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Indigenous rights highlight day 11 of the Paris climate change conference

2015-12-11 00:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Toronto Star: Canadas call to recognize human and indigenous rights at the Paris climate talks was largely met Thursday with a new draft agreement that also attempts to strike a balance between a 1.5- and 2-degree Celsius warming target. Environment Minister Catherine McKenna had stressed late Wednesday how critically important it was to include strong language that recognizes human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples. The latest draft, coinciding with human rights day at the summit, kept and...

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Council tenants to lose lifetime rights

2015-12-10 18:03:18| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Future council tenants are likely to lose the right to live in their properties for life, the government says.

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Paris climate deal must ensure respect for human rights

2015-12-10 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: From Pacific islanders losing their homelands to encroaching seas, to indigenous people forced from their forests in the name of conservation, human rights are already being violated by both climate change impacts and solutions, U.N. rights experts said. At climate talks in Paris, tasked with hammering out a new deal to tackle global warming by the end of this week, the experts called for strong language on respecting human rights and the rights of indigenous people to be included in the agreement....

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Tampa-based Coca-Cola Beverages Florida to buy distribution rights in south Florida

2015-12-09 22:07:25| Beverages - Topix.net

Tampa-based soda bottler Coca-Cola Beverages Florida said it plans to grow its territory into south Florida, just months after it was founded earlier this year. The company was founded in May after it bought distribution rights in central Florida from Coca-Cola.

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