Sentences with phrase «rich nations consume»

Not exact matches

Mostly poor West African nations may be responsible for the growth of cocoa, but it's mostly people in rich countries consuming it.

But the true battle consuming leaders from 198 governments at a U.N. global warming conference that concluded yesterday after two weeks of negotiations and 32 hours of overtime debating was really about just one thing: balancing responsibilities between poor, rich and richer nations.

She rightly suspected that wanting and consuming, as rich nations do, don't necessarily lead to happiness.

The U.S. with 4.5 % of the global population can not continue to consume roughly a quarter of Earth's resources; similar statements apply to the other rich nations.

Perhaps Blomqvist — or anyone at the Breakthrough Institute — could explain why they think that rich, high - consuming nations (like the US, for instance) need to keep growing their GDP (forever?)

But a new report confirms that this is an accounting illusion - with more emissions being «exported» to developing countries, who increasingly make the goods consumed by the richer nations.

And when increasing GDP is unquestionably equated with progress and development — as has become the case in many nations both rich and poor — it simply feeds into the cult of more, which is at the root of humanity consuming on average 1.5 planet's worth of resources, and five Earth's resources in the US.

Many commentators argue that focusing on where emissions are produced is unfair, because much of the carbon output of countries such as China are generated as a result of producing goods that are ultimately consumed in richer nations.

People in the poorer nations argue that the average person in the rich countries eats more food, consumes more energy and poisons the air more than they do.