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Hall of shame: Who hasnt pledged yet to UN climate pact?
2015-10-02 17:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: In the world of climate diplomacy there are no penalties, just reproachful gazes. As it stands, 49 countries covering about 10% of global greenhouse gases according to EU 2012 data, might get the silent treatment at a Paris summit in December. At the close of UN talks in Poland in 2013, countries who were "ready to do so" were invited to produce an "intended nationally determined contribution" (INDC) by the first quarter of 2015. Analysis: 9 things we learned from national climate pledges...
Food, beverage industry CEOs call for meaningful deal on climate change at UN conference
2015-10-01 02:48:42| Beverages - Topix.net
The CEOs of several major food and beverage companies are calling on world leaders to push for a meaningful agreement at the United Nation's conference on climate change later this year in Paris. The 10 companies, including cereal maker General Mills and candy maker Mars Inc., will run an open letter as a full-page ad in the Financial Times and Washington Post on Thursday.
China Pledges $2 Billion Help Poor States Meet UN Goals
2015-09-26 12:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NDTV: Chinese President Xi Jinping announced today that Beijing will establish an assistance fund with an initial pledge of $2 billion to help developing countries implement a sweeping global sustainable development agenda over the next 15 years. "China will continue to increase investment in the least developed countries, aiming to increase its total to $12 billion by 2030," Mr Xi told a sustainable development summit of world leaders at the United Nations in New York. "China will exempt the debt...
Iraq staring at major food shortage owing to lack of aid funding, warns UN
2015-08-11 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Iraq is looking at a major food shortage, with a steady decline in aid funding as Islamic State (ISIS) takes control of areas of the country, said the United Nation's humanitarian coordinator for Iraq.
Global Population Projected to Reach 11 Billion by 2100, U.N. Estimates
2015-07-29 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The current world population of 7.3 billion is expected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100, according to a United Nations report released today. The revised U.N. estimates counter previous projections, which had said that global population would peak at roughly 9 billion by 2050, then gradually decline. Most growth will occur in developing regions, the new report says, especially Africa, which is expected to account for more than half of the worlds population...
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