Sentences with phrase «national governments in»

The report also showcases the growth of blockchain projects, many of them led by national governments in Sweden, ther UK, Ukraine and Estonia.

For decades, human rights activists have successfully petitioned state and national governments in developed countries...

Most national governments in Africa are starting efforts to adapt their economies and peoples to the changing climate.

National governments in the region should be, but either through lack of will or lack of capability aren't.

During the second Mayoral Session, discussions focused on how local governments can contribute to the global agreements, particularly the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda, and define specific requests to national governments in this regard to ensure enabling frameworks are in place to support local climate action.

The following page provides resources for three to four lessons on the role of international organisations, NGOs and different national governments in combatting food insecurity and disease.

Since our last peacetime experience of national governments in the 1930s, they have had a toxic name in Britain.

Besides, 16 of the member parties of the Social International are in national governments in Africa.

The technology also reduces the global CO2 emission and the burdens on municipal and national governments in dynamically changing planetary and economic times.

Over time, according to neofunctionalists, the process of integration steadily reduces the power of national governments in favour of supranational institutions.

UNICEF is working to support national governments in making the world a friendlier place for all mothers who wish to breastfeed.

Since World War II, and especially since 1980, the involvement of national governments in decisions about trade, has been reduced, turning these over to transnational coroporations.

The national government in London supports hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to release gas from shale rock, and so did the planning staff of the Lancashire County Council.

At the time Shinwell was an admirer of MacDonald and tried to dissuade him from forming a National Government in 1931.

Meanwhile, Gordon Brown, who is being closely advised on this matter by Peter Mandelson, is not only contemplating a grand coalition in the event of a hung parliament after the next election, but he is also ready to consider heading a national government in the coming months in the event of the economic situation getting worse.

He stated that when former military dictator, Ibrahim Babangida, set up an interim national government in 1993, the dictator offered him a position in the government through the late General Shehu Yar» Adua (ret.).

One of Tocqueville's major insights was that Americans have benefited from popular participation in the large number of churches, charities, clubs, and voluntary associations in our country, as well as in state and local governments, which stand between the individual and the national government in Washington, D.C.

The more useful example for us among those he has examined is Ontario, for Canada has no federal education department nor (to my knowledge) any involvement by the national government in the delivery or financing or even policy - setting for primary - secondary education.

fixed - income securities issued by a national government in that country's local currency; in addition to the credit risks presented by the issue and the issuing country, may also be subject to currency risk

It is issued by the national government in a foreign currency in order to finance the issuing country's growth and development.

Sovereign debt is issued by the national government in a foreign currency in order to finance the issuing country's growth and development.

Although sovereign debt will always involve default risk, lending money to a national government in the country's own currency is referred to as a risk - free investment because with limits, the debt can be repaid by the borrowing government by raising their taxes, reducing spending, or simply printing more money.

The growth of community - controlled energy in Scotland can be attributed in large part to the support shown by the national government in the form of a target for community energy of 500MW by 2020.

Learned counsel for the appellant, Mr. Nderitu, submitted that the Court of Appeal had failed to «adopt a normative, purposive, broad and liberal approach to the interpretation of Article 156 (4)(b)[on the representation of the national government in Court proceedings] and Clause 31 (5) of the Sixth Schedule [to] the Constitution of Kenya, 2010».

While it might have been possible for Nest as a stand - alone company to be an acceptable vendor in this market, there is no way in Hell any local, regional or national government in any country in the post-Snowden world outside the USA will allow Google to go anywhere near their national utility grids.

Braveheart's founder Hetty Johnston appeals to the national government in resolving Family Court's «dysfunctional» ruling in child abuse cases.

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The answer depends on whether you think the federal government can play a catalytic role in forcing local authorities to confront national issues.

Trained as a petroleum landman — an agent who bids on government - issued leases on producers» behalf — Orman, 67, was consulting in Calgary when the National Energy Program was introduced.

They are made to silence the objections of organized labour and make the government of the day appear as if it's acting in the national interest.

Expect nation - by - nation regulation of cryptocurrency, perhaps a requirement that national cryptocurrencies be decoupled from international systems, and maybe even a government issued cryptocurrency in the longer - term future.

Speaking at CES, Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the one million drone registration figure and explained the government's next step in revamping national drone rules, according to the Las Vegas Review - Journal.

But in countries like the United States, China, Russia, Singapore and Switzerland, government groups have talked about using blockchains for myriad tasks, like issuing national currency or tracking identity records for citizens and visitors.

The next swing he felt was in 1980, when Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government introduced the National Energy Program, seeking more federal control over the energy industry.

The IMF, Royal Bank, and National Bank are three of the non-partisan voices that have called on the Trudeau government to put in writing its verbal commitment to contain debt at current levels.

In a deal sure to raise questions about privacy and the role of government agencies in hack attacks, Google and the National Security Agency (NSA) are about to pair up in the name of protection, according to The Washington PosIn a deal sure to raise questions about privacy and the role of government agencies in hack attacks, Google and the National Security Agency (NSA) are about to pair up in the name of protection, according to The Washington Posin hack attacks, Google and the National Security Agency (NSA) are about to pair up in the name of protection, according to The Washington Posin the name of protection, according to The Washington Post.

«It's been 20 years, but it's got to be another 20 years because the only way we're going to end this is through concerted efforts and encouraging governments like the government in the Philippines, encouraging the national community, institutions like World Bank, encouraging major countries, but also just getting our hands dirty and doing it,» Evans told «The Brave Ones.»

The National Farmers Federation warns that changing foreign investment rules in recent government decisions threatens the foreign capital needed to upgrade Australia's farm sector to supply rising food demand from Asia.

More than 240 bills were introduced in 42 states last year covering a range of security issues, from improving government practices to restricting public disclosure of confidential information, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

CAMBODIA: Riot police watched carefully as more than 1,000 garment workers defied a government ban on marching to deliver a petition to the National Assembly in Phnom Penh, demanding a higher minimum wage and more freedom of assembly.

Environmental commitments by national governments and international agreements needed to be taken into account, and there would certain changes in the structure of power generation worldwide, Likhachev explained.

Meanwhile in February the U.S. - government funded National Ignition Facility (NIF) in California, known for housing the world's most powerful laser, reported experiments indicating they were close to achieving «net gain,» where more total energy comes out than was put in — a goal that has eluded scientists for six decades.

And because the majority of Eritrean youths were now conscripted in the National Service, any business requiring their labour had to effectively rent them from the government.

With Catalan separatists contemplating whether to declare independence for the autonomous region, experts have detailed how the national government could react as tensions in the region rise.

They first began working toward this goal in the 90s, when the government taxed fossil fuels and put 3.5 % of all that money towards its national forests.

In September, the U.S. government moved to ban the use of Kaspersky products from government computers after it was revealed that Russian hackers managed to obtain U.S. National Security Agency information through the software two years ago.

The country also boasts the highest government backing per capita for start - ups, though that tends to be skewed in favor of Korean nationals.

Italy is currently stuck in political gridlock as its parties have been unable to form a government more than one month after national elections.

He talks about hosting roundtables across the country, bringing together disparate groups that would otherwise never communicate with each other: «That's the job of government, to consult, to offer lots of opportunity for a discussion, and then to make a decision that we believe to be in the national interest.»

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

The hearing, set for Tuesday, is the latest development in a showdown between Apple and the U.S. government that has become a lightning rod in the national debate over digital privacy and what kind of data on phones and personal devices should be accessible by law enforcement.