Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable developing countries»

The commitment by developed countries of $ 30 billion in quick start financial assistance for adaptation and mitigation prioritized for the most vulnerable developing countries, followed by up to $ 100 billion per year by 2020 represents the major achievement of Copenhagen, as I discussed in my last post.

Because none of the developed countries were willing to make emissions reduction commitments congruent with what scientific community said was necessary to protect them, some of the most vulnerable developing countries saw the developed countries» positions in Copenhagen as ominous, perhaps a death sentence.

• Assure that those responsible for climate change provide adequate, predictable adaptation funding to enable developing countries and in particular the most vulnerable developing countries to do what is necessary to avoid climate change damages in cases where it is possible to take action and to prevent damages, or be compensated for climate change damages in cases where it is impossible to take protective action.

The 2015 agreement must make a significant contribution to deliver an adaptation approach that adequately responds to the immediate needs of, and future threats to, the most vulnerable developing countries and ecosystems.

(E) support the deployment of technologies to help the most vulnerable developing countries respond to the destabilizing impacts of climate change and encourage the identification and adoption of appropriate renewable and efficient energy technologies that are beneficial in increasing community - level resilience to the impacts of global climate change in those countries; and

(C) support climate change adaptation research in or for the most vulnerable developing countries;

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

Will the final agreement be a fair and just agreement for the most vulnerable developing countries or will it be a favorable agreement for developed countries with power?

In this context, request support from the U.N. system to assist the most vulnerable developing countries take action in pursuit of this declaration.

Placed in a «green fund,» he said, this money could be invested in the most vulnerable developing countries to protect rain forests, plant new forests, expand farming methods that store carbon, and help with adaptation and energy programs.

-- The term «most vulnerable developing countries» means, as determined by the Administrator of USAID, developing countries that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, considering the approaches included in any international treaties and agreements.

(4) MOST VULNERABLE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

G7 governments will aim to increase by up to 400 million the number of people in the most vulnerable developing countries who have access to direct or indirect insurance coverage against climate - related hazards by 2020, and support early warning systems in the most vulnerable countries, the statement said.

Not exact matches

And last but not least, the world's 43 most vulnerable countries adopted a push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 — leading with a commitment that many rich and developed nations have yet to make.

One criticism of the WHO stance has been that it is more relevant to developing countries, where babies who are breastfed for longer are less likely to be exposed to contaminated water while they are at their most vulnerable.

Despite the safeguards it affords, they say, mothers in developing countries - the most vulnerable of mothers anywhere, the ones least able to afford formula milk, the ones whose babies most need the breast milk they could and should be getting for free - were being, and continue to be, targeted by corporate giants bent on carving out their share of a valuable market (Save the Children, which today publishes a report on the baby - milk industry, reckons that the total value of baby - milk and baby - food imports is worth almost # 16m a year in Bangladesh alone - but the potential, if more mothers were bottlefeeding, is a lot higher than that).

«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.»

One criticism of the WHO's 6 - month stance has been that it is more relevant to developing countries, where babies who are breastfed for longer are less likely to be exposed to contaminated water while they are at their most vulnerable.

Dr. Hackam seeks to work with industry partners, as well as nurses, doctors and families of patients around the country, in order to develop novel regimens to safely and effectively deliver appropriate nutrition to the most vulnerable infants, who are at risk for the development of intestinal disease.

New financing for Least Developed Countries Fund sends strong signal of commitment as Paris talks get underway Eleven donors have pledged close to $ 250 USD million in new money for adaptation support to the most vulnerable countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here Countries Fund sends strong signal of commitment as Paris talks get underway Eleven donors have pledged close to $ 250 USD million in new money for adaptation support to the most vulnerable countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here countries on the planet giving a welcome boost to the start of the climate talks here in Paris.

To reach these ambitious and important goals, appropriate financial flows will be put in place, thus making stronger action by developing countries and the most vulnerable possible, in line with their own national objectives.

And the most vulnerable countries — notably the less developed nations like Indonesia with huge coastlines and fragile ecosystems — should be in the driving seat.

Taking account of their historic responsibility, as well as the need to secure climate justice for the world's poorest and most vulnerable communities, developed countries must commit to legally binding and ambitious emission reduction targets consistent with limiting global average surface warming to well below 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels and long - term stabilization of atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations at well below below 350 p.p.m., and that to achieve this the agreement at COP15 U.N.F.C.C.C. should include a goal of peaking global emissions by 2015 with a sharp decline thereafter towards a global reduction of 85 percent by 2050,

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.

They have identified a shortage of this type of information in many developing countries, which are often most vulnerable to a changing climate», says Erik Kjellström, Director of SMHI's climate research unit, the Rossby Centre.

The accord produced additional commitments for financial assistance from developed to developing countries, especially the most vulnerable and poor countries.

However, most of the key technological innovations have not reached many of the developing countries and vulnerable communities, particularly those in Southeast Asia; therefore, it is important that the region has the capacity and knowledge needed to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of the changing environment and assessments such as the TNA workshop is indispensable.

To reach these ambitious goals, appropriate financial flows, a new technology framework and an enhanced capacity building framework will be put in place, thus supporting action by developing countries and the most vulnerable countries, in line with their own national objectives.

The most affected populations are the urban poor — i.e. slum dwellers in developing countries — who tend to live along river banks, on hillsides and slopes prone to landslides, near polluted grounds, on decertified land, in unstable structures vulnerable to earthquakes, and along waterfronts in coastal areas.

This activity report provides an overview of measures taken to contribute to climate change mitigation and adaption, as climate change is affecting the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries, including Small Island Developing States, landlocked countries, arid - and semi-arid areas and countries where people are dependent on natural resources.

Divide poor countries further by creating a new category of developing countries called «the most vulnerable

e A renewed emphasis on the poorest people and those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, acknowledging that all countries will be impacted by climate change, with developing countries the least able to cope;

First, climate change creates duties because those most responsible for causing this problem are the richer developed countries, yet those who are most vulnerable to the problem's harshest impacts are some of the world's poorest people in developing countries.

The document stresses the huge potential benefits of using government action to enable the knowledge and expertise from the insurance industry to play its fullest role in risk management in developing countries, particularly those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

First, climate change creates duties, responsibilities, and obligations because those most responsible for causing this problem are the richer developed countries or rich people in developed and developing countries, yet those who are most vulnerable to the problem's harshest impacts are some of the world's poorest people around the world.

(3) The countries most vulnerable to climate change, due both to greater exposure to harmful impacts and to lower capacity to adapt, are developing countries with very low industrial greenhouse gas emissions that have contributed less to climate change than more affluent countries.

Yet people in developing countries are often most vulnerable both to climate change, and any potential efforts to respond to it.

The United States also will take prompt, substantial action to help the least developed and most vulnerable countries adapt and build resilience to the impacts of climate change.»

In December 2009 the islands stalled talks at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, fearing some other developing countries were not committing fully to binding deals on a reduction in carbon emission, their chief negotiator stated «Tuvalu is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change, and our future rests on the outcome of this meeting.»

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

Business Standard: India is amongst the countries most vulnerable to climate change and must develop its own model to study changes at the regional level and take necessary mitigation measures, a senior US scientist of Indian origin said.

This negatively impacts food security, small - scale farmers, and the most vulnerable in developing countries.

We call on the other developed countries to work seriously for the needs of the most vulnerable countries and help in establishing an effective international mechanism on loss and damage here in Warsaw.

Developing countries Developing countries are some of the most vulnerable to extreme weather events, but lack timely and robust evidence to understand current and future threats from such hazards and thus to prepare for and respond to their impacts.

First, climate change creates duties, responsibilities, and obligations because those most responsible for causing this problem are the richer developed countries or rich people in developed and developing countries, yet those who are most vulnerable to the problem's harshest impacts are some of the world's poorest people.

From the standpoint of some the most vulnerable countries, including some of the small island developing states making up the organization AOSIS, Kyoto was not aggressive enough to prevent climate change threats to them.

During the Copenhagen conference representatives from poor vulnerable nations begged developed countries to: (a) commit to reduce GHG emissions to levels necessary to prevent dangerous climate change; and (b) to fund adaptation programs in developing countries that are necessary to protect the most vulnerable from climate change impacts that could be avoided or compensate for the damages that could not be avoided.

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Slum dwellers in developing countries tend to be most vulnerable to climate change because they live along river banks, on slopes prone to landslides, near polluted grounds, on desertified land, in unstable structures, and along coastal waterfronts.