And setting targets for long-term rates is not unprecedented.
That formula includes targets for long-term equity incentives and other assumptions used to value the elements of pay.
A spokeswoman noted that "there are clear targets for long-term incentives for executive remuneration" which are set out in the company's annual report.
Andrew Harrison, managing director of Stansted airport, said the new schedules were "another demonstration of the strength of the relationships we have since agreeing targets for long-term growth".
Second, barriers to take up employment might be too high for the long-term unemployed in the short-run so that attainable interim targets for long-term unemployed people and long-term benefit recipients are to be defined.
Materials compliance models can be used to determine the required as-placed dry densities of bentonite buffer and gap fillings to achieve specific targets for long-term equilibrium dry densities for various container placement room designs.
Conversely, areas within a given species' range that consistently support large choruses represent optimal targets for long-term conservation.
In their study, Reubi et al (2003) detected CRH receptors in specific tumours and expressed the very promising hypothesis that these receptors might be used as targets for long-term CRH therapy.
The key problem is the fact that states are still managing the oceans similarly to ground areas and this way of governance is inadequate for an open, continuous and moving medium, and furthermore, for a target of long term sustainability.
But, there are many who believe that even this is too high, describing the 2C target as a "prescription for long term disaster".
In 2050 (the time line suggested for long term targets), most of us will not be here anymore.
