Sentences with phrase «vulnerable countries already»

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Typhoons have battered the Philippines over the past year and the country's already vulnerable coconut trees took a hit even as demand for trendy coconut - based products is climbing.

This country stands for something better than hurting vulnerable people at the same time that we lavish more tax cuts on those who least need them and already are benefiting handsomely from the tax cuts enacted to date.»

Thanks to screening efforts, we already know which U.S. salamanders are vulnerable to Bsal, and the list includes some of the country's most widespread species.

UNAIDS attributes the slight decrease in sub-Saharan Africa to prevention programs in countries such as Uganda, and to the fact that infection rates are already so high that relatively few people in vulnerable groups are left to infect.

Droughts, violent storms, sea - level rise and other climate changes are already impacting the poorest and most vulnerable countries and communities.

The teacher shortage across the country has left already vulnerable schools and districts at a deficit, wielding rates of 40 to 50 percent of new educators leaving their jobs within the first five years of teaching.

«This consent decree is the first in the country to recognize what everyone already knew - laying off teachers at already vulnerable schools can and does deny kids their right to educational opportunity.

Declare that, irrespective of the effectiveness of mitigation actions, significant adverse changes in the global climate are now inevitable and are already taking place, and thus parties to the U.N.F.C.C.C. must also include, in the COP15 outcome document, an ambitious agreement on adaptation finance which should prioritize the needs of the most vulnerable countries, especially in the near term,

Who's going to judge which countries deserve adaptation money when many of the world's vulnerable places already experience climate extremes as the norm, and where anticipated impacts from the greenhouse buildup are not readily distinguishable from what's already happening?

There is no justification for hindering progress on issues crucial for the most vulnerable countries who stand already with their backs against the wall (and with their feet in rising seas).

These are the countries most at risk from a climate change «apocalypse» These maps claim to show which countries would be most vulnerable in the event of the effects of climate change reaching life - threatening levels - if they already haven't.

«We think that $ 10 billion already pledged by rich nations is not enough for vulnerable countries to deal with the impacts of climate change», said Guillén.

Bill Hare, CEO of Climate Analytics and a member of the research team that has produced the cautionary report, said: «Our study shows that tropical regions — mostly developing countries that are already highly vulnerable to climate change — face the biggest rise in impacts between 1.5 C and 2 C.

He said the southern part of the country is particularly vulnerable, with 20 million people already lacking sufficient food, safe drinking water and sanitation systems.

The report, which is the second installment of a three - part series of scientific updates from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), sharply warns that climate change poses the greatest risks to the most vulnerable populations within all nations, and a potentially existential risk to poorer countries already struggling with food insecurity and civil conflict, as well as low - lying small island states.

The Lancet medical journal has had two special editions on the subject during the past year, which show that children, the most vulnerable in any community, are already dying in large numbers in poor countries as a result of a warming world.

HectorK, «The Lancet medical journal has had two special editions on the subject during the past year, which show that children, the most vulnerable in any community, are already dying in large numbers in poor countries as a result of a warming world.»

This would have a devastating impact on our country's most vulnerable communities, who already face barriers to getting health care.