Sentences with phrase «widespread policy support»

Of the high - impact countries, only five provide widespread policy support for energy access.

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From its support of the Sudanese government (which is perpetrating the genocide in Darfur), to its widespread religious persecution, to its one - child - only policy, to the censorship and persecution of its own people, the Chinese government just hasn't made enough progress to warrant a $ 100 - million celebration in its honor.

The findings suggest that there is a strong and widespread support for policies which encourage country of origin labelling, local and increased production, subsidies, bans and taxes, and communication campaigns.

Gordon Brown was forced into a 180 degree policy change yesterday following a weekend of widespread criticism over his refusal to offer government support to the families of victims of the IRA in their case for compensation against the Libyan government.

The latest Siena survey results show that not only have Cuomo's approval ratings risen once again, but many of the policy proposals he put forth in the State of the State address are receiving widespread support.

The intensification and upscaling of agriculture during the 1960s was supported by Government and EEC grants, and the widespread use of chemicals and pharmaceuticals was encouraged by the Common Agricultural Policy's sole focus on production.

However, widespread political and grassroots support can never alone determine government policy.

On policy, the English commitment to democracy, to equal life chances and to challenging corporate excess can be seen in widespread support for an elected Lords, free school meals and the «Robin Hood» tax.

The public, press and policy makers have been repeatedly told that three claims have widespread scientific support: Global temperature has risen about a degree since the late 19th century; levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have increased by about 30 % over the same period; and CO2 should contribute to future warming.

«Zero tillage is already being used to sow wheat on 1.8 million hectares in South Asia's extensive rice - wheat rotations, and state government officials in India are implementing policies to support more widespread adoption.»

The public, press and policy makers have been repeatedly told that three claims have widespread scientific support: Global temperature has risen about a degree since the late 19th century; levels of CO2 [carbon dioxide] in the atmosphere have increased by about 30 percent over the same period; and CO2 should contribute to future warming.

Her position has alienated Moskowitz from local charter leaders and advocates, who have taken pains to draw a bright line between their support for school choice and the policies advocated by the Trump administration, which has proposed a widespread school voucher program along with billions of dollars in cuts to public education.

Despite the initial, widespread support for the Common Core, a significant number of parents, teachers, scholars, and policy - makers across the aisle are now opposed to the Common Core, though they generally oppose different aspects of the standards and their implementation.

Sustaining our democratic values and improving our education system call for a host of more coordinated and widespread education, economic, and housing policies — including policies to raise curricular standards, tackle insufficient funding for schools with a large share of low - income students, promote access to education resources from early childhood to college, improve dual language programs, provide economic support for families, and create more integrated schools and neighborhoods.

But while NEA officials and teachers say they strongly support Obama for a second term, there is widespread dissatisfaction among teachers about federal education policies — especially concerning Obama's promotion of charter schools, and accountability policies that they say unfairly penalize teachers.

On the other hand, added Schuster — citing a thesis being circulated at the time by Chester Finn, then a faculty member at Vanderbilt — it might be possible for education advocates to rally around a new agenda, one powerful enough to attract widespread support and perhaps even bring federal policy makers back into the fold.

The CEA's endorsement means that the leadership of all of the major public employee unions in Connecticut have thrown their support behind the candidate who has pledged that he will not propose or accept any tax increase during this second term, despite the fact that Connecticut is facing a $ 4.8 billion budget shortfall over the next three years.While Connecticut's millionaires continue to celebrate the fact that they have been spared the need to «sacrifice» by being required to pay their fair share in taxes, Malloy's policies will ensure massive increases in local property taxes for the middle class and widespread cuts in local education budgets.

Studies such as the Emory study can help populations support personal reading, while providing evidence for policy makers where widespread access to literature is affected.

This was partly due to a mostly positive policy environment at the national level and due to widespread support by various executive branch agencies like the EPA and the Department of Energy.

[/ note] In fact, the pattern of academic publishing rather better supports the contrary view, that perhaps, very widespread academic discussion of adaptation may have supported and enabled climate deniers and vested interests to resist effective mitigation policy in the US and many other countries.

The public, press and policy makers have been repeatedly told that three claims have widespread scientific support: Global temperature has risen about a degree since the late 19th century; levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have increased by about 30 % over the same period; and CO2 should contribute to future warming.

The problem is the gullible masses tend to support trendy policies until there is a widespread realisation that they are as expensive, as they are pointless.

The public, press and policy makers have been repeatedly told that three claims have widespread scientific support: Global temperature has risen about a degree since the late 19th century; levels of CO2 [carbon dioxide] in the atmosphere have increased by about 30 percent over the same period; and CO2 should contribute to future warming.

Political and financial support for CCS, alongside policy parity with other low emission technologies, will help to encourage widespread deployment.

The report says that despite the widespread perception of slash - and - burn being «a destructive system that leads to forest loss and degradation,» policies that support conversion to rubber plantations (which gets counted as reforestation, even though a plantation forest is hardly the same thing as natural forest) don't have a great environmental benefit.

Litigation funding enjoys widespread support in Australia under statute, case law and in public policy.

For example: Human rights — in foreign policy, the UK supported an ally committed to an inadequate concept of the rule of law; domestically, there is widespread uncertainty about the desirability of a human rights culture.

The survey, conducted by Hart Research Associates and commissioned by Planned Parenthood Action Fund, found overwhelming and widespread public support for national policies that would provide prescription birth control approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at no cost to all women with health insurance.

It is our view that the partnership between these three groups has produced an illusion of widespread support for the maximum contact principle, even though each group possesses a unique perspective and policy agenda.

Home visiting currently enjoys widespread support among policy makers, practitioners and general public.