Sentences with phrase «fought international funding»

One reasons that there are so many people starving in developing countries is that the Catholic church has fought international funding of programs that provide birth control.

Not exact matches

The Gates Foundation has quickly become a major influence upon global health; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Development.

Greece is fighting back against the plan, but Germany and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are setting harsh conditions for the country's next # 100 billion bail - out.

Billions of dollars are committed each year to the international fight against climate change, but the majority of these funds focus on mitigation initiatives, mainly renewable energy, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Over the past year, the United States has helped draft the rulebook for implementing the Paris climate accord, signed international memoranda calling for global action to fight climate change, boosted funding for overseas clean energy projects, and contributed to global research on the dangers and causes of the Earth's warming.

Frank Rijsberman, Director - General of Seoul based Global Green Growth Institute expected international funding for investment needed to fight climate change would suffer, noting a $ 1 billion reduction in U.S. funding the Green Climate Fund in South Korea.

Treehugger has reported on several of DiCaprio's efforts, dating back to 2004, including the above - mentioned World Wildlife Fund, the fight to end the ivory trade by the International Fund for Animal Welfare, clean water efforts by Global Green USA and the Natural Resources Defense Council.

«Mexico's leadership in making this announcement confirms that we are in a new era, in which all nations have a role to play in the collective fight against climate change,» said Nathaniel Keohane, Vice President for International Climate at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

Australia's conservative government has refused to send high - ranking officials to the climate talks in Warsaw, and is even considering not participating in international funding to fight global warming.

The fight against international money laundering often involves powerful individuals who often happen also to be donors to political parties (this is an issue on the SFO's investigation into Unaoil, where some of the suspects are the members of the Ahsani family, who have also been significant donors to Conservative party funds).

Early this year, Michael R. Bloomberg and Bill Gates set up an international fund to fight such suits.

So, too, in Kadi v European Council: T - 315 / 01 [2005] All ER (D) 119 (Sep) the CFI analysed the relationship between UN Security Council resolutions and domestic law, and held that, in light of that relationship, the EC was competent to order the freezing of individuals» funds in connection with the fight against international terrorism.

Fought to permanently repeal the Global Gag Rule, a law that prevents the U.S. from providing financial aid for contraception to international family planning organizations that use their own funding to provide legal abortions;

He fought successfully for development of federally funded domestic and international family planning programs and also helped block the efforts of demographers and politicians who urged coercive methods to halt population growth.

If that happens, you can expect more Chinese investment in international property markets, and Canada could fight to claim a share of those funds.