Sentences with phrase «most vulnerable nations»

The evidence is overwhelming that climate change is happening in developing countries, says Oxfam, which works in most of the world's most vulnerable nations.

I had a bad 18 hours or so, was too angry to sleep one night, when it became clear that Fiji's COP, the first ever to be chaired by a Pacific island state, would send the world's most vulnerable nations home empty - handed on the life - and - death issue of loss and damage.

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.

«Indeed it is estimated that annual mean temperature has increased by over 2 °C during the last 70 years and precipitation has decreased in most regions, except the western part of the country, indicating that Mongolia is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to global warming.»

The other core question, of course, is whether Tuvalu and other of the world's most vulnerable nations will, in the end, sit quiet and accept the outcome.

Yet, to get this deal, President Obama had to ignore many of the positions of the most vulnerable nations that were unresolved in the two negotiating documents that had been created in the lead - up to Copenhagen over two years.

Adaptation finance should also be channelled through the LDC Fund, which is set up to better serve the world's poorest and most vulnerable nations.

President Obama should speak not only of the urgent need for greenhouse gas mitigation, but also of the measures that must be taken domestically and internationally to prepare for the impacts of climate disruption — including how the US intends to aid the most vulnerable nations in adaptation.

We look to President Obama to speak not only of the urgent need for greenhouse gas mitigation, but also of the measures that must be taken domestically and internationally to prepare for the impacts of climate disruption — including how the US intends to aid the most vulnerable nations in adaptation.

The most vulnerable nations in the assessment undertaken by Brooks et al. (2005)(using mortality from climate - related disasters as an indication of climate outcomes) were those situated in sub-Saharan Africa and those that have recently experienced conflict.

«I invite some of the most vulnerable nations in the world to join a global survival pact instead,» Nasheed said.

Earth's most vulnerable nations remind the developed world that climate action is a question of life or death.

I accuse Canadian corporations and government of immoral activity with devastating consequences for the poorest, most vulnerable nations on the globe.

As climate change tightens its grip on the world, institutions charged with protecting the most vulnerable nations could be faced with just such a question.

Though Russia is ranked 115 out of 163 nations surveyed and classified as a medium - risk country, the recent heatwave's impact on grain production and the nation's ban on grain exports, combined with a 25 % decrease in Canadian grain production in June, due to flooding, is causing fluctuations in commodity prices, in turn increasing food insecurity in the most vulnerable nations.

Many of them have long advocated a maximum temperature rise of 1.5 °C to prevent disaster for the most vulnerable nations, such as the Marshall Islands and the Maldives.

Not exact matches

«Many drug companies are lining their pockets at the expense of some of the most vulnerable families in our nation,» Rep. Elijah Cummings (D - Maryland) wrote in a statement accompanying the memos.

The law would provide justice to some of the most vulnerable people in our nation: young people who do not have homes and do not have the strong family support needed to keep them free from people who would exploit them.

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.

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.

Bonds of Europe's most - indebted nations slumped as speculation resurfaced that the euro region remains vulnerable to shocks as it emerges from the sovereign debt crisis.

«Reducing the federal deficit is critical for our nation's long term health but it should not be done at the expense of the most vulnerable.

Additionally, in a 2009 letter to the United States Senate, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops called on the legislative body to «place the needs of poor families and the most vulnerable in our nation and around the world first in setting priorities in the federal budget resolution.»

A United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) report thinks the fisheries and aquaculture sectors are among the most vulnerable to food fraud such as species substitution and mislabelling.

The United Nations (UN) Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has released a report indicating that the fishing industry is the most vulnerable industry for food fraud such as species substitution...

If we want to provide the nation's most vulnerable learners with the skills they need to prosper, then we need to create a system that supports them from birth through high school.

Assisting the most vulnerable during tough times is central to our nation's values.

What this government has done is strip away support and entrench poverty for the nation's most vulnerable children.

And what this government has done is strip away support and entrench poverty for the nation's most vulnerable children.

«The time to stop the House's cuts in vital services and supports for the nation's poorest and most vulnerable families is now, before they become part of the final budget resolution,» said Renwick.

From this date, England will be the only UK nation without any Government - funded programme to assist the most financially disadvantaged vulnerable households in keeping their homes warm.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

«She had concluded plans to run off to a Caribbean Island to live off the blood money she stole, not hauled from the poorest and the most vulnerable citizens of this nation.

Former Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson defended his experience and credentials to serve as the nation's new housing secretary, turning to his life story to show that he understands the needs of the country's most vulnerable.

«The Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs will give New York State the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting those who are often the most vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment,» Cuomo said in a statement.

«What Rivera Schatz did not only blatantly violate the island's anti-discrimination law, it goes against the very core values of this nation — to respect, to be inclusive, and defend its most vulnerable.»

His job - approval rating — which hovers at 24 percent, according to a recent Quinnipiac University poll — and his distinction as the nation's most vulnerable Democratic governor has energized the Republican field.

«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.

Washington (CNN)- The CNN 100, a list of the nation's 100 most vulnerable House races, has been updated to reflect the latest developments in the battle to control the chamber this November.

«That's why I am pleased to announce that we will now be working with the United Nations to identify the most vulnerable Syrian refugees - particularly women, girls and children - and those who have been subject to sexual violence in this conflict, to provide them with refuge here in Britain.»

«Through his actions, Trump has declared open season on our nation's most vulnerable citizens.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also weighed in on the fatal incident saying, «Gun violence continues to plague communities across the nation and that it has found its way into workplaces, schools and hospitals, where the most vulnerable among us should feel safe, is reprehensible.»

He said the new agency «will give New York State the strongest standards and practices in the nation for protecting those who are often the most vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment.»

«We know and we feel the plight of those that are most vulnerable, and we are here today to let everyone know that our solidarity, our strength, lies in our diversity, and our mission is to make sure that everyone receives justice and that this is truly an indivisible nation,» said Afaf Nasher, the executive director of CAIR New York.

Until change comes, the most vulnerable of the nation's academic researchers will continue to bear the brunt of the pain.

That doesn't mean global warming isn't a serious threat to Bangladesh, which is generally considered among the nations most vulnerable to rising temperatures, said lead author Leslie Wallace Auerbach.

«Rather than putting America's health first, this budget instead puts the health and safety of all Americans — but especially our nation's most vulnerable, such as lower - income Americans, children and those living with a lung disease like asthma — in jeopardy.»

Knowledgeable observers are divided on what this torrent of short - term cash will mean for science agencies» most vulnerable charges: the nation's graduate students, postdocs, and other early - career scientists.

Mozambique is among the African countries most vulnerable to climate change, with over 1,550 miles of coastline, more than half of its population living along the ocean, and cities that function as the nation's economic hubs.

Miami is one of the nation's most vulnerable cities to sea - level rise, and it already experiences nuisance flooding on sunny days.