Sentences with phrase «other rich countries»

Now it must meet its promises to cut emissions and work with other rich countries to ensure they do the same.

But even accepting the publicized figures at their face value, U.S. aid has been decreasing much more than that of other rich countries.

The U.S., though, seems in a better position to take advantage of this than most other rich countries, thanks to a few competitive advantage.

Ian Goldin of the University of Oxford says the US and other rich countries fear Ebola will weaken their trading and strategic partners such as India, Brazil — or Nigeria, also home to Africa's largest oil reserves, and violent Islamic jihadis.

Yet we still lag far behind other rich countries, and we have the weakest safety net in the advanced world.

The ideal scenario for Europe would be for the United States quickly to establish a system to cap and trade carbon dioxide, and then pledge to put pressure on other rich countries to do the same thing.

«The inaction of Europe and other rich countries responsible for climate change is outrageous.

The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) which released its comprehensive report on the current status of bioenergy today, says the conflict between growing crops for food versus biofuels is artificial and can be resolved if the United States, Europe and other rich countries drop protectionist policies and work with developing nations to increase the use of the eco-friendly fuels.

But this too is rapidly falling, as the U.S. starts to look more like other rich countries.

If the U.S. or other rich countries start to see steep rises in house prices or stocks connected to Chinese capital flows, it would be wise to restrain the impulse to join the party.

Those rates are relatively on - par with the rest of the world, yet Americans are ten times more likely to die at the barrel of a gun than people in other rich countries.

U.S. health spending far outstrips that of other rich countries, despite similar quality of care.

We have stable, transparent regulations, and we pay a smaller percentage of our income in taxes than almost every other rich country.

There are other rich countries that also are aging and unproductive.

The Canadian economy has been one of the outstanding performers in recent years, after the country largely escaped a serious housing crisis, and has a better financial position than other rich countries.

If smart meters are still a way off in the US and other rich countries, they will be even more difficult to deploy en masse in India, particularly in the short term while the government remains focused on generating more power and better managing what it has.

The US population experiences poorer health at all stages of life than the populations of 16 other rich countries.

Yet, in the UK research into mental illness has stalled at around 5 per cent of the annual medical research budget, and the picture is similar in other rich countries.

Ropers is convinced that other rich countries will follow suit, however, and that such projects are necessary.

It has carved out a bit of a niche as a low - cost producer of goods, exporting wares to Germany, France, and other richer countries.

Continuing to emit greenhouse gasses at present levels until the end of the century will almost certainly cause massive harm to those living in the United States and other rich countries.

The $ 10bn (# 6bn) in climate aid which Britain and other rich countries are expected to formally pledge this week represents a backsliding on earlier climate finance transfers, according to observers.

This loss is majorly in the details of the agreement, the details that the USA and other rich countries have crafted behind doors while putting up a smokescreen as the good guys.