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Some say this will be the way global warming will be addressed, not with "topdown," legally binding treaties, but with self-assigned targets, bilateral deals to help create low-carbon economies, aspirational goals set by G-20 summits.

GOP: The Elephant In The Room At UN Climate Talks? AP 2010

This is an example of changes in "topdown" control of populations by predators, contrasting with "bottom-up" control in which lower trophic levels are affected by changes in nutrient or contaminant loading

Featured Articles - Encyclopedia of Earth 2010

Some say this will be the way global warming will be addressed, not with "topdown," legally binding treaties, but with self-assigned targets, bilateral deals to help create low-carbon economies, aspirational goals set by G-20 summits.

FOXNews.com 2010

Some say this will be the way global warming will be addressed, not with "topdown," legally binding treaties, but with self-assigned targets, bilateral deals to help create low-carbon economies, aspirational goals set by G-20 summits.

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2010

We demand topdown reform of all government wildlife mismanagement agencies of the nation.

Riding Shotgun With a Bowhunter: An Anti-hunting Odyssey. 2009

Changes in species composition at northern latitudes are likely to have a topdown effect on the composition and abundance of species at lower trophic levels.

Key findings, science gaps, and recommendations for freshwater ecosystems in the ACIA 2009

This is an example of changes in “topdown” control of populations by predators, contrasting with “bottom-up” control in which lower trophic levels are affected by changes in nutrient or contaminant loading [27] (see also Chapter 8).

Human impacts on the biodiversity of the Arctic 2009

Here's how she puts it: "China's topdown style of governing and state-controlled media allow for scant public input, and increasing affluence has left many residents expecting more opportunities to be heard."

Jeffrey Wasserstrom: NIMBY Comes to China Revisited 2009

Overall, it just seems to highlight one of the fundamental differences between the two campaigns: Barack's is grassroots and ground-up, while Hillary's is topdown.

Unions Spending Big For Obama In Texas And Ohio 2009

This is the beginning of the end~ for Americans will soon no longeracceptthis topdown approach of bailingout the financial interests that caused thismassive economic crisis: AllenL Roland

Obama Cheerleader For Banking Elite 2009