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The UN’s own figures reveal that even in an implausibly optimistic, best-case scenario, the Paris accord would leave 99% of the climate problem in place.
He was sent into retirement supposedly because of his advanced age, but there are even older figures in North Korea’s gerontocracy.
In Italy there is now a controversial statute that will change the rules of criminal procedure in ways that might prove helpful to eminent public figures.
This activism comes mainly in response to the latest alarming figures on youth unemployment in southern Europe, with sky-high rates of joblessness widely regarded as politically unacceptable.
Unfortunately, unlike Europe’s nineteenth-century political masterminds – figures like Talleyrand, Metternich, Bismarck, and Disraeli – who crafted durable international alliances, Asia lacks leaders willing and able to look beyond their narrow national interests.
Even official figures indicate that several provinces outside the more dynamic coastal regions are in outright recession.
By one estimate, women hold about 24% of top management positions globally, with comparable figures across regions and development levels.
The figures that will be presented are the result of a lengthy process, in which the bureaucracy closely consulted with LDP.
The figures are striking.
The June referendum’s initial economic effects were negligible, and may even have been slightly positive, now that the UK’s post-referendum growth figures are being revised upward.
These figures are a good deal weaker than originally stated.
Even where data exist, the figures must be interpreted with care.
Moreover, other forms of borrowing – such as trade finance, which is skewed toward shorter maturities – are not included in these figures.
(If Romania and Moldova were included the figures would be slightly higher).
These figures are well within range of pledges already made by the EU for the Stability Pact and they could be easily accommodated within the confines of the Berlin Accord on the EU budget for 2000-2005 if EU member states agree to a reallocation of unspent funds.
As for the price-stability mandate, the oil-price collapse has naturally affected headline figures over the past year, but the trend in core inflation (excluding the energy component) suggests that the Fed is falling behind the curve.
One wonders why euro bills are adorned with indistinct motifs, rather than with figures of universal appeal – da Vinci, Newton, Voltaire, Rembrandt, Cervantes, Chopin, or Beethoven – who best represent Europe’s cultural patrimony.
With power distributed among a seemingly endless array of forces and figures, which often contradict or even compete with one another, the negotiating environment is difficult to understand, much less navigate.
Based on figures from the International Energy Agency , China was already expected to reduce its carbon intensity by 40% without any new policies.
Some may complain that the AGOA favors petroleum products, but the figures speak for themselves.
These ongoing expenditures – feed-in tariffs to support renewables, outlays for climate-resilient agriculture, and spending on low-carbon public transport – have not yet been included in total investment figures.
Such dire warnings have been obscured in recent years by headline-grabbing GDP figures.
With official figures widely discredited, private analysts estimate that consumer prices are rising at an annual rate of 25% or more.
Second, and more importantly, it is a propaganda machine for right-wing causes and political figures.
And major Republican figures, including possible contenders for the party’s presidential nomination, are hired as “commentators.”
Because vaccines are useless if parents refuse to give them to their children, a big part of my job is to collaborate with health workers, community leaders, school teachers, and local political figures to educate parents about vaccines.
For example, in order to prevent shortages, VillageReach, the organization for which I work, helped to correct the population figures used to forecast the number of vaccines needed in each health center.
Of all the meetings with all the leaders and other international figures around the world that I have had during all my years in public life, there is no question about which one gave me the most joy.
While Bill made business deals with some shady international figures, Hillary made a lot of her fortune by giving speeches to Wall Street firms, the main target of public wrath for causing the Great Recession of 2008.
Intellectuals, artists, and public figures must highlight the danger of indifference toward groups espousing intolerance and exclusion.
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