Sentences with phrase «vulnerable countries make»

Business Bhutan: As the global summit for climate talks approaches, vulnerable countries make a point to form a united voice.

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The country also has a high level of debt servicing ratio, which made its banking system more vulnerable.

And last but not least, the world's 43 most vulnerable countries adopted a push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050 — leading with a commitment that many rich and developed nations have yet to make.

SBP provides resilience training in ten communities per year and engages in recovery efforts across the country to make vulnerable residents resilient to potential disaster and rebuild for those who have survived disaster.

In a previous speech, [1] I tried to identify the list of economic characteristics that would make a country vulnerable to a currency crisis or, worse, to a full - blown economic crisis.

What is it that makes developing countries so vulnerable to the invasion of concepts, values and norms that transform their cultures from within and neo-colonise them, in ways that could become irreversible?

Why should peaceful, law abiding Americans be made to feel unwelcome or vulnerable in their own country?

What law abiding American should be made to feel unwelcome or vulnerable in this country?

Father Campbell made the remark on Tuesday when he visited the NHIA boss to commend the Authority for its interest in enrolling the needy and vulnerable populations of the country onto the Scheme, and to enlist the support of the NHIA in other humanitarian causes.

«People across the country are fed up with Republicans putting politics ahead of the public good and McConnell's unprecedented obstructionism has made his entire caucus that much more vulnerable this November,» Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC, said in a statement to Roll Call.

China does not have river treaties with other nations, making downstream countries vulnerable to water supply disruptions and other environmental damages.

All three are examples of countries in which the US maintains military bases, making them vulnerable to a withdrawal of US support.

Conservatives hope Ms. Gillibrand's status as an incumbent will make her vulnerable at a time when populist anger has seized much of the country.

This, she said, had made Ghana a role model for many African countries in the provision of free education and free compulsory universal basic education and free community day Senior High Schools had increased access to education for many vulnerable groups.

A poor economy and tax increases in one of the wealthiest states have made the Democratic governor one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the country.

So - called «British» manufacturing industry is particularly footloose, making us vulnerable to future investment decisions by business leaders who have no attachment to the country.

To safeguard against that outcome, the report authors recommend that countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions, provide more eco-friendly methods to farmers and workers, and come up with plans to make sure those most vulnerable to climate change — especially the poor — will retain rights and security.

The Synthesis Report makes a clear case that many risks constitute particular challenges for the least developed countries and vulnerable communities, given their limited ability to cope.

What it means: Island states, African nations and other vulnerable countries are pushing for a system that provides funding to help them recover from disasters made worse by climate change, such as rising seas or powerful storms.

Pilot study focusing on a region vulnerable to climate change Although the study highlights that long term changes in rainfall intensity are not always» man - made,» it does not necessarily mean that today's weather anomalies across the Indian Ocean rim countries and, in particular, their frequency, are not subject to human influence.

But in thrusting Raleigh to the foreground, screenwriters Hirst and William Nicholson (Gladiator) fail to dramatize how Walsingham's strategy actually made his queen and country more vulnerable.

Coconut farmers in the Philippines are among the poorest in the country, primarily because of their dependence on one product, coconut oil, making them vulnerable to price fluctuations.

To reach these ambitious and important goals, appropriate financial flows will be put in place, thus making stronger action by developing countries and the most vulnerable possible, in line with their own national objectives.

A poor economy and tax increases in one of the wealthiest states have made the Democratic governor one of the most vulnerable incumbents in the country.

It makes sense to start a world hunger essay with statistics from countries that are most vulnerable to food shortages.

The club noted in 2014 that this «is one of the most vulnerable of Britain's native dog breeds... It is estimated that there are less than 400 of the breed left in this country, making it the rarest of Britain's vulnerable native breeds, alongside the Otterhound.»

Will Steffen, [7] an adjunct professor at the Australian National University's Fenner School of Environment and Society, similarly finds that climate change is making fires more severe, with the southeastern part of the country more vulnerable than before.

Climate change affects all the Nordic countries, and can make us more vulnerable.

It also included a reference to consider limiting the temperature increase to below 1.5 degrees - a key demand made by vulnerable developing countries.

Global reinsurance companies are making billions in profits, in part by selling new kinds of protection schemes to developing countries that have done almost nothing to create the climate crisis, but whose infrastructure is intensely vulnerable to its impacts.8

As Indur Goklany has shown, even assuming that the climate models on which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) accurately predict (rather than exaggerate by 2 to 3 times) the warming effect of added CO2 in the atmosphere, people the world over, and especially in developing countries, will be wealthier in warmer than in cooler scenarios, making them less vulnerable than today to all risks — including those related to climate.

Disappointingly, the EU made no significant nod to its support for building resilience and adaptation in vulnerable countries.

This analytical report makes the business case for private sector adaptation to climate change, including through building the resilience of vulnerable communities in developing countries.

It draws on experiences and lessons learned from a pilot Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) / Government of Lesotho project, and makes recommendations as to how on - the - ground community - based responses could be scaled up to other parts of the country, and possibly to other vulnerable countries across southern Africa.

The United States» heavy reliance on imported petroleum both contributes to climate change and makes the country «strikingly vulnerable to potential oil supply shocks rising from domestic disturbances or broader regional conflicts.»

It's a nifty tool that lets countries make comparisons based on their levels of development, their emissions, and how vulnerable they are to climate change.

In summary, a strong case can be made that the US emissions reduction commitment for 2025 of 26 % to 28 % clearly fails to pass minimum ethical scrutiny when one considers: (a) the 2007 IPCC report on which the US likely relied upon to establish a 80 % reduction target by 2050 also called for 25 % to 40 % reduction by developed countries by 2020, and (b) although reasonable people may disagree with what «equity» means under the UNFCCC, the US commitments can't be reconciled with any reasonable interpretation of what «equity» requires, (c) the United States has expressly acknowledged that its commitments are based upon what can be achieved under existing US law not on what is required of it as a mater of justice, (d) it is clear that more ambitious US commitments have been blocked by arguments that alleged unacceptable costs to the US economy, arguments which have ignored US responsibilities to those most vulnerable to climate change, and (e) it is virtually certain that the US commitments can not be construed to be a fair allocation of the remaining carbon budget that is available for the entire world to limit warming to 2 °C.

This requires that the global community acts in solidarity and ensures that the necessary resources are available to allow all countries and people to make the transition to clean, renewable energy on the same timescale... MR: We must all be alert to the very real possibility that the most vulnerable people could be left behind as we transition to a low carbon economy.

The 2015 agreement must make a significant contribution to deliver an adaptation approach that adequately responds to the immediate needs of, and future threats to, the most vulnerable developing countries and ecosystems.

Such policies would also have the effect of making people, especially in poor countries, much less vulnerable to climate change.

From the standpoint of some the most vulnerable countries, including some of the small island developing states making up the organization AOSIS, Kyoto was not aggressive enough to prevent climate change threats to them.

Because none of the developed countries were willing to make emissions reduction commitments congruent with what scientific community said was necessary to protect them, some of the most vulnerable developing countries saw the developed countries» positions in Copenhagen as ominous, perhaps a death sentence.

«It is not only the fact that they are poor that makes these countries vulnerable, but also the relatively large change in climate variability.

A central issue of concern in these negotiations is the need of nations to take equity and justice seriously when they make ghg emissions reductions commitments and when considering their responsibility for adaptation, losses and damages in poor vulnerable countries.

No national reports deny responsibility for contributions to adaptation and loses and damages, but no nations have made an express link between their ethical responsibility for supporting adaption and compensation for losses and danages in vulnerable countries and what they have committed to.

For example, representatives of countries that are particularly vulnerable to the threat of loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change, such as the members of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS), want to see greater representation of these countries in the decision - making body.

The poor are least able to protect themselves from heat waves, and limited accessibility to water makes populations in many developing countries especially vulnerable to droughts.

She added that, «Vulnerable countries, like the Philippines, are committed in exercising leadership by putting in place policies and domestic financing strategies to make our economies resilient.

«Carbon pricing makes sense in all countries, but low - income countries, which may be more challenged to protect the people vulnerable to the initial economic impacts, may decide to start pricing carbon at a lower level and gradually increase over time.»

Julie - Anne Richards, a UK - based campaigner for and author of the Climate Damages Tax, an initiative seeking to make rich countries and the fossil fuel industry pay for climate damage to poor and vulnerable communities, explains that loss and damage is the third pillar of climate change finance, added to mitigation and adaptation.