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Rules to measure climate ambition could be agreed at UN summit in Warsaw
2013-05-10 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Specific criteria that countries can base emission reduction plans on needs be agreed at the Warsaw climate summit at the end of 2013, an influential campaign group has warned. The Climate Action Network (CAN) wants the UN to host an equity review to establish a consistent set of indicators developed and developing countries can use to assess their own climate ambition. Observers fear that unless accepted measurements of climate ambition can be established, it could be virtually impossible...
G-8 Members Agreed to New Alliance for Food Security, Nutrition Initiative
2013-05-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Following the commitment of the L'Aquila Summit, in 2012 leaders of the G-8 engaged with African partners to foster global food security. In this framework, G-8 members have agreed on the goals of the New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition G-8 initiative.
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European transactions tax agreed
2013-01-22 14:28:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
EU finance ministers give the green light for 11 eurozone members, including France and Germany, to ready a new tax on financial transactions.
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Mercury emissions crackdown agreed as UN finalises global deal
2013-01-21 11:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A host of products and industrial processes are to be phased out from 2020, including some energy-efficient light bulbs, batteries and coal technologies, as part of an international effort to reduce harmful mercury pollution. The UN-backed Minamata Convention, named after the city in Japan that suffered from severe mercury pollution in the mid-20th century, was agreed on Saturday by 140 nations at a summit in Geneva. The new treaty will now be formally signed at a meeting in Japan in October,...
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