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146 Countries Covering 87% Global Emissions Submit Climate Plans Ahead of Paris
2015-10-02 15:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: A total of 146 countries, representing almost 87 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, have submitted their intended national climate action plans to the United Nations. This means that so far more than 75 percent of all member countries to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have responded. This includes all developed countries under the convention and 104 developing countries or almost 70 percent of UNFCCC developing member states. Unprecedented preparation...
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Fizzy drink sugar levels vary dramatically between countries, says survey
2015-10-02 01:22:20| Beverages - Topix.net
Research highlighting the variation in soft drink sugar content around the world - a difference of as much as 29g sugar per 330ml for the same brand in different countries - has been released by campaign group Action on Sugar. It wants to see international sugar reduction targets set by manufacturers, slamming the 'shockingly high and unnecessary levels of free sugars' found in sugar-sweetened soft drinks around the globe.
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Currency Trends in Low-Cost Countries (Monthly Report)
2015-10-01 23:04:30| EmergingTextiles.com
The downward trend in currencies of low-cost countries has been supported in the last month by the US Fed decision to keep unchanged its benchmark interest rate. The Turkish lira and the Indonesian rupiah have further plunged, whereas the INR could continue declining until the end of 2015. Our monthly statistical report displays a comprehensive view of currency values against the US dollar but also v. the euro, the British pound, the Indian and Pak rupees, and the Chinese renminbi over a 2-year period.
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Climate pledges by 140 countries will limit global warming not enough
2015-10-01 16:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Plans submitted by 140 nations to limit their greenhouse gases would go some way towards tackling climate change, but not enough to prevent the planet from warming by well over 2C compared to pre-industrial times, experts say. The plans by countries from Albania to Zimbabwe, led by top emitters China and the United States, were submitted by an informal United Nations deadline on Thursday as building blocks towards a climate accord that negotiators will try to clinch at a summit in Paris in December....
30 Countries Submitted Their Climate Action Plans in 3 Days
2015-10-01 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Green: The number of official national climate action plans submitted ahead of this December's Paris Climate Summit smashed through the 100 mark this week, as the UN's climate change secretariat received a flurry of new Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) from national governments. Over 30 INDCs have been submitted this week, after Brazil on Monday became the latest major economy to publish a climate action plan, pledging to cut emissions by 37 per cent against 2005 levels by 2025, climbing...
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