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Poorest countries 'left behind': Climate finance report
2014-12-09 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Half of nearly $8 billion in climate finance given to the developing world since 2003 went to just ten countries, and nations most at risk got the short end of the stick, a report said Sunday. The top recipients were Morocco, Mexico and Brazil, which each got more than $500 million (406 million euros) of the $7.6 billion total, according to an analysis of spending over the last decade in 135 countries. The report of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), a UK think-tank, was released ahead of...
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Mothercare appoints Smothers as finance chief
2014-12-09 11:52:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Struggling UK mother, baby and children's goods retailer Mothercare has appointed Richard Smothers as its chief financial officer.
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Better policy, finance needed to balance forests & farming - experts
2014-12-07 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Initiatives balancing protection for forests and other natural resources with the interests of farmers need more political and financial support if they are to advance the fight against climate change, experts said on Saturday. A "landscapes approach" that aims to help people think more broadly about how they use ecosystems to boost food security and incomes without harming the planet has gained traction in recent years among researchers and development agencies. But more effort is required...
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$100 billion climate finance goal 'a very small sum': UN climate chief
2014-12-03 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An international goal of providing $100 billion each year by 2020 to help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change impacts and pursue green growth is far off what is needed to achieve a global clean revolution, the U.N.'s top climate change official said on Wednesday. Christiana Figueres told journalists at U.N. climate talks in Lima that in terms of paying for the efforts needed to shift economies worldwide onto a low-carbon track "$100 billion is frankly a very, very small sum". "We are...
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RPT-Market Chatter- Corporate finance press digest
2014-12-03 12:09:54| Footwear - Topix.net
* Valero Energy Corp was continuing the restart of a 45,000-barrel-per-day hydrocracking unit on Tuesday at its 330,000 bpd Port Arthur, Texas, refinery, said sources familiar with operations at the refinery. * Footwear retailer Brown Shoe Company Inc is trying to acquire women's luxury shoe retailer Stuart Weitzman Holdings LLC, which could fetch close to $1 billion, three people familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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