Annex II List of key policy issues to be addressed in the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

(d) Policy changes

Data on policy changes indicated that the overwhelming majority of changes had been in the direction of liberalization.

Sound underlying policies would set the stage for changing the course of development in the region.

Now, this is the important thing of understanding how the world has changed.

300. Concerning sub question (c) No changes in national policies, etc. have occurred.

Industry non governmental organizations play an important role in concluding and implementing voluntary agreements which constitute an essential part of the United Kingdom apos s climate change policy.

Firms views of the impact of government policies on their diversification have changed over the last two decades.

The creation of comparative advantage based on the use of science and technology had become a crucial factor in development policy.

The programmes are instead designed to provoke discussion on key developmental issues, to foster and promote civil society networks for the purpose of dialogue and advocacy and to create momentum for policy change.

Some Parties identified improved coordination and cooperation between relevant institutions and agencies as key factors in facilitating the integration of climate change concerns into policy making processes.

Obama s Pacific Pivot

This is one of the critical problems to be addressed by new government policies.

These policies are key to generating high quality employment.

Experience shows that policy inconsistencies are apt to appear in a number of key policy areas.

Industrial policy was a crucial issue, as no one could industrialize without developing an industrialization policy first.

There is no coherent national climate change policy and climate change measures are regarded as part of the EC wide environmental policies.

Latvia does not have a specific policy to mitigate climate change but includes climate policy within a combination of environmental policy and development strategies in various economic sectors.

The normalized difference vegetation index was used to measure key variations in agricultural productivity.

The concept of mainstreaming human rights has gained greater attention in recent years, but it has still not been adequately reflected in key policy and resource decisions.

Key policy issues at national and international levels

(b) Exchange of information and data in key areas for policy analysis

Global Environmental Change Human and Policy Dimensions

This policy change was informed by the report of the Joint Inspection Unit on support costs (JIU REP 2002 3).

The cases reviewed in the current report show that, in a context of globalization and liberalization, competition law and policy are becoming a key element in some developing countries' economic policies.

Here too, however, perceptions regarding appropriate domestic policies have changed in the wake of globalization , becoming more nuanced.

Relevant cases and evidence should be collected and shared, as should experience in legal and policy change.

Good governance invariably is the key determinant among these variables.

Cross cutting issues are fully reflected in key policy measures.

There is thus a wait and see attitude, and paradoxically, the more dramatic is the policy change, the longer can be the lag.

An inter ministerial committee for climate change or a branch of an inter ministerial committee on environment was often chosen as the forum to discuss, and as the means to coordinate, climate change policies and activities with those of development.

Key indicators must be established to monitor the achievement of gender policy objectives.

the changes in health policy, legal and other regulations,

It was noted that there was a crucial link between international trade policies and policies to foster domestic and foreign investment.

In order for climate change policy and regulation to be effective, policy goals developed under different government structures must be harmonized.

Disarmament was then and continues to be a major plank in our foreign policy now.

Ideally, the office would directly report to the key decision makers in the Government.

There was a fundamental shift in the United States policy toward Earth remote sensing in 1984.

There has been a fundamental shift in the understanding of technical change, in which policy counts.

23. Effective implementation of such policies in East Asian NIEs depended crucially on building appropriate public and private institutions.

Agencies were also encouraged to ensure that key aspects of the Policy Package are incorporated into relevant policy documents, training materials and activities of their organizations.

There is often a lack of synergy between policy (such as climate change policy) goals developed under environmental ministries and policies developed under other ministries.

Data from MTPE and other global change research efforts will enable policymakers to formulate prudent policies regarding the future of the global environment.

For the education component of the national programme, key results were concentrated in the policy arena.

The nature of Dutch emancipation policy has changed in recent decades.