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Under Wolfensohn, the World Bank followed through on this comprehensive and coordinated approach in a concrete fashion, making significant inroads into global poverty.
On a hot day in New York, locals sprawl out on the grass fields of Central Park, not on asphalt parking lots or concrete sidewalks.
Bricks, concrete, and asphalt – the building blocks from which cities are made – absorb much more heat from the sun than vegetation does in the countryside.
These promising findings should now be incorporated into new economic models and concrete policy proposals.
In September 2011, the Somali authorities adopted a “Roadmap for ending the transition,” which commits the Transitional Federal Government to a series of concrete tasks and fixed benchmarks to be accomplished by the end of August 2012.
Perhaps most important, the United States and China – the world’s top two emitters, which together account for more than one-third of global greenhouse-gas emissions – have finally stepped up, announcing concrete climate commitments in a joint statement last year.
Given this – and China’s general reticence to assume a global leadership position – direct Chinese engagement is likely to come only through targeted initiatives with concrete goals.
The initiative, launched last September, aims to improve the linkages between the Asian and European markets, with concrete benefits for all 18 Central Asian and European countries along the route, including Russia.
Europe has demonstrated that a sense of common ownership, combined with concrete solutions, can encourage productive dialogue, opening the door to mutually beneficial cooperation.
What it does need is a coherent policy that advances concrete and considered objectives.
But it is time to translate recognition into concrete action.
Ensuring that those most in need are not forgotten – and that they have the freedom to make their own choices – is just as important as delivering concrete development outcomes.
But this one will answer a concrete question: if Latin America had, say, an extra $10 billion to spend over the next five years on improving welfare, which projects would bring the greatest benefits?
Instead of dealing with these concrete threats to Japan, Hatoyama continues to act like an opposition politician by attacking the LDP and undermining one of the proudest achievements of LDP rule, the deep and trusting alliance with the US.
The two countries are also seeking concrete initiatives that will showcase their ability to work together, and they have already established a track record of cooperation on environment-related issues.
Now is the time to give concrete direction and pledges regarding enlargement.
But most buildings today are constructed using bricks and mortar, concrete, and, for larger structures, steel – all materials that produce substantial carbon emissions during the manufacturing process.
One of these is cross-laminated timber (CLT), which is made by gluing together layers of wood to create panels that are as strong as steel or concrete, and thus can replace those materials in buildings.
And, according to a United Nations report, CLT is more expensive than concrete in Europe.
Moreover, builders report that the total costs of building with CLT already end up similar to those of building with concrete, because it takes less time.
After all, unlike concrete, CLT doesn’t need time to set.
Amassing useless concrete and losing human capital, the country lost twice.
After the Millennium Development GoalsCAMBRIDGE – In 2000, 189 countries collectively adopted the United Nations Millennium Declaration, which evolved into a set of concrete targets called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
Any effort that is concrete and implementable needs to monitor the results, and setting clear numerical targets is the best way to do so.
If it appears frivolous to write about public space in cities like Bogota, Delhi, and Lima, where poverty and squalor run rampant, consider that the government's subsidy of grass and concrete for pedestrians is a measure of its respect for human dignity and the democratic values.
Beyond fending off this latest round of exasperating claims, Rwanda is involved in the DRC crisis in one other concrete way.
Nonetheless, he explained, “we thought that if we can highlight it, it will impact policy-makers and politicians and encourage them to take some concrete action.”
The concrete action that they had in mind was getting governments to mandate drastic cuts in carbon-dioxide emissions.
Their only concrete proposal is asymmetrical cuts of tactical nuclear weapons by Russia and the US.
The crucial function of international frameworks such as the FCTC and UNFCCC is to provide concrete tools for governments to set national policies on issues ranging from public health to climate change and global inequality.
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