Sentence examples for set numerical targets from inspiring English sources
It is the first global agreement to set numerical targets for emissions reductions.
The Europeans are committed to a system, similar to that in the Kyoto agreement, under which nations set numerical targets and timetables for emissions reductions, bound together in a global trading scheme and enforced by the United Nations climate change directorate.
In his rush to go to the polls to secure a fresh mandate for his economic policy, Abe appears to have put female empowerment to one side: the dissolution of parliament meant MPs had to abandon a bill mandating big companies to set numerical targets for the employment and promotion of women.
To increase the participation of women in the academic workforce, the government has set numerical targets for recruiting for academic positions in two successive 5-year basic plans for science and technology adopted since 2006.
Gabriel Sterne at Oxford Economics argues that the IMF has failed to learn from its recent history that "less is more" when it comes to setting numerical targets.
A major lesson from the MDGs is that setting numerical targets is not enough.
The September 2013 State Council Air Pollution Action Plan sets numerical targets for China's most polluted regions to reduce their coal consumption, as well as a national goal of reducing coal to less than 65% of primary energy by 2017.
What followed was a state apparatus that set numerical goals for the amount of affordable housing in certain areas.
Most European schemes stipulate that lending to healthy businesses must be maintained (France has even set broad numerical targets), and limit or eliminate dividends that would deplete the banks' capital.
"We haven't set ourselves numerical targets because we know we are not going to solve the population problem overnight," says Okuyama. "We will be happy if we can just stop the rot".
Major cities and urban leaders the world over are taking the lead in setting strong numerical targets for emissions.
