Sentences with phrase «caused by a nation»

This is so because in addition to the theological reasons given by Pope Francis recently: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic human rights including rights to life and security among others.
This is so because: (a) it is a problem mostly caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of greenhouse gases (ghg) in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people nations must limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions, and, (e) climate change is preventing some people from enjoying the most basic human rights including rights to life and security among others.
These features include: (a) it is a problem caused by some nations and people emitting high - levels of ghgs in one part of the world who are harming or threatening tens of millions of living people and countless numbers of future generations throughout the world who include some of the world's poorest people and who have done little to cause the problem, (b) the harms to many of the world's most vulnerable victims of climate change are potentially catastrophic, (c) many people most at risk from climate change often can't protect themselves by petitioning their governments; their best hope is that those causing the problem will see that justice requires them to greatly lower their ghg emissions, and, (d) to protect the world's most vulnerable people, nations must act quickly to limit their ghg emissions to levels that constitute their fair share of safe global emissions.
The legislation echoes recommendations put forward by the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan, not - for - profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale in order to combat the economic, environmental, and national security dangers caused by our nation's dependence on petroleum.

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The increase in air strikes has led to concerns over civilian casualties, particularly after the United Nations reported a spike in deaths caused by air strikes last year.
It will take effect in 2020 only if it is ratified by more than 55 percent of nations, or nations that cause 55 percent of global emissions.
Based on rates alone, a jump from 4 percent to 5 percent could cause the nations home sales volume to drop by 300,000, said National Association of Realtors economist Lawrence Yun.
This cost would likely be enough to cause debt to exceed the size of the economy by 2028 — bad news for the nation's fiscal and economic future.
our actions have created soooo many terrorists in muslim nations and even our own we will eventually be destroyed by them and it will be traced to how we reacted to 9/11 and in future history books GWB will be identified as the president that caused the end of america... because of his ridiculous faith... of course all faith is ridiculous but making decisions based on it is the crime...
Food shortages are caused by by nations warring over whose god is the biggest, while those who have plenty of food go to confession once again to relieve their guilt.
It has indeed caused «severe embarrassment» to the nation, as he laments, for the Senate investigation has laid before the public the elements of a terrible irony: that acts which are illegal and unethical for citizens to engage in at home are condoned, even aggressively pursued, by American law - enforcement officers and secret agents both at home and abroad.
Osteen said some of his church members have been hit hard by the recession, but he prefers to preach about the cures, not the causes, for the nation's economic ills.
The nation is being savaged by the Great Recession, but many pastors are afraid to talk about its causes, some say.
The protection or pursuit of «gold» by nations, that is, of economic self - interest in a modern (i.e., capitalist) mode, is not the primary cause of modern wars.
In such cases, a nation is in real danger — it is ruled by the pride and arrogance of buffoons whose egos command the nation's laws and power for their own selfish and childish causes.
The National Press Club event will mark the latest in the complicated dance of distance and embrace between the nation's premier conservative legal organization and a man who professionally benefited from his association with the group but then used his considerable cachet to further a cause opposed by many of its members.
After reducing the just causes for resort to force to one, self - defense (§ 2308), the Catechism further limits this in § 2309 by four prudential conditions, all of which it says must be satisfied: «the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or the community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain; all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective [last resort]; there must be serious prospects of success; the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated.
The economic and moral underpinning for this thesis was provided by a 53 - year - old Scottish professor named Adam Smith, who that same year published his equally famous Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
In 12: 1 - 13:6 Judah and Jerusalem are vindicated against the nations and made victorious by Yahweh's intervention; the city repents and mourns for someone martyred in a just cause (the historical allusion is unknown); and Yahweh now removes all idolatry and prophecy (degenerate prophecy, prophecy of a mercenary and corrupt form), and effects Jerusalem's spiritual cleansing in a divine fountain.
We can not diminish terrorism by incinerating Muslim nations and causing most of the world to despise the U.S.
At least seven immense, interdependent threats to the quality of life on spaceship earth continue to escalate: the population explosion; the widening gulf between rich and poor nations; massive malnutrition (caused mainly by economic injustice, which produces maldistribution of available food); environmental pollution and degradation; the depletion of the irreplaceable resources of our finite planet; the growing threat of nuclear terrorism and eventual holocaust (with the equivalent of one and a half million Hiroshima - sized bombs in the arsenals of the world); and the worldwide tendency for the fruits of science and technology to be used without ethical responsibility.
(here it means that all the nations realized the tremendous potential for great harm can be caused by just a few people..
It can best serve the cause of world democracy by helping supply the means for the less developed nations to fulfill their own unique aspirations, without attaching to the aid any conditions of military, economic, or political alliance, conformity, or dependency.
«A five - year study commissioned by the nation's Roman Catholic bishops to provide a definitive answer to what caused the church's sexual abuse crisis has concluded that neither the all - male celibate priesthood nor homosexuality were to blame.
According to Giberson and Stephens, you might be an anti-intellectual fundamentalist if you are an evangelical who: dismisses evolution as «an unproven theory»; deny that «climate change is real and caused by humans»; think that «the founders were evangelicals who intended America to be a Christian nation»; defend spanking children; believe in traditional roles for the sexes; think that reparative therapy can «cure» homosexuality; and / or oppose gay marriage.
It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!
You know that I am descended from the most Christian emperors of the German nation, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the Archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy... After death they left us by natural right and heritage these holy Catholic observances, to live according to them and to die according to their example... I am determined to support everything that these predecessors and I myself have kept... It is certain that a single friar errs in his opinion which is against all of Christendom and according to which all of Christianity will be and will always have been in error both in the past thousand years and even more in the present... I am absolutely determined to stake on this cause my kingdoms and seignories, my friends, my body and blood, my life and soul.
Today the vast majority of the populace in industrialized nations suffers from problems caused by the stress of acidosis, because both modern lifestyle and diet promote acidification of the body's internal environment.
Every corner of the earth wastes food, and every nation feels the effects of a warming planet, in part caused by methane released from the 1.3 billion tons of food that go uneaten every year And yet, the specifics of food loss and waste vary by country — and to be effective, the solutions have to be local.
He proved his loyalty to the cause by turning down the job at real madrid and his home nation of france more than once.
Zuniga has been in apologetic mood, but claims that he did not mean to cause any injury to the Barcelona player, a view not shared by all in the host nation.
Indeed, everything about Moss — ambition, talent, trouble and talk — leaves the impression that he is bigger than Marshall, that he is the kind of show - time player churned out yearly by Miami or Nebraska, capable of dazzling the nation on Saturday and causing his coach headaches during the week.
An Under - 20 international for France, the centre - back is now a regular for Guinea as well as a key player for his club, for whom he has played at left - back as well as through the middle over the last few weeks to cover for absences caused by international call - ups during the African Cup of Nations.
In other words instead of getting goods from a sweat shop their company is helping to boost the economy in an a developing nation in Africa, Asian or Latin America.Another way organic baby clothing companies can stand out is by supporting charitable or social causes that promote the health of children and the environment.
This decision, coupled with lack of active participation by another Sunni Non-Arab power Turkey in the alliance against Shias, caused huge outrage in Gulf countries who saw it as Pakistanis and Turks abandoning them in front of Iranian advances as Gulf nations have long relied on the military muscle of these two Sunni majority countries.
[1] It attempts to solve an anomaly caused by the electoral calendar: Scotland votes on independence on 18 September this year, but would only become an independent nation some time in 2016 (the Scottish government is planning for 24 March [2]-RRB-.
After 14 years of intense private study, interrupted by long strolls along the Scottish coastline, Smith published the book for which is he known today, An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.
With the nation still reeling from the harm caused by underregulated markets, conservatives are using city and state budget crises to call for across - the - board privatization, entrusting unaccountable private companies with an ever greater share of the public good.
Recent remarks made by former United Nations Secretary - General Kofi Annan, advising Kenyans not to vote for presidential candidates who face trial at the International Criminal Court have caused a storm, as the two politicians concerned prepare to announce who their coalition will nominate to stand.
It attempts to solve an anomaly caused by the electoral calendar: Scotland votes on independence on 18 September this year, but would only become an independent nation some time in 2016 (the Scottish government is planning for 24 March).
As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.
Public Advocate Letitia James Supports Call for Divestment from Assault Weapon Manufacturers As we mourn tragedy after tragedy caused by guns, New York City must take a powerful stand against companies that contribute to carnage and violence across our nation.
[268] Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, writing in The Observer, stated that the riots were not caused by a broken society, but due to a group of young, alienated, disaffected youth who are outside the social mainstream and who live in a culture at odds with any canons of proper behaviour; he added that this is found in virtually every developed nation.
Every militant group is located in a sovereign nation, by bombing that group, you are also bombing the nation, which might cause some violations of international laws.
The Treasury Department blamed the mishap on a crush of paperwork partly caused by lawmakers who — this will sound familiar — bickered too long before raising the nation's debt limit.
The economic strain caused by an ongoing dispute between the Seneca Nation and the Cuomo administration over casino revenues continues in Niagara Falls.
Brown was joined by dozens of other mayors from across the nation who all took up the cause last year after being challenged to address the issue by First Lady Michelle Obama.
«If the APC had an iota of regard for Nigerians, it would, at this moment, be brainstorming on the many woes it has caused the nation and how to shore up the economy ruined by its tactless government.
It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion - that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.»
Flanked by Vice President Joe Biden, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday proposed that the state adopt what would be the nation's highest minimum wage — $ 15 an hour — embracing a cause dear to liberal Democrats and setting him up for a fierce fight with the state legislature.
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