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27.10.2010
U.N. talks to save nature zero in on historic deal
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a U.N. deal to protect nature, urged by the World Bank to value the benefits of forests, oceans and rivers on economies and human welfare.
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27.10.2010
Japan looks to ancient wisdom to save biodiversity
TOYOOKA, Japan (AFP) – Four decades ago the oriental white stork became extinct in Japan, the victim of rapid industrialisation and modern farm practices and heavy pesticide use that destroyed its habitat.
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26.10.2010
COP10 flirts with Copenhagen funk
NAGOYA — As the COP10 biodiversity conference headed into its second week Monday with no sign of accord on the key issues dividing delegates, participants feared the same failure that befell last year's climate change talks in Copenhagen.
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25.10.2010
EU tweaks CO2 emissions cap for 2013
The European Commission has revised the EU's greenhouse gas emissions cap under its emissions trading scheme for 2013 in order to accommodate new sectors such as aluminium and petrochemicals.
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25.10.2010
Nations in stand-off at green summit
UN talks aimed at brokering a deal to protect the world’s diminishing natural resources have made little progress, green groups said ahead of the summit’s second phase starting today.
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25.10.2010
Biopiracy, the new threat to global food supply
Nagoya, Japan: The world's largest seed and agrochemical corporations are filing hundreds of sweeping, multi-genome patents by saying they are developing "climate-ready" crops that will grow in a warmer world but they are actually making a bid to control global farming, the international NGO ETC Group charged here Monday.
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25.10.2010
Asian megacities threatened by climate change
World Bank report finds that costs from major flooding events on infrastructure and the economy could run into the billions of dollars, with urban poor populations likely to be the hardest hit. Report examines the impact of climate change on Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, and Manila, under a range of different scenarios through to 2050.
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21.10.2010
Target numbers take back seat in Nagoya
NAGOYA — The success or failure of U.N. conferences often hinges on whether delegates come to agreement after days or months — in some cases years — of intense haggling over a few numbers.
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21.10.2010
U.N. urged to freeze climate geo-engineering projects
NAGOYA, Japan (Reuters) – The United Nations should impose a moratorium on "geo-engineering" projects such as artificial volcanoes and vast cloud-seeding schemes to fight climate change, green groups say, fearing they could harm nature and mankind.
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21.10.2010
Emerging Economies Face Alarming Situation
Some of the world's largest and fastest-growing economies, including India, are faced with an alarming situation. Their populations, ecosystems and business environments are faced with the greatest risks over the next 30 years, according to a new global ranking, which calculates the vulnerability of 170 countries to the impacts of climate change.
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21.10.2010
Biodiversity summit must tackle destructive impacts of food production
Governments from around the world will arrive in Nagoya, Japan next week for the high-level ministerial segment of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting. Their task is daunting. Even the modest target set in 2002 of reducing the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010 has proved beyond the reach of current strategies. But rather than wringing their hands over the tide of species loss that has swept the planet, delegates should turn their attention to the root cause of the problem: the ways in which we meet our need for food.
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