Sentences with phrase «from multilateral»

Despite the exercise in direct democracy, the answer of whether the United Kingdom must now withdraw is not clear from the country's constitution because there is no precedent for the withdrawal from a multilateral treaty regime which creates directly effective legal rights for citizens.

Analysis of climate finance flows to Pacific Island states in 2010 — 2014 and recent data on flows from multilateral climate funds.

Analysis by Carbon Brief last year showed Brazil had received $ 109m between 2013 and 2016 (inclusive) from multilateral climate funds, one of the vehicles for distributing international climate finance for mitigation and adaptation.

More so, Onwukeme confirms that Jammeh is not only weak in military strength but even more vulnerable financially because Gambia is one of the poorest countries in the world without any significant natural resources and its institutions are micro managed through technical assistance from multilateral and bilateral donors (World BANK).

He stated, «The balance of the 2017 external borrowing, in the sum of $ 3.2 bn, is planned to be partially sourced from issuances in the ICM of $ 2.5 bn through Eurobonds or a combination of Eurobonds and Diaspora Bonds, while $ 700m is proposed to be raised from multilateral sources.

By withdrawing from multilateral mechanisms, such as the 2015 Paris Agreement, and taking anti-globalization measures, the U.S. is destabilizing global free trade and the world order.

Even though Canada benefits greatly from a multilateral trading system, Ottawa has a long history of equating Canada's national interest with keeping the U.S. border open.

The first is between congressional Republicans who support free trade and the hawks advising the President to withdraw from multilateral trade agreements and instill tariffs.

Not exact matches

«The multilateral talks with Iran that culminated in the deal to verifiably prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon were focused squarely on Iran's nuclear program,» Price said in a statement to Business Insider.

«Despite fears from some NGOs and multilaterals about their involvement and influence, modern philanthropists rarely operate in isolation but recognise the importance of collaboration.»

This has long been the consensus advice from economists and multilateral institutions such as the World Bank, whose recent «China 2030» report argues that Chinese leaders should strengthen the role of markets and liberalize legal, financial and other institutions governing the economy.

I had just returned from a trip to Washington, DC, where, together with other members of the Bitcoin Foundation, we had the first multilateral meetings with the federal government on cryptocurrency.

Mr. Melby was a senior staff member on the National Security Council from 1987 to 1993, during which he participated in bilateral and multilateral trade and economic negotiations, including the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Uruguay Round, bilateral economic issues, international energy policy and export controls.

In dealing with a range of threats» from international terrorists to such «rogue nations» as North Korea and Iran» international institutions and multilateral cooperation can and must play a crucial role.

Engaging in multilateral forums and other international environmental organisations can help Australia benefit from international actions to manage global resources, the atmosphere, the high seas and Antarctica.

Implementation of an agricultural programme, he added, with the help of multilateral partners, will potentially also bring about 1,732 hectares of land under irrigation through solar pumping from rivers, sinking of boreholes, rehabilitation of existing irrigation schemes, and construction of new ones.

At the UN, Western diplomacy had followed suit, emphasizing the need for a multilateral intervention led by African states, but supported with hardware and training from the outside.

However, if a more isolationist or nationalist US president emerges from the 2016 electoral process in America, and European electors give ever higher levels of support for nationalist - oriented parties, then we have little reason to expect partnership on foreign policy issues, and even fewer reasons to expect multilateral responses to global problems.

Third, if one is willing to disarm, one may as well use that willingness to elicit some multilateral disarmament measures from other states, rather than going alone and wasting the opportunity.

We are attracted by the idea of coalitions between progressives, especially if they result in electoral reform, genuine reform of the House of Lords and of the City, legislation for fixed - term parliaments, stronger civil liberties, an enhanced Freedom of Information Act, closer ties with Europe, a multilateral foreign policy and withdrawal from Afghanistan.

If this campaign is not to become the most depressing in modern times the central issues, apart from sovereign debt, should be these: urgent reform of the City; the need to build a more balanced economy; youth unemployment; poverty in an era of spending cuts and pay freezes; electoral reform and a new constitutional settlement; the European Union and Britain's place within it; withdrawal from Afghanistan and a multilateral foreign policy.

This is however not exhaustive as there are also other debts from the London Club of Creditors and other multilateral lenders.

Labour seized on the news as further evidence the Tories are drifting away from the pursuit of multilateral disarmament and instead developing high - tech, destructive weapons.

The Prime Minister added that he was not attracted by the suggestion from Foratom, the European nuclear industry association, that governments donating assistance should participate in a multilateral liability fund.

In this session, we will draw from recent cases, and address how this conversation can highlight new ways to mediate tensions and forge a path forward to better bilateral and multilateral cyber relations.

Britain and the US, with the support of their wartime allies prevented West Germany from developing a nuclear arsenal so its only route to recognition was via a multilateral nuclear force, in which the control of nuclear weapons was shared.

Prof. Boonrucksar inks the MoU with VNSC represented by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Anh Tuan, Director of VNSC with the hope that the MoU will signify the scientific development of both countries in the fields of astronomy and related sciences, underlined with bilateral and multilateral collaborative attempts based upon mutual footings that both Thailand and Vietnam can expect from.

Some negative social and environmental impacts are prevented through legislation requiring environmental impact assessments from proponents of big projects as well as through social and environmental safeguard requirements of multilateral development financing institutions.

It analyzes how and why their approaches differ from those of traditional donors and multilateral institutions.

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.

The High - Level Forum on Harmonization saw dignitaries from bilateral and international organizations, both recipient and donor nations, and major multilateral organizations meet in Rome (HLF - Rome).

From the meticulous progression of mapping, editing, intertwining, and transferal typical of his early, highly detailed paintings to the multilateral, experience - driven approach of his more experimental works, Colen maintains an insatiable curiosity about what kinds of marks are available to him as an artist.

We note the significant progress made by the multilateral development banks on the Clean Energy Investment Framework (CEIF) agreed at Gleneagles and welcome their joint level of ambition to mobilize public and private investments of over US$ 100 billion up to 2010 from within existing resources.

Forest Trends is a Washington D.C. - based international non-profit organization that was created in 1999 by leaders from conservation organizations, forest products firms, research groups, multilateral development banks, private investment funds and philanthropic foundations.

The U.S. government formally notified the UN of its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement last August, and its multilateral policies officially seek to increase deployment of fossil fuels globally.

The most promising way to address CBDRRC could be through provisions involving revenues and / or handling of allowances from a global multilateral approach.

What is already in place as multilateral state and cross-national agreements (WCI) and the regulatory approach for domestic industries, also has many differences from the European approach.

At maturity, investments in the initiative are expected to hit around $ 4 trillion, stemming from private sources, dedicated funds, and multilateral development banks.

On average, public finance institutions controlled by G20 governments, along with multilateral development banks such as the World Bank Group, provide $ 71.8 billion per year in public finance for fossil fuels, and only $ 18.7 billion in public finance for clean energy (figure taken from from the report Talk is Cheap: How G20 Governments are Financing Climate Disaster, July 2017, available here).

When the dust settles after the Cancun, a careful analysis will find that its text may have given the multilateral climate system a shot in the arm and positive feelings among most participants because there was something to take home, but that it also failed to save the planet from climate change and helped pass the burden onto developing countries.

It would reduce the inconsistency and promote coherence between the multiple sets of requirements from the various multilateral funding initiatives for REDD +, thereby reducing the consequent and unnecessary costs and inconveniences of implementing and reporting on safeguards;

This document is divided into five sections, namely: (i) a description of landfills in Latin America and the Caribbean and environmental aspects related to its construction and operation, (ii) a description of the generation of biogas from landfills (iii) a summary of existing technologies for the construction of biogas plants and their economic implications, (iv) a review of the practices of other multilateral development banks and countries regarding financing of landfills and biogas plants, and (v) the proposed approach IDB to finance biogas plants.

In line with the WEC's neutral position, the various discussion reports are not directly tied to multilateral processes, and we endeavour to ensure that pure political considerations are excluded from the processes.

The Forum brings together participants from all levels and areas, including politics, multilateral institutions, academia, civil society and the private sector.

Financing from the CIF is channeled through the Bank and other multilateral development banks, with approximately 25 percent of its financing allocated to the private sector to stimulate markets, increase investment potential, and enable financial gain in climate - friendly enterprises and businesses.

From describing the production of a fiber much more durable and economic than wood, the documentary discusses hemps multilateral uses as e.g. food products, as a non-polluting fuel and as a pharmaceutical product with much less griveous sideeffects than chemical pharmaceutical products.

Despite vocal commitments to help tackle climate change, six key multilateral banks (MDBs) financed over $ 7 billion in coal, oil, and gas projects in 2015, and funded a total of $ 83 billion in fossil fuels from 2008 - 2015.

Both briefings are part of the Big Shift Campaign, a global effort composed of dozens of civil society organizations encouraging government - backed multilateral development banks to reinforce the aims of the Paris Agreement and commit to a shift from fossil fuel finance to clean energy finance.

Along with a coalition of CSOs CAN Europe has set out recommendations to ensure that lessons are learnt from other investment initiatives at the multilateral and European level; both the positive examples of careful, evidence - led work and negative, long - term damaging examples of hastily established funds.

This is a group of volunteer advisors from business, academia, government, non-profit and multilateral organizations.