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UN climate fund gears up to deploy cash after Japan inks pledge

2015-05-21 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: The U.N.'s Green Climate Fund can start deciding where to deploy its cash following the signing of an agreement with the Japanese government that means it will have enough money to begin operating. The new fund for international climate finance needed to convert half of the $9.35 billion pledges made for its first pledging conference last November into firm contribution agreements to become effective. It had set a deadline for the end of April. Japan and the United States did not meet that...

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Label Impressions Expands Its Carbon Neutral Pledge With New JLM Energy System

2015-05-18 04:48:58| pollutiononline Home Page

Building on its reputation as leader in sustainable, green printing,Label Impressions, a mid-sized label and flexible packaging printer in California is expanding its operations, but not its carbon footprint

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Canada: Pledge Sent to U.N. to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions by 2030

2015-05-16 02:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: Prime Minister Stephen Harpers government said Friday that Canada would reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The government said it had formally submitted its target to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in advance of a major climate change conference in Paris in December. The United States, Japan and the European Union have already committed to relatively similar reductions over the next 10 to 15 years. Canada possesses the worlds third-largest...

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Canada to pledge 30 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions

2015-05-15 17:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Critics dismissed the pledge, noting Canada has no chance of meeting its existing 2020 target for cutting the output of gases widely blamed for global warming. Canada's right-of-center ruling Conservatives say they will tackle climate change while avoiding measures that might kill jobs. The party has deep political roots in the west, where emissions are soaring as the oil-rich tar sands are developed. As part of Friday's announcement, Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq said the government...

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