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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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23.10.2010
Arctica se incalzeste intr-un ritm record
Arctica se incalzeste intr-un ritm fara precedent, afectand populatiile si ecosistemele, dar si regimul climateric in zonele cele mai populate din emisfera nordica, potrivit unui raportului anual al administratiei americane publicat la sfrasitul acestei saptamani.
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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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20.10.2010
Ban presses EU for climate leadership
European member states can lead the way in tackling the delicate issues of climate change, the U.N. secretary-general told the European legislature.
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19.10.2010
Mexico stretches funds to cut greenhouse emissions
Hopes are dim for a global agreement to help developing nations cut carbon emissions, so Mexico is relying on an imperfect blend of grants, loans and ingenuity to meet self-imposed limits on greenhouse gases.
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19.10.2010
Climate change treaty must address health issues: WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Tuesday said next month's climate change conference in Mexico must address health concerns in any legally-binding agreement on mitigating the impacts of global warming as it threatens human health.
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19.10.2010
U.N. summit sends S.O.S. on biodiversity
(CNN) -- Delegates from all over the world descended on Nagoya in Japan on Monday for talks considered crucial to sustaining the future of animal, plant and human life on Earth.
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