Sentences with phrase «national governments tackle»

There are also growing opportunities in policy as local, state and national governments tackle climate change and other critical issues.

Not exact matches

More than a half dozen Champions will make the case to government leaders that tackling food loss and waste should be part of national and corporate strategies to reduce food loss and waste.

«We welcome recommendations which identify the need for Government and national administrations to set a clear lead in developing clear strategies to tackle discrimination in access to jobs and promotion.

The UK Government and the devolved administrations published the Air Quality Strategy for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on 17 July 2007 - setting out a way forward for work and planning on air quality issues and the air quality standards and objectives to be achieved; introducing new policy framework for tackling fine particles and identifying potential new national policy measures which modelling indicates could give further health benefits and move closer towards meeting the Strategy's objectives.

However, by ruling out changes to the rates of National Insurance Contributions (NICs) in relation to employment and self - employment, the Government are denying themselves many of the tools they need to tackle the issues Taylor identified around employment status.

Again, there seems to be a gap between the government's stated commitment to tackling gender - based violence and the Home Office's treatment of foreign nationals at risk of rape, FGM and domestic abuse.

Sir Rod Eddington reported to the previous Labour government that road pricing could help tackle congestion and in 2005 launched a «national debate» on road pricing, in order that it could be considered as one possible remedy.

Quilliam agrees with the government that a clearer defence of democratic values such as freedom of speech, religious freedom and equal rights for all, along with a clearer sense of national identity, is central to tackling extremism and building a more united and cohesive country.

Environment spokesman Chris Huhne said: «Green taxes have been falling steadily as a percentage of our national income, meaning the government has failed to use a key lever to tackle climate change.

«I appreciate your commitment to the work of this government, particularly highlighting the need to tackle the deficit, and the relationship between Britain's economic strength and our national security.»

Terrorism: FG to Unveil New National Strategic Communications Approach The Federal Government has put machinery in place to unveil a new National Strategic Communications (NSSC) policy aimed at tackling the ideology and narrative of the Boko Haram terrorists and other insurgent groups in the country.

Christopher Tilley from the Home Office who designed a cross-governmental strategy to tackle illegal working and exploitation in the construction industry; coordinate enforcement action at the national level; and advise senior government officials on exploitation and illegal working matters will be giving a keynote address to the International Inspiring Construction Conference.

The Government must extend the National Insurance Contributions holiday to existing businesses if small firms are to take on new staff and so help tackle high unemployment.

To tackle these threats, the government launched the UK National Cyber Security Strategy (NCSS) in November 2011, a powerful, cross-government plan to keep our networks safe.

A Conservative government after 2015 dominated not by how we tackle the cos - of - living crisis, protect the National Health Service, get jobs for our young people.

The Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has said his government will tackle what he calls the governing National Democratic Congress» (NDC) lazy approach to taxation when voted into office.

The Ghana National Chamber of Commerce (GNCC) will support government's goal of creating a conducive business environment for the private sector as well as tackling the problem of unemployment.

In particular, the government needs to quickly establish the Itombwe Natural Reserve, support local - community management of the Punia Gorilla Reserve, reinforce Kahuzi - Biega National Park efforts, and establish strong coordination between ICCN and the DRC military to tackle armed militias that control illegal mining camps in Grauer's gorilla heartland.»

Consideration of regional trends will be crucial to tackle the diverse health challenges faced by provincial governments, and localised health policies will likely be the key for overall success at the national level.

As part of a series of measures to tackle it, the government has introduced the National Healthy Schools Programme, through which schools are awarded Healthy School status if they can demonstrate meaningful achievement in four areas: personal, social and health education, healthy eating, physical activity, and emotional health and wellbeing.

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has been awarded project funding from the Government to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullying in schools.

Kevin Courtney, the general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, welcomed the report, and claimed government education policies were hindering the ability of schools to tackle sexual harassment and bullying because they «left no time for pastoral care or PSHE within the curriculum or school day».

The government is yet to reveal how many applications it has received for the National Teaching Service (NTS) scheme aimed at tackling recruitment issues by luring experienced teachers into under - performing schools.

The National Education Union was among the organisations that called for Young to go, claiming his appointment undermined the government's efforts to tackle sexism in schools.

The Government thinks that the national interest is the same as our economic interests, as if we have no national interest in being part of global attempts to tackle the most severe environmental threat facing the globe.

While mayors and local governments can not comprehensively tackle climate change alone, their sizeable political and economic clout may make them an important force in national and global sustainability initiatives.

Not tackling these issues, and not agreeing on guidance that could be used to move forward in the fine - tuning of existing regulatory frameworks, leaves the burden of interpretation and action to sub-national and national governments, and likely, to ensuing clashes within the existing and effective trade regime.

Effective air pollution limits could save more than 20,000 lives every year, yet some national governments are threatening to veto EU measures to tackle toxic pollution.

Donors, national governments and multilateral institutions should increase investment for and support to social protection strategies that have proven effective in tackling malnutrition and poverty among the poorest families.

Friends of the Earth Europe's and CEE Bankwatch Network's detailed recommendations for EU regional funds 2014 - 2020 aim to put Europe on a sustainable development path, urging the European Council and European Parliament, as well as national governments, to use these recommendations for Structural and Cohesion Funds to tackle climate change, stop biodiversity loss and reverse resource - overconsumption.

In 2009, the government set up eight national missions to tackle climate change: the Solar Mission, Energy Mission, Sustainable Habitat Mission, Water Mission, Himalayan Mission, Sustainable Agriculture Mission, Green India Mission and Strategic Knowledge Mission.

There is no secret about the intention to build supranational organisations to tackle seemingly «global problems» that would be intractable under normal politics, by which I mean sovereign national democratic governments.

- Introducing the central London Ultra-Low Emission Zone one year earlier than planned in 2019 - Extending the Ultra-Low Emission Zone («ULEZ») beyond central London from 2020: for motorcycles, cars and vans, to the North and South Circular; and for lorries, buses and coaches London - wide - Developing a detailed proposal for a national diesel scrappage scheme for Government to implement - Bringing forward the requirement for all double — deck buses to be ULEZ - compliant in central London from 2020 to 2019 - Implementing clean bus corridors — tackling the worst pollution hotspots by delivering cleaner buses on the dirtiest routes

Last week, the Quebec government introduced a bill in the National Assembly (provincial legislature) to tackle the issue of SLAPPs.

Stephen Cobb QC, FLBA chairman, said that although the FLBA was supportive of rational initiatives which help tackle the national debt, the government should consider all the consequences fully as there would be an «inequality of arms» in cases involving domestic violence before the courts.

The Australian National Preventive Health agency (ANPHA) has recommended against setting a minimum price for alcohol, saying it would lead to bigger profits to alcohol retailers instead of helping the Government tackle alcohol - related harms via revenue - raising measures like alcohol and tobacco taxation.

Michael Thorn, chief executive of the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald that public health activists despaired of the prospects of an adequate strategy to tackle chronic disease, following the Abbott Government's having almost entirely dismantled Australia's national preventive health system.

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Chair, Matthew Cooke, said it was good news the Government had committed to fund tackling smoking programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Private sector's call to action National and local government have admitted that they lack the resources to tackle the country's housing issues alone, which possibly makes inclusionary housing the most viable option.