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Top insurer urges US to stop subsidising climate-risk homes
2016-05-25 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Lloyds, one of the worlds biggest insurance companies, says the US government must stop providing insurance subsidies to homeowners building on flood plains and in coastal areas exposed to mounting risks related to climate change. According to a report in Londons Financial Times, Lloyds says the US governments National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which subsidises insurance cover for householders in regions vulnerable to floods and storms, encourages irresponsible house building. Lloyds...
Tuvalu PM urges new legal framework for climate migrants
2016-05-24 23:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tuvalu's prime minister on Tuesday called for a U.N. resolution to create legal protection for people displaced by the impacts of climate change, saying there was currently no international framework to protect their rights. Speaking at the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, where he made the proposal, he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation it was time to start working out how to deal with communities that might have to be moved due to rising seas, water shortages and other threats to their...
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Globe urges creation of ICT Department
2016-05-20 11:30:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Philippine operator Globe Telecom is urging the creation of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT). Globe believes this would help elevate local state of internet and help the country become a digital economy. A bill creating the DICT is now up for signing by President Aquino. Under the proposed measure, the DICT will be the primary entity in charge of planning, promoting and helping develop the country's ICT sector and ensure cost-efficient communications facilities and other multi-media infrastructure and services.
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VIDEO: Tencent expert urges US-China tech tie-up
2016-05-13 02:45:11| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A leading security expert from Chinese internet giant Tencent calls on the US and Chinese governments to work together in cyberspace.
Trade Group Urges U.K. Government to Deliver Coherent Waste and Recycling Strategy
2016-05-11 15:47:00| Waste Age
An ESA report warns that the U.K. waste industry needs greater policy support. read more
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