Sentences with phrase «promoting national changes»

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On Tuesday, a Twitter account for Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, posted a series of tweets about climate change, an issue that President Trump has called a hoax while promising to promote the drilling and use of fossil fuels.

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A promising transition depends upon a new regime's set of state powers, its capability to operate the emergent system, and its ability to promote structural and institutional changes in domestic politics and in the economy resulting in social justice, good governance, and fair distribution of the national wealth.

You change it by taking your place at the table — which is where you protect Britain's national interest and promote our values too.

While the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for the 1 %.

«There's been this generational change,» says Anthony Boccanfuso, executive director of the US National Academies» University - Industry Demonstration Partnership, which exists to promote such collaborations.

She also supports the National Preconception Health and Healthcare Initiative, a new public - private campaign to promote preconception health, which she believes has the potential to drive broad system changes that will help increase awareness of and receptiveness to health information, including the USPSTF recommendation on folic acid supplements.

The National Consortium for the Credentialing of Health and Wellness Coaches (NCCHWC) expressed it this way: «Health and Wellness Coaches partner with clients seeking self - directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness and, thereby, enhance well - being.

Several national organizations also are promoting changes to phys - ed curriculums and working with school systems that want to offer new activities.

Not very likely, according to Sommers: «There is no National Coalition for Boys in Education, no lobby promoting changes in the Perkins Act or Title IX to help them.»

The National School Reform Faculty will promote a new model of professional development, in which teams of teachers and administrators meet within their schools to critique each other's work and engage in schoolwide change.

To contribute to the advancement of volunteerism to meet world - class standards by creating positive change, conducive platforms for volunteerism, strengthening and promoting volunteerism as the strongest backbone for meaningful community, national, continental and international development.

To underscore its commitment to FCE in education policy, the federal policy panel also noted changes that are happening within the composition of the Department of Education, including the new role of Family Engagement Ambassador which will serve to promote and support family engagement in education policy on a national level.

Critics charge that school - to - work programs displace basic skills and academic instruction, are impractical and wasteful, invade family privacy, narrow student options, promote societal change (by reducing ability grouping, integrating reshaping traditional gender roles, etc.), and allow the national government to shape school curricula and children's futures.

Designed to promote conversation about how to educate students for a rapidly changing and increasingly borderless and innovation - based world, this comprehensive and illuminating book from international education expert Vivien Stewart is not about casting blame; it is about understanding what the best school systems in the world are doing right for the purpose of identifying what U.S. schools — at the national, state, and local level — might do differently and better.

She is a Utah Teacher Fellow, a fellowship sponsored by Hope Street Group and the National Network of State Teachers of the Year to build bridges between teachers and policymakers to promote positive, evidence - based change in Utah's classrooms.

3) National: David Webber urges a rule change by the Labor Department to ensure that public pension trustees act in the interest of public employees, and not use pension fund money to promote outsourcingto private, for - profit companies that kill public jobs.

We're leading a movement to overcome local and national challenges caused by free - roaming cats, bringing about change by conveying the most current scientific information, promoting science - based policies, and working with diverse stakeholders such as animal shelters, veterinarians, wildlife rehabilitators, and conservation biologists.

As the national voice for animal welfare, Humane Canada represents humane societies and SPCAs across Canada, driving positive, progressive change to end animal cruelty, improve animal protection and promote the humane treatment of all animals.

Participants discussed how the NPS can most effectively help drive health and wellness initiatives in America's local, state, and national parks, and how parks can promote healthy lifestyle changes.

We promote clean energy, given its importance in tackling climate change and for the enhancement of energy security, by setting national goals and formulating action plans followed by appropriate monitoring.

The full Presidential Climate Action Plan (as opposed to summaries) contains a comprehensive set of ideas to reduce transportation emissions, covering not only improvements in vehicle efficiency and alternative fuels, but also changes in national policy to promote high - speed rail for intercity travel, mass transit and telecommuting, and smart growth in urban development.

Kate Fillin - Yeh of the National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) said that the dockless companies changed the dynamic of the conference and led to concerns over how their presence will impact cities» ability to promote bike share as transportation accessible to all residents.

Recently leaked documents show Heartland is drafting a national science curriculum created by a non-climate scientist database technician, designed to undermine traditional science education and promote climate change denial by teaching school children that there is a scientific controversy when in fact there is not — the controversy is political.

UN CC: Learn held a 3 - day workshop to promote knowledge and experience sharing among its partner countries on the development and implementation of their national climate change learning strategies.

Seeking to broaden India's response to climate change, the government will soon add at least four new «missions» to the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), including one to promote wind energy, and another to build preparedness to deal with impacts on human hchange, the government will soon add at least four new «missions» to the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC), including one to promote wind energy, and another to build preparedness to deal with impacts on human hChange (NAPCC), including one to promote wind energy, and another to build preparedness to deal with impacts on human health.

The brief promotes climate - smart agriculture, where: agricultural development is directed along pathways that lead to sustainable increases in agricultural productivity; social and ecological resilience are increased in order to contribute to climate change adaptation; and agriculture is used to support the achievement of national food security and development goals.

The Gender Action Plan (GAP) of UN Climate Change promotes advancement of women's participation in delegations and negotiations at an international level and in ministries and governments at a national level.

In this area, the key objectives of the UN System are: to promote active climate change collaboration of local governments and their associations in global, regional and national networks; to enhance policy dialogue so that the urban dimension of climate change is firmly established on the agenda; and to foster the implementation of awareness, education, and capacity building strategies.

The CRC helped develop climate - related NRC studies; interacted with government agencies on scientific aspects of climate and climate change; served as the U.S. National Committee for the World Climate Research Program (WCRP); coordinated with other NRC entities involved in climate - related activities; and organized meetings and workshops to promote progress in climate research.

If you listen to the news, your national leaders promote new policies to fight climate change.

This resolution shows that the Council affirmed human rights obligations, standards, and principles have the potential to inform and strengthen international and national policy - making in the area of climate change, promoting policy coherence, legitimacy, and sustainable outcomes.

Key recommendations presented in the document include: adopting migration and conflict - sensitive adaptation policies; promoting regional environmental cooperation in addressing climate change, migration and conflict; rooting national adaptation policies in the Green Economy and promoting the creation of green jobs; strengthening preventive action; and using conflict and / or migration risk to prioritize investments and build donor commitment to long - term engagement in the Sahel.

The Climate Change Education Act Introduced to Promote Climate Literacy «Having the program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will ensure access to the latest science.

National and international agencies to adequately support comprehensive observation and research programs that can clarify the urgency and extent of needed mitigation and promote adaptation to the consequences of climate change;

DiCaprio was there mainly to promote his new National Geographic disaster - porn documentary Before the Flood in which he tours the world by private jet talking to celebrities who agree with him on climate change — President Obama, Pope Francis, Elon Musk — and also canvassing the opinions of picturesque natives in exotic locations all testifying in a range of languages and accents that, yes, man - made climate change really is the worst thing ever and they can see its effects all around them.

Title XVI: Climate Change - Subtitle A: National Climate Change Technology Deployment -(Sec. 1601) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the President to establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to: (1) integrate current federal climate reports; and (2) coordinate federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas inteChange - Subtitle A: National Climate Change Technology Deployment -(Sec. 1601) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the President to establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to: (1) integrate current federal climate reports; and (2) coordinate federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas inNational Climate Change Technology Deployment -(Sec. 1601) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the President to establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to: (1) integrate current federal climate reports; and (2) coordinate federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas inteChange Technology Deployment -(Sec. 1601) Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to direct the President to establish a Committee on Climate Change Technology to: (1) integrate current federal climate reports; and (2) coordinate federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas inteChange Technology to: (1) integrate current federal climate reports; and (2) coordinate federal climate change technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas intechange technology activities and programs carried out in furtherance of a national strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas innational strategy the Committee shall develop to promote technologies and practices that reduce greenhouse gas intensity.

In the last few years we realised something important: there is a huge climate movement in Europe on the local and national levels, fighting for the environment, educating people on the environment, resisting dirty energy projects, promoting democratic clean energy... But there is very little cross-border connection between groups and movements, which allows decision makers and the media to water down the size and importance of our movements, and claim that there isn't enough public pressure for action on climate change.

(b) «Formulate, implement, publish and regularly update national and, where appropriate, regional programmes containing measures to mitigate climate change by addressing anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of all greenhouse gases not controlled by the Montreal Protocol, and measures to facilitate adequate adaptation to climate change;» (c) «Promote and cooperate in the development, application and diffusion, including transfer, of technologies, practices and processes that control, reduce or prevent anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases...»

This document focuses on how climate change is affecting workplaces around the world and also looks at the new employment opportunities created by the global, national and grassroots initiatives promoting sustainable development and green jobs.

This issue of the ILO's magazine World of Work focuses on how climate change is affecting workplaces around the world and also looks at the new employment opportunities created by the global, national and grassroots initiatives promoting sustainable development and green jobs.

This guidance document aims to promote the use of genetic resources for food and agriculture in climate change adaptation and support their integration into national climate change adaptation planning.

The report outlines the efforts of the UN CC: Learn partnership on upscaling a well established partnership for climate change learning, advancing global climate literacy, and promoting a strategic approach to climate change learning at the national and regional level.

«From what I've read of the modules he proposed writing, they seem designed to foster confusion rather than promote deeper understanding of the current science... and they certainly wouldn't fit with the science education standards framework that the National Research Council plans to release,» he said, referring to the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climateNational Research Council plans to release,» he said, referring to the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climateNational Academy of Sciences, which is slated to release a draft of new national science standards next month that are expected to include climatenational science standards next month that are expected to include climate change.

Promoting National Preparedness for Climate Change Impacts

The Royal Society and the US National Academy of Sciences, with their similar missions to promote the use of science to benefit society and to inform critical policy debates, offer this new publication as a key reference document for decision makers, policy makers, educators, and other individuals seeking authoritative answers about the current state of climate change science.

ENERGY STAR is a national labeling and branding program that addresses global climate change by using voluntary initiatives to promote reductions in greenhouse gases and has enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

CWP members and staff frequently identified changes that needed to be made to laws or policies in order to alleviate poverty and publicly promoted the adoption of a national anti-poverty strategy.

DWN is a national coalition of organizations and individuals working to expose and challenge the injustices of the United States» immigration detention and deportation system and advocate for profound change that promotes the rights and dignity of all persons.

Preferred qualifications: • MBA / MS / PhD or equivalent • Experience of working in key US policy institutions, i.e. — NIH, DHHS, etc. • Experience of placing national and local change, in the global context to bring a broader perspective into policy discussions and promote global convergence where possible and desirable.