Sentences with phrase «vulnerable human communities»

They will be devastated within our lifetime — along with many equally vulnerable human communities — unless prompt action is taken.

This is a huge gamble to take, for conservation, for climate change, and for some of the most vulnerable human communities on the planet.

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For those who are part of vulnerable communities, including journalists, sexual minorities, and human rights activists, location data tracking can also result in physical harm.

The growing acceptance of abortion and euthanasia in Western societies depicts the weak and vulnerable as being outside the human community.

The issue of abortion is not about the right of privacy but rather the extent of the human community and whether we will afford legal protection to the most vulnerable members of our society.

But others point out that the code focuses on past transgressions, and doesn't refer to recent efforts to respect and involve communities, such as guidelines for genomics work on vulnerable populations prepared in 2014 by the Human Heredity and Health in Africa program.

Schools are just mirrors of our society, and when communities of color are deliberately gutted of their public services, jobs, housing, and health care, these human beings who are the most vulnerable in society become trapped by economic and racial isolation.

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Through much of the meeting, President Evo Morales of Bolivia was the face of poor countries calling for the rich nations, which built nearly all of the existing human - generated blanket of greenhouse gases, to pay a «climate debt» to the world's vulnerable communities.

This crack in my own thinking is heightened by the fact that I am now watching my extended community of plants, animals, rocks, rivers and human beings be ravaged by the oil and gas industry, be it fracking or the razing of vulnerable wildlands.

Emphasizing the importance of promoting, protecting and respecting all human rights, the right to development, the right to health, and the rights of indigenous peoples, migrants, children, persons with disabilities and people in vulnerable climate situations -LSB-, and under occupation,] as well as promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, while taking into account the needs of local communities, intergenerational equity concerns, and the integrity of ecosystems and of Mother Earth, when taking action to address climate change,...

So, these vulnerable nations are urging all Parties to the UNFCCC to «consider and address the health, human rights and security implications of climate change, including the need to prepare communities for relocation, to protect persons displaced across borders due to climate change - related impacts, and the need to create a legal framework to protect the human rights of those left stateless as a result of climate change.»

(1) to provide new and additional assistance from the United States to the most vulnerable developing countries, including the most vulnerable communities and populations therein, in order to support the development and implementation of climate change adaptation programs and activities that reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience of communities to climate change impacts, including impacts on water availability, agricultural productivity, flood risk, coastal resources, timing of seasons, biodiversity, economic livelihoods, health and diseases, and human migration; and

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — An environmental and human rights advocate traveled from Nigeria to urge the California Air Resources Board to reject a controversial proposal with wide - reaching implications for the global climate and for communities internationally and in California most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Indeed, federal research finds that human - induced climate change «will have the largest health impact on vulnerable populations including... some communities of color, limited English proficiency and immigrant groups, Indigenous peoples,» and others.

PAIR received a 3 - year Special Initiatives Grant (totaling 100K) by the Barr Foundation for its work to protect vulnerable communities, promote human rights, and protect civil liberties in Massachusetts through legal services and community education.

CHLP works to reduce the impact of HIV on vulnerable and marginalized communities and to secure the human rights of people affected by HIV.

Through a Community - Centered Healthy Marriage Healthy Relationship grant from the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration, ASF is serving over 4,500 vulnerable men, women and teens each year.

The primary mission of the Foundation is to foster public policies, human service reforms, and community supports that meet the needs of today's vulnerable children and families.