However, he dismissed the change in the timeline as mere window dressing, saying Mr. Rudd was simply accelerating the policies of Ms. Gillard's government in an attempt to win votes.
Hal Harvey is the C.E.O. of a new $1 billion foundation, ClimateWorks, set up to accelerate the policy changes that can avoid climate catastrophe by taking climate policies from where they are working the best to the places where they are needed the most.
France and Italy are among the nations in the beleaguered bloc that need to accelerate the policy changes needed to improve their competitiveness and help the euro zone exit a lingering economic crisis, said Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs.
The Consortium framed its activities as part of a rational process to translate research into policy by setting up the Policy Platform in parallel to evidence-gathering and in order to accelerate the policy process.
Some felt that the Foundation's behaviour in using its influence to accelerate the policy process was questionable, given its role as both funder (wanting to see positive outcomes and returns on investment in this case a WHO recommendation) and member of the Consortium (co-ordinating and assessing the results from the various studies).
As long as inflation is accelerating, the monetary-policy committee will be loth to lower the base rate for fear that this may undermine the Bank of England's credibility.What this suggests is that the economic malaise will stretch well into next year, and maybe into 2010.
Any market mechanisms that speed up the process of figuring out what a patent is worth should hasten the flow of ideas into the economy, accelerating the pace of innovation, policy experts say.
To be successful in accelerating the action catalysed by partnerships, policy action is paramount - policy action at regional, national and municipal level.
Saddam's C.I.A. interrogators won't hand him over immediately, but, in keeping with the Bush administration's new policy of accelerating the return of sovereignty to the Iraqis, the occupation authority seems prepared to accept the Governing Council's terms.
Such policies are accelerating the decline and preventing the appropriate investment in future, new knowledge-based economy stars.
