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MEXICO: Imposes new measures to tackle footwear imports
2014-09-08 16:41:06| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Mexican government has set out a package of measures to combat the undervaluation of imported footwear and help enhance the productivity and competitiveness of domestic footwear manufacturers.
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Tackle climate change issue before it is too hot to handle
2014-09-08 11:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Western Morning News: Global warming may have slowed but climate change has not, warns Richard Black. Last week, the Western Morning News reported on a survey showing that the winters storms and floods had strengthened peoples belief in man-made climate change. The survey, commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, also found significant misconceptions among the public on some important questions. The most striking finding concerns the consensus among climate scientists. At least 90% believe that...
World falls behind in efforts to tackle climate change: PwC
2014-09-08 00:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The world's major economies are falling further behind every year in terms of meeting the rate of carbon emission reductions needed to stop global temperatures from rising more than 2 degrees this century, a report published on Monday showed. The sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report from professional services firm PwC looked at the progress of major developed and emerging economies toward reducing their carbon intensity, or emissions per unit of gross domestic product. "The gap between...
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UK keen on global fund to tackle climate change
2014-09-07 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The British government is very keen to see the operationalising of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). It was never us blocking the process nor was it the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. It appears that we are now close to operationalising the GCF and we will be pushing for that to be developed and we are ready to put money into it, said Sir David King, the U.K. special representative for Climate Change, who is visiting India. In an interview to The Hindu, Sir...
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Ban Ki-moon: Time is running out to tackle climate change
2014-09-04 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned that "time is running out" to tackle escalating climate risks, warning it will cost far more to try and adapt to climate impacts later this century than it will to try to curb greenhouse gas emissions now. Writing on Huffington Post yesterday ahead of the meeting of world leaders that he is convening later this month to discuss the global response to climate change, Ban reiterated his view that climate change is already having negative impacts on the...
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