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Harvard students take pledge not to cheat
2015-11-11 01:04:29| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Does making a pledge to be honest stop exam cheating?
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What has happened to Nigerias climate pledge?
2015-11-04 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: At the UN General Assembly in September, President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria was "strongly committed" to a global deal on climate change. Backed by EU funding, consultants have drawn up a plan to green Africa`s biggest oil producer and protect its 170 million citizens from shifting weather patterns. But more than a month after the deadline for national submissions to a Paris climate accord, that pledge has not made it to the UN`s inbox. What gives? It is a question exercising Jibo Nura,...
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H&M worker rights pledge supports stable sourcing
2015-11-04 11:26:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Swedish fashion retail giant H&M has pledged to improve labour rights for 1.6m garment workers at its supplier factories - in a move that should also contribute to the creation of more stable sourcing markets.
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Hollande brings Beijing on board with climate pledge reviews
2015-11-02 13:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: French president Francois Hollande brought round Xi Jinping on Monday to back regular reviews of emissions cuts as part of a new global warming accord. Four weeks before countries meet in Paris, the summit host agreed with the world`s top carbon polluter a December UN conference must send a "clear signal" to green and climate-proof development. At the Great Hall of the People, the seat of China`s legislature, Hollande told a news conference the declaration established a "likelihood the Paris...
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Development Banks Climate Pledge: $100 Billion a Year
2015-10-22 23:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The worlds multi-lateral development banks have pledged to boost climate finance by committing a total of US$100 billion a year by 2020 to help developing countries mitigate and adapt to Earths warming climate. Finance ministers met in Lima, Peru earlier this month in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference set for Paris in December, when a legally-binding, universal global climate agreement is due to be signed. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said, This is a positive...
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