Sentences with phrase «of wealthy countries»

Even if this gene therapy proves itself, the cost and technical challenge of the intervention means it likely will have little chance of being used outside of wealthy countries.

More importantly, it doesn't look at the role of wealthy countries in contributing to the most important population - related problems that are global: climate disruption, toxification of the entire planet, the possibly insurmountable challenge of transitioning rapidly away from fossil fuels, looting of the seas, and increasing the risks of pandemics and nuclear war.

And still the Leninist dream lives on: in a hellhole like North Korea; in the island prison, Cuba; in what ought to be one of the wealthiest countries on the planet, Venezuela.

Though a number of wealthy countries attending a State Department - convened climate finance ministerial meeting on mobilizing private money have been trying to escape their obligation to use public funds to help the world's poor confront the climate crisis (which, incidentally, the poor did not cause), Robin Hood found them today and demanded to be heard.

Most of the wealthy countries of Europe are not Federal, or have a very strong central government.

Statistics released in December show that, during the 1980s, Britain was the only one of the G7 group of wealthy countries to reduce the share of its national wealth devoted to industrial R&D.

The emerging deal in Paris stands in stark contrast to the current Kyoto Protocol, which demands only a handful of wealthy countries curb emissions.

Then they heard reflections from a representatives of a wealthy country, Switzerland, and a poor one, Ghana (where recent science shows is exposed to extraordinary climate risk with or without a push from greenhouse gases).

The Business Standard, India's largest business news outlet, claimed there was a tumultuous moment Thursday night as ministers tussled over the scope and nature of wealthy countries» financial commitments to vulnerable developing countries.

Touching on the current deadlock in Copenhagen over the responsibilities of wealthy countries versus developing countries, the Pope writes that «the present ecological crisis is the historical responsibility of the industrialized countries.

One way to prevent the creation of new high - consumers would be to persuade the wealthy to have fewer babies and to close off the borders of wealthy countries, preventing low - consumers from immigrating and becoming high - consumers.

By the end of the climate talks we may find out whether the Philippines leader was bluffing with a view to forcing the hand of wealthy countries into funding climate solutions in the archipelago, or whether coal power truly won.

Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in the world, the U.S. does not impress when it comes to basic knowledge of personal finance.

The chieftain of the Wakanda Panther Cult and king of Wakanda — one of the wealthiest countries on the planet — T'Challa has access to some of the most incredible technology.

India and sub-Saharan Africa are most heavily affected, but it's a problem almost everywhere outside of the wealthiest countries:

A number of wealthier countries, led by Germany, have promised US$ 10 billion to the Africa Renewable Energy Initiative — an ambitious scheme to provide much - needed clean energy across the continent.

Some have suggested that parents be licensed — even in the U.S., one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a staggering 15 percent of children suffer from hunger and many more from abuse — but as I've written before, based on what criteria and supervised by whom?

Scotland is one of the wealthiest countries in the world and we already know that in budget terms we are stronger than the UK as a whole.

Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesperson Jenny Willott said: «It is impossible to understand why, as one of the wealthiest countries in the world, Britain should have one in five of its children living in poverty.

Even in some of the wealthiest countries in the world, though — such as the United States — infant mortality rates remain high.

We are one of the wealthiest countries in the world with some of the world's wealthiest people living in our country.

UNESCO calls on governments to reverse the decline in physical education (PE) investment that has been observed in recent years in many parts of the world, including some of the wealthiest countries.

The UK is one of the wealthiest countries in the world — how can we tell our children that there is no money to spare for them?

If we were our own country, we would be one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

An abundance of oil and natural gas resources has made Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world.

It is the 6th largest country in the world based on land area, and Australia is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with the 12th largest economy, and the 5th highest per capita income.

They also showed that the fastest growth in human - footprint score was in middle - income countries, with some of the wealthiest countries experiencing slight decreases in average human influence.

The event exposed the tension that exists between incentives of developing countries to generate much - needed revenues from cutting down their rainforests, and those of wealthier countries to pay for rainforest protection.

Living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it is hard to believe that hunger exists at the level that it does.

Living in one of the wealthiest countries in the world, it is hard to...

Some have suggested that parents be licensed — even in the U.S., one of the wealthiest countries in the world, a staggering 15 percent of children suffer from hunger and many more from abuse — but as I've written before, based on what criteria and supervised by whom?