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But nature-based solutions – if sufficiently funded and implemented in an equitable manner – offer benefits that we can no longer afford to ignore.
If veiling injunctions that require women to wear veils seem draconian, it is by no means obvious that anti-veiling laws afford women any greater freedom.
Organic practices afford limited pesticide options, create difficulties in meeting peak fertilizer demand, and rule out access to genetically engineered varieties.
But poor countries cannot afford them.
If a vast swath of the population cannot afford the food that is produced, the size of the yield is irrelevant.
Europe’s malaise, and the resulting rise of populist politics, suggests that Asia’s governments can ill afford to sit on their growth laurels.
This might seem like a strange idea in the immediate aftermath of a major debt-fueled financial crisis, and with many homeowners still underwater on their mortgages (they owe more than the house is worth, even if they can still afford the monthly payments).
Nor can policymakers afford to ignore the fourth mismatch – between ultra-low nominal interest rates and the relatively higher risk-adjusted return on equity (ROE) for investors – which has contributed to speculative investment and widening wealth and income inequality.
That is a poor record for any court of law, which should afford defendants certainty and procedural fairness.
It is an investment that the world’s richest countries can well afford.
Private institutions obviously cannot afford to do that.
Venezuela will be the first country to navigate the new rules; the country can ill afford to get it wrong.
Suleman does not have a decent job, but she managed to invest in costly fertility treatments and could afford many expensive cosmetic surgeries.
Bewitched by symbols of affluence and a level of consumption that she could not afford, she acted like a child herself, with no thought to the future.
The real estate bubble inflated and collapsed partly because millions of Americans borrowed more than they could afford to repay – and knew it.
It comes from the thought that this really might be enough to be able to afford a small house, a college education, and the children that one already has.
Today’s global crisis shows that we can no longer afford to ignore this vital factor.
Europe cannot afford to waste valuable human capital at a time when China and India are on the rise and its own population is aging.
Given the weak state of Europe’s banking system, accumulating too much capital is not a luxury that the EU can afford.
With China seeking to secure exclusive access to energy resources in Africa and the Russian energy giant Gazprom seeking de facto control of Western companies by investing billions of euros in them, Europe can no longer afford to take a wait-and-see approach.
Democracy has become rule of, by, and for the few; and justice for all is available to all who are white and can afford it.
This boost to purchasing power is even more pronounced for the poorest tenth of US consumers, who can buy 60% more than they would otherwise be able to afford.
Europe can no longer afford this standstill.
The good news is that we can achieve what’s needed, we can afford to do it, and we can do it all without curtailing growth.
We can no longer afford the failed approaches of the past.
The question is not whether we can afford to switch to clean energy and more environmentally friendly foods, but whether we can afford to continue living with a warming planet and all its consequences.
First, it will be difficult to afford these expensive new sources of energy.
In the current political climate, Arab leaders, whether conservative or revolutionary, can no longer afford to be seen as complicit with Israel and the United States in the region.
The wealthy G8 nations – which alone can afford to invest in such an ambitious worldwide project – together spend several hundred million dollars a year on global conservation activities.
As a result the cure can afford to be much milder – a moderate rise in unemployment and a brief pause in growth rather than a full blown recession with massive increases in joblessness.
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