Sentences with phrase «on numerical goals»

But, given the failure of decades of pledges and agreements aimed at curbing emissions, I suggested it was time to move away from a longstanding focus on numerical goals — such as 350 (parts per million of CO2), 80 percent (in emissions cuts) by 2050, a 2 - degree limit on warming — and toward the goal of maximizing the suite of traits I described in those eight words.

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One result of past concern for numerical goals was to focus funds on areas where growth was easiest — which were often those where Adventist work was already well established.

With their numerical advantage, Mauricio Pochettino's men dominated the remainder of the game and drew level on 61 minutes, Harry Kane netting his 11th goal of the season.

Despite their numerical disadvantage, the visitors still sealed a 1 - 0 win on the night as Elliot Lee grabbed his first senior West Ham goal to complete a 4 - 0 aggregate victory.

Given that the Flying donkey's lined up in a 4 -4-2 on goal kicks, they obtained numerical superiority in the center of the pitch.

Their 1 - 1 draw with Newcastle last weekend, a game they probably ought to have won considering they had a numerical advantage for much of the season half, stretched their unbeaten run in all competitions to four, and guess who popped up with Bolton's only goal of the game, again... Chelsea's on loan striker Daniel Sturridge, who has now scored in all four league appearances for the Trotters, a run he will be champing at the bit to try and extend this weekend.

One is devised by Wall Street financiers and politicians who believe in rigidly defined numerical goals and return on investment; they blame lazy teachers and self - interested unions when test scores are low.

Changing from a numerical 20 % goal to a less specific «load up on stocks early» instruction brought up all Year 30 balances above $ 400000.

The community's focus should be on saving as many lives as possible through positive outcomes (adoption, transfer to rescue groups, etc.), not solely on reducing the killing to achieve a numerical goal.»

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful:

Thanks for visiting Dot Earth today and I hope you'll sift back for posts on enduring issues and concepts like the «population cluster bombs» that are the real peril from high fertility rates; evidence that humanity's amazing, sometimes - exasperating diversity is perhaps our species» most adaptive trait; and the idea that when numerical goals seem out of reach, there's much that can be accomplished by fostering traits in society that guarantee some progress.

Here's Hamilton's critique, which doesn't deal with the core argument of my talk (the need for a shift in goals from numerical outcomes to societal qualities) and instead focuses on my use of the word «good» in relation to an era he clearly sees as awful: Read more...

And so a position that a nation takes on atmospheric ghg atmospheric targets is necessarily an ethical issue because nations and people have an ethical duty to not harm others and the numerical ghg atmospheric goal will determine how much harm polluting nations will impose on the most vulnerable.