Sentences with phrase «pledges by national governments»

Mexico City, Mexico, 20 October 2017 — Current pledges by national governments are not enough to reach the goal set in the Paris Climate Change Agreement, but hope remains in the leading role being taken by subnational and non-state actors like cities, companies and organizations, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón told participants on the closing day of the Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACCF) in Mexico City.

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Nearly 200 national governments — including the Obama administration — have already pledged to cut food loss and waste in half by 2030, and 117 cities have signed a pact to develop and implement strategies that improve their local food systems.

She pledged to bring in new work and jobs and to fight for the introduction of the national minimum wage, which was enacted by the Tony Blair government.

Taking 2010 as the starting point, the government pledges to almost double the representation of Ph.D. - holders among the population age 25 to 34 by 2020 and increase research employment from 11.8 % to 16 %; raise to 10 % the share of publicly - funded Spanish papers ranked among the top 5 % of the most cited publications globally; increase Spain's share of European Union research funds, including a 90 % increase in the number of so - called Starting Grants from the European Research Council; boost the number of patent applications by 50 %; and raise the national percentage of innovative companies from 18.6 % to 25 %.

Mr Barton said: «We welcome the additional funding for schools pledged by the government today and its continued commitment to the introduction of a national funding formula.

Rising pension and national insurance costs, coupled with new pressures such as the apprenticeship levy and hiring targets, mean schools are losing money despite a pledge by the government to protect core schools funding in this Parliament.

Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, pressed Gibb on the government's spending plans and Carol Monaghan, the Scottish National Party's education spokesperson, demanded «urgent confirmation» on how ministers will stand by their manifesto pledge to make sure no school has its budget cut.

It is equally critical for the new Australian Government to strike an agreement with the states and territories through the COAG process on a new National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes, and maintain the pledged minimum Commonwealth investment of $ 777 million from July 2013 — July 2016, which was made in the 2013 - 14 federal Budget by the previous Government [116] and supported by the new Australian Government while in Opposition.