Sentences with phrase «help vulnerable nations»

Not exact matches

As a nation, we have a responsibility to our most vulnerable, and the richest of our citizens and the most profitable of our institutions should give more of their wealth to help those who don't have it.

But it's also a sign of how much of the developing world is willfully making itself more vulnerable to climate change, even as poor nations ask rich ones to spend hundreds of billions per year on helping them to adapt.

What it means: Island states, African nations and other vulnerable countries are pushing for a system that provides funding to help them recover from disasters made worse by climate change, such as rising seas or powerful storms.

«Community health centers have the unique ability to help fulfill the promise of health reform by providing much - needed primary care to our nation's most vulnerable populations,» said Feygele Jacobs, president and CEO of the RCHN Community Health Foundation.

Running, dancing, dog walking or Zumba - ing all count towards the step total as the nation comes together to raise money and help vulnerable people, across the UK and the world, to live happier, healthier and safer lives.

The funding will help National CASA release an annual publication of best practices for policymakers and child welfare practitioners, with the goal of improving the lives of the nation's most vulnerable youth.

Weingarten says this proposal, especially on federal funding, helps restore the original intent of the law: to better support the nation's most vulnerable students.

Also, while poor nations see the amounts as insufficient, powerful countries, including China (which long hid behind its status as a developing country), have pledged money and technical aid to help shield the world's most vulnerable communities from climatic and coastal hazards.

Second, to help the most vulnerable countries including small island nations adapt to climate change by building barriers against rising seas or developing drought - resilient crops.

The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown recently proposed establishing a fund of $ 100 billion, contributed by the wealthiest nations, to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to climate change... Wisely planning how the funds generated by the Prime Minister's recent proposal should be invested therefore needs good scientific guidance.

The U.S. Congress begins a summer of important debates on the future of American energy policy — debates that the Group of Eight industrialized nations can help shape at their summit in Germany this week by focusing on the devastating impact high energy costs and climate change have on the world's most vulnerable populations.

The fund is meant to help vulnerable developing nations adjust to rising seas, warmer temperatures and more extreme weather.

Climate adaptation and resilience measures along coastlines and elsewhere can help better protect the most vulnerable populations, especially in developing nations, from extreme weather events.

Building more resilient communities in the most vulnerable nations by high - level financial commitments and development assistance can help protect peoples in climate hotspots and zones of potential instability and conflict.