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United Nations Calls for Pro-family Farming Policies
2014-03-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva have appealed to governments to boost support to the world’s small-scale family farmers in order to win the fight against hunger.
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United Nations appoints former NYC Mayor Bloomberg cities, climate change envoy
2014-01-31 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy for cities and climate change, in a bid to build momentum ahead of a planned U.N. summit meeting in September. Ban said Bloomberg will assist him in "consultations with mayors and related key stakeholders, in order to raise political will and mobilize action among cities as part of his long-term strategy to advance efforts on climate change." Ban is seeking to re-energize...
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NFU Promotes United Nations' 'Year of Family Farming' Campaign
2013-11-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson and members of the US national committee to promote the United Nations’ (UN) International Year of Family Farming held a teleconference on Friday to kick off events.
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Typhoon Haiyans Impact Felt at United Nations Climate Change Conference in Warsaw
2013-11-22 10:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: It is with a heavy heart I have gone about my business at the climate negotiations in Warsaw each day knowing that about 12 million people are affected by the recent devastating Typhoon Haiyan, known locally as Yolanda. Historic in its scope, meteorologists, including experts from NASA, concluded that it is the most destructive and powerful tropical cyclone to ever make landfall (it made a total of 6 landfalls). It is hard to imagine that such an intense storm (stronger than Katrina or Sandy) would...
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Warsaw United Nations' climate talks: Welcome to Coaland
2013-11-12 14:35:57| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: On Monday, the UN climate talks opened in Warsaw. Significant progress needs to be made during these negotiations, to ensure that we are on track to agreeing an ambitious global deal to combat climate change at Paris in 2015. But the world is not only watching the negotiations closely. All eyes are on Poland, the presidency of this conference. Already in the run up to the summit, Poland presented itself as controversial host. In a blog post on the official COP19 website, the organisers welcomed...
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