Now it is pointless to generate hostility.

(c) Environmental transport, fate and transformation

Thus, there is no point in waiting for miracles.

Of course, it is pointless at this stage to re examine that tragic folly.

The author claims that it would have been futile to lodge an amparo in his case.

The diffusion of quality and productivity enhancing environmentally sound technologies (ESTs)

It is futile for the Bush administration to deny it.

She believed it would be helpful to find ways to deliver more effective cooperation along the lines of this rough demarcation.

In Canada, it is not feasible to measure housing need on the basis of waiting lists.

And policymakers must ensure that the investments are environmentally sustainable.

Biotechnology is promoted through the use of environmentally sound materials.

Without security, and without effective protection for the civilian population, it would be futile and unrealistic to hope for a successful outcome to the peace process and for the holding of elections.

The costs of environmentally unsustainable water use must be quantified.

Here are ten reasons why it doesn t pay to diagnose the Chinese economy by drawing inferences from the experiences of others

So 100 companies control 25 percent of the trade of all 15 of the most significant commodities on the planet.

The objective is to review policy instruments for stimulating the diffusion of ESTs and promoting environmentally sound technological development.

Mining and manufacturing metals is a costly, energy intensive, and, often, ecologically destructive process.

Indeed it is militarily inefficient to use weapons where there is a high likelihood they will not reach the desired target.

It is not much good looking to the European Union for self confident and concerted political initiative on the international stage.

The potential of youth to contribute to environmentally sound lifestyle choices and solutions is significant.

That will require the successful and environmentally safe application of biotechnology in agriculture.

The history of ideas has its logic, reason, and folly, its unconscious and its trajectory. It is both futile and dangerous to deny any of them.

We need to confront the next and potentially much bigger biomass boondoggle.

Perhaps it is futile to look for the single cause without which the financial system would not have blown up in our faces.

38. We recognize the need to prioritise affordable and environmentally sustainable infrastructure that targets the needs of the poor.

Real reductions in carbon emissions will occur only when better technology makes it worthwhile for individuals and businesses to change their behavior.

So, for Hamas as well as for America, the West, and Israel, it is futile to look back in anger and frustration.

Meaningful public engagement with the court requires an underlying environment that fosters not punishes the free expression of ideas.

Countries identify finance, the transfer of environmentally sound technologies and capacity building as a priority area for further action.

The Working Group had concluded that, however desirable a disclosure obligation might be from the standpoint of transparency, it was simply not feasible to provide for it in the draft convention.

Similarly, increased integration of pastoral and agricultural land uses provides an environmentally sustainable way to avoid desertification.

And in this way, you can take the guesswork out of policy making by knowing what works, what doesn't work and why.

As its population begins to shrink, it may even be worthwhile to shut down unviable cities and consolidate.

Contrary to common belief, urban systems can be more environmentally sustainable than rural or suburban living.

Training Courses on Gender and the Environment for Environmental Agents, extensionists and technicians of some pro ambient institutions and NGO's.

Despite these problems, prosecuting genocide might be worthwhile if it were the only way to hold mass murderers accountable.

Its calls for more reforms, its belief in Taiwan, and the urgency of its appeal to defend the island against undue influence from China have now captured the allegiance of a small majority of the population.

International cooperation in capacity building, and access to and transfer of environmentally sound technologies to support sustainable forest management

In Indonesia, the rampant smuggling of illegal timber caused massive ecological destruction.

Increased investment in environmentally sustainable water, sanitation and human settlements programmes has multiple dividends benefiting women, the poor and the environment.

Ms. Chung noted that the working group had discussed its future mandate extensively at its sixth session and suggested that it was not useful to continue discussing it this year.

4. Determines that it is feasible to develop an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons

The Ad Hoc Expert Group on Finance and Transfer of Environmentally Sound Technologies met at Geneva from 15 to 19 December 2003.

Celebrities, pundits, and political leaders alike have cast these vehicles as the apotheosis of an environmentally responsible future.

How can stakeholders and the general public be encouraged to clean up existing debris and dispose of it in an environmentally sound manner?