Sentences with phrase «substantive progress»

One must ask, however, if there has since been any real, substantive progress in the understanding and practice of science as it relates to the fullness of knowledge.

This issue held up substantive progress for 8 of the 10 days of the conference.

Indeed, as New York magazine's Jonathon Chait points out, to the extent that the Obama administration has been able to make substantive progress on climate change, it has been through a combination of smaller scale, less politically visible approaches rather than pushing for society - transforming solutions such as an economywide price on carbon.

«Rather, Brussels will be assessing — and will wait to see — whether the speech lays the groundwork for the U.K. government to make more substantive progress in the Article 50 negotiations that will take place the following week,» Eurasia's Rahman said.

This is the first year that the G20 summit could end up as a failure, advancing little in the way of substantive progress on the global governance agenda, chiefly owing to the group now having to contend with Donald Trump taking America's seat at the summit table.

We need to truly professionalize the teaching profession, from the academic and personal qualifications to the preparation and professional development to the compensation to the evaluation, and for all the talk about this we have not really made any serious substantive progress primarily because of the lack of political will.

Having gained considerable traction on the issue in recent years, many will be working hard over the next two weeks to prepare the ground for more substantive progress later in the year, and to remind governments loss and damage is an issue they can't shy away from.

Translating helpful developments into more substantive progress on inflation still seems a difficult task in the near term, and in terms of investment potential, we remain skeptical about Japan's fundamentals, given its elevated overall debt levels.

The timeliness and cross-cutting nature of the problem, together with promising new observational and modeling approaches, means this working group has an unprecedented opportunity to make substantive progress on this tractable issue.

(A Twitter spokesperson says the company is committed to «making Twitter more diverse and inclusive» and is «making substantive progress.»)

In the eyes of DPS Emergency Manager Roy Roberts, the gain was «progress, substantive progress, on academics.»

In spite of all the recent talk about how Texas needs these reforms, there has been little serious, substantive progress.

Substantive progress on long - term activities is expected in the next 3 to 5 years.

For that to be achieved, substantive progress on further development and implementation must be made well in advance of Paris.

This interim agreement will likely include everything from midterm emissions targets, to short - term financing for developing countries to transition to a low - carbon pathway, to substantive progress on provisions for technology transfer and taking on global deforestation.