Sentences with phrase «national commitments from»

Last December's Paris agreement on climate change introduced national commitments from 2020 to limit emissions from power generation, land transport and deforestation.

Not exact matches

The Mannix brothers share many things with their father (Fred Charles Mannix) and grandfather (Fred Stephen Mannix), whose empires they inherited: their names, obviously, but also their sharp business acumen, quiet - but - aggressive approaches to philanthropy (Calgary's brand new National Music Centre — which houses Canada's Music Hall of Fame — came to being thanks to more than $ 10 million in donations from the Mannix family business; the company also contributed $ 1 million to the National Gallery of Canada in 2015) and steadfast commitment to privacy.

«Building on Ottawa's earlier commitments to set a national carbon price, establish a clean fuel standard and to phase out traditional coal power, these measures will help Canada make the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

In partnership with The National Search Dog Foundation, Arc Aspicio honors their love of canines (and their commitment to the field of homeland security) by sponsoring dog search teams from across the country.

This is consistent with national survey reports from the General Social Survey where employee owners report that they have greater job security and lower likelihoods of being laid off in the previous year compared to other employees.29 When faced with recessionary pressures, employee ownership firms may retain workers to sustain a workplace culture based on cooperation, information - sharing, and commitment to long - term performance.

In his «I Have a Dream» speech, King argued that our national commitment to equality demanded that we emancipate ourselves from segregation as well as slavery.

It will require that we turn more of our attention homeward, away from raging national controversies and toward the everyday lives of our living moral communities — toward family, school, and congregation; toward civic priorities and local commitments; toward neighbors in need and friends in crisis.

And because the underlying commitment is philosophical, the flimsiest facts are counted as evidence - as when the president of the National Academy of Sciences recently published an article arguing that evolution is confirmed by differences in the size of finch beaks, as though the sprawling evolutionary drama from biochemicals to the human brain could rest on instances of trivial, limited variation.

Such a community, liberated from all traditional structuring and self - diminishing dogmas, would appear to be anything but the national religion that Harold Bloom fears, however Gnostic it might be in its commitment to a grand counter-dogma for an elite.

Since opening its Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport location, Matt's Big Breakfast has earned national recognition as the top 2017 «Best Chef - Driven, Local or Regional Restaurant» from Airport Revenue News for its commitment to from - scratch cooking and homestyle hospitality.

Bradley Robbins, the top punter in the 2017 class, flipped his commitment from Nevada to Michigan on National Signing Day.

Arsenal will be keen to tie Alexis up to a new deal because although Juventus may have been rebuffed in their approach for the Chilean, who has just returned to England following on from his impressive campaign with his national side in the Copa America, there are still concerns surrounding Alexis» long term commitment to the club.

We always have to take in regard to a player with such a high pick because of the commitment, if they'll pass from a national team commitment being a top player.

On National Signing Day, when head coaches wait by the fax machine to receive Letters of Intent from their commitments, some Texas Tech fans decided to send something else to new Cincinnati Head Coach Tommy Tuberville.

And Florida State commitment De'Andre Johnson, of Jacksonville (Fla.) First Coast, will be looking to show why the National Champions accepted such an early commitment from him.

Global sales of milk formula (including infant formula and follow - on milks) have increased from a value of about US$ 2 billion in 1987 to about US$ 40 billion in 2014... Political commitment, investment, and effective international, national, and local leadership are needed to end promotion of products that compete with breastfeeding.»

It doesn't feature on the «scorecard» of spending commitments because the amount is relatively low, but it promises to bump local politicians» income by exempting them from having to pay income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) on their costs getting to the local authority.

The last Conservative manifesto contained a commitment not just to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on overseas aid, but also to «legislate in the first session of a new Parliament to lock in this level of spending for every year from 2013.»

According to Abdulaziz Suleiman, who spke on behalf of the coalition, said: «Mindful of the concerns generated by the clause in the Kaduna declaration that advised the Biafran Igbo to relocate from northern Nigeria and for northerners in the South East to do likewise, and our commitment to the unity of our dear country, we immediately opened channels for dialogue and interaction with government agencies, national and international groups, institutions and figures.

A statement released from the White House last night thanked Britain for its «continued commitment to protect sensitive national security information».

McDonnell is not arguing for «nationalization of the commanding heights of the economy» or other nostrums from the 1980s, but for a «mixed economy of public and social enterprise... a private sector with a long - term private business commitment» and a national investment bank channeling # 500 million into the productive economy.

The prime minister may not be promising to match Labour's commitments to ban zero - hours contracts or raise the national minimum wage to # 10 but her workers» rights programme marks a decisive break from Thatcher's «enemy within» attacks on the unions.

To help the self - employed I'm going to fulfil the manifesto commitment we made, and from 2018 abolish Class 2 National Insurance Contributions altogether.

It is therefore realistic politics devoid of hero - worshipping sentiments for the northern political elite across party lines to gather round the presidential drawing board once again but this time with a commitment to salvage the power and prestige of northern politics from national devaluation and possible rejection brought about by the shortcomings of its elected preferred candidate.

International aid campaigners welcomed the prime minister's decision to include in his legislative agenda the international development spending draft bill, which will put the government's commitment to spend 0.7 % of national income on development from 2013 on to the statute books.

The London mayor also asked the prime minister about the state of the negotiations on restricting in - work benefits, asserting the role of national parliaments, giving Britain an opt - out from the EU's commitment to ever - closer union and promoting competitiveness.

The Minister for Information, Mustapha Hamid, has reiterated government's commitment to transform the economy it inherited from the erstwhile National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.

The deliverables for this project included the following: (1) a robust survey instrument, informed by adequate cognitive and usability pretesting and translated into the five UN languages beyond English; (2) development of a global sampling process; and (3) a clear plan for reaching the targeted sample, including commitments from various national and international collaborators.

In a new study that capitalizes on data from the National Center for Educational Statistics and methods that address causality, Cornell sociologists looked at an earlier portion of the pipeline — in high school, when students» commitment to STEM fields tends to solidify.

That commitment comes hard on the heels of a decree from CAS and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) earlier this month that all scientific papers resulting from publicly funded research be deposited in an open - access repository.

The 193 national signatories of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) made a global commitment in 2010 to increase the world's terrestrial protected area network from 13 to 17 percent by the year 2020.

Playing the role of Poppy, the determinedly free - spirited Londoner whose commitment to positivity and kindness has hidden depths, Hawkins took home a boatload of 2008 critics awards, including the Best Actress prize from the New York, Los Angeles, and National film critics.

There has been a serious setback in terms of following the path towards a commitment of 0.7 % of Gross National Income for ODA, that the government had promised for 2012 (and that the other political parties with parliamentary representation had supported, through the Spanish National Pact Against Poverty), The ODA estimates established in the plan for 2013 indicate that this year, we will fall to 0.20 %, a percentage which takes us back to 1990 and which is a great distance away from the agreed 0.7 %.

In this study, we solve this conundrum by taking advantage of the historical fact that the amount of competition in education today varies from one country to another for reasons that have little to do with contemporary school quality, or national income, or commitments to education.

As an historian, I was particularly pleased to see how the editor saw fit to include an historical review of the period since the 1950s, mentioning, among other things, Arthur Bestor's great book, Educational Wastelands: The Retreat from Learning in Our Public Schools, the influence of Sputnik, and (a little later) the Great Society legislation, to underscore the national commitment to education for everyone.

Serving An Additional 80,000 Students Through the National College Advising Corps: The National College Advising Corps is announcing new commitments from partner universities that will provide more than 80,000 students over three years with college counseling that has shown effectiveness in increasing college enrollment.

While many in state capitols and Washington, D.C. are placing bets against state and national accountability systems that range from No Child Left Behind to Common Core State Standards, the public remains faithful to its long - standing commitment to hold schools, students and teachers accountable.

We support you and we're working to expand the ranks of National Board Certified Teachers so even more students benefit from the expertise and commitment of highly accomplished teachers.

Featuring perspective from several National Board Certified Teachers, the article addresses questions related to the time commitment, the cost and also the tremendous value that teachers derive from going through the process.

With collaboration and commitment from the union, school district, and higher education institutions, Clark County, Nevada has one of the fastest growing National Board programs in the country.

The National Education Union and its co-signatories to the joint statement believe that this process must begin with a substantial increase from September 2018 which makes an immediate difference to teachers and to teacher supply and demonstrates that there is indeed a commitment to fair pay for the long term.

The event, held at the Rubin Museum in Manhattan, honored five people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to enacting positive change in education: Tanell Pendleton, an English teacher who has worked at Bronx Haven High School for eight years, and Michael Wolach, founding teacher and instructional coach at Jill Chaifetz Transfer School, both of whom have worked with Eskolta on multi-year projects on topics ranging from developing students» academic mindsets to implementing outcomes - based grading; Cristal Cruz, a graduate of Brooklyn Frontiers High School, who, after facing significant challenges during school, graduated as salutatorian, enrolled in college, and is now working at Good Shepherd Service to support students in the same way she was supported; and Jeff and Tricia Raikes, co-founders of the Raikes Foundation and part of the founding team of Microsoft, who have become champions of school improvement by establishing national initiatives such as the Mindset Scholars Network and the Student Agency Improvement Community.

Christine Blower, of the National Union of Teachers, said: «Teaching is a wonderful profession and we welcome applicants from all walks of life who feel they can make the commitment to teach, including ex-military personnel.

Through collective hard work and commitment, KIPP Austin students complete college at a rate that is above the national average for all students and four times higher than that of students from similar economic backgrounds.

From the Illinois National Board Resource Center we include documents that help school leaders, teachers and others understand their roles, responsibilities, and commitments in creating National Board Professional Development Schools.

Cooke Scholars are selected from a national pool using such factors as exemplary academic achievement, financial need, grit, determination and social commitment.

We've had five decades of reforms, countless studies, watershed reports like A Nation At Risk, and repeated affirmations and commitments from the body politic to finally make education a national priority.

The selection panel, which included teachers from National Science Teachers Association (NTSA) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), based its decision on qualifications, dedication to inspiring students and overall commitment to enhancing the teaching profession.

Through our collective hard work and commitment, KIPP's four - year college graduation rate is above the national average for all students and four times higher than students from the same communities and economic backgrounds who did not attend a KIPP school.

Aside from a commitment to oppose the expansion of selection in English schools, the Labour conference has been light on education policy, and although Corbyn has renewed a commitment to the idea of a national education service, there have been few details about the policy first mooted during his leadership campaign last year.