News tagged with policymakers
Cornell Expert: World has underestimated climate-change effects
(PhysOrg.com) -- Professor Charles Greene asserts in the journal Oceanography that the world's policymakers have underestimated the potential dangerous impacts that man-made climate change will have on society.
Mar 22, 2010 |
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New study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator
In a study to be published in the April 21st issue of Science magazine, researchers at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science report their findings that the ozone hole, which is located over the So ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 21, 2011 |
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The public debate on climate change
Even after years of scientific research that points to how human activity is causing climate change, pundits, policymakers and the general public are still debating the issue.
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Scientific debate sparked over carbon sink data
(PhysOrg.com) -- According to research published this week in Nature Geoscience, emissions of carbon dioxide continue to outstrip the ability of the world’s natural ‘sinks’ to absorb carbon. ...
Nov 18, 2009 |
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New report on climate change and cities a 'wake-up call' for global policymakers
More than half the world's population live in cities, many of which are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. But cities are also emerging as the innovative “first responders” ...
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Cultural research may be misleading
Making assumptions about culture based on existing research that scores countries according to various dimensions may be a flawed process, according to two academics from The University of Queensland Business School.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 02, 2010 |
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The ethics of biofuels
In the world-wide race to develop energy sources that are seen as "green" because they are renewable and less greenhouse gas-intensive, sometimes the most basic questions remain unanswered.
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Family planning programs have success in developing countries, but need to be expanded
While many researchers generally credit the desire for smaller families for the decline in fertility rates in developing, low-income countries, new research suggests that prevention of unwanted births may actually be a larger ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2011 |
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Giving teachers bonuses for student achievement undermines student learning
Recent efforts to improve teacher performance by linking pay to student achievement have failed because such programs often rely on metrics that were never intended to help determine teacher pay, contends Derek Neal, Professor ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Teacher unions that have lost collective bargaining will flex political muscle with money
While several states have recently limited the ability for teacher unions to collectively bargain for their members, teachers will continue to flex their political muscle in a way scholars of policymaking have overlooked: ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2011 |
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To avoid carbon debt, CRP beats fields of corn, soybeans
Farmers and policymakers should wait before converting Conservation Reserve Program land to corn and soybean production, according to a Michigan State University study.
Aug 09, 2011 |
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Reinventing technology assessment for the 21st century
A new report from the Science and Technology Innovation Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars defines the criteria for a new technology assessment function in the United States. The report, Reinventing ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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Renewal of a life and physical sciences research at NASA could facilitate longer, farther human space missions
By elevating its life and physical sciences research program, NASA could achieve the biological understanding and technical breakthroughs needed to allow humans to be sent deeper into space, including to Mars, says a new ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 05, 2011 |
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Window into world's future oceans unveiled
An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world's oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict – and ...
Feb 18, 2012 |
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How can policymakers cope with ambiguity?
How might policymakers make reasonable decisions when they have limited information?
Feb 25, 2010 |
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Politician
A political leader (from Greek "polis") is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making. This includes people who hold decision-making positions in government, and people who seek those positions, whether by means of election, coup d'état, appointment, electoral fraud, conquest, right of inheritance (see also: divine right) or other means. Politics are not limited to governance through public office. Political offices may also be held in corporations, and other entities that are governed by self-defined political processes.
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