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The Hong Kong government took unprecedented action to address the illegal totoaba trade on Friday by issuing summonses against the operators of two dried seafood shops that sell bladders from the endangered fish.

A woman and her severely malnourished son leave a UNICEF-supported health centre, in Maradi Region.

UNFCCC Flag flies at the UN climate talks

Kendall Edmo with her daughter, in the sacred Badger-Two Medicine area. A Blackfeet tribal member, Edmo works to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area from oil and gas drilling.

Fishermen empty their catch

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $158,000 to Rutgers University to provide training and technical assistance to food production, processing, storage and distribution companies in the Newark, New Jersey area to reduce their releases of greenhouse gases.

Tuesday the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a total financing of US$ 16.11 million for the Kyrgyz Republic Integrated Forest Ecosystem Management Project (IFEMP). US$6.6 million of this financing is a concessional credit, while US$5.4 million is a grant. The Global Environment Facility will support implementation of the IFEMP project with the grant worth US$4.11 million.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded $80,000 to the nonprofit environmental organization Manomet for its program to help grocery stores and dairy farms in New Jersey and New York conserve energy and reduce the amount of hazardous materials they handle. Many businesses that handle hazardous materials are unprepared to withstand severe storms, which can release toxic materials into the environment.

The World Bank Group Tuesday unveiled a new plan that calls for $16 billion in funding to help African people and countries adapt to climate change and build up the continent’s resilience to climate shocks.