Sentence examples for exacerbating conflict from inspiring English sources

Conservationists had argued that if oil had been found and exploited, it would potentially lead to the pollution of Lake Albert on which 50,000 families depend for fishing, and could further destabilise the region by exacerbating conflict between rival groups.

The Rwandan genocide is a "tragic exemplar of arms directly enabling and exacerbating conflict," according to Feinstein, where weapons inflamed a latent civil tension into one of the bloodiest moments of the 20th century.

Although risk rankings such as those contained in Table 3 may be a subject of debate, they do not diminish the significance of Africa's responsibility in exacerbating conflict, which warrants inclusion in their DRR programs.

The report describes corruption as "the main fuse exacerbating conflicts between officials and the masses".

A spaceship called the Starship Enterprise has been travelling through time and space for nearly a hundred years, exacerbating conflicts and instigating quarrels.

Greenhouse gases are melting polar ice much faster than previously predicted, causing rising sea levels that threaten coastal cities and island nations, provoking severe droughts and floods, producing food and water insecurity, exacerbating conflicts, and driving mass migrations.

Policies which do not take into account potential trade-offs, risk aggravating existing rivalries for services in specific areas and exacerbating conflicts.

For example, Lobo Guerrero and Villagómez exercised their office with investigatory and repressive fervor, whereas Hernando Arias de Ugarte showed little interest in creating or exacerbating conflicts.

"There is an urgent need to scale up climate-smart agricultural investments worldwide to stop climate change impacts from seriously compromising food security and nutrition, and exacerbating conflicts and distress migration.

Our court system is adversarial and exacerbates conflict.

What happens when foreign aid only exacerbates conflict?