Climate negotiators said they made progress on laying out ways to help poor countries but deep differences remained on core issues ahead of a make-or-break talks in South Africa.
Environment
Oct 8, 2011
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With nations facing gaping shortfalls meeting pledges on climate change, several governments and activist groups are pushing to put a price on shipping emissions to fund aid to poor countries.
Environment
Oct 6, 2011
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Though economists have long suspected that developing countries struggle to emerge from poverty because they lack robust financial sectors, few economists have tried to determine just how this phenomenon occurs – until ...
Economics & Business
Sep 27, 2011
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If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty?
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2011
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A growing, more affluent population competing for ever scarcer resources could make for an "unrecognizable" world by 2050, researchers warned at a major US science conference Sunday.
Environment
Feb 20, 2011
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What factors contribute to poor people in developing countries lifting themselves out of poverty?
Social Sciences
Nov 10, 2010
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(AP) -- The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief.
Environment
Sep 2, 2010
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Global degradation of ecosystems is widely believed to threaten human welfare, yet accepted measures of well-being show that it is on average improving globally, both in poor countries and rich ones. A team of authors writing ...
Environment
Sep 1, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report from CSIRO identifies five global megatrends and eight megashocks that are changing the world.
Economics & Business
Apr 23, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A rising tide is said to lift all boats. Rising global temperatures, however, may lead to increased disparities between rich and poor countries, according to a recent MIT economic analysis of the impact of ...
Economics & Business
Mar 13, 2009
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