Sentences with phrase «policy measures available»

It is no longer enough to just focus on the countries where deforestation happens and the potential policy measures available there, he adds.

Not exact matches

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

In a statement issued earlier today, Brussels said it would open PSA, a measure available under the existing Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), for butter and SMP for between three and seven months.

Policy impact can then be adequately measured and made publicly available.

Hopefully the APPG will help the government implement the aspects of the Global Strategy where there are found to be gaps and encourage it to reinstate the National Infant Feeding Survey so the impact of policies can be measured and available publicly.

Measure periodically and make available to the public an assessment of the local wellness policy.

The Commission conducts policy studies; analyzes current legislation, programs and trends impacting women; develops collaborative programs with local and regional organizations and public officials; provides educational awareness; and recommends measures to coordinate, consolidate or expand the resources and services available to women in Erie County.

Given that Medicare data from other states are available, the approach could be used more broadly to measure the health impacts of immigration policy nationwide, says Tom Wong, a political scientist at the University of California, San Diego.

Transparency, as I see it, refers to measuring student performance regularly — annually is how we've been going about it, and should continue doing — and making the results available to the public, as well as to educators and policy leaders.

(Lotteries, which are used when charter enrollees exceed available slots, also create perfect natural experiments between identical pools of students, and, hence, solid conclusions for measuring policies.)

The descriptions of classroom quality available in standardized classroom observation systems provide a standard way of measuring and noting teachers» strengths and weaknesses and evaluating whether policy initiatives or professional development activities are actually helping improve classroom interactions.

However test scores are simple, readily available measures; so policy - makers embrace them, even when they are inappropriate.

After examining the various measures available to replace FRPL as a proxy for student poverty, our analysis shows the best policy option for Connecticut to measure low - income students, for purposes of a statewide school funding formula, is to add HUSKY A (Connecticut's children's Medicaid program, which includes children from birth to age 19 and their caregivers) to the measures currently used to directly certify students for school meals.

See IPCC's WG3 «WG III analyses the costs, benefits and risks of the different approaches to mitigation, considering also the available domestic instruments and policy measures as well as international arrangements.»

A range of policy instruments is available to mitigate climate change including carbon taxes, emissions trading, regulation, information measures, government provision of goods and services, and voluntary agreements.

Welcomes the agreement achieved by the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol on its work pursuant to decisions 1 / CMP.1, 1 / CMP.5 and 1 / CMP.6 in the areas of land use, land - use change and forestry (decision - / CMP.7), emissions trading and the project - based mechanisms (decision - / CMP.7), greenhouse gases, sectors and source categories, common metrics to calculate the carbon dioxide equivalence of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks, and other methodological issues (decision - / CMP.7) and the consideration of information on potential environmental, economic and social consequences, including spillover effects, of tools, policies, measures and methodologies available to Annex I Parties (decision - / CMP.7);

Brian has already made the case for why feed - in tariffs rule in promoting clean energy, and while the UK government's stinging u-turn remains a case study in how not to do them, Germany's more measured reduction in solar subsidies shows, Feed in Tariffs (FiTs) are widely regarded as the most effective policy measure for promoting renewables that we have available to us.

Based on our Bill Rights which provides that «the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to health care services», our Department of Trade and Industry has developed a draft IP Policy which intends to initiate the amendment of several IP laws, amongst which is our Patents Act.

Ensure that (a) accessibility measures, policies and practices include a requirement that any aspect of the organization's built environment intended to facilitate barrier - free access to the goods or services it provides are available for use in the intended manner; and (b) if such an aspect is unavailable for use, notice of the following be given: (i) the reasons why the aspect is unavailable and an estimate of when the availability will be restored, (ii) details of alternate means, if any, available to access the organization's goods or services.

• Securing financial and technical assistance available to owners and their communities seeking to redevelop brownfield properties or complete clean energy and conservation projects • Establishing cleanup criteria, institutional controls, financial assurance mechanisms, and other measures required under CERCLA and RCRA • Developing strategies to meet TSCA remediation and disposal standards for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and authorization to use encapsulation and similar abatement methods for PCBs, asbestos, and other building materials • Completing the analysis and application proceedings required for projects» regulatory requirements, including wetlands and other EH+S permitting • Scoping and completing impact assessments and reviews required under the National Environmental Policy Act • Completing surveys and identifying mitigation plans addressing Endangered Species Act concerns

The usage - based insurance (UBI) program, which is now available in 44 states, measures behavior behind the wheel, including miles and times of day driven, and prices participants» auto policies based...

Using a probability - of - ruin measure, Goss (1990) argued that consumers would benefit from having a wide range of policy designs to choose from, including longer waiting periods than were generally available.

They are readily available for consumers who combine family policies, use one insurance company for several types of coverage, or take other measures such as using theft deterrents or maintaining good driving records.

A systematic review was conducted to answer two questions: which are the empirical evidence available in the literature to support using psychological screening measures in child daycare centers; and if those measures can be adopted as cost - effective assessment policies for children's cognition.