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Unilever scales up energy and climate commitments

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2015

Consumer food multinational Unilever, a partner of The Climate Group's campaign RE100, has announced today it is to become ‘...

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FinMin raises questions on OECD report on climate change finance

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2015

Ahead of the climate conference in Paris, the Finance Ministry has raised questions over the progress in climate change finance that is aimed at $100 billion a year by 2020.

Raising questions about a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...

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India announces $2.5-mn aid to help poor nations combat climate change

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 30, 2015

Joining a select group of countries, India today said it will provide $2.5 million for the vulnerable nations in the Commonwealth to help them introduce clean energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The announcement was made on the second day of the biennial summit...

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CO2 Emissions Growth Almost Stalled In 2014

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 27, 2015

Global CO2 emissions growth almost stalled in 2014, slowing to only 0.5% growth compared to 2013, according to new figures released this week.

A new report published by ...

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Too many emission curbs to hit India’s competitive power: Goyal

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 27, 2015

Ahead of Paris climate talks at the end of this month, Power Minister Piyush Goyal today said too many restrictions on carbon emission will curb India’s competitive strength.

“Too many restrictions on carbon emissions will curb India’s competitive strength. The...

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Developing countries will need $270bn more to adapt to climate change – study

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015

Developing countries will have to pay $270bn extra each year to adapt to the impacts of climate change if global pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions do not increase, according to a new report by...

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One Million Clean Cookstoves Cut CO2 Emissions, Fuel Costs

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015

Wood-burning clean cookstoves are pretty low-tech compared to many of the devices, gadgets, and concepts usually featured at CleanTechnica. Their impact, however, ranks right up there with much more complex clean technology....

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The Africa Climate Business Plan Fast-Tracks Climate Resilience

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015

A new plan created by the World Bank is aiming to fast-track the climate resilience and low-carbon development in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Revealed on Tuesday, the new plan calls for $16 billion to be invested to help Africa’s people and countries adapt to the rapidly...

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Green Building Demand Doubles Every Three Years

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 26, 2015

According to a recent report, soon to be released by Dodge Data & Analytics, green building continues to double every three years, with...

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Not Good Enough: Meta-Analysis Of Climate INDC Studies

By : sustainabilityo..., Nov 24, 2015

Last week, analysts Kelly Levin and Taryn Fransen of the World Resources Institute munched and crunched about a dozen very recent reports that examine how far the world’s climate action commitments (intended nationally determined contributions) will combat global warming. Not...

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