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India pledges to fight climate change but falls short of stating emissions cap
2015-05-08 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Indias prime minister has stressed his commitment to finding a global solution to climate change, but declined to reveal if his government was willing to specify an emissions peak this year. Speaking to Time magazine Modi said he was acutely conscious and aware of his responsibility to help guide the world towards a deal on curbing greenhouse gases in Paris this December. If there is one part of the world which can provide natural leadership on this particular cause, it is this part of...
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Sarawak leader pledges no more logging, palm oil expansion
2015-05-05 21:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Forest cover status in Sarawak, Sabah, and Brunei as of 2009, according to Bryan et al 2013. Sarawak's leader has allegedly pledged to stop granting industrial timber and palm oil concessions in the Malaysian state's increasingly endangered rainforests, asserts the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF). According to the Switzerland-based forest activist group, Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem told dinner guests at the Malaysian High Commission in London yesterday that he is working to transform...
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VW car chief pledges 'calmer' future
2015-05-05 15:44:40| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Volkswagen boss Martin Winterkorn says the company is back in "calmer waters" following the recent boardroom battle involving ex-chairman Ferdinand Piech.
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FedEx Pledges $1 Million in Aid to Support Relief of Nepal Earthquake Disaster
2015-05-05 03:28:25| Air Courier - Topix.net
FedEx Corp. has committed approximately $1 million in cash, transportation support and a chartered flight to deliver critical medical aid and supplies to Nepal in the wake of last week's devastating earthquake. The Memphis-based global transportation and logistics company is mobilizing its disaster relief program through its existing relationships with Direct Relief, Heart to Heart International, Water Missions International, American Red Cross and The Salvation Army.
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Paris climate summit: Carbon pledges to fall short of warming goal, Stern warns
2015-05-04 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: This year's Paris climate summit will leave the world on course for dangerous climate change unless nations offer much deeper carbon emissions cuts than already pledged or signalled, according to researchers including the UK's Lord Nicholas Stern. Based on commitments made by the European Union, the US and China which together account for almost half of global emissions the December summit will end limiting annual pollution to 55-57 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030, a study...
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