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NGOs urge Brazil to stop dumping toxic ships on South Asian beaches
2017-06-19 01:00:00| Ship Technology
Brazil's CONTTMAF trade union federation, its member SINDMAR and several NGOs have jointly asked the Brazilian Government to stop the practice of beaching toxic ships in South Asia.
PSA Group, NGOs T&E and FNE, and Bureau Veritas publish their protocol for measuring real-world fuel consumption
2016-10-11 18:55:27| Green Car Congress
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G20 states must take harder line on carbon emissions: NGOs
2016-09-02 08:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: G20 states must work harder to ensure a swifter transition to a low carbon economy, NGOs urged Thursday, notably deploring continued EU finance for fossil fuel-powered projects. Major powers should revise upwards by a factor of six greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030 to meet their commitments of limiting temperature rises to two Celsius under last year's Paris Accord on climate change, Climate Transparency said. "Our report shows that while global emissions growth may be coming to an end,...
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NGOs: World Banks New Safeguards Weaken Protections
2016-07-29 00:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: After a four-year review of its environmental and social safeguards, the World Bank has released an updated set of safeguards in the newly drafted document "Environmental and Social Framework." But nongovernmental organizations say the safeguards have been weakened, not strengthened. The Bank says the safeguards review and update is part of a larger modernization effort within the institution, which includes separate reviews of Investment Lending, to which the safeguard policies are applied, and...
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India: City NGOs to plant over 25,000 trees
2016-06-04 15:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
NYOOOZ: Welfare First Foundation and Nerul CBD Belapur Walkers Associationhave taken up an initiative to plant more than 25,000 trees, particularly in nodes that lack greenery. The saplings will be planted depending on the rains. On World Environment Day, that falls on June 5, a tree plantation programme will be conducted on Parsik hill by NMMC commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. The corporation is providing saplings and conducting digging works. Welfare First Foundation president, Dr Varsha Rokade, the brain...