Sentence examples for counter disaster from inspiring English sources

And so, a strategy to counter disaster: tax carbon dioxide, phase out fossil-fuel subsidies, improve farm productivity and put talk into action, now.

Given the recent problems encountered post-tsunami by the odontologists who were obliged to use the Plass Data system (Plass Data Software, Holbaek, Denmark) and with the impending risks imposed upon Victoria by the decision to host the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne during March 2006, funding was sought and obtained from the state government to update counter disaster preparedness at the VIFM.

One practical area is in region-wide counter disaster management.

The SFDRR sets out four priority actions to counter this trend: (1) understanding disaster risk; (2) strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk; (3) investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience; and (4) enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response, as well as to "Build Back Better" in recovery, rehabilitation, and reconstruction.

It is almost certain to be ignored by Congress, which is itching to "save jobs" and to counter the public-relations disaster of bailing out Wall Street.

The difference is my policies will make things better for them," Mitt intones, as if all it takes to counter a hidden-camera disaster is an on-camera assertion.

The state council, or cabinet, made the rare admission late on Wednesday that the $23bn£14bnbn) project was successful but requires action to curb pollution, counter risks of natural disasters and improve the living standards of the 1.4 million people who were forced to relocate.

It proved a costly and counter-productive disaster.

The US would focus on fighting piracy, improving counter-terrorism, disaster aid and cyber-security, he said.

The United States, for its part, must both counter the growing influence of China and Russia and help prevent a humanitarian disaster, argues Yong Kwon in the Asia Times.

That's why people of faith have a special responsibility to counter the chorus of bad theology that inevitably erupts after a natural disaster.