Sentences with phrase «wealthy countries into»

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.

In Chile, the US helped overthrow the democratically - elected social democrat government of Salvador Allende and replaced him with Augusto Pinochet, the murderous puppet tyrant who killed thousands and implemented a brutal free - market programme, ruining the Chilean economy and driving a relatively wealthy country into poverty.

Not exact matches

The delegates from Arabian countries may have been particularly mobbed, perhaps because wealthy families in the region are starting to put some of their considerable money into investments in entrepreneurs.

They were still settling into their new home, a comfortable, Spanish - style house in the lush enclave that had been called «el Country Club» before wealthy families abandoned it in the early years of the revolution.

But what kind of man has the power to undress another man's well - cared - for daughter, to unleash the hidden sexual eagerness of all the beautiful, spurning girls who walk the high - school corridors of this country, emerging into respectable professions before being snapped up by wealthy doctors and lawyers and becoming the soccer moms of tomorrow?

Slovakia's problems are not particularly economic — the Bratislava self - governing region is the sixth - wealthiest EU region, with purchasing power parity per capita income more than 180 % of its regional average — and as a member of the eurozone, the country has attracted substantial foreign direct investment, notably into its auto industry.

It continues when pastors ask how such a wealthy country can stumble into such a financial mess, Stanley said.

The report Preventing Disease and Saving Resources from UNICEF UK quantifies the extra illness in babies who are fed on formula — and expense to the National Health Service (NHS)-- in an industrialised and wealthy country: `... moderate increases in breastfeeding would translate into cost savings for the NHS of # 40 million and tens of thousands of fewer hospital admissions and GP consultations.»

Fixing school food in every community — the relatively wealthy Boulder and Berkeley, as well as the outright destitute parts of the country devastated by the housing debacle and unemployment — requires all of us to work together as one to get the fedreal government to fund school meal programs in a way that provides fresh nutritious food for all students, not just those lucky enough to live where people can afford to take matters into their own hands and make a local fix.

Mr Blair added: «For the poorest countries, whose labour costs are low but who often find the very high tariffs selling into the wealthy countries» markets, it is essential if they're to stand on their own two feet that they're allowed access into our markets.»

By 1977 one of the poorest farming regions in the country had been transformed into one of the wealthiest, raising much of the nation's agricultural exports and fattening 40 percent of its grain - fed beef.

This is an important public health issue even in the wealthiest of countries and more research is required into better treatments, better implementation of the tools we already have, and ongoing surveillance of the problem.

In the ensuing decade, wealthy countries and donors have poured more than $ 11 billion into fighting these three diseases.

Her means and status in doubt following her husband's death, Lady Susan turns to the kindness of relatives, moving into Churchill, the country estate of her wealthy brother - in - law and his wife Catherine (Emma Greenwell).

Gurney really just wants to live a simple life in the country, but he is dragged back into the crime world when a wealthy real estate developer is shot and the unfaithful wife is convicted of murder.

She dislikes her father and all his friends, and vows she will never marry such a man.To her dismay however, Charity is forced into an arranged marriage with a wealthy man, and in spite of her protests, she is sent across the country to be his bride.

Some of this investment goes into human capital, which lowers the unemployment rate, making the country wealthier as a whole.

The Cuban Revolution drove the island country's wealthy families into exile, and many left their dogs behind.

In wealthier countries with modern forms of intensive agriculture, large fractions of nitrogen and phosphorus applied to fields, often more than half, never make it into the crop itself.

More than 300,000 refugees fled severe drought, conflict and famine in southern Somalia in 2011 into Ethiopia and Kenya (William Davies / AFP / Getty Images) That's why, in recent years, many of the world's wealthier nations — including the United States, Germany, Britain, and Japan — have promised billions of dollars in aid to help developing countries adapt to the impacts of global warming and switch over to cleaner energy sources.

«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.

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.

After the diplomatic meltdown that occurred during the 2009 Copenhagen climate talks, all of the parties going into December's UN-sponsored climate negotiations in Paris — the wealthy countries, the poor countries, the island countries slipping into the sea, the activists — knew that some kind of deal was a must - have.

Practically the entire population was wealthy, and the country was attepting to develop itself into a renewable energy superpower (after having dumped, of course, endless quantities of carbon into the atmosphere).

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.

Lucky is the child born into a wealthy country!

And for certain wealthy people, going into the developing world and running a country is something that appeals to them.»