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133 developing countries walk out of Warsaw talks
2013-11-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The G77+China group of 133 countries walked out of negotiations on Loss and Damage at around 3:30 am on Wednesday morning after the rich countries refused to budge from the position that the subject should be discussed only after 2015. The U.S., Australia and Canada have been the most vocal and trenchant advocates against setting up a separate mechanism on Loss and Damage while the E.U., though not belligerent, has also played a part to make sure the mechanism does not materialise at the Warsaw...
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Developing Countries' Small Farmers Become Entrepreneurs
2013-10-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - FAO showcased the success of Italy-funded projects in East Africa, West Africa, Central America and the Caribbean that are transforming smallholder and family farms into small businesses at a side event on the first day of World Food Week.
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Clean drinking water, a major issue in developing countries - Prof. Munasinghe
2013-08-24 14:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sunday Observer: Shortage of fresh drinking water will be a major issue in the world specially in developing countries. Contamination of underground water, mismanagement and wasting have worsened the situation. The Maldives spends a large amount of money to supply pure drinking water to the people. Climate change is one of the main problems in poor countries, because it affects their livelihood and the economy, Chairman of the Munasinghe Institute of Development (MIND), Prof. Mohan Munasinghe said. He said...
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Developing countries to vastly outpace OECD in carbon emissions
2013-07-25 14:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions from developing countries will be 127 percent higher than in the world's most developed economies by 2040, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Under the policies currently in place worldwide, carbon emissions will grow 46 percent by 2040 from a 2010 baseline, the EIA projected in its biennial International Energy Outlook. Energy-related emissions will total around 45.5 billion tonnes in 2040, up...
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US: Developing countries call for renewal of GSP programme
2013-06-14 12:36:34| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A group of 15 developing countries able to export certain goods to the US duty-free under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme are calling for the scheme to be renewed.
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