Sentences with phrase «many small island countries»

(a small island country east of Madagascar, in the middle of the Indian Ocean),.

Speaking exclusively to Breaking Travel News, Dr Ewart Brown said: «We are going to highlight the special case of small island countries.

Small island countries make up the other extreme.

Niue, a small island country in the South Pacific with a population of just 1,600, established a new marine protected area that covers 40 percent of the island's exclusive economic zone... In September this year, Chile announced a 740,000 - square - kilometer (285,700 - square - mile) marine reserve around its remote Easter Island.

China knows that the most vulnerable countries, such as the small island countries, should get priority for international funding, but China has not counted itself out of contention for funds in the long run, when $ 10 billion per year in aid grows to $ 100 billion per year.

The largest average decrease in maximum catch potential will occur in small island countries like Tuvalu, which is expected to see a 79 percent drop in annual catches in its waters, and Kiribati, which is projected to see a 70 percent decrease.

by 2100, which would flood major coastal cities and submerge some small island countries, causing untold devastation.

... 尽管中国是一个发展中国家 ， 仍然有1.5 亿贫困人口 ， 但是我们在南南合作 和双边合作的框架内为最不发达国家 、 小岛屿国家和非洲国家提供了力所能及的帮助 ， 以便提高他们应对气候变化的能力和手段 。 (roughly:... although China is a developing country, there are still 150 million poor people, but we have, in the framework of the South - South cooperation and bilateral cooperation, provided assistance to the least developed countries, small island countries and African countries, and help to improve their ability to cope with climate change and means.)

In contrast with India, Chinese officials avoided direct criticisms of the Fijian presidency, instead saying they are here in a spirit of support for the first small island country to steer climate talks.

Specific goals of the Synthesis Workshop included inter alia: to inform health scientists, practitioners, and officials of the impacts of climate variability, and long - term climate change in the Indian Ocean, Pacific, Caribbean and other regions; to address vulnerability assessment and adaptation options for Small Island Countries; and to summarize conclusions and recommendations for common actions and activities for Small Island States and vulnerable islands in general.

Not exact matches

The Maltese archipelago (made up of three main islands) is one of Europe's smallest countries.

«The U.S. has obviously been clear about where it stands with the Paris Agreement, but it is heartening that 19 other countries reaffirmed their commitment to the agreement,» said Thoriq Ibrahim, minister of energy and environment for the Maldives and Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, a group of countries vulnerable to the effects of global warming.

Instead, when you make this argument to people about Singapore, lots of people go, «Oh, but it's a small island Asian country,» they start saying, «But, you shouldn't look at it,» and I'm like, «Really?

Rhode Island residents may live in the smallest state in the country, but they have some of the biggest hearts in the world.

Antigua and Barbuda is an independent Commonwealth country comprising its two namesake islands and several smaller ones.

It is one of the smallest islands to be divided between two countries, an arrangement that has persisted since 1648.

So yes, we may be a small island but I tell you what, we're a great country.

To avoid this to happen again, Xie Zhenghua in Tianjin proposed that issues such as MRV, the claims of small islands or the status of developing countries «Should not be put forward at international occasions» but rather be dealt with in smaller fora.

«We may be a small island but I tell you what we are a great country,» he adds before joking about «arm wrestling with Vladimir».

New York's governor said in Puerto Rico's time of need, our country could have done so much more for the small island in preparation for Maria.

The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas has raised an alarm that one of the sources of small and dangerous arms smuggling into the country, which exacerbates criminality and even insurgency, was an island located close...

In the book it explains how they certain African countries and other small islands were selling them as an easy way for the country to increase income.

«But let me be clear — Britain may be a small island, but I would challenge anyone to find a country with a prouder history, a bigger heart or greater resilience.

«The divide may impact most on least developed countries (LDC) and small island developing states (SIDS), which are the most vulnerable to climate change but contribute least to relevant research.»

They would like us to start going backwards to 350 ppm or even lower and that's something actually some of the countries here also support, for example, the so - called small island states, some of which are already being lost to rise in seas.

Small Steps Diplomats hope there will be some progress on funding to help developing countries most at risk from the effects of global warming, particularly in Africa and small island stSmall Steps Diplomats hope there will be some progress on funding to help developing countries most at risk from the effects of global warming, particularly in Africa and small island stsmall island states.

«We want that to accelerate and make sure that the bigger countries are more serious about this and have in place mechanisms, especially when disaster strikes small islands,» Thoriq Ibrahim, environment and energy minister for the low - lying Maldives and chairman of the AOSIS, told E&E News recently.

On the other end of the spectrum, the European Union, the Alliance of Small Island States and the group of least developed countries, led by Gambia, offered a spectrum of practical ideas for pushing countries to do more.

«They're all sort of taking a pragmatic approach,» Meyer said of the E.U., small island nation and least developed country submissions.

More than 100 countries are currently meeting in Apia, Samoa, at the third UN Conference on Small Island Developing States, which ends tomorrow.

Since 1992, the UN recognizes a distinct group of fifty developing, low - lying coastal countries known as Small Islands Developing States (SIDS).

If the scientists of the IPCC are right, the inhabitants of large parts of Bangladesh face the loss of their homes and livelihoods, and the inhabitants of small island states face the loss of their countries.

Small Latin American countries and most of the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are the most likely to struggle to meet these new regulations, the authors note; efforts to comply will need to be driven from within the countries themselves, but outside support and funding could increase the chances of success.

«Many parts of the coast can, with forward planning, adapt to sea - level rise, but we need to better understand environments that will struggle to adapt, such as developing countries with large low - lying river deltas sensitive to salinisation, or coral reefs and particularly small, remote islands or poorer communities,» said Dr Brown.

On Monday, a team of American and British scientists led by Thompson reported on their chemical analysis of a sample core bored out of coral on the most populated atoll of Kiribati, a postcard - worthy Pacific Ocean country comprising many small islands.

The continent has suffered more than a quarter of all recent mammal extinctions, and many other native species survive only as small populations on one or more of the country's thousands of islands.

The scholarship has been established to honour the memory of the late Danielle de St. Jorre, Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Environment and Tourism of the Republic of the Seychelles, and a member of the Governing Board of the International Ocean Institute, in consideration of all she did in her short life for the benefit of her country, small island developing states and the world at large.

DLDD affected and prone areas are expected to increase in the future, causing severe impacts on their economies, especially in the Least Developed Countries, Small Islands Developing States and other developing cCountries, Small Islands Developing States and other developing countriescountries.

In addition, the country includes many far smaller offshore islands.

While at the end of COP23, the canoe was still paddling forward, 2018 will be rough waters with extreme climate events increasing the pressure on small islands while wealthier countries are still debating.

The island is just south of Italy, and is one of the smallest countries in the world.

Smaller cities, more rural areas and Hamilton tend to favour either honey or darling (with darling more popular in the North Island and honey in the South Island), while at the tips of the country, it's all about love — the top nickname in both Northland and Southland.

As the Dominican Republic is a smaller country, you can use online dating to meet girls from every city on the island.

While several countries have occupied the small island nation, the Portuguese arrived in the 1500s, and East Timor remained under Portuguese colonial rule until 1975 when the Indonesians invaded.

This diversity is reflected in the form of the state which is the largest archipelago country in the world with about 17,500 islands, big and small islands with a population of around 245 million (estimated in 2014).

In this sense, the voice of the peoples of the Least Developed Countries - LDCs, Least Industrialized Countries - LICs, Small Island States - SISs, Land Locked States - LLSs must be heard as a priority for the goals to be properly created.

At the same time, it recognizes that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States have special circumstances.

For such a small and obscure island country, the Solomon Islands played an unpredictably large role in World War II (as the character Jim experiences in The Bird Skinner).

The Ocean State may be the smallest in the country, but Rhode Island insurance is anything but simple.

After graduating that year, she drove across the country to a small island in the state of Washington to work as a naturalist on a whale watch boat.