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23/04/2013 - Channel Islands Branch Launch Jersey
2013-02-25 16:02:36| BIFM Events
Jersey Launch Event for the Channel Islands Branch
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24/04/2013 - Channel Islands Branch Launch Guernsey
2013-02-25 15:56:46| BIFM Events
Guernsey Launch Event for the Channel Islands Branch
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Marshall Islands Among Those Petitioning UN To Address Security Issues Of Climate Change
2013-02-18 13:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Speaking before the United Nations Security Council, an official from the Marshall Islands argued that climate change is a threat to international security, citing the impact that global warming has had on his own island nation to illustrate his point. Tony deBrum, a minister and assistant to the president of the Marshall Islands, petitioned the body on Friday to recognize the phenomenon as a potential hazard to the very survival of his country and of other low-lying island nations, Edith M. Lederer...
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Marshall Islands ask for UN help
2013-02-18 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations have appealed to the UN Security Council to recognise climate change as an international security threat that jeopardises their survival. Tony deBrum, a Minister and assistant to the Marshall Islands' President, said the island nations were facing opposition from Security Council permanent members Russia and China and more than 130 developing nations. They are arguing that the United Nation's most powerful body is the wrong place to address...
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Islands struggle to convince UN Security Council that climate change is a security threat
2013-02-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The Marshall Islands and other low-lying island nations appealed to the U.N. Security Council on Friday to recognize climate change as an international security threat that jeopardizes their very survival. Tony deBrum, a minister and assistant to the Marshall Islands president, said the island nations are facing opposition from Security Council permanent members Russia and China and a group of more than 130 mainly developing nations, which argue that the U.N.'s most powerful body is the wrong...
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