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Twenty nations vulnerable to climate change seek more action
2015-10-09 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Twenty of the countries most vulnerable to climate change, from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan to the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, will form a new group on Thursday to press for tougher action to curb warming. Draft documents for a meeting of finance ministers in Lima, Peru and seen by Reuters, said the 20 represented 700 million people in low- and middle-income nations that were arid, landlocked, mountainous or vulnerable to rising sea levels. The Vulnerable 20 (V20) group's draft action...
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20 Nations Vulnerable to Climate Change Form an Action Coalition
2015-10-09 10:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Representatives from 20 nations particularly subject to the consequences of climate change have gathered in Lima, the capital of Peru, to establish a coalition to fight global warming. The group, which will call itself the Vulnerable 20 (V-20), comprises low- and middle-income nations from Central America, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania, Reuters reported. They range from larger states with growing economies like Vietnam to tiny island nations like Vanuatu. The common thread...
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What a Recycling Firm Did to Become One of the Nations Top Workplaces
2015-10-07 16:04:00| Waste Age
While the founders of Northstar Recycling were busy fostering a fun, team-driven, dog-friendly corporate culture, they simultaneously created one of the 100 Best Workplaces for Women. read more
Bangladesh conglomerate plans nation's first PSF plant
2015-10-05 15:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Bangladesh's diversified manufacturing conglomerate the Deshbandhu Group is to set up the country's first major polyester staple fibre (PSF) plant, following robust demand for the key raw material.
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Northern Gateway talks excluded question of First Nations' governance rights
2015-10-02 22:41:02| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Two First Nations fighting to overturn approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline project say federal officials refused to discuss their claim of decision-making power over ancestral lands. Lawyer Cheryl Sharvit says the Nadleh Whut'en and Nak'azdli are not asserting the right to veto resource projects on traditional territories in British Columbia's Central Interior.
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