Sentences with phrase «policy instruments at»

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

He acknowledged African Environment and Wangari Maathai Day in showcasing good Practices in environmental management saying this will promote the entrenchment of environmental issues into the mainstream of various planning and policy instruments at all levels, in all countries.

The Senate President disclosed this in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, stressed the importance of responsive leadership — stating that both elected and appointed public servants must see their offices as a responsibility to better the lives of the people that they represent using the legislative and policy instruments at their disposal.

This report identifies the policy instruments at the disposal of local governments based on central government policy framework, and presents a few successful and replicable case studies and international experiences as reference for China's future development in promoting green bonds.

Not exact matches

«He can maybe open the bank up to using different policy instruments, but I don't think that will have a profound impact,» says Richard Barwell, senior European economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

In my view, careful co-ordination of all policy instruments is more likely to deliver sustained lower inflation at acceptable cost in Australia than is, for example, relying on monetary policy to sustain a low inflation target.

Alignment of government policy is particularly crucial, as inconsistency between government policies inhibits investment and raises the cost of capital.235 Once the overall strategic direction is set, a range of methods and instruments are available to mainstream climate at the project level.236 This needs to happen at the technical assessment stage, where technological and process options and alternatives are considered that will achieve the project aim; at the economic assessment stage, which involves measuring net impacts of the project on welfare; and at the financial assessment stage, where costs and revenues of the project are assessed.237

[Box 9] OIS - China - Chinese Science and Technology Policy Delegation Visit, 1978 Zhongshan University Delegation Visit, 1979 AAAS Popularization of Science Delegation to China, 1980 CAST Science Writers Delegation to US, 1981 AAAS Environmental Planning Delegation to China, 1981 US - China Conference on Energy Resources and Environment, 1982 Interferon Study (Proposed), 1982 CAST Delegation to US, 1982 CAST Quality Control Delegation to US, 1982 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - US Papers, 1983 Rumenant Productivity Symposium - Chinese Papers, 1983 Photo Album of Address by Song Jian, 1985 AAAS Board of Directors Delegation to China, 1985 Chinese Delegation Visit (IIE), 1986 US Fish and Wildlife Service Delegation to China, 1986 FASAS International Climate Change Symposium (Proposal), 1986 CAST Delegation to US, 1986 Background Political Information, 1987 Law / Science Short Course (Proposal), 1987 Collected Information and Papers on Chinese Water Management, 1987 CAST Water Management Delegation to US, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China, 1987 AAAS Water Management Delegation to China - Follow - up, 1988 CAST Petrochemical Engineer Delegation to US (Proposal), 1987 Pacific Rim Symposium (Proposal), 1987 Science and Technology Advising Seminar (Proposal), 1988 - 1989 AAAS / ABA Lawyers and Scientists Delegation to China, 1988 China Symposium at 1989 AAAS Annual Meeting, 1988 - 1989 Medical Instrument Maintenance and Repair, 1989 Fang Li Zhi, 1988 - 1989 Amnesty International Reports on Chinese Arrests, 1989 Correspondence re: June 1989 Events in China, 1989 Consortium of Affiliates for International Programs, 1989 China - FASAS Symposium on Environmental Protection in Developing Countries, 1989 FASAS Symposium Chinese Papers, 1989 PRC Joint Commission Visit, 1989 Tibet, 1987 Liz Levey Misc Correspondence, 1982 - 1990 Chinese Code of Ethics, 1986 China Tech Company Information, (undated) AAAS / CAST Exchange Programs, 1978 - 1987 Correspondence with CAST International Director Wang Zheng, 1981 - 1982 Correspondence with CAST, 1981 - 1989 James Hartnett Complaint to CAST, 1988 - 1989 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1987 Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, 1987 - 1988 Correspondence with Chinese Embassy, 1982 - 1987 NAS China Committee, 1982 - 1986 Financial Aid for Chinese Students, 1987 Misc Articles and General Background Information, 1978 - 1989 Misc., 1982 - 1989 Presentation Transparencies, 1988 Elzinga, Aant.

Action at the national level represents an important opportunity to establish synergy, coherent policy instruments and cost - effective ways for implementation.

Each Fund may also invest a substantial portion of its assets in such instruments at any time to maintain liquidity or pending selection of investments in accordance with its policies.

5:38 p.m. Updated Thomas Schelling, a Nobel Prize winner in economics who has long studied climate policy and diplomacy, told me last year that the way forward must involve much more of what legal scholars call «soft law» than old - style treaty making aimed at legally binding instruments like the fading Kyoto Protocol.

We advise public policy makers at all levels with respect to the design of suitable instruments for emissions trading, incentives and funding mechanisms as well as the evaluation of their impacts.

Beyond pricing instruments, the other approaches include regulation under the Clean Air Act, energy policies not targeted exclusively at climate change, public nuisance litigation, and NIMBY and other public interventions to block permits for new fossil - fuel related investments.

There is some real interest in this approach, mainly from academics, and there is also what I would characterize as «strategic interest,» principally from those who recognize that once the focus is on carbon taxes rather than other instruments, political debates will inevitably result in less ambitious targets or, in fact, no policy at all.

At the national level, these studies examine policy strategies and instruments to achieve mitigation targets; at the firm or individual level the studies examine whether one should invest in a particular technologAt the national level, these studies examine policy strategies and instruments to achieve mitigation targets; at the firm or individual level the studies examine whether one should invest in a particular technologat the firm or individual level the studies examine whether one should invest in a particular technology.

Thus, in the presence of Federal climate policy, interactions with sub-national policies can be problematic, benign, or positive, depending upon the relative scope and stringency of the sub-national and national policies, as well as the particular policy instruments employed at both levels.

For example, while policy makers have been debating the value of forests and farmland as a sponge for some human - generated carbon dioxide, the budget for a federal program monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide with instruments on aircraft and tall radio towers has remained at $ 1.4 million a year over the last nine years.

RFF experts Arthur G. Fraas and Nathan Richardson examined the questions associated with implementing a carbon tax versus regulating emissions under the Clean Air Act, looking at issues including scope, cost - effectiveness, ability to generate revenue, and the impact on international climate negotiations for either policy approach — finding that «there's no easy answer to whether regulation or a carbon price is the better instrument.»

The project assessed how the companies in passenger and freight transport comply with the European users rights protection legislation shielding theses parties against travel delays, cancellations and / or disruptions, and in case of gaps in conformity, propose new guidelines for cross-modal alignment of decision - making, capacity planning and reserve - building models at transport service and infrastructure providers in addition to incentive structures and policy instruments for more effective legislation enforcement.

This policy instrument collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades.

«biofuel blending» as policy, measure or instrument [is] «shown to be environmentally effective... in at least a number of national cases» — a successful Brazilian tabled amendment to the Summary for Policymakers text.

Nonetheless, participants in several countries (India, China,) suggest that financial instruments deployed by governments at the national level to date have been quite effective in stimulating private investment in low - carbon energy projects despite limitations in the policies.

Infringement proceedings are aimed at simultaneously policing compliance with EU law by Member States and more generally as an instrument for securing performance of EU policies.

The Court of Appeal held that «notwithstanding the absence of reprehensible conduct... special costs are awarded as an instrument of policy to encourage access to justice» (Victoria (City) at para 182).

The Committee argues that a statutory instrument which amends EU law in a manner that determines matters of significant policy interest or principle should undergo a strengthened scrutiny procedure, although it does not at this stage prescribe exactly what that should be.

Most people look at life insurance policies as instruments that yield tax benefits in every financial year.

In case the customer does not opt to be in the fund, the fund value will be credited to «Lapsed Policy Fund» invested in a fixed income instrument earning at least the saving deposit interest rate, it said.

Since these maturity returns are not at the same level as returns on other instruments like bank deposits (due to cost of death benefit etc), insurance policy looks unattractive.

Lab Technician II — TRL Plasma Laboratories — January 2013 — Present • Monitor the heat sealing and aseptic sampling of plasma units; place units of plasma into freezer in timely manner in order to ensure quality of product • Label plasma samples and units properly and store according to policy; manage an average of 50 different plasma units on a regular basis • Evaluate refrigerator and freezer temperatures ad inform supervisor if equipment is malfunctioning • Maintain efficient and clean work environment and ensure inventory is stocked properly; answer phones and answer questions or transfer calls to appropriate departmentLab Technician I — ABC Medical Technologies, Inc. — May 2007 — January 2013 • Operated laboratory equipment, such as cell counters and microscopes, to analyze urine, blood, and tissue samples; recorded both normal and abnormal findings; had less than a.1 percent margin of error in sample findings • Used computerized instruments and automated equipment to perform multiple tests at one time; maintained calibration and proper function of equipment on a regular basis • Entered data from tests into physician reports; discussed abnormal results with supervisor and re-ran tests before logging data into patient's medical record

At the national level, intergovernmental agreements and initiatives are the main policy instruments.

The validation of the instrument was carried out as part of a larger study, the Chinese Urban Household Survey, conducted by the Institute of Social Development and Public Policy at Beijing Normal University in 2004.