Sentences with phrase «political interest in»

The December edition of the Archives carried two complementary papers1, 2 on need and demand for, and impact of, parenting programmes, reflecting increasing professional and political interest in interventions to improve parenting.

This surge of political interest in treaty making was mostly evident in the territories north of the 60th parallel, where bilateral, nation - to - nation negotiations led to the making of the Inuvialuit Treaty (1984), the Gwich» in Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1992), the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement (1993) and the Sahtu Dene and Métis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement (1993.)

As lawyers, we have not only a political interest in the policies he is seeking to implement, but also a professional one.

The first debate included representatives from both government and business, and demonstrated a clear political interest in investment protection treaties and its design.

Following Obama's re-election on November 6th, the environmental community is hoping for a new chance at tackling climate change at the federal level, especially with renewed media and political interest in the issue following Hurricane Sandy.

Humphrey / DEFRA: I can't overstate the HUGE amount of political interest in the project as a message that the Government can give on climate change to help them tell their story.

This however doesn't translate well everywhere: I doubt there's a lot of political interest in supplying despots in 3rd world developing countries nuclear generating capacity.

Response (2 - 11): The implication that the credibility of IPCC's statement on African crop yields is diminished because the IPCC's source (Agoumi, 2003) for the statement was published by an advocacy organization or an organization with a «declared political interest in climate change» is unsupported.

Similarly, President Trump has a political interest in selling today's move to his base as an enormous policy win, when to me it appears he is nullifying American participation in an agreement that on policy grounds was insignificant to begin with.

The national leaders who supported Paris, including President Obama, had a political interest in overselling their policy accomplishment.

Influencing trends being noticed: urban planning with attention to more transit - oriented designs and streets that accommodate multiple modes of transportation; more people telecommuting; a rise in car - sharing as an alternative way to travel in cities; increased political interest in congestion pricing.

I can't overstate the HUGE amount of political interest in the project as a message that the Government can give on climate change to help them tell their story.

«They drank some Kool - Aid that has been fresh squeezed for them by the most powerful political interest in California, the California Teachers Assn.,» she said, adding that improving schools for minorities and the poor should be a priority for the party.

As political interest in education intensified in the past decade, districts repeatedly re-organized and attempted — and then scrapped — school turnaround strategies.

Moreover, we have to highlight the lack of economic or political interest in these organisations which is a guarantee for non-biased actions in contrast with other international actors.

There are times, for example, that his concern for the ordinary soldier, asked to risk life and limb for a mission that he has a political interest in opposing, comes across as part of his strategy.

Although both initiatives are still in the development stage, they reflect a renewed political interest in U.K. energy research and herald future — and affirm current — career opportunities for early career researchers in areas ranging from nuclear to renewable energy.

So I don't know what caveats Cable made, but it's dangerous talk to suggest that different age groups don't together share a political interest in the maintating of high standards of care in the NHS.

But the reality is that they have won a majority on a very small swing and they have a short - term political interest in the current status quo.

Our task must be to channel re-awakened political interest in constructive directions, resisting new forms of tribalism by focusing on the common good.

And above all, critical events such as national crisis or war can reactivate immigrants» political interest in and renewed identification with their original homeland, however «assimilated» they may have become in their new country.

At the same time, my study of the use of poetry in Yemen's jihadist journals brought me to a new political interest in how Yemen's transition to a federal system is playing out in Yemen's eastern regions.

This has helped awaken political interest in consumer rights, but less attention has been paid to how airlines could wield market power to depress wages.

Let us therefore banish the easy resort to partisan and narrow political interests in the conduct of our national affairs.

Cuomo has tried to pass this proposal before, with no success, but told guests in the room that while political interests in Albany are against his plan, the people of New York want it.

«And we believe that she is been used by some political interests in the state to destabilise the party ahead of 2019 general elections in the state,» he said.

The study sampled 2,944 profiles from a «popular dating site» and found only 14 percent of users included political interests in their profile.

Cities, counties, and state legislators and regulators all have political interests in the schools that may or may not line up with the interests of a school district's current board and management.

But, according to Nisbet, he can be faulted for offering «arguments for action on climate change that evoke a vision of the future that reflects his own values and priorities, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem and to align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.»

The core of the issue that I worry most about, as do others, is that arguments for action on climate change that evoke only one particular vision of the future will reflect only the priorities and values of certain parties, rather than a broad, pragmatic set of choices designed to both effectively manage the problem of climate change and align a diversity of political interests in support of policy action.

So the small number of people who determine the UK's response to climate change are not independent, and appear to have professional, financial and political interests in both the escalation of the climate crisis, and legislation designed to prevent it.

Those of us who have none of your financial or political interests in this question and are merely trying to find out whether and to what extent there really is a «climate crisis» are taken seriously by everyone except the climate extremists, who are increasingly ignored precisely because they will not engage in calm, rational, and above all scientific argument.

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Freed from the executive suite, MacMillan started a charitable foundation, Samara, focusing on a personal interest: improving political participation in Canada.

Are you a woman interested in making a subtle political statement at your office Halloween get together without anyone complaining to HR?

«An interesting element of Dutch politics is that in many ways it is a front - runner for political trends in all of Europe.

The political - analyst class isn't entirely alone in its recent interest in the longtime political satirist.

According to Freeman, one AFC GM believes there are three things going on with Kaepernick: teams aren't interested in his skillset, while others disagree with his social and political views, the latter points blending into a common theme.

So while the interests of fairness argue for a dramatic scaling back of seniors» discounts — or at least greater use of income testing to ensure only those in real financial need are accessing them — political dynamics are actually working to expand their scope and cost.

I'm no political strategist, but I think that maintaining an alliance with small - business owners is in the best interests of big - business leaders.

That reputation helped Li make inroads in China, where he mixed extensive political connections with financial interests.

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But while the markets may have seen violent swings in the immediate aftermath of the vote to leave, the longer - term political ramifications of a Brexit are interesting to consider, too.

In tandem with declining entrepreneurship, the U.S. has moved from a dynamic political system that supports pluralism to one that's fixed and supports entrenched interests.

Any effort to improve or expand these airports is subject to the same competing political interests, tax - tinkering, and fund - scrounging that most major infrastructure projects in the U.S. face.

The possible conflicts of interest inherent in the intersection of real estate investments and political power have been a repeated issue for members of the Trump family.

Altman runs the most prestigious tech - startup accelerator in Silicon Valley, Y Combinator, but in recent years has increasingly expressed interest in political ideas.

So, what's similar in that: interest rates are close to zero, not much room on the downside, obligations are large, there was a political division, there is more populism.

This is because America has one political party interested in raising taxes on people who make more than $ 300,000 and no political parties interested in raising taxes on people who make less than $ 300,000.

Emma Boorboor, election reform campaign director at U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG), told me that in October 2015, she sent a letter to Vanguard CEO Bill McNabb and two other Vanguard employees outlining her concerns with the mutual fund company's voting policies with respect to corporate political disclosure.