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The US is now the only country that is not
committed
to the Paris climate agreement, which has held despite the Trump administration’s withdrawal.
The number of homicides
committed
with firearms in Latin America – between 73,000 and 90,000 a year – is triple the world average.
Second, the researchers
committed
the arch-statistical mistake of confusing correlation with causation.
Even Bachelet’s critics agree that Chile’s basic macroeconomic policies will not change: an independent central bank
committed
to price stability, a free-trade regime with a floating currency, and a fiscal policy that will keep deficits and public debt low.
But, for now, Trump and his enablers seem
committed
to continuing down their current path – an approach that is already weakening America’s moral authority.
Right-wing populist movements like his will eventually tear themselves apart, not least because their leaders are not
committed
to policies that will actually help their constituents.
Given that we are already
committed
to the goal of ending extreme, chronic poverty by 2030, our first decision was to hold the yardstick for measuring poverty constant.
Nine years after Barack Obama’s famous speech in Prague, in which he
committed
to seeking a world free of nuclear weapons, disarmament has ceased to be a strategic priority for the US (which, as the world’s biggest power, should lead efforts in this area).
The eurozone now rests on the shaky basis of a confederation of states that are
committed
both to a monetary union and to retaining their fiscal sovereignty.
The IS, like many such groups before it, may yet vanish in the desert, leaving only its victims’ families to recall the crimes it
committed.
So, to keep the poor
committed
to the system as their economic aspirations are aroused, the wealthy would be well advised to indulge less in conspicuous consumption.
The idea is that it is actually irrational for a democratically elected government to act prudently if doing so means inviting punishment from voters who are
committed
to myopic but deeply felt positions.
A global deal in which countries
committed
to spending 0.2% of GDP to develop non-carbon-emitting energy technologies would increase current spending 50-fold, and it would still be many times cheaper than a global carbon deal.
For example, environmental, social, and governance assets under management are estimated to be as high as $22 trillion dollars; $82 trillion is
committed
to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment; $32 trillion is pegged to carbon pricing; and even the market for “green bonds” is growing exponentially.
More importantly, they
committed
themselves to launching a lasting process to reform the world’s financial system.
But Qaddafi’s regime became an international pariah mainly for a series of terrorist plots abroad, not for crimes against humanity
committed
against Libyans.
The head of Internal Security Forces, Colonel al-Tuhami Khaled, another principal suspect in the crimes currently being
committed
against Libyans, refused to call the process a “reconciliation.”
And even if such adjustment is not occurring as fast as Germany and other core eurozone countries would like, they remain willing to provide financing, and governments
committed
to adjustment are still in power.
We
committed
ourselves to spending only what we have or can reasonably expect to have.
The Americans have already
committed
8,000 extra troops for next year.
(In the same year, only 5% of male homicides were
committed
by the victim’s spouse or former spouse.)
This exchange reveals quite the opposite – that both parties are
committed
to their core values of resistance and confrontation.
It has implemented the strictest CO2 emissions standards in the US, and it is a leader in the Under U2 Coalition, a group of 170 national and subnational governments (representing 37% of the global economy) that are
committed
to achieving the Paris agreement’s emissions targets.
Harvard and many other universities (including our own, Columbia University) have long been
committed
to acting as responsible investors.
Recognizing the need, the last Ecofin meeting has, for the first time,
committed
itself “to safeguard financial stability in the euro area as a whole.”
Indeed, despite intense scrutiny and agonizingly slow trials, several more special tribunals have been established to hold individuals accountable for large-scale crimes
committed
in countries like Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Lebanon.
Moreover, the ICTY was instrumental in the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2002, which has acted on crimes
committed
in several more countries.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is serving a 50-year sentence for aiding and abetting crimes
committed
during Sierra Leone’s civil war from 1996 to 2002.
Meanwhile, the ICC has indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for atrocities
committed
in Darfur, though he has not been apprehended.
Equally problematic, the AU’s decision creates an additional incentive for heads of state and other senior officials who have
committed
atrocities to retain their grip on power.
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