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IMF chief seeks climate breakthrough at Lima meet
2015-10-08 15:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: "If we collectively chicken out of this, we`ll all turn into chickens and we`ll all be fried, grilled, toasted and roasted. So said Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, in a press conference in Lima on Wednesday. Her focus: climate change. Her message: its the right time for all governments to start pricing greenhouse gas emissions. Lagardes call came two days before one of the most important financial meets of the year, hosted by the IMF and World Bank. The...
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New UN climate science chief touts role for business
2015-10-07 12:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: The UN climate science body needs to harness private sector knowledge, its newly elected chair said on Wednesday. Hoesung Lee called for a more bottom-up approach to compiling the periodic Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) assessment reports. The South Korean energy economist, who started his career at US oil major Exxon in the 1970s, told journalists businesses had a role to play. A vast degree of knowledge and expertise are embedded in the business sector, he said. ...
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OPEC chief defends members over missing climate pledges
2015-10-06 14:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Oil-exporting nations should not be blamed for failing to deliver UN climate pledges by last week`s deadline. That is the view of secretary-general of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Abdalla Salem El-Badri, who spoke at an industry event in London on Tuesday. Almost 150 countries have submitted carbon-cutting visions towards a global pact due to be struck in Paris this December, covering 90% of greenhouse gas emissions. Just two of the Vienna-based bodys 13 members...
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WTA appoints Steve Simon as new chief
2015-10-06 14:34:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) names Steve Simon as its new chief executive to replace Stacey Allaster.
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NY-NJ Port Authority Chief Engineer Peter Zipf Joins HDR as VP
2015-10-05 19:25:04| ENR.com: Headline News
Bouchard leaves AECOM to be CDM Smith unit president
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