Sentences with phrase «pressure on governments»

Booming housing markets in Toronto and Vancouver put pressure on the governments to address debt and affordability issues, resulting in a host of government initiatives to slow down those markets.

The calls to action are instead geared toward developing justice system innovations and applying direct and indirect political pressure on governments to better facilitate if not provide equal access to justice by 2030.

The BBC News service reports today in an article entitled Google Earth turns spotlight on Darfur that the project promoters hope people will put pressure on their governments to stop the violence that has killed 200,000 people and chased millions from their homes:

«All over Europe and the world people have taken to the streets to call for the real solutions we need — and will carry on putting pressure on governments to shift our economies away from fossil fuels.»

Arab civil society has recently begun to apply pressure on governments in the region to begin dealing with the issue.

ENTER climate alarmist in chief — Peter Hannam — Environment Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald / The Age, with his latest doomsday report peppered with the same old regurgitated buzz lines designed to scare you into belief; «tipping points», «pressure on governments globally to act», «catastrophic destruction», «mass bleaching»...

It is because of this that we as a class thought it was necessary to use the new Climate agreement as a way to put pressure on our governments at the international arena and that we demanded this to be a fair, equitable and just outcome.

By advocating effectively, and educating their peers, and demonstrating how the destruction of ecosystems, declines in crop yields, and acidification of the oceans could reverse recent advances in global health, health professionals can help persuade the wider public and put pressure on governments to take immediate action.

Hacking away at the public's understanding of the causes of climate change reduces the pressure on governments to regulate greenhouse gases and keeps the «free market» ideologues happy.

What these actions could accomplish collectively, however, is put enough pressure on governments to act.

«The European Central Bank's QE program pushed interest rates down to manageable levels which has alleviated a lot of pressure on governments, but it's allowed them to avoid the structural challenges that brought them to the crisis point in the first place.»

The solution to library budget problems is not a different material type but getting the 91 % of the community that supports libraries to put pressure on their governments to stop the cuts.

Keep speaking out and eventually the message will get out to enough people who will put pressure on governments to change their stance.

SAO PAULO (Reuters)- A new online monitoring system will make it possible to quickly check the condition of tropical forests around the globe that were previously under no surveillance, potentially increasing pressure on governments to stop deforestation.

The bishops, holding purple banners with slogans like «do justice, love mercy» and «keep the promise», marched through the capital to place pressure on governments.

However, the IBFAN organizations around the world continue to produce reports on violations and to put pressure on governments to legislate.

This may further increase pressure on governments to address policy on milk prices in order to protect ingredient supply for processors and consumers.

«12 At the same time, the Office of the United States Trade Representative in Washington was putting economic and political pressure on the governments of Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea to withdraw their trade barriers and allow U.S. cigarette sales and advertising into their nations.

«Only global pressure on governments, employers and communities can begin to turn the tide against exploitative child labor.

Resentment is growing not only towards those who ran up the debts — Iceland's bankrupt Kaupthing and Landsbanki, with its Icesave accounts, and heavily geared property owners in the Baltics and central Europe — but also towards the foreign advisers and creditors who put pressure on these governments to sell off the banks and public companies to insiders.

Jobs in the healthcare industry are expected to be fairly stable, given the pressure on governments to support Canada's large aging population.

The cost of servicing the exploding debt would exert tremendous pressure on the government to eliminate investments that could fuel growth.

If protests continue, tourism dollars are likely to drop severely and put even more pressure on the government to accommodate those who are calling for a more open society.

Political values are important in antitrust, but political pressure on government enforcers undercuts their ability to make professional judgments about enforcement policy.

The decision to introduce legislation to legalize cannabis, which the government hopes to have in place in July, has placed pressure on the government to establish national rules for workplace drug testing.

Rail unions notably called for a rally in Paris» city center to «put pressure on the government» before a key meeting with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe next week.

«The funding needs for this project will create additional pressure on government expenditures and consequently either on the rate of depletion of Saudi foreign assets or the increase in government debt levels,» he said.

In the future, pension benefits will become a major cost driver for the federal government, which could put pressure on the government to maintain a sustainable fiscal framework.

The report provides «a projection of current fiscal policy 75 years into the future to assess the implications of demographic and structural pressures on government financing».

Third, what will be the challenges to the economy and the pressures on the government's deficit and debt after 2015 - 16?

Greece's economy fell back into recession in the first quarter, raising pressure on the government to reach an agreement with creditors over the next bailout payment.

The Anglican bishop responsible for prisons says the Church of England must put more pressure on the government to tackle problems in jails.

We see a major part of our role in the international movement is to put pressure on our government and Australian - owned companies to be better global citizens, and to do that we need all of you to join us and work collectively for radical food system transformation.

Public action can take on many forms, including boycotting Nestlé brands, helping to spread the word about Nestlé's unethical business practices, and putting pressure on the government to pass legislation that would prevent Nestlé from doing things that put people, animals and the environment at risk.

However we should all put pressure on the government to provide adequate help for new mothers and babies.

In what has been called a battle between mother's milk and corporate power, the companies that make infant formula put intense pressure on the government to change its approach.

«We must put pressure on the government to stop bad drivers from going behind the wheel of any vehicle.

President Mahama added that the replacement of the teacher trainee allowance has again reduced pressure on government budget.

As part of activities to intensify pressure on government to withdraw the Ghana - US Military Cooperation Agreement, the Ghana First Patriotic Front and Coalition for Ghana's Sovereignty will be staging a second demonstration in Tamale to lodge their displeasure.

Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) has reminded Ghanaians to exert pressure on the government to make our roads safe and prevent bad drivers from driving on them.

«So I hope than in 2008 the Liberal Democrats and the Green party will join us in putting pressure on the government to decentralise power, and that together we can create a new progressive alliance to decentralise British politics.»

David Cameron has insisted chancellor George Osborne has the backing of No 10, after more disappointing figures pile the pressure on the government.

According to the aggrieved victims, it is strange that, the opposition leader and his party mounted pressure on government over DKM Microfinance defrauding customers and called for a refund of deposits to the swindled customers, yet failed to demand same from their MP whose bank has gone bankrupt.

Anti-nuclear activists are using the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima to pile pressure on the government over its plans to renew the Trident weapon system.

He believes it is for this reason they have resorted to piling undue pressure on the government to get them jobs or the embark on violent protestations.

It was the product of an independent inquiry, where there is enormous pressure on government's to say «we accept all of the findings in full».

Externally, calling another government non-legitimate is part of the process of either putting pressure on that government or providing support to a competing authority.

Insurers are putting pressure on the government to do more to deal with the flooding risks faced across England.

Since Gordon Brown's budget statement made no concessions at all to the lone parent lobby, pressure on the government grew in the period up to the bill's decisive Third Reading in the House of Commons.

He added that the programme should not be seen as one which is putting undue pressure on government.