Sentences with phrase «although most developed countries»

Although most developed countries maintain high initiation rates, prevalence rates fail to meet these recommendations.

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In fact, although the United States is one of the most religious developed countries in the world, most Americans scored 50 percent or less on a quiz measuring knowledge of the Bible, world religions and what the Constitution says about religion in public life.

Most developed countries now make basic provision for the unemployed and destitute, although mounting costs are leading several countries to re-examine their welfare provision.

Although most women in developing countries initiate breastfeeding, the promotion of breastmilk substitutes, changing societal values, urbanization, and the erosion of traditional support systems pose threats to breastfeeding.

Although most people in developed countries get plenty of calories daily, their diets are often lacking in key nutrients that their bodies have evolved to expect.

Although the change is most pronounced in the developing world, the US remains the fattest country with 71 per cent of its population obese or overweight.

For decades, the U.S. government has mandated fluoridation of the water supply, although most other developed countries reject the idea.

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

Although inhabitants of the most developed countries have the option to consume less, most of the human population is located in less ‐ developed countries and economies in transition where population growth is also higher.

Although many of the world's most significant environmental problems occur in developing countries, the implementation of environmental policies is often challenging because of inadequate resources and poor governance.