"rising commitment" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is generally used to denote a situation where a person or group is increasing the amount of effort and dedication that they are putting towards a cause or goal. For example, "The company has seen a rising commitment from its employees to volunteer with local charities in recent years."
Promising never to raise taxes, without reaching a deal on spending, really means a high and rising commitment to future taxes.
Promising never to raise taxes, without reaching a deal on spending, really means a high and rising commitment to future taxes". 5) Keynes' theories are facing their biggest test yet, writes John Cassidy: "Why didn't the Obama administration's 2009 stimulus package usher in a true recovery?
But there's also this: By formally adopting the ad hoc volunteerism already taking place within the company and then properly tracking and accounting for such pro bono projects, corporations can cut back on cash contributions and still report a steady or rising commitment to charity.
While there are many factors contributing to this growth, research suggests that it is largely the product of rising commitments for drug offenses combined with the increasing use of mandatory minimum sentencing, as well as the role of predicate offenses in lengthening sentences for drug charges (Drucker 2002 2011; Harrison 2001; Rengifo and Wilson 2005).
All of this has major implications for the global sea-level-rise commitment, the study finds.
On the other hand, our sea level rise commitment may be realized well before two millennia from now.
When multiplied by the current rate of carbon emissions, and the best estimate of global temperature sensitivity to pollution, this translates to a long-term sea level rise commitment that is now growing at about 1 foot per decade.
But under a very low emissions scenario, our sea level rise commitment might be limited to about 7.5 feet, which would threaten 555 coastal municipalities: some 900 fewer communities than in the higher-emissions scenario.
But in an invisible shadow process, our long-term sea level rise commitment or "lock-in" — the sea level rise we don't see now, but which carbon emissions and warming have locked in for later years — is growing 10 times faster, and this growth rate is accelerating.
But even were it invested properly, ¥130 trillion would not be enough; a recent OECD study suggested that on current policies, rising pension commitments will cause net government debt to rise from about 25% of GDP in 2000 to perhaps 300% by 2030.Somehow, this pensions pickle will have to be resolved.
These investments are happening against a backdrop of rising dollar commitments to venture-backed branded businesses, even as the number of those investments declines.
