The phrase
"wealthy countries" refers to nations that have a lot of money and resources. These countries usually have a high standard of living, strong economies, and can afford to provide their citizens with many opportunities and services.
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Even if this gene therapy proves itself, the cost and technical challenge of the intervention means it likely will have little chance of being used outside
of wealthy countries.
For poor countries, it also gives them more ammo to argue for aid
from wealthy countries that are largely responsible for climate change.
One promising plan calls
for wealthy countries to pay those in the tropics to halt the destruction of their immense forests for agriculture and logging.
We were loosely aware of the resulting «land grabs»
by wealthy countries, which buy up agricultural land in poorer countries to ensure their own country's food far into the future.
The word «compensation» is considered politically toxic,
as wealthy countries fear setting a precedent for claims against them.
Although climate change threatens the world's small island nations, many can find ways to adapt and preserve their homes and cultures — especially
if wealthy countries cut emissions and provide support.
Most such pledges don't go beyond 2030, and those from developing countries are mostly «conditional» — they'll proceed if
wealthy countries pay the cost or otherwise help.
Not only is the vast majority of the world's population breathing unsafe air, but also the gap
between wealthy countries and poor countries are increasing.
Of course,
wealthy countries hold all of the sway in worldwide cost estimates, which tips the scales when we're looking for a «global» perspective on extreme events.
Poor nations
say wealthy countries got rich using coal, oil and gas and they must be allowed to develop their way out of poverty.
There are millions of students in our own
wealthy country who are not receiving the basics of what a 21st century education should provide.
Although risks are distributed across all levels of economic development,
wealthy countries effectively limit their present - day threat by gross domestic product — enabled infrastructure and coastal defense investments.
The participants, from at least a score of
mostly wealthy countries, were also reminded that the ambitious agenda they are forging needs to embrace developing countries.
However, limiting the responsibility for past fossil fuel emissions to a 20 year horizon is a compromise for the U.S., EU and other
wealthy countries with far longer emissions histories.
Peter: Investment scams will always be a problem because there are always going to be scammers out there targeting consumers, particularly from
wealthier countries such as Australia.
By the end of the climate talks we may find out whether the Philippines leader was bluffing with a view to forcing the hand of
wealthy countries into funding climate solutions in the archipelago, or whether coal power truly won.
What the top ranked cities had in common was being situated in
relatively wealthy countries with good health and education systems, good quality infrastructure and they tended to be medium - sized, and had low population densities.
Funding mechanisms, by
which wealthy countries pay developing countries to maintain their forest cover, such as REDD + (short for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries), could also give donors the «soft power» to push for improved governance of industrial agriculture, he said.
While every country does healthcare a little differently, the fact remains that the US is the
only wealthy country in the world without universal healthcare coverage.
Even
among wealthy countries, most of which rank high or very high on the human development index (HDI), fighting global warming barely notches above the 10th most concerning issue.
Speaking to reporters the final night of the Warsaw talks, she said India first wants to see
wealthy countries take more ambitious steps to cut emissions prior to 2020 and ramp up finance.
But children in orphanages in less
wealthy countries appear to be doing just as well as their orphaned or abandoned counterparts who live in private homes — even those living with family members — according to a new study that examined the well - being of some 3,000 children in five countries.
The emerging deal in Paris stands in stark contrast to the current Kyoto Protocol, which demands only a handful of
wealthy countries curb emissions.
Stop illegal logging and deforestation and assist the region in climate - friendly development: While
wealthy countries need to act first and fastest to cut emissions, Latin American countries should also implement sustainable development policies that prioritise both energy efficiency and renewable energy.
This body of evidence demonstrates that it isn't
how wealthy a country is that determines the health of its population, but rather how the products of its economic growth and national wealth are invested and distributed.
The poorest countries within Europe, and even the poorest groups
within wealthier countries, have much lower life expectancy than the national or continental averages.
While at the end of COP23, the canoe was still paddling forward, 2018 will be rough waters with extreme climate events increasing the pressure on small islands
while wealthier countries are still debating.
The Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the other big player, is in the midst of a «replenishment drive» that is
asking wealthy countries to donate $ 13 billion at a moment when the United States and many European countries are facing political uncertainty.
«Transgressing a boundary increases the risk that human activities could inadvertently drive the Earth System into a much less hospitable state, damaging efforts to reduce poverty and leading to deterioration of human wellbeing in many parts of the world,
including wealthy countries», said Professor Steffen.
The current proposition offered by climate alarmists is that if people who live in the more
wealthy countries cut back their use of fossil fuels and therefore their human - caused CO2 emissions that the world can avoid the alleged catastrophic increases in temperatures based on the climate models.
One possibility, Rodrigues suggests, could be to create a provision in the next international climate - change treaty
requiring wealthy countries with high carbon emissions to pay Brazilians for the environmental benefits of keeping their forests standing.
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