"We felt this was ingenious and exactly the kind of serious step that needs to take place if we are not to put a dent in this problem but eliminate it," said Ernie Allen, the center's chief executive.
He earlier warned of "very serious steps" if Russia annexes the region.
A spokesperson for London Mayor Boris Johnson welcomed the Commission's decision on Friday as "recognition of the serious steps that the mayor has taken to reduce PM10 pollution... "We have robust, sensible and proportionate measures in place to reduce pollution levels".
"After 10 years of inaction, of not taking serious steps to tackle climate change, we're finally doing it," said Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, slamming her Conservative predecessors for neglecting to develop a sound strategy while in power.
But since last week, when the United States Senate ratified the treaty, which reduces the size of the American and Russian nuclear stockpiles, we can speak of a serious step forward for both countries.
Having already taken the serious steps of releasing both his short- and long-form birth certificates, Mr. Obama decided on Saturday to joke about it all during an appearance before an audience of foreign representatives and business executives of companies that do business in Pacific Rim countries.
First of all, we recommend serious steps be made to facilitate meaningful dialogue between pastoralists and policy-makers.
Recommendations Based on the findings, the study recommends the following in order to improve the Better Parenting Program: 1. Ensuring the sustainability of the program by taking serious steps to shift the management of the program from the UNICEF and handle it to a council formed from all partners in addition to a representative from the UNICEF and NCFA.
Earlier Wednesday, the Pakistani Taliban said they could agree to a cease-fire if the newly elected government took "serious steps" ahead of the negotiations, but stopped short of identifying exactly what they were seeking.
Still, there are plenty of reasons to wonder whether serious steps to reduce carbon emissions will be taken this year or, indeed, ever.
