Sentences with phrase «western governments»

While Western governments could perhaps do more to contain the situations and assist the families, the long - standing rule of no compromise remains.

Sarosh Zaiwalla, senior partner at Zaiwalla & Co, who is acting for the bank, says it will be the first time an Iranian plaintiff against sanctions in Europe has reached the stage of claiming damages, and that Western governments are starting to ease sanctions against Iran following an interim deal reached in Geneva in November.

Rob Bailey, a biofuels expert at Oxfam, questioned the accuracy of Schafer's claims and said it was critical to focus on eliminating biofuel subsidies in the US as it was one of the few policy levers in the hands of western governments.

And no, the argument that we should be kind to the envrionment anyway so why worry if AGW is not a real threat, is just not a good enough excuse to hand western governments free reign on dragonian carbon taxation strategies; the Bio-fuel scandal should convince anyone of that...

Western governments participated for a complex of reasons; the genuine idealism and boredom of some chimed with the cynical ambition of others; there was unity of ostensible purpose along with disunity of interests (think EU squabbles and manipulation of carbon price); there was a massive investment of resources to unclear goals; and much of the action defeated the very purpose (sack of Christian Constantinople by Crusaders).

Today, most Western governments are reining in their global warming policies, slashing their ruinously expensive subsidies to renewables and aggressively developing fossil fuels.

Foolish western policies to prop up these governments over the last few decades are the reason we are seeing the movements we are across the Arab nations... Western governments like Canada have been propping these nations up.

DAVID EVANS: Now since 1990, western governments have spent about $ 50 billion looking for evidence that carbon causes global warming and they haven't found any.

A classic example of «belaboring the obvious», but the important thing to remember is: It makes absolutely no difference whether you (and I) are right about the «fitness for use» of the global temperature data base, A cursory examination of the actions of various Western governments over the past couple of decades, and recent US policies implemented over the past few years, up until the Social Cost of Carbon regulations now coming into effect, will show that we are having a strictly academic discussion.

Since the early 1980s, western governments have been moving away from coal and embracing natural gas, a supposedly more environmentally friendly fuel.

One reason why Western governments have been slow to respond to the climate crisis is that they are under constant pressure from lobbying groups that defend the interests of eco-unfriendly industry.

They explain how the Green Revolution faltered after Western governments and agencies slashed funds for agricultural research, partly to shift money to other areas, like environmental projects, and partly because of opposition to high - yield agriculture from advocacy groups.

Environmentalists began to tell the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations and Western governments that high - yield techniques would despoil the developing world.

The CAGW meme and by extension the climate and energy policies of most Western Governments are built on the outputs of climate models.

Once the thorn in the side of Western governments, the organisation was now operating as a de-facto PR consultancy, lending the Tories» energy policies the appearance of legitimacy.

It is evident that the greening of Western governments has occurred almost entirely without the ideas pertaining to this transformation ever having been the subject of democratic testing.

I wonder what justification Western governments can have for continuing to place any value at all in what the IPCC says?

Academia feels honorable fascilitating Western governments» view on the matter, irrespective of the conclusons we must draw using the scientific method and employing sense to tackle real problems.

The problems associate with this practice will become acute as all major Western governments have mandate a percentage of biofuel.

Western governments are on the verge of bankruptcy due to high government spending.

To deal with the failures of «going green» Western governments, still wanting to appear green, justify abandoning alternate energies and returning to coal by saying energy and jobs are more important in the short term.

It's an attraction felt most strongly by investors keen to trade in a fresh derivative, by Western governments keen to find a way of cheaply paying other countries to do the work of actually reducing emissions, and by the governments of developing nations desperate for income.

His points are not just about Australian politics but all Western governments.

For the last 20 years, the warm have been enlisting western governments to move all manufacturing to China thanks to the «basic physics» that tells us eastern CO2 doesn't have the same physical properties as western.

Yet to support their plans for emissions taxation Western governments, including ours, are still propagating scientifically juvenile greenhouse propaganda underpinned only by circumstantial evidence and GCM computer gamesmanship.»

If they're right, western governments and the IPCC sure seem to be doing their best to fuck it up lately.

Many African governments are drawn to the no - strings - attached approach of the Chinese, who offer aid or loans not linked to demands for good governance, transparency or improvements in human rights, which are often required by Western governments.

Well, that's partly because western governments have lied about the reason why they were at first enthusiastic about nuclear power, and then why they were later unenthusiastic.

«The global warming establishment sprang into action, pressured the Western governments that control CERN, and almost immediately succeeded in suspending CLOUD.

It would be western governments that were at fault, by disproportionate funding to advocates of the CO2 GHG theory.

The fact is the plans pushed by various Western governments to control the climate (LOL) will in fact do nothing in that regard, but will make the rich and powerful more rich and more powerful, while the rest of us get poorer.

He said Mr. Gore, despite his high profile, was a close call: «He may have put climate change on the rich countries» agenda, but some felt his solution of trading emissions is not enough and no more than what all major businesses and western governments are now saying.

Her multi-layered use of powerful Anishnaabe origin figures that double as symbols of power in Western governments, invites different interpretations.

Speaking at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Ai spoke passionately about the plight of artists and activists in his home country, and implored Western governments not to overlook China's human rights in order to cement economic ties.

In the second half of the book, it led to dealing with a smooth - talking guy who charmed and scammed Sam Israel, convincing him that there was a conspiracy that controlled Western governments with a rigged bond market that offered incredible deals to insiders.

Hyperinflation was the fear in 2008 and 2009 as western governments were flooding the system with liquidity with seemingly reckless abandon.

Speaking on Monday at private bank Kleinwort Benson, where he is on the advisory board, Ferguson restated his critique of the fiscal and monetary stimuli from western governments over the past four years and said their modest impact questioned the key lessons most economists took from the Great Depression.

Neighboring countries hosting thousands or even millions of refugees, Western governments called upon to provide financial assistance and even new homes for the refugees, regional and international organizatio...

This achievement notwithstanding, Mugabe's repressive policies have earned his country wide ranging economic sanctions from most Western governments, yet it appears that his regime has learned to live with this level of diplomatic isolation largely due to its strong and diverse relations with the rest of the developing world, enabling Mugabe and ZANU - PF to weather any economic downturn caused by external sanctions.

This is a timely development, as cash strapped western governments reduce the amount of money they dedicate to international aid, and consumers show signs that they increasingly expect the brands they buy from to be ethically conscious, the changing funding environment around NGOs will make the role of businesses in achieving the goals fundamental.

Thats why most western governments advise people who don't get outdoors much to take extra vitamin D. Read more about vitamin D supplementation here.

: A plan to upgrade two nuclear reactors in Solvakia may force Western governments to stop dithering over nuclear safety in Eastern Europe.

In the short term, Western governments are likely to save most lives by supplying the antidotes and educational materials that people desperately need — either by persuading Assad to open supply routes, or by dropping medical parcels and leaflets rather than bombs.

The move comes as many Western governments are reining in their spending on AIDS.

They say that Western environmentalists — along with Western governments, banks and multinationals — have too much power.

Marc Sageman, a forensic psychiatrist and consultant to various US government agencies, thinks they allow politicians and commentators to ignore wider causes of radicalisation, such as political injustice, which may be unpalatable to Western governments.

In any case, Western governments know that if push comes to shove they can simply hold onto their money.

By FRED PEARCE Western governments and their media are dominating the agenda for next month's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro — just as their people consume most of the world's natural resources and contribute most of its pollution.

Western governments and their media are dominating the agenda for next month's Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro — just as their people consume most of the world's natural resources and contribute most of its pollution.

But the obvious appeal attached to slowing the march of time, coupled with concerns from Western governments about escalating healthcare costs for ageing populations, has kept research interest alive.