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Asia's poor urban children left out of disaster prevention - report
2014-03-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A 12-year-old boy in Kathmandu fears the shoddily-built brick factory he works in will collapse due to heavy rain or an earthquake. Street children in Jakarta say they fall ill when it's really hot or rainy because they don't get enough food. Filipino kids from Manila's slums spend a week or two every monsoon in cramped shelters to escape rising waters. Asia's impoverished urban children are among the groups most vulnerable to disasters, yet few disaster risk reduction (DRR) programmes in the...
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Why Helping the Poor May Hurt the Climate
2014-02-23 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LiveScience: Can the world promote economic development while still halting climate change? It's a complicated question, but a new study suggests that so far, humanity isn't doing so well at meeting both goals at the same time. A regional analysis of 106 countries around the world finds that, with the partial exception of Africa, most areas emit more and more carbon to improve their citizens' well-being as those nations become more developed. The findings are the latest volley in a debate going back at...
US: Eminence says Jos A Banks' acquisition "poor decision"
2014-02-19 13:48:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Eminence Capital, a major shareholder in Jos A Bank Clothiers has said the apparel firm's acquisition of Eddie Bauer is a "poor strategic decision" and "destroys shareholder value".
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U.S. wants poor and rich countries alike to cut emissions under next climate treaty
2014-02-13 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: If the U.S. gets its way, developing countries will need to roll up their sleeves and do more to slow down global warming. The Obama administration is taking the position that poor and rich countries alike should be legally obligated to reduce the amount of climate-changing pollution that they produce after 2020, when a new climate treaty is expected to take effect. The Kytoto Protocol approach, which saw rich countries but not poor ones compelled to rein in greenhouse gas pollution, is "clearly...
An America of rich or poor
2014-02-07 18:32:59| Automakers - Topix.net
World leaders and power players gathered in January in Switzerland for this year's World Economic Forum.
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