But all must adhere to established performance standards.

For performance audits, provisions of the 2011 Standards guide any performance audit starting after December 15, 2011.

Overall performance has improved , and work on standards has intensified .

The establishment of performance indicators and standards for national institutions.

(ii) Updated proposals for workload standards, efficiency and related performance indicators

(a) Develop global international standards for official energy statistics

Figure 2 Energy Performance of Industrial Fisheries for Direct Human Consumption

This is a significant effect, even by the standards of China s superlative growth performance.

Industry would benefit enormously if energy efficiency standards were demanding and continuously tightened.

International Atomic Energy Agency activities in the development of international standards for safety

By maintaining high environmental standards, and promoting such standards among its trade partners, Europe can bolster the global market for clean energy technologies.

While energy prices remain high by historical standards, Gazprom now operates at a loss.

In paragraph 309 of the report, UNDP agreed with the Board's reiterated recommendation to establish benchmarks for performance for contract letting and to monitor performance against those standards.

Mathematical models are available in the public domain for ice based thermal energy storage performance calculations.

a Commission on Safety Standards, including consultations with other committees of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

a Commission on Safety Standards, including consultations with other committees of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Improvement in US performance on climate change will have to come from innovation and increased energy efficiency.

At the people level, institutional values and standards of conduct and performance should be clearly communicated, monitored and enforced.

The objective of the city group is to address methodological issues related to energy statistics and contribute to improved international standards and improved methods for official energy statistics by pooling expertise in the energy community.

These first power stations will develop the operational and financial performance histories that will be necessary before HDR geothermal energy can begin making an impact on world energy supplies.

Ongoing activities include the development of standards and recommendations in sustainable transport, promotion of energy efficient technology and energy efficient investment projects and promotion of sustainable forest management.

China already has binding domestic energy intensity standards, but will certainly not agree to binding emissions reduction targets.

National governments introduce efficiency standards, taxes, and other policy instruments to improve the environmental performance of buildings, vehicles, and transport fuels.

Periodic reporting will remain the primary mechanism for reviewing progress in relation to organizational targets, performance standards and results for children.

However, artificial photosynthesis, inspired by its natural variant, has demonstrated a potential for far superior performance, and provides energy in a form that can be used in our current energy infrastructure.

The programme includes the development of the Standards of Performance Manuals for hotels and restaurants, as well as a programme of quality inspections.

For example, while Americans could have supported more aggressive fuel economy standards or increased federal taxes on energy, they didn t.

The advantages of certification include its potential clearly to distinguish those companies that have achieved high levels of performance (as defined by the standards).

Confidence in the International Atomic Energy Agency is based on its traditions of expertise, professional competence, objective standards and impartial action.

The LCFS is a performance standard that calls for a minimum of 10 percent emissions reduction per unit of transport energy by 2020.

Its latest project, a labelling programme for mobile phones, focuses on high standards for communication, visual and ergonomic factors and for low emission and ecological performance.

Redistributing some of the profits from high energy prices enabled the regime to improve living standards and make itself popular with ordinary Russians.

International regulations and standards for radioactive protection, national strategies for nuclear energy development, and safety and radioactive waste management measures have been substantially revised.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the common auditing standards of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency and in conformity with international standards on auditing.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the common auditing standards of the Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency and in conformity with international standards on auditing.

The Obama administration is now working to initiate a sensible long term approach to energy, with new fuel efficiency standards for motor vehicles, investments in technology, energy efficiency programs for dwellings, and environmentally sound exploration for additional resources.

UNIDO's projects in this field are exemplified by the assistance being given to the hand tool, ceramic and glass industries in India by introducing energy efficient technologies and processes, undertaking energy audits, improving quality standards and establishing market linkages.

The Deputy Executive Director noted that UNICEF intentionally set itself very demanding performance standards and that its audit function was fully transparent to the United Nations Board of Auditors.

The resolution of its images is modest by astronomical standards, a few arc minutes for the highest energy photons and about 3 degrees at 100 MeV.

Obama also mentioned that he had raised fuel economy standards for cars in the US, and had invested in renewable energy sources, like solar and wind power.

In that regard, we welcome the energy and determination that the new government of Kosovo's Provisional Institutions has brought to the implementation of the standards for Kosovo.

Standards. Two standards are proposed.

Fuel efficiency standards for automobiles were legislated, and car producers implemented them. In a more fragmented fashion, states established incentives for energy efficiency in residential and commercial buildings.

Today s Russia, which thinks of itself as a great energy state, laughs at its previous meager desire to catch up with little Portugal in terms of living standards.

2. In particular, each State Party shall endeavour to apply, within its own institutional and legal systems, codes or standards of conduct for the correct, honourable and proper performance of public functions.