Sentences with phrase «less vulnerable countries»

«Less vulnerable countries can better handle the problems that droughts or food price fluctuations create.»

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Indeed, it is poised to become the next great brand export from a country not known for its global brands — even if its shares are as overpriced as a hundred - dollar hoodie, leaving investors vulnerable to anything less than peak performance.

While the U.S. and Europe are currently grappling with huge debts, a lot of the developing countries had their financial crises more than a decade ago and are now less vulnerable to shocks.

The Philippines» economy is much less reliant on China and less vulnerable to the Fed's rate cycle among emerging Asian countries.

One criticism of the WHO stance has been that it is more relevant to developing countries, where babies who are breastfed for longer are less likely to be exposed to contaminated water while they are at their most vulnerable.

These countries are more vulnerable to the effects of El Niño than the US, partly because they have less money.

Trainees who come to study in a foreign country are more vulnerable than people who come to take a high - level job or to reunite with families because they often are less experienced, have fewer economic means, and lack local social support.

One criticism of the WHO's 6 - month stance has been that it is more relevant to developing countries, where babies who are breastfed for longer are less likely to be exposed to contaminated water while they are at their most vulnerable.

Climate change research, shown here by number of publications, primarily concerns countries that are less vulnerable to climate change and have a higher emission of CO2.

The analysis clearly shows that the research is biased towards countries that are wealthier, better educated, more stable and less corrupt, emit the most carbon, and are less vulnerable to climate change.

U.S. credit cards typically use a magnetic strip, whereas many other countries have less - vulnerable electronic chips.

The club noted in 2014 that this «is one of the most vulnerable of Britain's native dog breeds... It is estimated that there are less than 400 of the breed left in this country, making it the rarest of Britain's vulnerable native breeds, alongside the Otterhound.»

And the most vulnerable countries — notably the less developed nations like Indonesia with huge coastlines and fragile ecosystems — should be in the driving seat.

As Indur Goklany has shown, even assuming that the climate models on which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) accurately predict (rather than exaggerate by 2 to 3 times) the warming effect of added CO2 in the atmosphere, people the world over, and especially in developing countries, will be wealthier in warmer than in cooler scenarios, making them less vulnerable than today to all risks — including those related to climate.

(3) The countries most vulnerable to climate change, due both to greater exposure to harmful impacts and to lower capacity to adapt, are developing countries with very low industrial greenhouse gas emissions that have contributed less to climate change than more affluent countries.

«Strategies to maintain adequate diets need to focus on the most vulnerable countries and populations, and thought must be given to reducing vulnerability to nutrient deficiencies through supporting more diverse and nutritious diets, enriching the nutritional content of staple crops, and breeding crops less sensitive to these CO2 effects,» Dr Myers said.

Such policies would also have the effect of making people, especially in poor countries, much less vulnerable to climate change.

Economically less developed countries are in general more vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.

Just two degrees of warming will double the length of extreme heatwaves and affect vulnerable regions in just a few decades,» Eyasu warned, urging climate negotiators in Bonn to speed up reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and bolster efforts to aid less developed countries.

They are discouraged by UN officials» pre-conference resignation that the likely agreement will not keep emissions below the 2 - degree average global temperature increase that scientists say is a critical point (much less the 1.5 - degree limit that countries in the most vulnerable situations, especially small islands, have demanded).

In addition, governments and policy makers can try to improve a country's infrastructure and economy to make people less vulnerable to extreme climate events.

Additionally, due to the forced removals and relocations of Indigenous peoples onto government controlled communities, traditional responses (such as moving to a less vulnerable part of their country) are not as effective, requiring more resources, and in some cases emergency service support, which is often hampered by the remoteness of these communities.