (NASUGG), saying «When protesters went round major streets in Abuja on Tuesday, protesting against Governor Wike, where was the DSS then?

The CPF is a national Party Group that gives members the opportunity to discuss the major policy challenges facing Britain.

«I further challenge President Buhari and Lai Mohammed to explain to Nigerians why they failed to reveal to Nigerians that President Buhari himself is a MAJOR beneficiary of the funds that the former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, received from the treasury for the security of Nigerians.

There remain major challenges to conserving the carbon that's stored in these tropical landscapes on a national and international scale.

As the agency responsible for conserving and managing killer whales in U.S. waters, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) faces a major challenge — it must identify orca subpopulations, understand their needs, and develop effective and sometimes unique ways to manage them.

The development of the technology was funded by two grants from the National Institutes of Health that support pioneering and potentially transformative approaches to major challenges in biomedical research.

«Climate change, energy, distribution and supply of water, and agriculture — these are the major challenges of the 21st century, and we'll have a leader at the national academy who understands these.»

A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science by archeologist Dr. David Wright, from Seoul National University, challenges the conclusions of most studies done to date that point to changes in the Earth's orbit or natural changes in vegetation as the major driving forces.

These integrated, multi-investigator centers involve partnerships among universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and for - profit firms that conduct fundamental research focusing on one or more «grand challenges» and use - inspired «basic research needs» identified in major strategic planning efforts by the scientific community.

Secretary of Education William J. Bennett stepped up his crusade against the National Education Association in a major speech here last week, challenging Presidential candidates to «stand firm» against the union and support accountability in the schools.

Agile Mind Biology helps ensure that students gain an essential understanding of challenging concepts and processes from all six major National Science Education Standards content strands: the cell; the molecular basis of heredity; biological evolution; the interdependence of organisms; matter, energy, and organization in living systems; and the behavior of organisms.

The scale of national assessments in a system the size of England means that effective implementation of change is a major challenge in itself.

We have a major challenge ahead of us to reverse these policy mistakes and I hope that this can be a «wake up» call for the need to rebuild the leadership consensus that once made Texas the national leader in education reform.

Take this major VAM case in Florida: In 2013, the National Education Association and its Florida affiliate filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that required at least half of a teacher's evaluation to be based on VAM.

Responding to the report, the National Union of Teachers said it believed the London Challenge was a major factor to schools» success.

To begin to develop consensus solutions to address these challenges, U.S. DOT is releasing a draft National Freight Strategic Plan that describes the freight transportation system, including major corridors and gateways, and assesses the physical, institutional, and financial barriers to improvement.

With major support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Southern Festival of Books presents «Our Histories of Race and Ethnicity,» a rich and challenging track of sessions examining the ways in which our ethnic and racial identities shape us as individuals and as members of community.

In fact, one of the major challenges facing the U.S. today is the overwhelming amount of national debt.

MAJOR GIFT COMPLETES CHALLENGE GRANT FOR PRESIDIO TRAILS Realizing the Vision of the Presidio as a Beautiful National Park For All

However, this project can not be compared as a challenge with the Met's major El Greco exhibition in 2003 — 4 (which then went to the National Gallery, London).

Major support is provided by The Museum of Modern Art's Research and Scholarly Publications endowment established through the generosity of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Edward John Noble Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Perry R. Bass, and the National Endowment for the Humanities» Challenge Grant Program; with additional funding from The John Szarkowski Publications Fund.

Over the years, Les femmes d'Alger (Version «O») has been featured prominently in major Picasso retrospectives all over the world, including at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in 1957 and 1980, The National Gallery in London in 1960, the Grand Palais, Paris in 1966 - 1967, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 1968, and more recently at the survey Picasso et les Maîtres at the Louvre in 2008 - 2009, as well as at Picasso: Challenging the Past, at London's National Gallery in 2009, and Picasso & Modern British Art at the Tate Britain in 2012.

In this context, re-activating the National Assessment process and producing a second National Assessment report would make a major contribution to the nation's preparedness for addressing the challenge of global warming and climate change.

But as early REDD projects scramble to get off the drawing board and, initially at least, into the voluntary carbon market, they also face a major challenge; the Peruvian government is still an estimated two years away from finalizing the country's national REDD framework.

A new paper published in Frontiers in Earth Science by archeologist Dr. David Wright, from Seoul National University, challenges the conclusions of most studies done to date that point to changes in the Earth's orbit or natural changes in vegetation as the major driving forces.

A major step toward meeting at least one of these challenges has been achieved by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) working at the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP).

The National Climate Strategy (NCS) is an important tool in meeting Finland's targets, although the country will face two major challenges in this area.

China's pilot emissions trading schemes have ignored energy and commodity fundamentals as regulatory intervention has been the chief price driver, highlighting a major challenge to turn the national cap - and - trade programme into an effective mechanism.

Around the same time, another high - profile case led to a major constitutional challenge, and a very national debate on the topic of assisted suicide.

This is a closed meeting for the Federation, but I understand they will be addressing three topics: major challenges and issues in the next 5 to 10 years; the potential for national initiatives;... [more]

The Lawyer describes Emily as instructed in weighty disputes, citing her recent defence of Barclays against a $ 240m indemnity claim by UniCredit, the major Italian bank, in respect of a sophisticated structured finance deal between the two banks and that she acted for the UAE's Crescent Petroleum in knocking out an attempt by the National Iranian Oil Company to challenge an arbitration award against it.

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Representing a number of major Iranian and Iranian - owned commercial companies (including National Iranian Tanker Company, Bank Saderat Iran and Persia International Bank Plc) and related individuals challenging asset freezing measures in the UK and EU courts.

National Self - Represented Litigants Project director Dr. Julie Macfarlane just declared that our CJC challenge is necessary, and another five professors at major law schools also contacted me offering support.

This is a closed meeting for the Federation, but I understand they will be addressing three topics: major challenges and issues in the next 5 to 10 years; the potential for national initiatives; and lawyers» information needs.

As Marcia Coyle explains in the National Law Journal: «Following a blockbuster term involving guns, Guantanamo Bay and the death penalty, the U.S. Supreme Court opens its doors to a new term with less drama, more cases initially and many challenges having potentially major implications for business, the environment, injured consumers, job bias victims and law enforcement.»

A major part of the list includes a national attempt that kicked off in January, when 22 attorneys general signed on to a lawsuit challenging the rules.

At the 2018 national video conference dedicated to the achievements and major challenges facing the Chinese monetary system, the deputy governor of the PBoC Fan Yifei outlined objectives in protecting the yuan.

The increasing market power of tobacco companies is identified as an important public health challenge in a major new report on the economics of tobacco control, from the US National Cancer... Read more