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COP21: NGOs react to prospective UN Paris climate deal
2015-12-12 15:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Reaction to a prospective Paris climate pact is pouring in from green groups and aid agencies. They welcome its aim to limit temperature rise to 1.5C if possible, a tightening of the previous 2C threshold for dangerous global warming. It sends a clear message that fossil fuels are on the way out, they say -- although more action is needed to make the goal a reality. For the world`s poor, the agreement represents "a frayed lifeline", says Oxfam. It doesn`t meet all their demands but provides...
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Brazilian environmental NGOs depend heavily on corporate money
2015-12-01 18:05:54| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Is it a conflict-of-interest for environmental NGOs -- which, in principle, fight for the preservation of nature -- to receive contributions from mining companies, which by their very nature, can cause negative impacts on the environment? Between 2009 and 2014 Fundo Vale invested more than $30 million in environmental projects by 25 organizations in seven Amazonian states throughout Brazil. Environmental NGOs in Brazil should now focus on helping prevent new disasters, since there's a risk...
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NGOs urge world leaders to harness historic opportunity
2015-06-26 14:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: World leaders have a historic opportunity this year to tackle climate change and eradicate poverty, according for NGOs who are calling on them to seize the opportunity. In a report, development and environmental NGOs CARE and WWF argues that two important government summits can be used to forge lasting change to reach an agreement on strong sustainable development foals and a global climate deal. However, they argue that in order for these two processes to be successful they must be mutually reinforcing....
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SpiritsEurope defends EU policy after NGOs quit alcohol forum
2015-06-03 14:43:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
European spirits trade body SpiritsEurope has denied that a European Union alcohol forum has been ineffective in tackling alcohol harm, after health NGOs quit the group in protest.
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VIDEO: India's tense relationship with NGOs
2015-04-30 03:51:02| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
India is cracking down on foreign-funded NGOs, with nearly 9,000 seeing their registration cancelled. Pratiksha Ghildial reports.
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