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Finally, cooperatives make climate-smart technologies more affordable.
And they completely dismiss the instinct of common humanity that does prevail when policymakers are given, as they have been now, a practical, affordable, and morally coherent strategy for avoiding further terrible human tragedy.
In addition, a comprehensive nationwide housing policy is urgently needed to ensure that housing remains affordable, particularly for those on limited incomes.
The Hartwell group proposes that we adopt three basic climate-related goals: ensuring secure, affordable energy supplies for everyone (which means developing alternatives to fossil fuels); ensuring that economic development doesn’t wreak environmental havoc (which means not just reducing CO2 emissions, but also cutting indoor pollution from burning biomass, reducing ozone, and protecting tropical forests); and making sure that we are prepared to cope with whatever climate changes may occur, man-made or natural (which means recognizing, at last, the importance of adapting to climate change).
At the same time, the group adds, we must recognize that we won’t make any real progress in cutting CO2 emissions until we can provide developing economies with affordable alternatives to the fossil fuels on which they currently depend.
Together with new technologies enabling Super-Short Takeoff and Landing (superSTOL) a digital airspace would put safe, quiet, affordable, street-in-front-of-your-house personal air vehicles within sight.
Nevertheless, even given eventual development of an affordable, safe, fly/drive, airport-independent personal transportation system, there would still be a need to re-invent long-haul transport, especially for transoceanic flights.
To allow national fiscal stabilizers to work, governments must be able to borrow at an affordable cost in times of economic stress.
More important still, they should be affordable.
So we need sustainable agriculture-led growth to increase supplies and keep prices affordable while also boosting the incomes of poor farmers in developing countries.
But it makes sense to think of it as a prudent and affordable insurance policy.
After all, a rising middle class needs affordable housing.
The manageable, honorable American Dream of the 1950’s – a decent, affordable college education; a small house of one’s own; hope that one’s children will be better off than oneself – was misplaced in the last decade and a half.
Securing Europe’s Energy FutureMost Europeans agree that reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is crucial to Europe’s security and prosperity; that energy can be used as a political weapon, as when Russia shut off gas to Ukraine in January 2006; and that Europe is far too dependent on energy supplies from undemocratic and unstable countries or regions.
Intellectual Property for the Twenty-First-Century EconomyNEW YORK – When the South African government attempted to amend its laws in 1997 to avail itself of affordable generic medicines for the treatment of HIV/AIDS, the full legal might of the global pharmaceutical industry bore down on the country, delaying implementation and exacting a human cost.
And, if successful over time, it might have made the rest of Obama’s agenda seem less overwhelming and more affordable.
People want more effective and more affordable government that responds to their concerns, and are demanding that decisions be decentralized.
Affordable Green EnergyCOPENHAGEN – Public skepticism about global warming may be growing, but the scientific consensus is as solid as ever: man-made climate change is real, and we ignore it at our peril.
Public programs are necessary to provide affordable housing to the poor and the young and to help foster energy saving.
It will also determine whether safe and affordable infrastructure services (for example, water, sanitation, electricity, and health care) can be scaled up to meet other SDGs, such as eliminating poverty.
First, housing can be made more affordable for poor and middle-income Americans by converting the mortgage deduction into a cashable tax credit.
This may simply reflect actions taken by municipal governments to provide more affordable housing to their residents; but it also could indicate that marginally affluent new buyers are becoming scarcer.
The failure of private firms that lack access to subsidies or affordable financing deters others from innovating and challenging the status quo.
One such measure would be broad-based access to affordable and quality education, including skills upgrading and retraining.
Maintaining access to affordable finance will be a second major challenge for Latin American countries.
Linking social-welfare benefits to participation in the workforce, training, or active labor-market programs also can help, as can affordable, high-quality childcare and greater opportunities for paternity and maternity leave.
Though that would have been eminently affordable, representing less than 0.5% of international health assistance, the WHO failed to establish it.
Establishing frameworks to provide scalable, sustainable funding to achieve these goals is a wise and affordable investment – one that is in everyone’s interest.
So why haven’t success stories like that of the Beery twins, together with the Internet’s power and increasingly affordable collection of molecular data, led to the construction of a knowledge network of disease?
Around the world, chronic diseases are increasing and populations are aging, making universal access to affordable care a top priority.
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