Sentences with phrase «vulnerable nations like»
The US offered cash to persuade climate - vulnerable nations like the Maldives to sign up to its favoured Copenhagen accord, a ploy that Pablo Solón, head of this year's Bolivian delegation, describes as «blackmail».
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The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»
Tristan Smith, an energy and shipping expert with the UCL Energy Institute, noted that other vulnerable island nations, like Tuvalu and Kiribati, backed ambitious emission cuts, despite being in line to pay any extra costs throughout their economies.
«Rather than putting America's health first, this budget instead puts the health and safety of all Americans — but especially our nation's most vulnerable, such as lower - income Americans, children and those living with a lung disease like asthma — in jeopardy.»
But more generally, I like to think of the US as but one member of a family of nations, part of the same tiny and vulnerable planet.
The charter school operator, like so many that lead district and charter schools around the nation that serve this vulnerable population, scrambled to find a proven leader.
And the most vulnerable countries — notably the less developed nations like Indonesia with huge coastlines and fragile ecosystems — should be in the driving seat.
Small island nations, like Saint Lucia and Barbados in the Caribbean, are extremely vulnerable to a warming climate, yet many rely on an industry that's a big driver of global carbon emissions.
According to the National Renewable Energy Lab, «Like many island nations, the USVI is heavily reliant on fossil fuels for electricity generation, leaving it vulnerable to global oil price fluctuations that directly impact the cost of electricity.»
He pleaded for continuing the Tanaloa Dialogue (Fijian for «open conversation») which includes vulnerable nations and the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters like China and India.
However, payments of loss and damage to the most vulnerable developing nations like Tuvalu may be a non-starter, and funds for mitigation and adaptation projects will be relatively modest.
The Head Start and Early Head Start community is driven like none other to provide opportunities for success in the lives of our nation's vulnerable children.