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Japan Pledges Climate Change Aid to Pacific Island Nations
2015-05-23 08:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ABC: Japan is giving 55 billion yen ($450 million) in climate change and disaster aid to Pacific island nations, an effort to beef up its profile in the region. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made the pledge at a meeting with Pacific island nations in Iwaki in northern Japan on Saturday. The assistance will be doled out over three years to help fight climate change and natural disasters. Japan will also help with expert exchanges and training. The island nations include Fiji, the Marshall Islands,...
Japan to give $400 mn Pacific islands to fight climate change
2015-05-23 05:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday pledged $453 million in aid to Pacific island nations to help them combat climate change and natural disasters. Abe made the pledge as leaders of 14 Pacific island nations gathered for a two-day meeting, which began on Friday in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, to discuss their development needs. "As a pledge of the Japanese government, we will provide no less than 55 billion yen ($453 million) to you in the upcoming three years ... in order to foster...
Kraft CEO on Heinz merger: Embrace change, it'll 'make you stronger'
2015-05-22 23:28:56| Food - Topix.net
In an email sent to employees , Kraft Foods CEO John Cahill said some of the best and most rewarding times in his career have been times of change. Ahead of Kraft's merger with H.J. Heinz Co.
CEO of Suncor Energy says tougher action on climate change is needed
2015-05-22 21:37:35| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Suncor Energy boss Steve Williams made the remarks at an event hosted by Canada's Ecofiscal Commission, a group focused on where environmental and economic policy meet. Williams says the best place to start is at the provincial level and he was encouraged by his talk with incoming Alberta premier Rachel Notley the day after the NDP's election victory earlier this month.
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Climate Change Is Killing Agriculture As We Know It
2015-05-22 21:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gothamist: If we don't drown or suffocate first, it's a very real possibility that life on earth will starve to death as climate change ravages planet Earth. Though it serves as the background story for Christopher Nolan's film Interstellar, the agricultural implications of climate change haven't been the face of the planetary event--polar bears are much cuter, of course--but a new documentary film from Academy Award-winning director Sandy McLeod aims to change that, bringing the human toll of drought and crop...
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