Sentences with phrase «wealthy nation comes»

But perhaps most embarrassing are Japan and South Korea, ranked 105th and 111th respectively — no other wealthy nation comes close.

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99 % of electricity used in Costa Rica comes from renewable sources, and the government is far ahead of many wealthier nations, having committed the country to becoming carbon neutral by 2021.

The board gave Nassau, one of the nation's wealthiest counties, until Feb. 15 to come up with a financial plan that eliminated risky revenue initiatives, expense cuts and contingencies contained in this year's $ 2.6 billion budget, which NIFA member George Marlin had contended was «built on a foundation of sand.»

In many Asian nations, particularly China, wealthy expectant mothers come to the United States after paying for birthing travel packages some that include first - class airfare, shopping and sightseeing excursions, and a private room.

With its long and remarkable history, its globally - popular cuisine and the modernity and first - rate facilities which come with being one of the planet's wealthiest nations, China is an increasingly popular tourist destination, with a wide range of great hotels available to accommodate the incoming guests.

Second, the impacts of climate change, which the wealthy nations are largely responsible for, are beginning to come down hard, and this will only make the crisis more acute.

However, the real impact of growing numbers in poorer communities comes when their situation changes, either through migration to wealthier nations or through development.

With fundamental issues of trust such as those illustrated above still far from being resolved, and political will on financing performing a fine balancing act in Europe and the United States (with the former dealing with a snowballing resurgence of the financial crisis, and the latter with an incoming legislature planning to dissolve the House of Representatives panel on climate change), the time has truly come for wealthy nations of the world to fundamentally shift their modes of thinking.

The shortcomings of some wealthier nations isn't stopping key players in the developing world from making the most of COP16 — particularly when it comes to REDD, which Serra hopes will help fund safeguards to prevent further deforestation in the Amazon.

He also argues that the time has come to consider «shared sacrifice» in the world's wealthiest nations: a course of voluntary economic contraction in developed economies (thus reducing fossil energy consumption), while allowing developing nations time to shift from dirty to clean energy.