Sentences with phrase «governments in wealthy countries»

But that is because governments in wealthy countries have imposed high taxes on gasoline, or forced environmental regulations on industry — such as those demanded by Kyoto.

Not exact matches

The Thai government has started offering «elite» residency visas for wealthy foreign citizens, allowing them to live in the country for around $ 3,000 (# 2,403) a year.

Kumar Birla, chairman of the Indian conglomerate Aditya Birla Group and, according to Forbes, the country's eighth - wealthiest person, told Trudeau he finds both the federal and provincial governments in Canada to be very friendly for business.

99 % of electricity used in Costa Rica comes from renewable sources, and the government is far ahead of many wealthier nations, having committed the country to becoming carbon neutral by 2021.

The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.

However, we can say with some confidence that central government schemes aimed at social justice tend to undermine community, retard economic growth, and exacerbate the differences between the poor and the wealthy in this country just as they did in South America.

Fixing school food in every community — the relatively wealthy Boulder and Berkeley, as well as the outright destitute parts of the country devastated by the housing debacle and unemployment — requires all of us to work together as one to get the fedreal government to fund school meal programs in a way that provides fresh nutritious food for all students, not just those lucky enough to live where people can afford to take matters into their own hands and make a local fix.

In Chile, the US helped overthrow the democratically - elected social democrat government of Salvador Allende and replaced him with Augusto Pinochet, the murderous puppet tyrant who killed thousands and implemented a brutal free - market programme, ruining the Chilean economy and driving a relatively wealthy country into poverty.

Compare this model with that of the current government, whereby we have an unelected body of wealthy individuals, laden with conflicts of interest running the country and forcing through policies made up in a closed room that not one member of the electorate has had an opportunity to vote on.

One could argue that in many countries (such a the US) the wealthier you are, the more votes you have in the currently seated government.

UNESCO calls on governments to reverse the decline in physical education (PE) investment that has been observed in recent years in many parts of the world, including some of the wealthiest countries.

The only responsible strategy for governments of the wealthy countries that have created the problem is to put a price on carbon AND invest heavily in R&D.

They state, in other words, that their results have direct bearing on the global warming issues, issues currently before governments faced with heavy lobbying from wealthy environmentalist groups, and the United Nations, which just this year will arrange around 38 meetings in 17 countries to push the theme, not counting the other enormous resources they have devoted to the theme that humans are destroying the planet.

They are concerned that the funds will, once again, give wealthy Northern governments, and, in particular, their bank of choice, the World Bank, more control over funds intended to help developing countries.

Asad Rehman head of climate and energy at Friends of the Earth had this to say «A weak and dangerously ineffectual agreement is nothing but a polluters charter — it legitimises a do - nothing approach whilst creating a mirage that governments are acting in the interests of the planet and its people,» «Doha was a disaster zone where poor developing countries were forced to capitulate to the interests of wealthy countries, effectively condemning their own citizens to the climate crisis.

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionIn no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionin rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actionin poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.