Sentences with phrase «from major developing countries»

At best, Kyoto would merely slow down somewhat the rate of rise, which by the year 2020 will be largely determined by emissions from major developing countries like China, India, Brazil, and Mexico — none of which are covered by the accord.

With more and more international projects, along with massive investment from major developing countries and surging activity in less - advanced countries, astronomy is slowly entering a new age of globalized collaboration.

Not exact matches

Among the explanations that have been put forward are the increased credibility of central banks in controlling inflation (inflation rates remain below 3 per cent across the developed world), the low level of official interest rates in the major economies reflecting low inflation and the continuing weakness in some economies, a glut of savings on world markets particularly sourced from the Asian region, and changes to pension fund rules in some countries which are seen as biasing investments away from equities towards bonds.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

The workshop was held as part of a new programme entitled Development and the Implications for Law, Justice and Society, which will engage with practitioners and policymakers from developing countries, major donors, and international agencies to examine the interaction between law and socio - economic development, democracy and human rights in post-Communist countries, in Africa, in Arab nations, and in Latin America.

For example, said Major, the European Council met in Essen last December and approved a plan of action both to improve cooperation between member states, and to develop programmes of assistance to non-EU countries from which the material may be coming.

And while Obama called the 18 December deal he brokered an «unprecedented breakthrough» in getting developing countries to agree for the first time to voluntary reductions in greenhouse - gas emissions, he knew that it was missing major components that supporters had sought, ranging from mandatory mitigation targets to deforestation.

The discussions, they said, should culminate with the adoption of more ambitious economywide emission reduction targets by developed countries and mitigation action plans from developing countries at the next major U.N. climate conference slated for Doha, Qatar, in November.

Still, he noted, countries like Canada, Australia and Japan would still need to build on Kyoto with some concessions from major developing nations like China in order to extend it — another delicate discussion.

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.

American teachers are the most productive among major developed countries, according to Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development data from 2008 — the most recent available.

Those matter more than a little in contemporary American K — 12 education as she is (a) close to the Obama administration, (b) the intellectual and spiritual leader of one of the two major «consortia» of states that are going to develop new assessment systems to accompany the new «common core» standards, and (c) she is at the epicenter of much work on multiple fronts — with big bucks from major foundations — to transform how the country views assessment and how states engage in it.

Ideas about developing the whole child with arts and music and addressing the major impact poverty has on a child's education lit up the twittersphere as advocates for education across the country live tweeted from the event.

It builds upon a selection of relevant and practical papers and presentations given at the 2nd International Conference on Evaluating Climate Change and Development held in Washington DC in 2014 and includes perspectives from independent evaluations of the major international organisations supporting climate action in developing countries, such as the Global Environment Facility.The first section of the book sets the stage and provides an overview of independent evaluations, carried out by multilateral development banks and development organisations.

Most major developed countries can't grow rapidly, and there's really nothing that can be done about it — competition from cheaper labor in developing countries is forcing developed country wages down.

Belize's opposition to off shore oil exploration was a landmark event, marking the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceans from potential oil extraction.

The environment in the West is often far more sterile and clean — that's the major problem with travel to India, there are so many bacteriae and pathogens that a person coming from a developed country will often have problem dealing with.

This highly developed country is also a major tourist destination offering a variety of attractions ranging from serene temples, royal tombs, unspoiled fishing villages, picturesque mountains that also offer plenty of hiking, shopping opportunities, spas, volcanic landscapes, nightclubs, fine dining options, and a lot more.

The legislation marks the first time that a developing country has taken such a major step to protect its oceans — and all the life within — from oil exploration and extraction.

For several years Einarsson's art has been subject to a major international attention, and with his characteristic works Einarsson has developed into one of today's most notable, young artists from the Nordic countries.

Daily Pioneer: Climate change is a major challenge for developing countries like India which are exposed to greater risk from this phenomenon.

The accord starts to move away from the artificial distinction between developed versus developing countries towards one of major emitters versus everyone else.

Think of it this way: even if emissions from industrialized countries were suddenly and magically halted, the dramatic emissions reductions demanded by the climate crisis would still require developing countries to urgently decarbonize their economies, and to do while major fractions of their populations are still mired in poverty.

If just a fraction of the oil, gas and coal from these major climate disrupters was developed, the resulting carbon pollution would cancel out our country's greatest accomplishments in the fight against climate disruption — efforts like the Obama administrations new fuel economy standards.

One of these was a major initiative to capture and synthesise lessons learned from our work at the sub-national level in developing countries.

The countries still have major issues to hash out, including how to handle the billions of dollars to be funneled from wealthy nations to poorer ones to help them adapt to climate change and develop cleaner sources of energy.

For many the Copenhagen Accord was seen as a tragic failure because it failed to: (a) achieve once again enforceable ghg emissions reduction commitments from developed countries sufficient to prevent dangerous climate change, (b) identify dedicated sources of funding for adaptation or capacity building in vulnerable developing countries, or (c) stop the deforestation that is a major contributor to climate change.

The other major issue for me, is that there are over a billion vehicle on the planet's roads that will need to be replaced over a number of decades, and the way second hand vehicle from the developed world end upon the roads of developing countries where emissions standards are either not in place or, if in place, enforced.

Yes, these trends are taking place and a major problem to be addressed in all developing countries is decoupling emission growth from GDP growth.

Many national leaders from developing and developed countries joined together to launch major new initiatives, some in partnership with the private sector.

The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries is supporting nationally led REDD + initiatives in 64 countries, and is a major platform for knowledgeCountries is supporting nationally led REDD + initiatives in 64 countries, and is a major platform for knowledgecountries, and is a major platform for knowledge sharing.

One major obstacle besetting global negotiations was the problem of disparity between developing and developed economies: advanced countries would take a bigger hit from a policy, while increasingly wealthy, but still (rapidly) «developing» economies such as China and India would soon be given a substantial competitive advantage.

The picture that emerges from these figures is one where — in general — developed countries and major emerging economy nations lead in total carbon dioxide emissions.

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.

If just a fraction of the oil, gas and coal from these major climate disrupters was developed, the resulting carbon pollution would cancel out our country's greatest accomplishments in the fight against climate disruption — efforts like the Obama administrations new fuel economy standards (as demonstrated in the chart at the top of this column).

While this new division — between major carbon polluters and everyone else — is more the alignment needed to solve the problem it is not yet one that the rest of th e developing world feels comfortable with insofar as they fear that it could lead to increased expectations for emission reduction from developing countries.

Cervical cancer used to be a top killer in developed nations — and it remains a major cause of death in countries without widespread health - care access — but in the last 50 years, cervical cancer deaths fell by 70 percent in the United States, transforming cervical cancer from the leading cause of cancer death among American women to a less common, nearly preventable cancer.

Consistent with results from prior studies, mood disorders — particularly major depression and bipolar disorder — were significant predictors of suicide attempts with virtually the same ORs in both developed and developing countries.

At most times, we are handling a major chunk of life savings of our clients and it requires more than a high school diploma (sometimes from a developing country) and a couple of years of experience to do a decent job.