Sentences with phrase «falling on developing countries»

The burden to act first falls on developed countries, with ICAO recognising the UN principle of «common but differentiated responsibilities».

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What the international community needs to guard against is allowing the ICC to become a tool that Western liberal democracies can impose on developing country leaders who have fallen out of political favour.

«Although the tough economic climate is taking its toll on us here in the UK, its impact is being particularly deeply felt by millions of vulnerable people in developing countries, who don't have a safety net to fall back on.

The percentage of those living on less than $ 1.25 a day in developing countries fell from 43 % in 1990 to 17 % in 2011, driven largely by economic growth in China and India.

Spending on renewables in developed countries has halved since 2011, with investment levels in Europe falling back below the 2006 level

Fifteen Letters on Education in Singapore Fernando Reimers and E.B. O'Donnell In the fall of 2015, a delegation of educators from Massachusetts traveled to Singapore to learn more about the country's journey from developing nation to major manufacturing and financial center, with one of the most high - performing education systems in the world.

But for the moment, twin trends are exacerbating the threat: the urban rush in developing countries, in which millions of poor people are settling on fragile slopes and floodplains, and rising odds of rain falling in dangerous downpours in a warming world.

ECO is clear on one thing ¨ C whichever way Parties agree to slice up the cake, the current efforts of developed countries fall very far short of what can be reasonably expected of them.

World carbon markets have been on the ropes over the past several years, as the global economic downturn prompted prices of EU allowances to fall 90 % from their pre-recession peak, while the value of UN-backed offsets that finance low carbon projects in developing countries became almost worthless.

A recent U.N. survey of environmental ministries worldwide showed that only four or five countries actually included gender and economic inequality concerns in their climate change policies, despite the warning from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that the impact climate change «will fall disproportionately upon developing countries and the poor persons within all countries.»

I think IF the world comes back from the abyss that Iceland already fell over, some sane countries (probably not any of them English - speaking) will have to develop a new model — entirely — for creating and promoting journalism, and the irony is that just as in research science, it will probably be on the one hand socialized and on the other hand fiercely competitive because perpetually funding - starved.

Bill C - 300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries, goes into its Third Reading this Fall Session, and is scheduled for its first hour of debate on the very first day that MPs return to session, September 20, 2010.

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Spending on renewables in developed countries has halved since 2011, with investment levels in Europe falling back below the 2006 level