When I asked Steven Hamburg, chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, to describe
the policy significance of the findings, he replied: Read more...
Not exact matches
Mr Geoff Parker is available for interview about the report, its
findings and the
significance of industry voluntarily pursuing
policies that aim to improve the health
of the Australian community.
Research often has profound implications for
policy, but without proper communication between the research community and
policy audiences, the
significance of research
findings may be lost.
«Although these articles concentrate on the US regulatory landscape, they offer an important message that is relevant worldwide: as our understanding
of the harmful effects
of a combination
of chemicals at low concentrations and throughout the human lifespan increases, scientists must re-examine long - held beliefs regarding the relationship between exposure and effect, and ensure that
policy makers understand the
significance of these
findings.»
In previous entries, Ethicsandclimate.org examined the failure
of the US media to communicate about: (a) the nature
of the strong scientific consensus about human - induced climate change, (b) the magnitude
of greenhouse gas emissions reductions necessary to prevent catastrophic climate change, (c) the practical
significance for
policy that follows from understanding climate change as essentially an ethical problem, (e) the consistent barrier that the United States has been to
finding a global solution to climate change in international climate negotiations, and (f) the failure
of the US media to help educate US citizens about the well - financed, well - organized climate change disinformation campaign.
Growing out
of Vietnam War protests on college campuses across the nation in the 1960s, UCS»
founding document states it was formed to «initiate a critical and continuing examination
of governmental
policy in areas where science and technology are
of actual or potential
significance» and to «devise means for turning research applications away from the present emphasis on military technology toward the solution
of pressing environmental and social problems.»
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