Sentences with phrase «in developing countries in»

The truth is, though, as invasive and troubling as this data - harvesting might have been in the U.S. and U.K., it was likely much worse in the developing countries in which Cambridge Analytica claimed to have been experimenting.

Where you'll find it: in high - risk areas like South Asia and in developing countries in Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.

But scientists say 0.5 C could make a crucial difference in some regions — particularly in developing countries in the tropics — that are already at great risk from climate change.

Strict limits on the number of emissions permits airlines can buy from projects in developing countries in order to incentivise emissions cuts within the EU.

The Raising Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the contribution of anthropogenic climate change and other external drivers (e.g.» El Niño») to the occurrence of extreme weather events in developing countries in East Africa and South East Asia, and identify how such information could help to bridge the science - communications policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more climate resilient.

- This later translates into one of the main drivers behind land - grabbing in other continents (usually in developing countries in Africa, but also Latin America and Asia) and huge extensions of arable land used to grow these new cash - crops as opposed to feeding the world.

On the eve of the first board meeting of the UN's Green Climate Fund, Friends of the Earth U.S. — along with GAIA and the Institute for Policy Studies — has released a report that begins to tackle the conundrum faced by just about every development finance institution: how to design and operate a large - scale fund that actually meets the needs of ordinary people in developing countries in an ecologically sustainable...

-- Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this title, the Administrator, in consultation with the Administrator of USAID and any other appropriate agencies, shall promulgate regulations establishing a program to use emission allowances set aside for this purpose under section 781 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries in accordance with the requirements of this part.

«For the purposes of decreasing the likelihood of catastrophic climate change, preserving tropical forests, building capacity to generate offset credits, and facilitating international action on global warming, the Administrator shall set aside the percentage specified in section 781 of the quantity of emission allowances established under section 721 (a) for each year, to be used to achieve a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation in developing countries in accordance with part E.

The UN IPCC has authorised the supply of free carbonated beverages in all developing countries in a desperate attempt to tie up 3.5 GtC over the next year.

This policy document has been prepared to support the Subsidiary Body for Implementation in its annual monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the framework for capacitybuilding in developing countries in accordance with decisions 2 / CP.7 and 29 / CMP.1.

Prior to joining UCS in 2005, Ms. Spanger - Siegfried was an associate scientist at the U.S. Center of the Stockholm Environment Institute, where for six years her work focused on understanding and building the adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations and sectors in developing countries in response to climate change.

Trees for the Earth is focused tree planting, agroforestry, and supporting reforestation projects in developing countries in order to help them meet their international land restoration and climate commitments.

1 - To alleviate poverty and create decent livelihoods in developing countries in Asia, Africa and South America through the promotion of Fair Trade.

2009 may be the year when geothermal energy finally comes into its own in developing countries in Asia and Africa.

This is actually one reason that CFCs were phased out even in some developing countries in the 1990s.

ORLANDO, FL — May 4, 2018 --(HISPANICIZE WIRE)-- The Laurita Spina Bifida Project, in partnership with Asociación Para Espina Bífida e Hidrocefalia (APEBI) in Argentina, is proud to announce the launch of #ProjectLatAm, a fundraising initiative to support spina bifida communities in developing countries in Latin America.

Where I travel, there typically are not any chain hotels, since it's in developing countries in small towns and villages.

«HGSE students can get exposed to these methods in my course on the economics of education in developing countries in spring 2008.»

In fact, Stella is part of the Ethical Fashion Initiative, a United Nations based body that aims to improve the ethical and ecological footprint of the fashion industry, whilst keeping those in developing countries in full time, well - paid employment.

Fair Trade practices ensure that cacao farmers, (who typically live in developing countries in South America, Africa, and Southeast Asia), receive a guaranteed minimum price for their products, enjoy safer working conditions, and employ sustainable growing methods that benefit their own health as well as the planet.

The Raising Risk Awareness project seeks to assess the contribution of anthropogenic climate change and other external drivers (e.g.» El Niño») to the occurrence of extreme weather events in developing countries in East Africa and South East Asia, and identify how such information could help to bridge the science - communications policy gap, and enable these countries and communities to become more climate resilient.

Free online courses from educational platforms such as Coursera, co-founded by Koller in 2012, offer a way for learners in developing countries in particular to gain new technical skills or take the business classes that pave the way for a career change.

African small farmers achieve crop yields only one third of those obtained by farmers in developing countries in Asia.

Mirroring the results of a 2013 sting operation by this author, the team found that most of the publishers are based in developing countries in Asia, with India leading the pack with 27 %.

Especially in developing countries in Africa and Asia, «most of these people are needlessly blind,» says D. Balasubramanian, research director for both LV Prasad and the new facility.

The nongovernmental System for Analysis, Research and Training (START) program works in developing countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific to help environmental scientists build interdisciplinary and translational research skills through fellowships, workshops, and training institutes.

At the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Germany, Bill Gates discussed the challenges of research on diseases common in developing countries in a market - driven biomedical research environment.

This secretariat has concentrated on helping the churches in the developing countries in the field of family counseling and family education.

Those evangelical «old style» missionaries still serving overseas are perceived by liberal / ecumenicals as supporting repressive economic and political systems in developing countries in order to achieve the «stability» that will enable them to gain admittance to those countries and be left free to evangelize.

And it's a global play: Pay television may be threatened in North America, but adoption is growing in developing countries in Africa and Asia.

And anyone who thinks a child is better off in an orphanage in the developing country in which they were born than in a loving home somewhere else has never visited such an orphanage.

Furthermore, income inequality was related to the rates of obesity and of diabetes mortality in developed countries in both sexes, with stronger effects in women (8).

This is common practice in every developed country in the world and our children are up to the task.

In developed countries in the 21st century, which increasingly prize cognitive skills, what happens in school among the top 10 percent likely has greater socioeconomic impact than what happens among the other 90 percent.

Conor was initially reluctant to volunteer, unsure whether he had the proper skill, or enough passion, to get involved in a developing country in the middle of a civil war.

It only holds funds in developed countries in Europe, Australia, and Asia, and is heavily concentrated in just five of them: Japan, the UK, France, Germany and Switzerland.

XEF holds roughly 2,500 stocks in developed countries in western Europe, Australia and Asia.

For the hundreds of millions born in a developed country in the 20th Century, who manage to avoid a car accident or smoking, our lives are a miracle relative to the rest of history.

For household ‐ efficiency measures, the majority of studies show rebounds in developed countries in the region of 20 - 45 % (the sum of direct and indirect rebound effects), meaning that efficiency measures achieve 65 - 80 % of their original purposes.»

The final reductions exceeded 20 percent «I am sure that the Kyoto Protocol was fundamental to achieve this exceptional result: Kyoto was a source of inspiration, innovation and an example of the economic logic of betting on renewable energy, energy efficiency, new technologies, reduction of pollution and new carbon markets that emerged in developed countries in this period to start accelerating later, «said Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change.

Quokka, can you give us the names of some nuclear power plants built in developed countries in the last ten years and their cost?

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Since 1985, the U.S. has been the largest acquirer in Canada (accounting for 60 % of all acquisitions) while Britain, France, Japan and a handful of other developed countries accounted for most of the rest.

He adds that in many parts of the world, there's been a slowdown in the growth of export orders, something that's already occurred in developed countries.

The work of Harvard economist Robert Barro, for example, reveals inequality is actually beneficial for economic growth in developed countries.

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.

DUBAI, April 28 - Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country's central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.

Consumption subsidies are most common in the developing countries that can least afford such inefficiency.

Past Malaysian governments largely succeeded in lifting the country from poverty and attracting foreign investors, part of a long - term goal of reaching developed world income status.

«There are other countries that are looking at the need to develop science and technology — innovation — in their kids,» says Reni Barlow, head of Youth Science Canada.