In papers released July 9 in New York, international scientists advising UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon say closing the gap between
developed and developing countries depends on first closing international science, technology and innovation (STI) investment gaps.
Not exact matches
The
developing countries depended on advice, investments, loans,
and grants more from former colonial powers than on the international financial institutions.
Sustainable development is an idea
developed in World Council of Churches circles in the 1970s
and 1980s,
and focuses attention on how much poor
countries should be allowed to
develop before they jeopardise the environment on which we all
depend, although Mr. Carr does not put itquite that way.
The
developing countries may protest but they are in no position to decide on this matter because they
depend on economic resources
and techniques from
developed countries.
Current specialized tests that
depend on microscopic or fluorescent analysis of stool samples or polymerase chain reactions (PCR) that amplify pathogen DNA are considered impractical for deployment in
developing countries because of the need for expensive equipment
and / or the electricity to operate it.
In North America
and Western Europe, stroke is the third or fourth leading cause of death overall, but in the
developing world is the first or second,
depending on the
country.»
With little or no electrical infrastructure many
developing countries depend on mobile technology to access information, do business
and learn.
Why the decision to become a Coach?I know that to
develop high surfing levels in my
country, much
depends on the level of professionalism, ethics, honesty
and experience of the judges.
In the game
depending on troops you can compete for territories such as lands, cities
and oceans, further for resources,
develop economy
and military, conquer enemies \» capitals
and destory the enemies.There are 28 European
countries including more than 200 land
and sea areas, you can choose 12
countries from the Axis Powers
and the Allies while enjoying kinds of game modes.
West
countries could not stop them
and no right to say please stop your
developing using coal because west countires
developed depending on fossil fuel, too.
The Convention is very clear: «The extent to which
developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments -LSB-...] will
depend on the effective implementation by
developed country Parties of their commitments -LSB-...] related to financial resources
and transfer of technology
and will take fully into account that economic
and social development
and poverty eradication are the first
and overriding priorities of the
developing country Parties.»
The poorest — the 1.3 billion in
developing countries who
depend on wood
and dried dung as primary cooking
and heating fuels, smoke from which kills 4 million
and temporarily debilitates hundreds of millions every year — will be condemned to more generations of poverty
and its deadly consequences.
It has many innovative features; it was established as a fund that would not wholly
depend on financial contributions from
developed nations, 69 % of the seats on the AF Board are held by
developing country governments,
and the AF has been allowing accredited institutions based in
developing countries and regional institutions to access funding directly.
He concluded «that the continuance beyond the year 2000 of of the modern way of life in the highly
developed countries of the West is virtually certain to
depend upon coal
and it is therefore thye in, escapable duty of the present generation to ensure that the coal industry is cautiously
and sensibly preserved in the meantime.
Some
developing countries have set meaningful ghg emissions targets including Mauritius
and South Africa but
depend on funding from
developed nations to achieve some of the climate goals.
On what basis may the United States argue that it need not reduce US ghg emissions to its fair share of safe global missions because China or some other
developing country has not yet adopted strong climate change policies, given that any US ghg emissions in excess of the US fair share of safe total omissions is harming hundreds of thousands of people around the world
and the ecological systems on which life
depends.
Potentials for adaptation to climate change in informal sectors in
developing countries depend largely on the context: e.g., the impacts involved, the sensitivity of the industrial activity to those impacts,
and the resources available for coping.
The text goes further on to explain that,
depending on national circumstances
and capacities
and level of support received,
developing country parties have the autonomy to decide how these activities will be implemented (such as whether sub national activities will receive tradable credits).
The United Nations climate negotiations in Paris this December will influence the shape
and scale of these types of results - based payments in the coming years
and thus the ability of at least 57
developing countries to meet conditional emissions reductions targets that
depend on international finance.
Analysis of the performance of the Green Climate Fund,
and discussion of whether least
developed countries can
depend on it
While climate change threatens all nations,
developing countries are at special risk, not least because they
depend on agriculture, fishing
and forestry, all of which are threatened by rising temperatures.
It's win - win, or, if your side wins politically, lose - lose: continue
depending on imported energy
and lose out in competition with
countries that do use energy more efficiently
and develop the energy industries of the future.
Countries with well -
developed urban transit systems
and a mature bicycle infrastructure are much better positioned to withstand the stresses of a downturn in world oil production than those that
depend heavily on cars.
In the process, it may also pour a lot of concrete, a lot of coal into its engines,
and a lot of smoke back into the air.Much of the reason for China's dirtier stimulus is clear: the
country is still
developing,
and still
depends largely on dirty industry
and manufacturing for growth.
Furthermore, the UN projections of a relatively stable population for the whole of the
developed world
depend on dramatic,
and highly unlikely, declines projected in a handful of key
countries.
Over three quarters of the world's accessible fresh water comes from forested watersheds
and two thirds of all major cities in
developing countries depend on surrounding forests for their supply of clean water.
This directly goes against the principles of the UNFCCC
and is outlined in Article 4 (7): «The extent to which
developing country Parties will effectively implement their commitments under the Convention will
depend on the effective implementation by
developed country Parties of their commitments under the Convention related to financial resources
and transfer of technology
and will take fully into account that economic
and social development
and poverty eradication are the first
and overriding priorities of the
developing country Parties.»
Both AOSIS
and LDCs
depend entirely on whatever scraps of climate finance, capacity building, technology transfer, adaptation
and mitigation commitments from the
developed country parties they can have.
Giving
developing countries economic incentives to maintain standing forests promotes interference with the lives
and livelihoods of peoples who have traditionally lived in the forests
and depended on forest resources.
«This is generally a mature industry in the U.S.,
and depending on what
country and what continent, there certainly are opportunities in
developing countries that could be appealing.»