Sentences with phrase «scale government efforts»

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They were built mostly after Independence in 1948, when the new government's policies of providing primary schools on a vast scale wiped out the missionary institutional efforts prior to that time.

We should remember that it was the limited effectiveness of church workers in the settlement house movement and other voluntary, local efforts in the 1880s that led to the large - scale government social programs of the 20th century.

The leaders in the Republican - led Senate and Democratic - controlled Assembly on Monday indicated they would push to change Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to require local governments to develop ways of sharing services and scale back his efforts to expand his office's powers over the state budget.

Scholars have variously described international climate efforts as constituting a «regime complex» and as an example of «fragmented governance» on overlapping scales and actors [3]; but governments continue to focus on a process premised on universal participation.

An annual report that monitors fuel poverty across the UK has today been published, highlighting the fact that the relentless increase in the scale of fuel poverty across all four nations of the UK continues despite the efforts of the Westminster Government and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

He said he met «Saddened and pathetic Condition of IDPs in Camps», urging government, security agencies, Media Practitioners and other Humanitarian agencies to scale up a coordinated efforts in addressing the plights of IDPs and other victims of violence, as well as nip terrorism in the bud.

On the efforts by the President Muhammadu Buharu administration to improve electricity in Nigeria, Fashola said «Federal government is implementing off - grid renewable energy solutions such as rural mini-grids, standalone home solutions, IPP for Federal Universities, Teaching Hospitals and large - scale solar PV projects such as the Jigawa solar city.

The challenge, which was announced at an asteroid initiative industry and partner day at NASA Headquarters in Washington, is a large - scale effort that will use multi-disciplinary collaborations and a variety of partnerships with other government agencies, international partners, industry, academia, and citizen scientists.

And Australian scientists have their fingers crossed, hoping the directive from Greg Hunt, revealed this morning, really indicates the federal government is reversing a previous decision to scale back climate research efforts.

In an effort to address these problems, in the mid-1960s the government created two complementary sets of institutions intended to promote more coordinated, long - term, large - scale education research and development: the Research and Development Centers and the Regional Educational Laboratories.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

Let's hope convincing ed reform foundations and advocates to scale way back on their infatuation with heavy regulation does not require the same effort as moving more obstinate and dim - witted government officials.

Schools could be allowed to offer teachers bonuses and the chance to drop down pay scales as part of the latest government effort to ensure the «best» teachers are rewarded.

That would show the scale of the government's efforts to help homeowners nationwide who are trying to ward off foreclosure.

In just the past several years, prices here a have already doubled due to a large - scale effort by the Mexican government to develop the area into a thriving tourist location.

«We hope this kind of legal action will be replicated in Europe and around the world, pushing governments who are dragging their feet on climate action to scale up their efforts.»

The summit brought together Heads of States and Government, businesses, financial actors and institutions, cities, civil society, local and regional authorities as well as celebrities to discuss and share efforts towards scaled up climate action.

Evan: You being a «liberal progressive in many ways», does that mean you believe in ``... [supporting] large - scale (government and NGO) efforts to address the pressing problems of today.»

... As a liberal progressive I support large - scale (government and NGO) efforts to address the pressing problems of today.

Then: «As a liberal progressive I support large - scale (government and NGO) efforts to address the pressing problems of today.»

The Central Government also plans to focus on promoting water conservation through the use of drip irrigation, among other efforts, and by developing drought - resistant crops, along with mitigating methane emissions from rice production and controlling farm waste through the creation of large - scale biogas digesters.

And if you believe, as do many conservatives, that government intervention in markets and in social arrangements should be kept to a minimum, you can find factual support for your views in the long - term unpredictability of regional climate behavior, the significant economic and social costs associated with shifting to more expensive energy sources, and the historical failure of government efforts to steer large - scale social and economic change.

But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares of carbon - dense peatlands to old palm development; the collapse in law enforcement in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion of commercial timber (and lemur) harvesting in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from palm oil production; violent conflict in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale expansion of oil palm agriculture in the Amazon.

The NY - SUN Solar Guidebook for Local Governments is part of a comprehensive effort to grow installed solar through NY - Sun, Governor Cuomo's $ 1 billion initiative to advance the scale - up of solar and move the state closer to having a sustainable, self - sufficient solar industry.

UN Climate Change News, 8 May 2018 - In an effort to step up action to increase resilience to climate change impacts such as floods or droughts, experts and governments are convening 9 and 10 May in Bonn to discuss how successful adaptation in communities and ecosystems can be scaled up and replicated.

At the annual global summit, which was founded in 2009 by The Climate Group, witness how businesses and governments around the world are making efforts to deliver — at a greater scale than ever before — the Paris Agreement on climate.

The chief of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has led recent efforts to question the existing climate change science, reflecting some skepticism within the U.S. government about the scale of the challenge.

The same country that has made headlines for measuring Gross National Happiness (there are some legitimate questions for how GNH is calculated) and aiming for 100 % organic agriculture recently announcing a partnership with Nissan to supply electric vehicles (EVs) to government and taxi fleets, as well as electric vehicle chargers, as part of a broad scale effort to cut fossil fuel imports by a whopping 70 %, eventually aiming to become a zero emissions nation.

Compliance efforts, like the U.S. based Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), are more relevant than ever, and new laws in Brazil, China, Russia, the United Kingdom, and many other countries have dramatically increased due diligence and formal government investigations on a global scale.

To achieve Millennium Development Goal targets for improving maternal and child health by 2015, all governments and development partners need to scale up their efforts and pay attention to what works.

Patricia Cole, director of Government Relations at Zero to Three, said «it's doubtful the state would be able to take up all the slack; most likely, home visiting programs in New Jersey, and many other states, would have to scale back their efforts.»

But after nearly a year and a half of a government tax credit program, sellers have scaled back on marketing gimmicks and buyer incentives, largely in an effort to limit their losses.