Sentences with phrase «if developing countries»

Jon Stewart asked Nasheed if some developing countries were dragging their feet on climate change, because they keen to mimic the West's industrial revolution.

Developed countries would have to achieve a reduction of more than 85 percent (relative to 2005 emissions) in 2050 to stabilize CO2 at 450 ppmv if the developing countries don't begin participating until 2020.

The report says that investment in clean energy, particularly wind and solar, is critical if developing countries are to maintain economic growth and bring power to poor communities.

But if these developing countries are committed to future controls then will corporations still find such a move worthwhile?

The theatrical stunt by the EU in the beginning of the meeting sent a clear message that the Kyoto Protocol was the EU's bargaining chip, and would be lost if developing countries blocked the text.

I guess it serves a purpose if developing countries can convince more wealthy nations to transfer billions of dollars for hazard mitigation whatever the cause.

If developing countries do not mandatory their greenhouse gas emission, we can not slove the global warming problem better.

If developing countries insist that developed countries should bear most of the economic burden of emissions reductions, they might well hurt themselves above all, simply by making an effective agreement less likely.

Like if developing countries can not afford electricity produced by alternate energy sources — what good does it do?

I wonder if developing countries (or really anyone for that matter) will be tempted to cut corners in terms of safety.

demanding that the United States only participate in a deal if developing countries were to share in mitigation commitments.

Biello: No, it's entirely treaty dependent for sure, because the way the enactment was made was, where we would be happy to contribute to this fund, yes, and only if developing countries sign up to binding targets.

In addition, a number of studies have showed that even if developed countries did actually cut their agricultural subsidies, it would make little difference to world poverty.

If a developed country wants foreign exchange, it can swap its own currency for it.

Houghton suggests this target could be met if developed countries cut their emissions by 20 per cent over the coming 25 years, while developing countries double theirs, to allow room for population growth and economic development.

Now, if the developed countries collaborated to unify tax policies, some of that would end.

A updated register of national expert climate scientists from across the key and relevant disciplines would therefore seem necessary and urgent if the developing country media — the interface with the public — are to have a fighting chance of covering and getting published / broadcast climate change issues from their national perspective.

If developed countries were to be subject to limitations on GHGs then there would be competition among developing countries to lower embedded emissions in their products as buying nations demanded lower emissions.

The problem is so big that even if developed countries were to increase their CP2 pledges, they could meet their more stringent targets by simply buying more surplus and without actually cutting their emissions.

But if developed countries are going to put up that much money, they want verification that developing countries are actually reducing the growth of emissions.

Kate Gordon, at the Center for American Progress, GCN's US member says, «If developed countries hope to fulfill their promises in Copenhagen, they must adopt strategies to use public money as a way to leverage private investment into clean energy markets in developing countries.

[1] According to the IPCC, we have a reasonable chance of meeting this objective if developed countries as a whole cut their emissions by 25 - 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and by 80 - 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050; within this time frame, major developing countries also must act.

Stern stressed that if developed countries can show examples where they have achieved low - carbon growth, it would be far more powerful than just talking about it.

If developed country governments continue to bicker and drag their feet at the UN negotiations instead of taking immediate action, millions of people will pay for it with their lives.

Even if developed countries didn't use the loopholes and kept to their pledges, it would still be very difficult to achieve global peaking of GHG emissions by 2015, which is what we want.

If a developing country can turn its INDC into an emissions trading system with a well monitored and enforced cap, once their ETS is seen to be working with a positive price, any units sold would be credible reductions.

For example, if a developed country buys REDD + tons from a REDD + country, there needs to be a transparent accounting framework / registry that will accurately keep track of these transactions and ensure there is no double - counting.

Negotiators have invoked Box 13.7 of that report countless times to support the contention that a 450 ppm target can only be met if developed countries drop their emissions to 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

Then a colleague on the Canadian civil society delegation pointed out that it doesn't much serve climate justice, only shifts the locus of climate injustice, if developed countries accept financial responsibility for loss and damage — then see their historic wrongs paid for by a farmer in rural Britain or a first - or second - generation immigrant family in Calgary who pay their taxes, rather than a multinational fossil that doesn't.

Not exact matches

Citizens of the country have even developed a reputation for having their guns ready in the closet at a moment's notice, which has led some people to wonder if the Swiss are all required to own arms in order to protect their state.

If some foreigners are inclined to be patient with Canada, it may be because other developed countries are no more hospitable.

Rosling encourages people to use this framework, rather than use labels like «developed» and «developing,» because, as Gates explains, «It's hard to pick up on progress if you divide the world into rich countries and poor countries.

If you've ever been to a developing country, the very first thing that you notice is entrepreneurship.

Foreign oil companies would refuse to dish out any more money to develop the country's resources if it knew that it could be kicked out at any moment by overzealous prosecutors in small towns.

It's a simple notion, but a powerful one: if small - scale food vendors in developing countries like Kenya had the purchasing clout of Loblaws or Walmart, they could cut costs and pass on the savings to their customers.

I don't want to sound too judgmental, but if you commit in a higher tier, you know all over the world, in developed countries and emerging countries, yes, there is more and more of follow - up, making sure they understand who contributes the most and trying to generate the right reward.

There's an alarming rise in diabetes in our country, and it's going to cost you — and your business — even if you don't develop the disease yourself.

And I think it remains to be seen if there is real demand for a digital equivalent of cash and what it might offer end - users relative to what will be offered by the various forms of real - time payments that are being developed in many countries through projects like the NPP.

If you look at innovation in the developed countries, they are mostly about things which are smarter, faster and more expensive.

So if the recoveries of other major developed countries lag the US, will the eventual rebound in those countries stock markets also lag?

Not sure if people noticed this - but almost every developed country has a national broadcaster and many of them are recent formations in the fabric of e-space.

If Country X is a developing country with insufficient domestic savings to fund domestic investment, net capital exports are probably caused either by flight capital or by the net repayment of externaCountry X is a developing country with insufficient domestic savings to fund domestic investment, net capital exports are probably caused either by flight capital or by the net repayment of externacountry with insufficient domestic savings to fund domestic investment, net capital exports are probably caused either by flight capital or by the net repayment of external debt.

If you live in a developing country, your local investment opportunities may be limited and very risky.

If a country (invariably developed) determined that imports of specified categories of textile and apparel goods from another country (invariably developing) were causing «market disruption,» the two countries would enter into an MFA - sanctioned bilateral agreement imposing annual import quotas.

China is a country that is rapidly developing, extremely QR code and mobile payment savvy, and home to a large population of early adopters; if not for the government prohibitions, China would arguably be the «perfect» crypto investor base and the place to market to.

(Reuters)- U.S. regulators directed five of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp and Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to develop plans for staving off collapse if they faced serious problems, emphasizing that the banks could not count on government help.

Finally, when asked if she has seen any programs developed by other countries to support startups that Canada might learn from and adopt, she suggests that France is very effective in its support.

If excess European savings flow primarily into developed countries — the US being the most obvious candidate — or into developing countries with excess investment and savings — China, most obviously, not so much by flowing in as by preventing outflows — it will cause European unemployment to shift abroad to those countries.

So if you're in a developed country and you understand what bitcoin is and you don't want charge backs and you don't want to accept credit cards, at least accept my bitcoin.

Try to gauge if others can develop a workaround, or if your biggest market will lie in a country where you will have trouble policing infringers.