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UNEP warns of emissions link to mobile phone demand
2013-04-25 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Rising levels of greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation caused by metal production must be urgently addressed, a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns. Demand for metals is expected to rise tenfold as emerging economies adopt similar technologies and lifestyles to richer nations. 1.75 billion mobile phones were sold in 2012, of which 53.5% were smartphones, which use over 40 variants of metal. The average tablet or Apple iPad weighs 650g and contains 1.3g of tin-rich...
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Time to Get Serious About the Future of UNEP
2013-02-27 17:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: This gathering represents mans earnest endeavor to understand his own condition and to prolong his tenancy of this planet. With these stirring words, Indira Gandhi, Indias Prime Minister, galvanized the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm. A wake-up call to the state of our planet, Stockholm gave birth to the UN Environment Programme, amid high hopes that humanity could together curb alarming trends in pollution and natural resource loss. Hopes were high when a 43-year-old...
Think, Eat, Save: FAO, UNEP Launch Global Campaign on Food Waste
2013-01-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Simple actions by consumers and food retailers can dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted each year and help shape a sustainable future, according to a new global campaign to cut food waste launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and partners.
Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising
2013-01-13 18:30:21| Green Car Congress
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