Sentences with phrase «on developed nations»

The real challenge of global warming, therefore, lies in tackling its impact on developing nations.

Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of «common but differentiated responsibilities.»

The UN explained this, saying «Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of «common but differentiated responsibilities.

The impact of climate change on developing nations in particular is like «low - intensity biological or chemical warfare,» said the Namibia representative at a recent meeting of the UN Security Council, secretary general Ban Ki Moon writes in a recent editorial.

Although the statement concentrates on developing nations, Norman Myers of Green College, Oxford, stresses the implications of population growth in developed countries.

on Education of girls and youth literacy varies widely in Africa, new educational data on developing nations

Is our peace of mind about the world's oceans worth the negative consequences on developing nation populations?

India says developed countries are mostly to blame for climate change, and heaping demands on developing nations to cut emissions is both unfair and hypocritical.

4) A new UN climate treaty would limit fossil fuel use by developed countries, place no binding limits or timetables on developing nations, and redistribute hundreds of billions of dollars to poor countries that claim they have been harmed by emissions and warming due to rich country hydrocarbon use.

But hurdles remain: Growing economies like India and Brazil still haven't submitted pledges to cut emissions, casting doubt on developing nations» willingness to reining in their carbon footprints — especially since many rely on cheap but emissions - heavy coal for growth.

As such, the Paris Agreement places no obligation on them at all to cut emissions, as it does on developed nations.

According to many papers this did not go down well with developing nations, who would like to stick with Kyoto (not least because it puts more weight on developed nations reducing emissions whilst leaving developing countries largely out of the picture).

IN this case, drastically reducing co2 can have direct harm, especially on developing nations (it also redirects funds from far more pressing matters like mass child starvation).

The EU thinks what it is doing in regards mitigation and finance is good enough, and inserted some undercurrents of blame on developing nations.

Paul Driessen identified this in his book Eco-Imperialism that explains how western environmentalists imposed their views and philosophies on developing nations.

Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of GHG emissions in the atmosphere as a result of more than 150 years of industrial activity, the Protocol places a heavier burden on developed nations under the principle of «common but differentiated responsibilities.»

This just continues the call for a different approach to farming than the industrialized approach so often foisted off on developing nations.

«Action to mitigate global climate change,» the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has declared in a statement, «must be built upon a foundation of social and economic justice that does not put the poor at greater risk or place disproportionate and unfair burdens on developing nations.»

Someone, somewhere in the world, has to deal with the fall - out of our rampant consumerism, our affluenza, our addiction to fast fashion, and it's hardly fair to dump that on developing nations.