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18.05.2011
Anglican Communion News Service - Digest News
The eyes of the world will be on South Africa from Sunday 27 November to Friday 9 December this year. Negotiators and political leaders from around the world will gather in Durban at the 17th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17). With provincial and diocesan programmes around the Communion, particularly in the southern hemisphere, increasingly having to integrate a response to the impacts of climate change within local mission, it is hoped that governments will make firm and urgent commitments to decrease national carbon emissions.
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17.05.2011
Ensure adequate green funds
The industrialised nations should provide adequate fund for adaptation and easy access of green technology at an affordable price to vulnerable economies, urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday at Geneva.
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17.05.2011
Australia to Set Expected Carbon Tax Price by July
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A planned tax on carbon gas emitting industries in Australia would be far below a recommended price that might have forced polluters to switch to greener technology, the government said Tuesday.
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16.05.2011
Kenyan firms to tap new IFC carbon fund
Kenyan companies investing in carbon trading projects are set to benefit from a new fund set up by IFC to cover a financing gap arising from the European Union’s decision to stop buying carbon credits from developing countries beginning next year.
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15.05.2011
Migratory birds have wings clipped
KATHMANDU: The World Migratory Bird Day was marked today in Nepal by organising various programmes to raise awareness on the feathered creatures.
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12.05.2011
Govt seeks UN funds to reduce carbon footprints
NEW DELHI: In order to lock climate changing carbon dioxide in the growing forests, the government has asked the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to provide a substantial part of the Rs 90 billion needed every year for 10 years.
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12.05.2011
Europe confirms pledge to aid SA’s greening
THE recent United Nations (UN) climate change talks in Bangkok are the latest step in the lengthy process of bringing the international community together to fight climate change. The talks agreed on a work programme for the coming months, and also helped to clarify the issues at stake in the next negotiation rounds and positions regarding a second commitment period for the Kyoto Protocol.
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11.05.2011
Hillary Clinton lands in Greenland for Arctic summit
NUUK, Greenland (Reuters) – Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Greenland on Wednesday for an Arctic summit to improve management of a vast, pristine region being rapidly transformed by climate change.
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10.05.2011
US, China must ensure climate success: Clinton
WASHINGTON - SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton asked China on Monday to work with the United States on climate change, saying the two largest carbon emitters could together ensure the success of UN talks.
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10.05.2011
Finance key to using renewable energy
THE ability to attract finance and improve grid infrastructure are key in the big-scale deployment of renewable energy technologies, the sector said yesterday.
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10.05.2011
80% of Energy Use Could be Renewable by 2050: UN
Renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydropower could fulfil almost 80 percent of the world's energy demand by 2050 with the right policies, according to a U.N. report which won backing from governments on Monday.
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09.05.2011
Committee on Climate Change calls for renewable energy revolution
The independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will today release a major new report arguing that the UK should be able to deliver at least 30 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2030 as part of efforts to deliver deep cuts in carbon emissions.
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05.05.2011
Zuma: Fast-growing Africa must rethink its global role
Propelled by high growth and an expanding middle class, Africa has entered a new chapter in its history. Its countries must change the way they relate to the rest of the world and to each other, South African President Jacob G. Zuma told more than 900 business, government and civil society leaders from 60 countries in the opening session of the 21st World Economic Forum on Africa.
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