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.