Sentences with phrase «action by individual countries»

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«Today, we have 700 to 750 individuals of the species,» says Martin, «but if action is not taken now, the white - headed duck could soon be outbred by the invading ruddy duck, and wiped out in Spain, the only Western European country with a viable population.»

The strategic plan, launched in October 2007, and the subsequent Action Plan released in 2008, outlined five overall directions for the Council over the next three to five years: reinforcing the Council's commitment to individual artists, working alone or collaboratively, as the core of artistic practice in Canada; broadening the Council's commitment to arts organizations to strengthen their capacity to underpin artistic practices in all parts of the country; enhancing the Council's leadership role in promoting equity in fulfilling Canada's artistic aspirations; making partnerships with other organizations, including other funders, a key element in the Council's approach to advancing its mandate; and enhancing the Council's capacity to support the arts and implement change by strengthening its structure, staffing and services.

The constellation of individuals, companies and countries who pledged action on energy were joined by hundreds of commitments on everything from greening 10,000 square kilometers of desert to empowering 5,000 African women entrepreneurs in green economy businesses to recycling 800,000 tons per year of PVC by 2020.

Whereas in Copenhagen there was an effort to browbeat countries into accepting targets for reducing carbon emissions, Paris is about collecting voluntary plans for action drafted by individual countries.

It describes current and projected health effects and the challenges they present to health systems in the European Region, as well as practical guidance on action by individuals and countries.

Serve as lead trial counsel in consolidated proceedings involving more than 13,000 individual lawsuits related to client's medical device, including cases consolidated in federal court by the JPML and parallel actions in multiple state courts across the country.

If we could just increase the number of contributors and the individual contributions by 1 percent, we could make RPAC the largest political action committee in the country.