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Interview: Caribbean Summit to call for unity to tackle climate change
2016-06-01 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Xinhua: An upcoming summit attended by heads of state and government of the Caribbean countries on Saturday will call for unity to tackle the climate change problem. "Our main focus is to strengthen the unity of the Caribbean and to build a dialogue in order to face the negative impacts of climate change," Alfonso Munera, secretary general of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), told Xinhua in an interview on Tuesday. The ACS is a pan-national body in charge of consultation, cooperation and concerted...
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Web giants pledge to tackle online hate
2016-05-31 14:28:42| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Microsoft, YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pledge to remove hate speech within 24 hours, as they back an EU code of conduct.
China releases new action plan to tackle soil pollution
2016-05-31 11:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A farmer leans on his shovel as he takes a break from turning soil to plant crops with the chimneys from the huge state-owned lead smelter visible behind him in the town of Tianying, Anhui Province, in this file photo dated November 19, 2012. China aims to curb worsening soil pollution by 2020 and stabilize and improve soil quality by 2030, the cabinet said in an action plan published on Tuesday. The central government will set up a special fund to tackle soil pollution, as well as a separate...
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New International Accord to Tackle Illegal Fishing
2016-05-27 18:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: A new international accord to tackle illegal and under-reported fishing will come into force on June 5. Under the Port States Measures Agreement (PSMA) governments will be required to inspect foreign fishing vessels that dock in their ports. "The vessels themselves have the obligation to prove that their condition and the catches that they have on board are in fact taken legitimately," Matthew Camilleri, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)'s chief shepherd of the Port State Measures...
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UN calls for overhaul of national laws to tackle wildlife crime
2016-05-24 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Governments around the world need to pass national laws outlawing the possession of wildlife and timber that has been illegally harvested or traded elsewhere, a new report by the UNs Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges. At present, unlisted but endangered flora and fauna can be legally sold in other nations, even if it was illicitly taken from the countries of origin, due to a lack of coverage in the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). As the Guardian revealed...
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