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South Asian nations vow to meet challenges of climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 20, 2017

The joint declaration of the South Asian Speakers' Summit on Sunday called for greater cooperation among the member countries to meet the challenges of climate change and related disasters....

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New Zealand, China meet to discuss climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 18, 2017

Ministers from China and New Zealand met here on Friday to discuss climate change, and experience and expertise in the field, a media report said.

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Subject Tags: Climate Change

HP Pledges 25% Emissions Reduction by 2025, compared to 2015

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 17, 2017

HP has set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its global operations by 25 percent by 2025, compared to 2015.

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India tops list of countries in ozone pollution deaths

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 15, 2017

India's deepening pollution problem, which hit home with a vengeance after Diwali last year as Delhi and NCR woke up enveloped in smog that refused to lift for days, has a death toll second only...

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Subject Tags: Climate Change , pollution

India’s Megacities Join EU-Led Global Climate And Energy Pact

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 9, 2017

Mayors in megacities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad as well as smaller cities in the country of more than one billion will be signing up, the European Commission...

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Republican elders in US float a new carbon tax

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 9, 2017

Hoping to jump-start the debate on climate change, a group of high-profile Republicans that includes three former Cabinet secretaries is calling for a substantial new carbon tax, and then to...

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India has agreed to freeze production of Hydrofluorocarbons in 2028

By : sustainabilityo..., Feb 7, 2017

Aiming to curb global warming and facilitate enough carbon space for growth of domestic industry and the economy, India has agreed to freeze production and consumption of Hydrofluorocarbons (...

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Suppliers report 434 million tonnes of emissions reductions as big buyers flex purchasing muscle in 2016

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 30, 2017

As the global economy moves towards implementation of its new climate goals, the world’s largest purchasing organizations are using their buying clout to drive down emissions across their supply...

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India ratifies Doha amendment to Kyoto Protocol

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2017

India, which ratified the Paris Agreement on climate change in less than a year from its adoption, has taken more than four years to sign off on the Second commitment period of the Kyoto...

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Climate change plan to get new missions

By : sustainabilityo..., Jan 25, 2017

India’s eight-point plan to fight climate change will soon become a 11-point plan with new missions to address the impact of climate change on health, coastal zones and waste-to-energy on the...

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