"If our current living standards are to be maintained, and the aspirations of developing countries satisfied, then the global economy will need to be changed drastically," Potočnik said.
"We welcome the fact that these remain focused on the primary principle of tackling extreme poverty and supporting the economic aspirations of developing countries, while ensuring the new global goals are delivered in the most effective possible way".
Lomborg is not alone in finding fault with the Kyoto process, which many variously agree has been too slow to deliver, too vulnerable to unkept promises, and unrealistic in restraining the aspirations of developing countries.
On the face of it, every drug company with material revenues, from a single-product biotech with aspirations of developing a pipeline through the very largest pharma companies, may be susceptible to hostile bids from what are, in effect, asset-strippers.
Although post-stroke aspiration increases the risk of developing pneumonia by sevenfold, aspiration alone is not sufficient to explain the high incidence of pneumonia in acute stroke [2], [4], [25], [26], [33].
Moreover, Grossmann et al. documented the presence of lymphocytic thyroiditis on fine needle aspiration of patients developing thyroid dysfunction while on sunitinib, which further supported the diagnosis of destructive thyroiditis [ 42].
Research aimed at further identification of subsets of patients with a high risk of developing aspiration pneumonia is warranted.
Teramoto et al. reported that aspiration often contributes to the pathogenesis of pneumonia in elderly patients, especially those over 70 80 years of age, and an increased age is associated with the risk of developing aspiration pneumonia [ 27].
This research in the field of ENT suggests that the chronic irritation of the larynx due to reflux may cause two conditions: first, a hyposensitive state with the risk of developing aspirations and cough; second, a hypersensitive state in which the larynx is more sensitive to various external stimuli [ 29].
This is yet another critical reminder that we can't solve climate change without embracing the economic and social-development aspirations of the developing and emerging world.
