Sentences with phrase «poor nations»

Indeed, people in rich nations are not happier than people in poor nations.

On the other, they have established funds to help poor nations pay for «adaptation» measures, such as sea walls and irrigation systems, to help fend off the unavoidable consequences.

But the system is not just for poorer nations.

We do not steal wealth, we produce it and those who think our wealth is based on stealing from poor nations need a better understanding of how this world works.

A richer world would be able to build higher walls over time to match the climbing oceans, while poorer nations could not.

-- That the world's established powers pay for any costs borne by poorer nations as they adapt to climate change and shift away from business as usual on emissions.

And only 20 per cent of the fast start finance has been allocated to projects that will help poor nations adapt to a changing climate.

Poor nations say wealthy countries got rich using coal, oil and gas and they must be allowed to develop their way out of poverty.

Thus the solution is for all nations in making a better world / more so the more advanced nations in aiding poorer nations / giving humane support.

This concern has also determined distribution of aid among poor nations.

And this year's negotiations must produce a road map toward the $ 100 billion a year by 2020 that developed countries have promised to raise to help poor nations cope with warming.

Both the rich and poor nations want an agreement that will not cause serious harm to their national economy.

Our duties toward poor nations and displaced domestic workers are not mutually exclusive.

But other IPCC work — on trends in emissions of greenhouse gases, for instance — assumes poor nations will grow richer.

Other experts and companies in the developed world are helping poor nations file claims, often doing all of the work for them.

I sometimes toy with the idea of some kind of grand package, one in which we'd help poor nations protect the environment in return for responsible behavior.

Says he'll get poor nations to agree to carbon limits in exchange for technology.

Both rich and poor nations worry about exchanging cash for conservation.

Poor nations also want a similar provision in place beyond 2020, but there is strong disagreement over how this should be done.

The problem is that poor nations often lack the money to put them into effect.

The emissions cuts offered have disappointed scientists and poorer nations facing damaging climate change.

Among the spending choices for governments of poorer nations, kick - starting the technological revolution may at first seem like a low priority.

The oceans feed more than 500 million people, especially in poorer nations, and provide jobs for 350 million people.

In societies where the birth rate is low, a lot of those jobs go to immigrants from poorer nations.

All these immigrants are coming here for poor nations and expect us to take care of them.

In general, rich nations have wanted to curb emissions, while poor nations have worried about restrictions that might limit economic growth.

Included in that bill is funding to help poor nations to «adapt» to climate change.

The U.S. and EU so far have resisted making more commitments on aid, partly because of their own economic difficulties and partly because they want aid to flow along with commitments from poorer nations on cutting emissions.

This suggests that even poor nations and poor people today are investing in education at higher rates than the United States did at the turn of the century.

We catch glimpses, however, of how Jesus» teachings could provide a new way for us to live together: in the U.S. Marshall Plan's assistance to former enemies following World War II; in the recent work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa; in the World Bank's partial forgiveness of the debts of poor nations at the urging of church coalitions.

Members of the group of developing first movers, which includes China, South America, Africa and most other poor nations, would cap their production and use of HFCs in 2024 and begin ratcheting them down in 2029.

If poor nations received more permits than they required, they would be able to sell unused permits to industrialised nations that were unable to meet their targets.

But poor nations argue that more pressing issues need to be ironed out, for example the overarching dispute between rich and poor countries over how to share efforts to cut emissions, before more market - based mechanisms are developed or the groundwork for a global trading scheme is laid.

Emerging economies like Saudi Arabia and China, the world's top emitter, want rich countries to commit to doing more to cut greenhouse gas output while allowing poorer nations to burn more fossil fuels to build their economies and end poverty.

And it could cost just $ 300 for 12 weeks of treatment in poor nations like Malaysia.

There are poor nations out there Rush.

This, they say, shows poorer nations that decarbonization will be a global effort, and they won't get stuck with painful carbon cuts while rich nations continue to pollute.

In other words, richer nations have a greater responsibility than do poorer nations in being open to immigrants.»

It has been suggested that the statement in the Paris Agreement that countries» responsibilities will be decided «in light of different national circumstances» will impose tougher requirements on poor nations over time as they develop.

It could also transform how the world's poorest nations prevent and treat disease — whether through patches that administer vaccines or through long - acting implants that dispense HIV / AIDS drugs.

Rich nations and poor nations alike must he prepared to rethink some of their values and change their life - styles for the sake of all of us who are passengers on Spaceship Earth.

That means the re-orientation of the UK aid budget away from faster - growing developing nations and towards poorer nations - especially in conflict zones.