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Eleven EU nations call for cleaner air, less waste
2014-12-01 16:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Ministers from 11 EU member states, including France and Germany, have written to the European Commission calling on it to press ahead with a tougher air quality law and new rules on cutting waste, according to a letter seen by Reuters. As it seeks to cut down on red tape and counter Euroscepticism, the Commission is reconsidering some of the policy put forward by previous EU bosses, a draft work plan for 2015 has shown. The new EU executive, in office since Nov. 1, has said no decision has...
China insists rich nations must do more at Lima climate meeting
2014-11-25 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Developed countries must do more than their less wealthy counterparts to tackle climate change, the world's biggest polluter China said on Tuesday, reaffirming its longstanding position before a United Nations climate conference next month. The meeting, to be held in the Peruvian capital Lima from December 1 to 12, is intended to pave the way for a global deal on cutting Earth-warming carbon emissions to be agreed next year in Paris as a replacement for the Kyoto treaty. China earlier this month...
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Nations join forces to tackle malnutrition
2014-11-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
More than 170 countries have come together to work towards adopting recommendations on policies and investments to help eradicate malnutrition by ensuring that all people have access to healthier and more sustainable diets.
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French president Francois Hollande launches funding for Pacific nations hit by climate change
2014-11-18 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: French president Francois Hollande has announced funding for Pacific island nations to help restore ecosystems affected by climate change. After joining world leaders at the G20 meeting in Brisbane last weekend, Mr Hollande flew to New Caledonia for his first official visit. The Pacific island nation, one of Australia's closest neighbours, is one of three French dependencies in the region. Mr Hollande told representatives that their communities had experienced the most harmful effects of...
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Global survey: Brand India ranks a poor 31st out of 50 nations, Germany is No. 1
2014-11-17 02:23:14| Beverages - Topix.net
An annual nation branding survey shows India still has a long way to go in terms of international image in which manufacturing prowess - PM Narendra Modi's current passion - plays only a small role. WASHINGTON: "Products are made in the factory, but brands are created in the mind," consumer research pioneer Walter Landor, who created the Coca-Cola script, among others, observed.
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