Sentences with phrase «argue rich nations»

Developing countries argue rich nations are responsible for the bulk of historical greenhouse gases and must lead the way.

Not exact matches

Achieving worldwide peak stuff, critics argue, would require heading off rising demand in the developing world, while seeing a much more sustained fall in consumption among richer nations.

But poor nations argue that more pressing issues need to be ironed out, for example the overarching dispute between rich and poor countries over how to share efforts to cut emissions, before more market - based mechanisms are developed or the groundwork for a global trading scheme is laid.

The Pisa report argued that the image of a world divided into rich and well - educated nations and poor and badly - educated countries was «out of date».

«Climate - Change Activists Call for Tax Policies to Discourage Childbirth --» Climate - change activists are mobilizing to cut the birthrate, arguing that richer nations should discourage people having children in order to protect them from the ravages of global warming and reduce emissions.»»

Because poor nations, as they industrialize, will likely continue to increase emissions at least in the short term, many argue that richer ones should redouble efforts to cut carbon pollution.

Literally nobody has ever argued that cutting the average income of rich nations would automatically produce better social outcomes.

This is particularly so, they argue, since the developing countries» emissions are expected to surpass those of the rich nations in 20 or 30 years.

Many commentators argue that focusing on where emissions are produced is unfair, because much of the carbon output of countries such as China are generated as a result of producing goods that are ultimately consumed in richer nations.

People in the poorer nations argue that the average person in the rich countries eats more food, consumes more energy and poisons the air more than they do.