Sentence examples for commitments of rich countries from inspiring English sources

Someone was so angry at Saudi Arabia's continual "wrecking" tactics – which have blocked several moves by developing countries to reassess the science of climate change and increase the commitments of rich countries to cut emissions – that he or she took the plastic nameplate that sits in front of delegates in the plenary hall, and broke it.

Developing countries see delivery of the mitigation and adaption money promised to them in the Copenhagen Accord as a crucial test of rich countries' commitment to collectively address climate change.

A commitment to limit warming to two degrees by 2050, as proposed by the G8 club of rich countries, will not halt climate change.

In 2012 the financing needs of rich countries will fall.

C1 Wolfowitz's Transformation Paul D. Wolfowitz is irritating some of his former colleagues in the Bush administration by repeatedly calling this week for "stronger commitments" by rich countries to reimburse the World Bank for lost loan repayments.

Many activists at the Paris conference are worried that the pact will not include commitments by rich countries to provide aid to poorer countries for the losses and damages they suffer because of climate change.

I am, nevertheless, sceptical of the commitments made by rich countries to achieving these goals.

Professor Sachs, its chair, hopes to use the evidence it brought to bear on priority-setting to win the commitment of the richest countries to contribute billions of dollars in aid.

Sharing the failure to keep commitments are the rich countries, whose targets for development of assistance go unmentioned and unmet.

Rightly, Oxfam points out that an important measure of progress in the Doha round will be a commitment by rich countries to reduce these high tariffs.But, again, the biggest potential gains for poor countries themselves, contrary to popular belief, are actually from tariff cuts in other poor countries.

Conspicuously absent are financial commitments from the rich countries: the G8 merely promised to consider new contributions "in good faith".