Sentences with phrase «rich country governments»

People around the world, especially the poorest, are already suffering from the changing climate, yet rich country governments refuse to quit dirty energy and embrace a clean renewable future.»

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These riches were at least as important to the Eritrean government as they were to Nevsun: by various estimates Bisha would provide about US$ 1 billion in royalties and revenues over its life, and raise the country's annual GDP by several percentage points.

In resource - rich countries such as Botswana, Chile and Malaysia, natural resource revenues paid to governments can be invested in roads, health care and education, as well as business development and social services.

The Start - up Visa came two years after the federal government shuttered the Immigrant Investor and Entrepreneur programs over concerns that rich foreigners were simply buying their way into the country.

Bill Gates and some of the world's other richest entrepreneurs will join with governments from both rich and emerging countries on Monday to kick off the Paris climate talks by pledging billions of dollars of investment in clean energy technologies.

In some countries, we see much richer connections with government labs.

Governments around the world are now in negotiations to extend Kyoto until a more comprehensive climate deal that includes both rich and poor countries can be reached.

In recent months, revelations from European authorities about the tax avoidance strategies used by Google, Starbucks and Amazon have all stirred public anger and spurred several European governments, as well as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a Paris - based research organization for the world's richest countries, to discuss measures to close the loopholes.

There are so many reasons why this is wrong (to list just the most obvious, poor countries have much lower debt thresholds than rich countries, Japanese debt can not possibly be dismissed as not being a problem, and because it is almost impossible to find an economist who understands the relationship between nominal interest rates and implicit amortization, Japanese government debt has probably only been manageable to date because GDP growth close to zero has permitted interest rates close to zero) and yet inane comparisons between China's debt burden and Japan's debt burden are made all the time.

These clauses exist in thousands of international trade and investment deals and are used by multinational companies from rich countries to sue governments when policy decisions interfere with their investments.

In a rich country with a weak knowledge of art, this was possibly a laudable goal - though perhaps a little too confident of government's power to legislate things like aesthetics and a little too sure of the nineteenth - century dogmas of man as perfectible and art as universal religion.

The poor have reappeared in most countries, and governments have become instruments of the rich and powerful working to advance their interests, rather than seeking justice for the poor and weak.

The existence of these terrorrists in oil - rich middle east countries are the very thing needed by Western superpowers to justify their military existence in those areas and to make the world believe that they are «helping» these governments / countries.

whatever the democratic party tells you is a lie do the opposite they would want you to go against republicans becuase our country is not a democracy its a republic people wake up the republican party isnt about the rich its about all of us lower taxes for all the republican party is about smaller government not intruding in your life the democrats know this and started a class war to make blacks and hispanics flood their cause im a 24 latino and switched republican last year i was fooled my whole life read history and you will see im telling the truth

We've had a rich culture of satire in this country and being able to criticise our political parties, our government and political institutions without any repercussions.

The G8 countries recognising the need for hand holding the governments of resource rich countries to comply with EITI standards announced country to country partnerships with Burkina Faso, Columbia, Ghana, Guinea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Peru and Tanzania.

Furthermore, in describing a country that is mired in poverty as a result of callous Government cuts, many Labour voices describe a world that does not ring true to C1 / C2 voters — people that are not poor but not rich and that carefully watch everything they spend.

Singapore as a relatively new country, is one of the richest countries in the world, has a healthy economy, is one of the 4 Asian Tigers and its government actually has a budget surplus.

There are definitely some rich countries without a federalist type of government and you've shown that.

«UK citizens visiting Europe will not be able to rely on the invaluable support of the British consular network as many of these are likely to be cut while the government pursues interests in richer countries.

Foremost industrialist and richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has restated his commitment to assist the Federal Government in turning around and diversifying the country's...

The summit will be hosting 25 Heads of State and Government, and will provide a platform for co-operation amongst solar resource - rich countries, with the purpose of realising «the common goals of increasing the use of solar energy in meeting the energy needs of ISA member countries in a safe, convenient, affordable, equitable and sustainable manner»

The shadow chancellor said the coalition government had given the «richest people in the country a huge tax cut» by scrapping the 50p top rate - something he said «can not be right».

The Summit, which was attended by 25 heads of state and government, provided a dedicated platform for co-operation amongst solar resource - 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.

Over the next 72 hours the government shut down the country's Internet service and mobile - phone system in an attempt to squelch the rebellion — to no avail: a rich ecosystem of Facebook conversations, Twitter outbursts and chat - room plans had already unified millions of Cairo's people, who continued the relentless uprising.

Queen's University political researcher Nathan Andrews has co-authored a report on the effectiveness of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in improving transparency and domestic government in resource rich countries suffering from the «resource curse.»

Filipino men are not rich and they can't afford to travel to different countries of the world plus Government of Philippines has bureaucratic requirements.

Beijing is the political, educational and cultural centre of the country and as such it is rich in historical sites and important government and cultural institutions.

We live in a country where it's absurd to have people THAT rich and yet they are controlling our government unabated, worse than they ever have been.

Rich brings 23 years of government, corporate and nonprofit experience, much of that in senior leadership roles across the country.

«From our cool culinary scene to our rich and unique history, these Canadian Signature Experiences will inspire travellers to learn more about who we are, and why Canadians are so proud to call our country home» says the Honourable Bardish Chagger, Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister of Small Business and Tourism.

The story follows a civil war that has broken out in Russia between the government and the ultranationalists who want to restore Russia to its Soviet - era glamor, as well as the battle between a separatist group led by Khaled Al - Asad who seizes power in a small oil - rich country within the Middle East by executing the president Al - Fulani.

Unless the government steps in and starts ensuring that people in this country can't get rich by outsourcing their entire workforce (oh, but that would be socialism), I see a likely alternative in the future: outsourcing ourselves.

He said Mr. Gore, despite his high profile, was a close call: «He may have put climate change on the rich countries» agenda, but some felt his solution of trading emissions is not enough and no more than what all major businesses and western governments are now saying.

The report on global warming as a source of conflict sees climate change amplifying discord in parts of Africa and Asia, but not enough to destabilize governments — and even as its impacts through 2020 in rich countries remain small.

I am grateful to have the opportunities I do in this country but by no means am I a blind loyalist to a corrupt and greedy government or a miniscule few getting richer and richer and richer.

-- My exposure of political interference with government climate science from 2002 through 2006, — Our ongoing Energy Challenge series, — The Big Melt package from 2005 — My North Pole reports in 2003 (and the resulting New York Times book for younger readers on the changing Arctic), — The «Climate Divide» package this spring revealing how rich countries are already insulating themselves from climate hazards while poor ones most in harm's way are left swinging in the wind...

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.

For the first time this year, emerging economies such as China, Brazil and South Africa have made a larger investment on green energy than richer countries, according to a new government study.

If the government spends $ 100 billion building fighter planes that don't work, the country is poorer by $ 100 billion, but if it simply gives the money to Halliburton or to the unemployed, then some are poorer and some richer, but the country as a whole is no poorer.

In early November, a group of Japanese business leaders and government advisers will visit the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a tiny oil - rich country on the Persian Gulf, to present their vision of a «Sustainable City.»

In addition, REDD + is likely to rely on two sources of funding: through carbon market offsets, where polluters in rich countries purchase carbon credits from local communities and developing nations that maintain their forests, or through bilateral deals, such as the Norwegian government's International Forests and Climate Initiative.

(07/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $ 11B / yr in biofuel support, says OECD report (7/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

This will require urgent and *** unprecedented levels of support — the UNEP Adaptation Gap Report indicates that the global cost of adaptation could be as much as *** $ 200 or $ 300 billion per year by 2050 — but it is right that the rich countries responsible for the problem help to protect the culture, heritage and identity of the most vulnerable communities and countries... Q: What should EU governments be doing about it?

By enabling sustainable development, including better education and the empowerment of women — both central to ending poverty — we will reduce population growth... Q: Could the current refugee crises in the Mediterranean and elsewhere — which of course have a variety of causes — be looked at as a first test of how governments, particularly in rich countries, will react to future climate related displacement?

The G20 group, representing governments and central banks of the world's richest countries, isn't exactly known for radical positions, but July's G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, promises to be an exception.

Disclosure would provide citizens of resource - rich but poor countries, investors and civil society with accurate information about the flow of revenues to governments from oil, gas, mining and logging.

Information on payments will give citizens more power to track the money being paid to governments in resource - rich countries to combat oil and mineral sector corruption.