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Oil train disaster fund grows with Irving Oil's contribution
2015-03-23 23:18:06| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A proposed settlement fund for victims of a fiery oil train derailment that killed 47 people across the border in Quebec has grown to $270 million with a contribution from Irving Oil, a bankruptcy trustee said Monday. A court filing Friday in Canada identified 22 parties who have agreed to contribute, including Irving, which previously balked but now says it's providing $60 million to the fund.
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New global disaster plan sets targets to curb risk, losses
2015-03-18 19:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Governments set targets to substantially reduce deaths and economic losses from disasters at a U.N. conference in Japan on Wednesday, but critics were disappointed by the lack of a firm goal to ramp up financial support for poor countries. The non-binding agreement adopted after a marathon negotiating session, includes seven targets to measure progress on protecting people and assets that experts described as a leap forward. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, a 15-year plan,...
Agriculture Bears Major Brunt of Disaster Impacts
2015-03-18 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Nearly a quarter of damages wrought by natural disasters on the developing world are borne by the agricultural sector according to initial results from a new FAO study released at the UN World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction.
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Include Climate Change in Disaster Planning, FEMA Says
2015-03-17 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: Federal funds that help communities brace for emergencies will stop being provided to states if they ignore threats posed by climate change in their disaster planning. States publish reports every five years or so detailing their vulnerability to natural disasters, such as floods, storms and wildfires, and how they plan to protect themselves and recover after them. Such plans are needed in order to qualify for a share of nearly $1 billion in Hazard Mitigation Assistance grants provided every year...
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Climate Change on International Disaster Talks Agenda
2015-03-17 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: It may be nine months until pivotal climate negotiations get underway in Paris, but climate change is very much on the international agenda this week in Sendai, Japan. Countries from the around world have convened there at the behest of the United Nations for the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction with the goal of updating a 10-year-old agreement. In that decade, much has changed including an expanded look at how climate change can influence disasters and what can be done to address its...
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