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UK to spend 5.8bn on tackling climate change in poor countries
2015-09-27 18:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Almost 6bn of the UKs foreign aid budget will be spent on tackling climate change in poor countries over the next five years, David Cameron has said, as Britain steps up its contributions by 50% to help meet international targets. The prime minister will unveil the UKs offer at the United Nations general assembly, before crucial international climate change talks in Paris in December where nations are expected to collectively pledge $100bn (66bn) a year by 2020. The UKs promise of 5.8bn...
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Novartis launches portfolio for low and low-middle-income countries
2015-09-24 12:53:23| Biotech - Topix.net
ZURICH: Novartis AG launched a portfolio of 15 medicines to treat chronic diseases in low- and low-middle-income countries, the drugmaker said in a statement on Thursday. The Basel-based company said 'Novartis Access' will be launched first in Kenya, Ethiopia and Vietnam, with expansion to eventually include 30 countries.
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Minimum Wages in Apparel Manufacturing Countries (Statistical Report)
2015-09-22 18:04:50| EmergingTextiles.com
Minimum wages have been raised in a large number of low-cost countries this year, including Myanmar, Laos, Pakistan, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, etc. New adjustments are also being negotiated or already planned for the start of next year. The low inflation rates do not limit the growth in minimum salaries, as a clear sign that political powers are now unable resisting requests from trade unions for a better life at apparel plants. Our report includes a comprehensive list of manufacturing countries, with the new level of minimum wages in September 2015 in US$ terms, compared with January 2014 and January 2015.
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How Climate Change Efforts By Developed Countries Are Hurting Africa's Rural Poor
2015-09-21 09:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Conversation: In recent years there has been significant movement toward land acquisition in developing countries to establish forestry plantations for offsetting carbon pollution elsewhere in the world. This is often referred to as land grabbing. These carbon trading initiatives work on the basis that forestry plantations absorb carbon dioxide and other polluting greenhouse gases. This helps to undo the environmental damage associated with modern western lifestyles. Carbon markets are championed as offering...
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T-Mobile Expands International Coverage to 20 More Countries
2015-09-18 03:01:58| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
The expansion perhaps most notably includes the Bahamas, "where more than 2 million Americas travel each year," T-Mobile said.
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