Sentences with phrase «vulnerable populations like»

Extreme heat poses significant risks to human health, particularly to vulnerable populations like the elderly.

But while Democrats recognize that some consolidation is inevitable, they are concerned that vulnerable populations like special - needs students will not be served.

As heat - trapping greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, heat waves come more often, potentially killing vulnerable populations like the poor and the elderly.

«For vulnerable populations like the elderly and shut - ins, just getting people into cooler, cleaner air could be the difference between life and death,» he said.

She said she doesn't want any groups of students or young workers unintentionally left behind by whatever changes the Liberals ultimately decide upon, but suggested that future changes would look to target vulnerable populations like indigenous youth and new immigrants, who have a harder time accessing the job market.

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Although reaching ADA compliance may sometimes seem like a pain for small business owners and entrepreneurs, the act serves an important purpose in safeguarding a vulnerable population.

Defending the honor of the poor by insisting they are just like the rest of the population shores up liberalism at its most vulnerable point, namely, its inability to explain why people who don't benefit from the welfare state should acquiesce in the taxes that pay for it.

Mr. de Blasio has made supportive housing — which is affordable housing for vulnerable populations with services like healthcare, substance abuse, and mental health help on site for residents — a central component of his plan to tackle the city's ongoing homeless crisis, which has seen both the shelter and the street population on the rise.

County Executive Hein's leadership on big environmental issues like fracking and oil and gas pipelines has been stellar, and he has also given his attention to the details of taking care of our more vulnerable populations, such as elders and veterans.

Maney also recommends regulators keep an eye on what he calls «vulnerable populations» like seniors, who frequent slot machine parlors.

Studies like this one could enable us to predict which species will be most vulnerable to population declines due to habitat changes, as the inflexible specialist species are more likely to suffer when they can't find enough of their preferred food.

It's debatable whether the level of mycotoxins in chocolate are enough to harm you, but you will be more vulnerable if you're like me and one of the 25 percent of the population with the genetics of mold sensitivity.

It's easy to overlook these vulnerable populations, but, with the likes of a fantastic feature like The Florida Project, Baker makes sure you can't.

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.

Some like TNTP, Education Leaders of Color (EdLoC) and others have provided resources to support our school communities in being just, responsive, and communal for some of our most vulnerable populations.

Data for dollars might seem like a fair trade until you realize tech companies are taking advantage of our youngest and most vulnerable population, our kids.

No Child Left Behind required states to «disaggregate» assessment results to illuminate how disadvantaged or vulnerable populations — like black and Hispanic students and children from poor families — were doing.

The purpose of this SIG is to convene like - minded researchers and practitioners to share resources and ideas related to securing funding, executing research - to - practice - to policy trials of programming, and dissemination efforts towards the ends of improving outcomes for our most vulnerable student populations and the teachers who educate them.

Would you like to see your investment dollars fight climate change, protect vulnerable populations, or reduce gender inequality?

I felt drawn to the specialty because it offered help to one of the most vulnerable animal populations; it combined my interests of working towards the greater good in the community and public health; and it was profession where I felt like I could make a difference improving the lives of un-homed animals every day.

Like any baby, animal or human, orphan newborn kittens (aged eight weeks and under), are an extremely vulnerable population.

Like any small, isolated island populations, the island fox remains extremely vulnerable to any catastrophic mortality source, be it predation, canine disease, or environmental extremes (1).

-- Given population densities in vulnerable places, more losses like those in the Philippines from storm - driven flooding are inevitable: / / j.mp / nytFlood

In addition to complicating Turkey's already - troubled goal of «zero problems with neighbors,» Turkey's dams have also prompted human - rights concerns domestically, as most of the affected populations belong «to vulnerable groups like the rural poor, nomads, Alevi or Kurds,» according to last summer's U.N. report.

With or without global warming, there's a solid argument that improved understanding of planetary dynamics, particularly the climate system, is essential to sustaining human progress given how risks rise as populations expand, build, farm and concentrate in zones that are implicitly vulnerable to hard knocks like floods, droughts, heat and severe storms.

Already, this ecological debt is decimating wildlife populations worldwide, disproportionately hurting the world's poor and most vulnerable, threatening imperative resources like food and water, heating up the atmosphere, and risking global well - being.

As discussed earlier, Hurricane Katrina demonstrated that communities of color, poor communities, and certain other vulnerable populations (like new immigrant communities) are at a higher risk to the adverse effects of extreme weather events.263, 264,239 These vulnerable populations could benefit from urban planning policies that ensure that new buildings, including homes, are constructed to resist extreme weather events.303

Species with small populations in a restricted habitat, like the Golden Toad and relatives of the Harlequin Frog, are most vulnerable.

That reduction occurred despite more complete reporting, an incentive to declare greater damage to gain more aid, and a massively growing population, particularly in vulnerable places like coastal areas, in recent times.

But as with all decision making approaches, the a challenge for MCA and methods like it is the subjective choices that have to be made about what weights to attach to all the relevant criteria that go into the analysis, including how the adaptation measure being studied impacts poor or vulnerable populations, or how fair it is in the distribution of who pays compared to who benefits.

The extent to which communities are able to adapt to these risks depends heavily on context, how vulnerable a population is to the specific impacts in question, and the various coping mechanisms that exist to minimize effects like flooding and water shortages.

Others are more complex, like developing renewables - based microgrids to ensure critical services and vulnerable populations are powered up even if the broader grid goes down.

«Instead, Congress should reinvest the savings from the MID reform into affordable housing solutions, like the national Housing Trust Fund, rental assistance, or a renter's credit, that would help the lowest income people in America — including seniors, people with disabilities, families with children, and other vulnerable populations — who too often struggle to pay the rent and make ends meet.