Sentences with phrase «policy problems far»

Not exact matches

The problem with that argument is that monetary policy has taken on a far greater role in the public's imagination.

«But these policies have now been deployed for some years - in the case of Japan, for more than two decades - and at least so far, they have not convincingly shown an ability to decisively overcome the problems posed by the zero bound.»

If the fundamental problem is that America has far too many guns, then policies need to cut the number of guns in circulation right now to seriously reduce the number of gun deaths.

The policies put in place so far, such as budgetary austerity, are little match for the size of the problem, and may make things worse.

In those places, particularly universities, where affirmative action has been most avidly embraced, the goal of racial equality and harmony is farther away than ever; and the inevitable response to this problem is an even more comprehensive and ambitious departure from the standard of color - blind policies.

With regard to war, two factors prevented international conflict from being specifically dealt with in the New Testament as a pressing problem: the apocalyptic expectation of the world's immediate end, so that the gradual reform of social institutions was not in the picture, and the further fact that the first Christians had no responsibility for governmental policies or influence in determining them.

Competition Policy Review (Harper Review), Submission on Issues Paper (2014) Argued new approach needed for problems concerning small business community - not appropriate to make further reforms to the CCA for this purpose (better to address them through separate legislative regime).

The real issue is not, however, that Romney's neo-con inspired foreign policy will inevitably lead the U.S. to ideologically - justified war but because his reckless use of such rhetoric highlights his inexperience in foreign policy and may create far greater problems than he realises.

The problem, for me, is that these policies did not go far enough, and they weren't argued coherently and consistently enough, day in, day out.

The helpful analogy between extreme Islamism and far - right extremism, made by Quilliam in its publication «In defence of British Muslims: A response to BNP racist propaganda», is useful for understanding the problems that Islamist extremists can pose and in drawing up government policies in response.»

The former Tory leader, who found a new lease of political life through right - wing prescriptions for social problems, tried to seize on the recent rioting as further proof that government policy should privilege stable families.

Biello: And they do have some more aggressive policies than even the U.S. at present as far as renewable energy goes, whether those who actually realized they have had a lot of problems with kind of wind farms that didn't perform up to expectations, but they do have fairly aggressive targets for how much energy it needs to come from renewable resources like the wind and the sun, they have become the manufacturer, as in all things, for Photovoltaics and the wind turbine blades that are basically powering the green revolution in the West.

And they call on doctors «to advocate for social and welfare policies that are informed by the evidence available and evaluated for their health effects, so that they protect people during crisis rather than creating further health problems.»

RUSSIA Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed Novembproblems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed NovembProblems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.

Copy of research paper on uranium and thorium mines in the Chita region of Siberia and their associated environmental and health problems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed Novembproblems on behalf Baikalwatch, a project of the Earth Island Institute and the Baikal Center for Ecological and Citizen Initiatives in Irkutsk, Russia titled: «Environmental Damage and Policy Issues in the Uranium and Gold Mining Districts of Chita Oblast in the Russian Far East: A Report on Existing Problems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed NovembProblems at Baley and Krasnokamensk and Policy Needs in the Region» (91k document) completed November 1996.

Re-thinking careers advice Sadly, our current education policy looks set to further exacerbate this problem, not fix it.

For example, if a company is having problems with managers implementing Human Resource policies in different ways, and they start a training program on implementing policies, the program will be far less effective if they don't also change expectations and feedback to these managers (Factor 1), consequences to these managers for not following company policy (Factor 3), and change processes for managing their managers (Factor 4).

Further, we knew that there had been many attempts to institute policies to fix the alleged problems.

But here's the thing: by the closing chapters of his breezy, 478 - page tome, Brill sounds far less like an uncritical fan of charter school expansion, Teach for America (TFA) and unionbusting and far more like, well, a guy who has spent several years immersed in one of the thorniest policy conversations in America, thinking about a problem — educational inequality — that defies finger - pointing and simple solutions.

It is time to stop fighting against each other over the smaller problems we can solve at the local level and take on the far more threatening problem — national education reform policy.

No problem, we'll loosen policy further.

If it is already difficult for the Fed to implement contracyclical monetary policy, just imagine how difficult it will be for them to deal with a problem that is far more tricky because of its multivariate nature.

One problem is that Policy has been issued by some remote branch very far from my place and LIC agent who opened it from that branch also left LIC Agent job.

Part of the problem here might be the specific phrasing about the public guiding wise policy; if Pielke is saying that in the end it's only a comparatively few technocrats who decide, for example, how to regulate the introduction of mercury into the environment, I agree with him as far as that goes.

My takeaway from Cuomo's decision and my chat with Ruffalo is that progress on environmental and energy policy in the United States emerges from a never - ending, and normal, tussle involving a mix of activism, law, economic realities, scientific and technological advances (both in developing energy sources cleanly and tracking problems), improving transparency (which is far greater now, even in places like Wyoming, than a few years ago), politics and lots of communication.

If policy on climate change waits until things are certain, it will be far too late (after all, there are still lots of arguments about what has happened in the past 100, 1000 or more years — certainty is generally an illusive, unattainable goal on the really interesting problems and questions).

There's lots of literature about how climate change has developed into a far more complex «social problem / issue», as it's moved from scientific journals onto the policy agenda.

A few points that have caught my interest so far: • dealing with complex problems using complex tools, ideas • the idea of reconciliation in scientific debates is to try different approaches in an experimental meeting for attempting nonviolent communication in impassioned debates where there is disagreement • reconciliation is not about consensus, but rather creating an arena where we can have honest disagreement • violence in this debate derives from the potential impacts of climate change and the policy options, and differing political and cultural notions of risk and responsibility.

«Energy Policy and the Further Future: The Identity Problem», Derek Parfit.

Rather, the host of bad policies now coming from the federal government — and unfortunately from many state governments — is creating far greater and more predictable problems with grid reliability.

However, there is no need for us to understand it as a problem to see the backwards thinking that has produced the climate and energy policies that now put expensive «negawatts» further up the political agenda than cheaper megawatts.

But the larger problem is that other energy policies are far out of line with wind.

The main problems as I understand it relates to water overdraft and lax land use policy that is allowing land to subside and less flow from the rivers that allows salt to encroach farther inland and building in areas that are prone to storm surge.

If that is the case, here is the problem: existing policy proposals do not, as far as I know, supply even «fuzzy» benefits — something like (don't pick on the numbers — I pulled them out of my nether region as an example only): Best case: RCP8.5, TCS 6.0, estimated reduced warming: 5C GMST by 2100 Worst case: RCP2.0, TCS 1.4, estimated reduced warming: 0.2 C GMST by 2100 Estimated costs per 1C increase in GMST: $ 150B p.a.

Most «skeptics» are not acolytes of the Koch brothers, but people who have not thus far been convinced that the problem is as serious as represented or that the prescribed policies (wind, solar especially) provide any form of valid insurance against the risk.

So while the precise value of climate sensitivity poses an interesting scientific question, tackling the policy response is by far the bigger problem.

I don't have any problem with the fact that there are many time frames over which atmospheric CO2 would respond if emissions were to stop, though I think there is far more uncertainty in the estimates of response over time than is usually acknowledged, and that people with «agendas» consistently discount the response times that do not support their policy positions.

Further, if there is a problem, is there a set of policies that will improve deliver a better state of affairs than doing nothing.

«I have zero problem with the Heartland docs being released, with the caveat that if personal information relating to some individuals should have been redacted, as I think that the activities of organisations which attempt to influence public policy should be open to scrutiny in general, and especially where they are pushing misinformation on scientific issues to further a political agenda.

Such policies are generally understood to be far more efficient than technology - specific subsidies, and we should consider subsidies as an inferior substitute given the political difficulties of implementing efficient market - based policies that address the problem directly.

«The problem is that governments, provincial and federal, have shown thus far little political will to develop policy and programs to make those adaptations,» Sauchyn says.

However, I feel the risk of damage from policies that will raise the cost of fossil fuels is far greater over coming decades, and there is no valid basis for implementing policies that will be economically damaging to try to deal with problems beyond decades.

These two articles perfectly encapsulate two of the problems that have plagued our approach to climate change over the last 8 years: Delay any meaningful action on reducing emissions and, instead of adopting sound, far - reaching policies, take shortsighted, politically convenient half - steps.

If necessary, further funding for such an institute could be obtained by arrangements with the many university and institutional research and policy development organizations that study the justice system and access to justice problems; for example, the recently announced, Access to Justice Centre for Excellence at the University of Victoria's Faculty of Law.

One further problem highlighted with BTE insurance is in relation to the amount of cover provided under the policy.

As well, the arbitrator's decision is silent with respect to the many arbitration decisions over the last decade or so which stand for the proposition that in safety - sensitive workplaces, the employer need not advance proof of an actual drug problem before adopting drug testing policies (which are of course far more intrusive than the use of drug sniffing dogs).

OCR's investigation exposed significant problems with Feinstein's security management process, and further found that Feinstein did not have appropriate policies and procedures and other safeguards in place to protect e-PHI.

This policy further recognises that shared problem solving leads to decisions and policies that are fair, credible, practical, and effective.

The Court recognized that the problem is far worse when the boundaries of the state - granted monopoly are not «clearly articulated and affirmatively expressed as state policy,» and the professionals are given the power to decide what is the «unauthorized practice» of their profession...

Recognizing that proactive risk management is far more cost - effective than resolving problems after they arise, domestic businesses as well as foreign businesses with operations in Canada frequently seek our guidance on developing, implementing and enforcing corporate policies, risk avoidance strategies and educational training for managers and employees.