Sentences with phrase «unanimous consensus of»

Previous COPs typically end with a series of «decisions» that are accepted by unanimous consensus of the delegates (majority vote does not apply to the climate convention), which sets a high hurdle for what can be accomplished.

Catholic sensitivity to Protestant critique had meant that the Council of Trent had forbidden any interpretation of Scripture that went «contrary to the unanimous consensus of the Fathers».

Not exact matches

Teams that fall victim to groupthink develop the illusion that they are unanimous in their thinking (silence is perceived as evidence of consensus).

That does not amount to a long tradition of treating sodomy as a right, but it does suggest a widespread (although not unanimous) consensus that the state should not criminalize such private conduct in the home.

That does not amount to along tradition of treating sodomy as a right, but it does suggest a widespread (although not unanimous) consensus that the state should not criminalize such private conduct in the home.

The overwhelming consensus and the unanimous Scientific Advisory Committee's report indicate that television violence, indeed, does have an adverse effect on certain members of our society.

Quenton Nelson was a unanimous All - American (Mike McGlinchey was a consensus All - American) but that was it for individual praise - for one of the greatest players in Notre Dame history.

There is a near - unanimous consensus in the medical community that breast is best, with the World Health Organization (WHO) recommending that mothers exclusively breastfeed infants for a minimum of 6 months.

Sumner's carefully worded press release spoke to a «consensus» of chairs (not unanimous), impressed with all four (unnamed) candidates.

The consensus of the critics who posted reviews are Rottentomatoes was unanimous, all 28 gave the movie fresh ratings.

While there was a remarkable degree of consensus on our main picks, it was by no means unanimous, so we've included a few extras that some panel members felt strongly about in the «Honourable mentions» sidebar on page 50.

Or we can understand that there is a 200 yr body of research that has been looked at, analysed, reviewed by scientists who have published with near unanimous consensus that we are causing what is being observed.

It certainly deflected attention from my main criticism, i.e. that her claim of a unanimous consensus on AGW (as opposed to a majority consensus) is tenuous.

Climate Consensus and «Misinformation»: a Rejoinder to «Agnotology, Scientific Consensus, and the Teaching and Learning of Climate Change» decisively rejects suggestions by Cook and others that those who say few scientists explicitly support the supposedly near - unanimous climate consensus are misinforming and misleading the public.

«Such surveys are often cited as demonstrating a near - unanimous scientific consensus in favor of a climate policy, when they never ask any question about whether and to what extent the anthropogenic component in recent warming might be dangerous or about whether a «climate policy» should be adopted in attempted mitigation of future warming.»

The United Nations rules require the IPCC to seek unanimous consensus on each of their claims.

It is pointed out only on the basis of how strong the evidence is that it has reached a level of near unanimous scientific agreement (just as a consensus exists that gravity exists).

The Cook 97 % paper was designed and constructed in what was a premeditated, non-scientific and dishonest attempt to make the public believe that there is a nearly unanimous consensus among climate scientists that humans have caused from > 50 % to 100 %, of recent global warming.

They found near - unanimous consensus (76/77) among the experts that there is no evidence to support the existence of SLAP.

This fragile and nebulous consensus is protected by a variety of myths about anybody who wishes and dares to challenge it: they have vested interests; they have prostituted themselves; they belong to an organised conspiracy; they stand lonely against a vast and entirely unanimous scientific body.

MIT professor Richard Lindzen, Ph.D., one of 11 scientists who prepared the National Academy of Sciences 2001 report on global warming, has stated repeatedly that there were a wide variety of scientific views presented in that report, and that the full report made clear that there is no consensus, unanimous or otherwise, about long - term climate trends and what causes them.

Neither do I doubt that the overwhelming majority of climatologists is agreed that the current warming period is mostly due to human impact,» he also states that «-LSB-...] this majority consensus is far from unanimous,» and that «there is a small community of sceptical researchers that remains extremely active.»

The only hope left, after more than a decade of policy making under a condition of almost unanimous cross-party consensus, and the exclusion of all criticism from public and political debate, was to burn forests, imported from America.

For example, regarding the validity of the evidence that the basic greenhouse gas mechanism is causing recent global warming, there is near - unanimous scientific consensus among the experts that have real climate credentials, are working in the field with a position in a recognized scientific department at a university or laboratory (not a right - wing think tank), and who publish in the peer - reviewed scientific literature (non-peer reviewed think tank papers don't count).

Abolition of the Senate would fundamentally change Canada's constitutional structure, including its procedures for amending the Constitution, and can only be done with unanimous federal - provincial consensus.

That being said, the Treaties clearly make a distinction between situations requiring a unanimous vote by the European Council (e.g. guidelines in the Common Foreign and Security Policy field) and areas where decisions are to be taken by consensus (e.g. guidelines in the area of Freedom, Justice and Security)

But the very fact of including the dissenting opinion may give a false impression of disagreement when there is really almost unanimous consensus on a particular point.

Constitutional Law: Senate Reform Senate Reference (Order in Council P.C. 2013 - 70, Feb. 1, 2013)(35203) Apr. 25, 2014 Parliament can not unilaterally achieve most of the proposed changes to the Senate, requiring the consent of at least seven provinces representing, in the aggregate, at least half of the population of all the provinces; abolition requires consent of all of the provinces and can only be done with unanimous federal - provincial consensus.

Mixing Cannabis with Ethanol Scientifically, the consensus is unanimous: consuming alcohol impairs driving ability and increases the risk of crashing.