Sentences with phrase «only on developed countries»

As a matter of substance, you can not meet the climate challenge by focusing only on developed countries when developing countries already account for around 55 % of global emissions from fossil fuels and will account for 65 % by 2030.

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She pointed out that the US isn't the only place with angry, impulsive people on the loose, yet «we are the only developed country in the world where this happens on a regular basis.»

In the totality of the advanced capitalist countries, the productive investment rate on the annual average developed thus: 5.5 % in the «60s; 3.6 % in the «70s; only 2.9 % during the «80s.

Although billions of dollars are being expended annually on family planning services in less - developed countries, and such programs have been promoted by various governments at the national level for four decades, there are only a few studies that have attempted to measure the demographic and health impact of family planning against a «control group» — a similar area which lacks the service.

As is explained on its website: «The college will develop and enrich the cultural and educational life of our country; and respond to Benedict XVI's call for a New Evangelisation, bringing life to «the interior desert that results when man, wishing to be the only builder of his own nature and his own destiny, finds himself devoid of that which constitutes the foundation of all things»» (Motu proprio Ubicumque et semper, October 2010).

Vandana Shiva makes, this point in more detail with regard to the social systems of developing countries — the Green Revolution, she writes, has in fact impoverished most of the people it sought to help, and the Gene Revolution now following on its heels will only increase the damage.

When given exclusively, breastfeeding reduces the risk of infectious diseases in infants in developing countries.21, 22 In industrialized countries, exclusive breastfeeding during the first 6 months seems to decrease the risk of gastrointestinal tract infections, compared with exclusive breastfeeding during only the first 3 to 4 months.23, 24 On the basis of these and other reports, the World Health Organization recommended in 2001 that all children be exclusively breastfeed for 6 months instead of 4 months.

Nestlé Chairman, Peter Brabeck - Letmathé, says it is extreme to suggest people have a right to water, then gave Matt Damon an award (and a Nespresso advertising contract) for setting up a website supporting water projects in developing countries (will Matt speak out on Nestlé's water policies or keep quiet and follow George Clooney's example and say he is only «trying to make a living»?).

Whereas 67 % of US women initiate breastfeeding, only 31 % continue with any breastfeeding at 6 months of age.17 - 19 The impact of limited breastfeeding on the health of children has not been well studied in developed countries.

The impasse is only set to develop further as other European Union countries investigate the possibility of an outright ban on the use of lead shot.

Not only were hundreds arrested in anti-globalisation disturbances outside the meetings, but the representatives of around 40 developing countries refused to accept US - led proposals for reducing tariffs on cotton and other goods, while the West refused to address the development concerns that were not on the agenda.

«Through the MTI, NHS trusts not only contribute to the training of doctors in developing countries, but also experienced medical graduates on the scheme help to ensure hospitals in England are adequately staffed.»

Nangonya joined IAEA in 2002 by taking the Agency's Safeguards Traineeship Programme, a foundation course on nuclear technology open only to nationals from developing countries.

For the first time in the history of the fraught diplomatic talks, he said, China has taken a concrete step away from the current Kyoto Protocol rules that demand only a handful of industrialized countries act unilaterally while hundreds of developing countries act on a voluntary basis.

Developing countries insist they can only accept quotas based on population and suggest extending the Kyoto plans for emissions trading to smooth the transition.

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

Worldwide, lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer.1 In the United Kingdom, its annual incidence is second only to that of breast cancer, accounting for around 39000 new cancer diagnoses annually.2 In countries that have seen a high prevalence of smoking, around 90 % of diagnoses of lung cancer are attributable to cigarette smoking.3 The increased incidence from smoking is proportional to the length and intensity of smoking history.4 On average, a lifetime smoker has a 20-fold increase in the risk of developing lung cancer compared with a lifetime non - smoker.1 Lung cancer is more common in men than in women, closely following past patterns of smoking prevalence, and 80 % of cases are diagnosed in people aged over 60.2

Facts about vitamin B12 (cobalamin) show that in developed countries the number of people with low vitamin B12 is rampant not only among elderly people, vegans and vegetarians but actually among entire population including younger individuals or those who consume dairy and meat products on a regular basis.

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While the distribution of vibranium could apparently have an immense positive impact on the development of humanity, the Black Panther fights to keep it locked away behind the walls of his country, using it only to develop advanced gadgetry and weapons.

Based on model legislation developed out of best practices from around the country, Mississippi has a rigorous and accountable process to ensure that only the highest quality charter schools will be authorized.

With the practice of spending only about 5 % of assets each year and given the large (and effective) efforts the Foundation makes in developing country health - care, Gates only spends a couple hundred million dollars on education reform each year.

Based on model legislation developed out of best practices from around the country, this law creates a rigorous and accountable process to ensure that only the highest quality charter schools will be authorized.

Teachers in the United States spend far more time engaged in active instruction than teachers in other high - performing countries.1 Based on self - reported data, teachers in the United States spend 27 hours teaching out of 45 hours of work per week.2 Compare this with teachers in Singapore, who teach for only 17 hours per week, or teachers in Finland, who teach for a total of 21 hours per week.3 Schools in these countries prioritize time for planning and collaboration, recognizing that developing and executing lessons take time and preparation.4 According to a recent analysis of more than 140 school districts, the average length of a U.S. teacher's workday is 7.5 hours.5 In another analysis of more than 120 school districts, the most common length of time allotted for planning was 45 minutes per day.6 In this short time, teachers must grade student work, plan for future lessons, engage with families, and complete necessary paperwork.

«We want to develop a performance car offering customers enjoyable driving experience not only on a race track, but also on a nice country road,» he said.

With B&N exclusive to the US, Amazon forcing overseas customers (non-Kindle countries) to pay a $ 2 surcharge and blocking sales to many countries, and Apple only reaching about twenty countries, you are missing out on huge potential sales as ereading develops around the world.

The International Fund may invest in emerging markets, which are generally more volatile and can have relatively unstable governments, social and legal systems that do not protect shareholders, economies based on only a few industries and securities markets that are substantially smaller, less liquid, more volatile and may have a lower level of government oversight than securities markets in more developed countries.

Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock (NYSE: VWO) If you only focus on developed countries, though, you'll have a glaring hole in your portfolio.

What we are generally seeing, especially in developing countries where the technology for Forex trading took a while to catch up with the rest of the world is that traders take only a few day's training, or attend «one - day intensive» seminars on a Saturday (when the market is not running), then rush off on Monday with thousands of dollars to open Forex accounts to start trading.

Yau created the animation based on the statistics that were available to him and only depicts data for the United States, but it's probably safe to say that there were similar changes across the globe as countries advanced and developed.

Then, with their freely - chosen support, the sky is the limit: reallocate sections of the defense budget to selective nation - building; change agricultural policy to favor sustainable home - grown food where possible in the interests of health and national security; create programs that encourage Americans to help with sanitation, agriculture and birth control in developing countries; slice away the parts of government that get in the way (thereby freeing up the budget); protect citizen and consumer's rights; strictly regulate pollution; shut down destabilizing financial schemes, and eventually earn enough respect in the world that we're not the only ones on the bandwagon.

The focus remains on the United States, which never ratified the Kyoto accord, and booming developing countries like China and India, which signed up but only as long as its mandatory measures excluded them.

Ill - informed and, with all due respect, blatantly false statements like the above beg for a response based on actual facts about the present reality and near - future potential of solar and wind energy — not only in industrialized countries like Germany, Japan, Australia, and the USA, but in particular to meet the needs of the developing world, where these technologies are already enabling a revolution in rural electrification.

At a briefing for reporters after the close of the latest meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Climate and Energy, he described how the United States is only willing to go forward on legally binding steps to limit greenhouse gases if fast - growing developing countries — aka India and China — are similarly bound.

«Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity» is a comprehensive report on the status of U.S. industrial hemp policy and highlights the fact that we are the only developed country to ban farmers from growing non-psychoactive industrial varieties of Cannabis.

This invitation - only event, hosted for finance and climate ministries of select donor countries, typifies the extraordinary emphasis rich governments are placing on private finance as the solution to meeting developing countries» climate needs.

Much of the increase was in advanced developing countries like China and India, while research spending in low - income states grew on average by only 2 percent per year in that period and stagnated or declined in many.

China's chief climate change official and head of the Chinese delegation Xie Zhenhua said during a press briefing this afternoon open only to Chinese media that they supported this move by the G - 77 and other developing countries for «removing obstacles and speeding up work on amending the Kyoto Protocol.»

The Cancun meeting in fact made it more likely for the developed countries to shift from the Kyoto Protocol and its binding regime of emission reduction commitments, to a voluntary system in which each country only makes pledges on how much it will reduce its emissions.

But it was the only way to salvage the disastrous negotiation, and it did set out the few points on which the US and China — along with the other big developing countries — agreed.

bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather than outright fighting the building of wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and technologies to invest more in finding green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of turbines.

Overall, the EU will only scrape its target of an eight percent reduction in emissions relative to 1990 levels and will rely heavily on buying carbon credits from developing countries in order to achieve it.

The international community, in particular multilateral development banks like ADB, can play a greater role in ensuring that their support to developing countries not only includes general capacity development, but also focuses on identifying and addressing legal barriers to climate finance.

This tiny tax is only one of many options on the table that could help plug the gap in much needed financing from developed countries.

The world can not hope to hit the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's goal of cutting global emissions in half by 2050 if reductions only come from developed countries.

After a lengthy and hard - fought negotiation process, 35 countries signed on to a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol — the only legally binding agreement under which developed countries have committed to cut their greenhouse gases.

The fact that this text, which developed countries hoped would be the basis of the negotiations, omitted the pillars of the Bali Action Plan and reflected the interests of developing countries so strongly that it can only shines light on the state of transition the entire UN climate convention is going through.

«It was somewhat astonishing to hear my good friend from China to say commitments apply to only developed country parties,» U.S. Special envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern said.

The new AWG - LCA 8, item 3 on nationally - appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) by developing country parties released this morning creates either a registry as part of the financial mechanism or some other mechanism to record NAMAs from developing countries, specifying only NAMAs seeking or receiving support would be required for verification through an international mechanism or registry.

Our results also indicate that restrictions on the use of flexibility mechanisms not only reduce potential of the Annex 1 countries» efficiency gains, but also are not beneficial to developing countries because they restrict the total financial flows to developing countries under the clean development mechanism.