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The 4th Year Review (2011)
Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7:36PM (UNFCCC May 2010) The Adaptation Fund is now ready to disburse money to support concrete projects in developing countries to cope with and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7:34PM (UNFCCC May 2010) The third in a series of workshops for implementing National Adaptation Programmes of Action (NAPAs) took place from 4 - 8 May in Vientiane, Lao PDR, with the participation of 11 Least Developed Countries in the Asia region.
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Thursday, May 20, 2010 at 7:33PM (UNFCCC May 2010) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christiana Figueres as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:28PM BusinessGreen: A recent roundtable for procurement expert held by Carbon Trust Standard warned that 'Suppliers to the public and private sector will see their competitiveness diminish over the next few years if they fail to provide customers with information on their carbon footprint and evidence that they are improving their environmental sustainability.'
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:27PM SocialFunds.com, 21 April 2010 - Three reports issued last week by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the Climate Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC offer a nuanced appraisal of investment risks associated with water scarcity in three high-risk industry sectors.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:25PM Aviva Investors have presented their viewpoint on why capital markets are the key factor in moving towards a global low carbon economy. The article also suggests what the barriers currently are, and proposals on how the markets could be improved.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:24PM FairPensions April 2010: Reacting to the outcome of the special resolution co-ordinated by FairPensions on BP's controversial plans in the Canadian tar sands, investors who proposed the resolution at the company's AGM in London today pointed out that 15% of shareholders either supported the resolution or abstained, despite a strong company recommendation to oppose.
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Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:23PM In 2006, Allianz Insurance set a target to reduce its CO2 emissions by 25% per employee by 2012. Based on measurements taken at the end of 2009, CO2 emissions had been successfully reduced by 31% per employee based on 2006 levels.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:21PM Aon-Benfield represented ClimateWise at a high-level roundtable of Turkish business leaders which came together in Istanbul to discuss the business response to climate change. The aim of the roundtable was to assess the business opportunities from climate change mitigation and adaptation options. Over 60 of Turkey and Eastern Europe's leading businesses were represented.
Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 5:20PM CII has co-sponsored a report that benchmarks the assurance of sustainability reports in response to investor demand for a way to compare the credibility of these reports. It 'identifies a need for harmonisation and transparency in assurance and questions why some companies, especially in high impact industries, do not externally verify their carbon data'
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