Sentences with phrase «richer than developed countries»

He has also demonstrated that, even assuming worst - case impacts from the UN IPCC's high - end warming scenario, developing countries in 2100 are projected to be much richer than developed countries are today.

Not exact matches

Rosling encourages people to use this framework, rather than use labels like «developed» and «developing,» because, as Gates explains, «It's hard to pick up on progress if you divide the world into rich countries and poor countries.

(Despite America's love of a good rags - to - riches story, the data backs him up that social mobility is actually lower in the U.S. than in many other developed countries.)

However, the survey also revealed consistently more sympathetic attitudes to the HIV / AIDS pandemic in developing world countries than in the UK, for example, almost seven out of ten (69 %) agree that rich countries should ensure that drugs to treat HIV / AIDS are cheap and available to all people in poor countries.

The WHO study, one of a collection of articles in a special issue of the journal devoted to women's health beyond reproduction, found that the leading causes of death of women aged 50 years and older worldwide are cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke) and cancers, but that in developing countries these deaths occur at earlier ages than in the rich world.

With an influx of tech workers into San Francisco in recent years, the disparity between the rich and the poor is more alarming than ever with studies comparing income inequality in San Francisco on par with that of a developing country.

China is standing firm at the Paris climate talks on its demand that rich countries should bear a greater burden than developing ones in reducing emissions and helping countries cope with global warming.

There's been a sense this year of developed countries hiding behind negotiations on other issues, such as agricultural policy, to avoid reaching the point where money has to be talked about, but developing countries want to see that richer nations are doing more than just expressing sympathy and empathy and instead are putting their money where their mouth is on climate action.»

A global median of 54 % say that rich countries such as the U.S., Japan and Germany should do more than developing countries to address global warming, because they have produced most of the world's greenhouse gas emissions so far.

But only four - in - ten Americans say rich nations should do more to address climate change than developing countries, while half of U.S. respondents say developing countries should do just as much.

On stage, Pablo Solon's presentation shows exactly that: developing countries are actually pledging cuts higher than their rich, industrialised counterparts.

The new report — titled «Capturing the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency» — concludes that efficiency rebounds can and do reach at least as high as 60 %, with rebound in developing countries likely much higher than in rich countries.

11 Prices for the same car tend to be higher in developing countries than in advanced countries, reflecting high tariffs — for example, 38 percent in Mexico and 57 percent in India — but the incidence of smaller cars and of stripped - down versions of cars is greater (also see «How Are the Rich Doing?»

Although these people are richer than the global average, they include the poorest people in the developed countries.

And that 40 % reduction is important for more reasons than it being the most an industrialized country has been willing to pledge thus far — that's the amount that many developing countries are asking for the rich ones to reduce their emissions by.