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Cities forge world's largest alliance to curb climate change
2016-06-22 23:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Cities in six continents joined up to form the world's largest alliance to combat climate change on Wednesday, a move intended to help making ground-level changes to slow global warming. More than 7,100 cities in 119 countries formed the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, a network for helping exchange information on such goals as developing clean energy, organizers said. Cities are responsible for an estimated 75 percent of carbon emissions contributing to climate change and consume...
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New alliance unites 600m city dwellers in fight against climate change
2016-06-22 09:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: When it comes to confronting climate change, the worlds cities are proving that theres strength in unity. The historic climate agreement reached in Paris in December, which was approved by nearly all of the worlds nations, was made possible in part by the progress that cities have made by working together. Today, the two biggest coalitions of cities in the world the EU-based Covenant of Mayors and the UN-backed Compact of Mayors are forming an alliance to link more than 600 million city...
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TCI Powder Coatings, BASF Announce Strategic Alliance
2016-06-17 08:07:06| Coatings World Breaking News
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Rainforest Alliance Audits Help Improve Sustainability
2016-06-15 22:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Carbon projects underway across the globe are seeking to tackle climate change and improve land-use techniques, management and execution. Programs including the WithOneSeed Program are set up to help communities reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve soil quality and nurture local waterways. One area that is benefiting from carbon projects is Baguia in Timor Leste. Having gained official nationhood less than 15 years ago, Timor-Leste is among the worlds newest countries. Also new to the country...
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Two more Bangladesh Alliance factories fully remediated
2016-06-15 13:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety says another two apparel factories have been fully remediated, bringing the total number of completions to 28, but behind its target for April end.
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