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Paris talks could improve climate pledges
2015-11-27 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Until recently, global climate negotiations resembled wards full of newborn babies. Everybody seemed awfully upset about something, but with little idea what to do about it. Now the kids are growing. And they've been handing in their homework. What happens to that homework as countries' climate policies mature could mean the difference between a humanity that's afflicted by climate change, or one that's devastated by it. The way that countries will move together to act on climate in the coming...
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Lindex pledges forest-free viscose supply chain
2015-11-23 15:36:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
European fashion chain Lindex has become the latest company to join the CanopyStyle pledge to ensure the rayon, modal or viscose fibres in its garments does not come from ancient and endangered forests.
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RSPO pledges reform after NGO exposes shoddy palm oil audits
2015-11-20 19:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The general assembly of the worlds biggest sustainable palm oil organization passed a resolution on Thursday acknowledging serious problems with its certification processes and the need to reform them. The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oils corporate and NGO members voted overwhelmingly in favor of adopting the resolution, titled Ensuring Quality, Oversight and Credibility of RSPO Assessments, at the RSPOs annual summit in Kuala Lumpur. The resolution was submitted by London-based nonprofit...
China won't improve emissions control pledges
2015-11-19 15:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: China will not improve on its pledges to control emissions, the country's top climate negotiator said on Thursday ahead of key UN climate change talks in Paris. The world's largest polluter also chastised developed countries, with Xie Zhenhua -- a vice minister at China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission -- saying they have not done enough to combat rising temperatures. According to the UN framework convention on climate change and the Kyoto Protocol, developed...
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India pledges to hike renewable energy output to 175GW by 2022
2015-11-15 21:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Free Press Journal: Pledging to quadruple India`s renewable power capacity to 175 gigawatt by 2022 and cut fossil fuel subsidies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked world`s top economies to build support systems focused on nations that have the maximum growth potential. He also asked them to keep infrastructure financing in developing countries as a key priority. In his lead intervention at G20 Working Lunch on Development and Climate Change, he offered seven points for consideration which include shift from 'carbon...
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