Sentences with phrase «particularly in developing»

She worked closely with Fred Rogers, particularly in developing the Mister Rogers» Plan & Play Book, for which she helped to create over 700 children's activities to accompany the Mister Rogers» Neighborhood program.
Learn about implications of the Endrew F. case for school psychologists, particularly in developing IEPs and providing a free appropriate public education for students in special education.
«I urge all governments to work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their organisations in realising the report's recommendations, particularly in developing justice targets, within the Federal government's Closing the Gap Refresh process.
As we've seen recently, Facebook Lite has amassed over 200 million users, so there is a market for lightweight apps that load fast and don't consume a lot of data, particularly in developing countries.
Annual Competition advocacy contests cosponsored by the ICN and the World Bank have enabled a large number of agencies (particularly in developing countries) to showcase their successes in helping improve the competitive climate within their jurisdictions.
Android Go is Google's new Android fork that promises smoother performance and lower data usage on affordable devices, particularly in developing nations.
While the allegations in the Hudbay Minerals case have not been proven in court, the case is yet another stark reminder of the importance of implementing risk - based global human rights compliance systems, rooted in the UN Guiding Principles, for corporations operating in multiple jurisdictions — particularly those in the developing world where there is lax or non-existent labour and criminal law enforcement (or, in many instances, a dearth of rule of law - based institutions).
The global trend shows significant growth in mobiles: Six in 10 people across the globe now use mobile phones, particularly in developing countries.
That is high talk, but the group truly is devoted to using technology to enhance civil and social justice throughout the world, particularly in developing countries.
The facility has been working with industry partners to develop a notebook computer for use by children in primary and secondary education around the world, particularly in developing countries.
Floods, droughts and heat waves — these are the kind of climate extremes that can bring devastation, particularly in developing countries.
The work that I do around the world, particularly in developing countries, is primarily focused on showing how meeting basic human needs using the world's best practices in sustainable technology can leverage the creation of real jobs and real businesses that lead to genuine economic progress for even the most marginal of peoples.
The benefit to this type of bionic leaf system is that it would work as a cheap, portable source of fertilizer for farmers around the world, particularly in developing countries where the making and distributing of fertilizer is far more difficult and expensive.
Taylor's most recent (April 2017) paper, Debating Carbon Taxes With Oren Cass (And Bill Gates), is a lively and thoughtful survey of energy developments worldwide, particularly in the developing nations.
At the same time, however, experts warn that to limit climate change, it will be crucial to get a handle on emissions growth associated with transport — particularly in developing countries.
Accordingly, over the next few decades the focus of climate policy should be to: (a) broadly advance sustainable development (particularly in developing countries since that would generally enhance their adaptive capacity to cope with numerous problems that currently beset them, including climate - sensitive problems), (b) reduce vulnerabilities to climate - sensitive problems that are urgent today and might be exacerbated by future climate change, and (c) implement «no - regret» emission reduction measures while at the same time striving to expand the universe of such measures through research and development of cleaner and more affordable technologies.
Develop and promote, as appropriate, cost - effective, more efficient, less polluting and safer transport systems, particularly integrated rural and urban mass transit, as well as environmentally sound road networks, taking into account the needs for sustainable social, economic and development priorities, particularly in developing countries.
Proceeds from the conference will be donated to a non-profit working on climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly in developing countries.
Essentially, lighting has become so cheap to run, thanks to the low cost of energy and the efficiency of lighting, that we are using far more of it, everywhere in the world, and particularly in developing countries with their dramatically improving standards of living.
Further, while increased mitigation efforts will reduce climate impacts, even the most aggressive mitigation efforts will not eliminate the need for substantial adaptation, particularly in developing countries which will be disproportionately affected.
Recent research by other investigators points to evidence that climate change could hinder economic growth, particularly in developing nations.
A special need is to increase the observational and research capacities in many regions, particularly in developing countries.
These limitations suggest areas for further research that could help improve an understanding of China's potential to reduce emissions beyond its borders, and would allow policy analysis on how China could increase this positive impact, particularly in developing countries.
But scientists say 0.5 C could make a crucial difference in some regions — particularly in developing countries in the tropics — that are already at great risk from climate change.
Thus, to the greatest extent possible, policies at all levels should be designed and implemented to meet four goals: (i) In sustainable ways, maintain and increase the security of food supplies for food insecure people, particularly in developing countries; (ii) Enable small - scale food producers and other vulnerable populations to become more resilient to climate change; (iii) Sustainably reduce emissions from the agricultural sector; and (iv) Reduce emissions from the conversion of other land to agriculture.
Above 2 °C the risks increase very substantially involving potentially large extinctions or even ecosystem collapses, major increases in hunger and water shortage risks as well as socio - economic damages, particularly in developing countries.
Economic gains particularly in developing countries are largely, very strongly tied to the consumption of energy.
The fact that you think the solutions to climate change will cost more than letting the climate system run amok, particularly in the developing world, does not stand up to close scrutiny in the academic literature.
Biomass and hydropower dominate renewable energy, particularly in developing countries where biomass remains an important source of energy for heating and cooking; per capita emissions from many developing countries remain lower than the global average.
That major increases in famine, and horrific water shortages, as well as huge socio - economic damages, will become real and present dangers, particularly in developing countries.
Which brings us to the real question, the one the U.S. is so viciously intent on avoiding: What does it really mean to construct a climate regime that would work for the South as well as the North How, in particularly, do we expect to pay for rapid decarbonization, particularly in the developing world By what means And who, finally, is going to pick up the tab
A better focus would be on working to ensure adequate food, water and energy, particularly in the developing world, and to reduce vulnerability to extreme weather events.
«(3) preserve existing forest carbon stocks in countries where such forest carbon may be vulnerable to international leakage, particularly in developing countries with largely intact native forests.
The Pew Charitable Trusts On Global Wind Day, a look at how this renewable resource is transforming the international electric grid, particularly in developing nations.
It calls for designing adaptation programmes with a focus on gender equity, due to the key roles women play in agriculture, forest economies, biodiversity and other sectors, particularly in developing countries.
Although coal combustors can be designed to produce little BC, coal can also be highly polluting when burned in simple combustors, which are still present in small industries, particularly in developing countries.
Because they are cheap, these plants are still being built, particularly in the developing world and emerging economies.
Examples of possible applications / users include: warnings of the likelihood of severe high impact weather (droughts, flooding, tropical and extratropical cyclones etc.) to help protect life and property; humanitarian planning and response to disasters; agriculture and disease planning / control (e.g., malaria and meningitis), particularly in developing countries; river - flow and river - discharge for flood prediction, hydroelectric power generation and reservoir management; landslides; coastal inundation; transport; power generation; insurance.
This will require adaptation, particularly in developing countries, which are likely to be hit hardest, but also elsewhere.
First, now is the time to reduce — or better yet, phase out — costly and inefficient fuel subsidies, which exist in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries.
The MEF, which has hosted productive discussions among 17 key countries and regions that together account for nearly 90 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, may be somewhat limited by the fact that is was created by and is chaired by the United States, a nation with constrained credibility on climate issues among some countries, particularly in the developing world.
Young journalists, particularly in the developing world, often struggle to have their work made available to a wider, international audience.
There may be real opportunities for more GHG offset projects, particularly in developing countries.
Displacement risk increases when populations that lack the resources for planned migration experience higher exposure to extreme weather events, in both rural and urban areas, particularly in developing countries with low income.
«China's focus on increasing domestic capacity in this realm is a probable prelude to the rollout of such products in international markets, an eventuality that has been seen now for many decades with Chinese hydro technology, particularly in developing countries.»
Strengthened support for observing systems, particularly in developing countries, including the new observations needed to support decision - making for global sustainability.
A greater commitment to fund and support capacity - building in science and education globally, and particularly in developing countries.
Much more critical is the continuing pollution worldwide, particularly in the developing countries, of garbage, plastic rotting away, untreated sewage in rivers and streams and oceans, groundwater overdrafts, etc..
In the face of such challenges, adults tend to be more resilient, whereas children often grow ill and die, particularly in developing nations.
More severe and / or frequent extreme weather events and / or hazard types are projected to increase losses and loss variability in various regions and challenge insurance systems to offer affordable coverage while raising more risk - based capital, particularly in developing countries.
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