Environment
L’Oreal commits to end role in deforestation
L’Oreal, the world’s largest beauty and cosmetics company, has committed to remove forest destruction from its products by 2020. Greenpeace expects other companies to follow with more ambitious timelines.
“In a win for consumers around the world, L’Oreal has committed to ending its role in forest destruction. Thousands of people in Indonesia and around the world who have signed up demanding forest-friendly products will be turning their eyes to companies such as P&G, the producer of Heads & Shoulders, and Colgate Palmolive to guarantee that they too are not peddling dirty palm oil from forest destruction,” said Bustar Maitar, head of the Indonesia Forest Campaign at Greenpeace International.
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Climate goals: making our energy system greener and more competitive
How should our energy system be changed to prevent global warming?
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Securing crop biodiversity is key to feeding world’s growing population – UN study
Breeders and other scientists can use seeds and other plant genetic resources to develop and share improved varieties.
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New Center will promote green business and Reduce Climate Risks in the Caribbean
A new World Bank–supported business hub, inaugurated here, will support the growing number of clean energy and climate technology ventures in the Caribbean region. The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC), first of its kind in the region, will help reduce the significant threats posed by climate change through the creation of new green businesses.
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Korean congress hosts pledge long-term commitment to IUCN Resolutions
Vice-Governor, Kim Sun-woo from the Government of the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Republic of Korea, and IUCN’s Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining areas of extensive cooperation.
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Californians at Risk of Fracking Pollution Because of New Fracking Law
An Alameda County Superior Court judge ruled that a 2013 law put a stop to a lawsuit designed to force the state of California to examine the environmental effects of the highly controversial oil and gas drilling process called fracking.
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Commission president Barroso sells out on climate and energy policy
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Illegal waste shipments: Environment Committee backs plan to step up checks
The draft text aims to reinforce the inspection provisions of existing legislation with stronger requirements on national inspections and planning. Member states would be required to carry out risk assessments for specific waste streams and sources of illegal shipments and to set out their priorities in annual inspection plans. Inspectors would be empowered to demand evidence from suspected illegal waste exporters.
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Human Rights
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
The Peace Bell Resonates at the 27th Eurasian Economic Summit
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020