Sentences with phrase «suffered by poor countries»

Over in Bonn, left - wing NGOs and developing nations are back to agitating for wealthy nations to pick up the tab for «loss and damage» suffered by poor countries when extreme weather strikes.

Not exact matches

While we have no means of calculating analogous figures for the globe, the ecological devastation and increasing suffering of the poor in many parts of the world suggest to us that increased GNP in many Third World Countries is accompanied by increased misery and unsustainability.

The popular lack of interest in America for aiding poor countries is to me explained by the fact that ordinary Americans have seldom been appealed to in terms of moral decency and compassion for the sufferings of the poor masses in the underdeveloped countries but merely in terms of national policy interests.

Why is it Christians are always the ones helping the poor, helping those affected by natural disasters, and those suffering in third world countries?

He said a lot of lessons have been learnt over the years, through neglect and the poor maintenance and management culture suffered by sports infrastructure in the country such as the...

So we had Tuck, a no - name candidate, without a ground game, whose messaging failed to reach a low - information populace and who suffered a poor voter turnout, fighting against a man backed by the most powerful state teachers union in the country — and Tuck still lost by only four percentage points.

The poor are suffering disproportionately across the country from the vicious dog epidemic, (whether its is from attacks, or limits to their civil rights and ability to use their yards or walk down the street) because authorities being manipulated by special interests feel they can get away with trampling the rights of the poor on behalf of the interests of the wealthy.

Davis believes that existing inequalities will be reinforced by climate change — North America will benefit and the semi-tropical, poorer countries will suffer.

I won't delve into all the data, but regarding one of the points you address, it is the poor individuals in third world countries who will be the first to suffer, and perhaps suffer massively, if we fail to act to control both warming and its consequences by a combination of mitigation and adaptation.

Coastal areas will be affected by sea level rise, with poorer countries with little adaptive capacity suffering the worst of it.

The industrial scale logging supported by SFM has proven to be difficult if not impossible to regulate since most countries which stand to benefit from REDD suffer from poor legal frameworks, weak enforcement, and corruption involving political elites and the logging industry.

Brussels, April 6, 2007 - Friends of the Earth Europe has demanded steep emissions cuts by all rich countries and more funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries, after the world's leading scientific experts today warned that the world's poor - who have done least to pollute the atmosphere - will suffer most as the planet heats up.