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The Coca-Cola Company and UNDP cooperate on Every Drop Matters
March 21, 2013 12:32 PM - Every Drop Matters
The Coca-Cola Company has pledged US$2 million this year – the International Year of Water Cooperation – to Every Drop Matters, a long-standing collaboration between the drinks giant and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Uniting to Save the Planet
March 14, 2013 01:19 PM - NGOpolis.com
Conservation, Aid and Development Just Got Easier - NGOs and Academic Institutions Connect to Combat Global Challenges
Air Pollution, Among Top Global Killers, Is Critical Climate Target
Combined Benefits for Health, Crops, and Climate Promote Sustainable Development
March 11, 2013 01:15 PM - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Washington, DC – Indoor air pollution is the fourth leading global risk factor for death according to the Global Burden of Disease study produced by 488 researchers from 50 countries. This puts air pollution behind poor diet and high blood pressure, and about the same as tobacco smoke as a preventable risk for early mortality, globally.
The study was published online this week by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington with interactive graphics that allow policymakers and public health officials to compare “modifiable” causes of death and disability among countries, and over time. The effort was funded by the Melinda & Bill Gates Foundation.
Living With Wolves
March 11, 2013 02:33 AM - Link TV
Original investigative report on Earth Focus series
Premieres on Link TV on Monday, March 11 at 9:30pm PT (12:30am ET)
Thursday, March 14 at 9:00pm ET (6:00pm PT)
Now available online at www.linktv.org/earthfocus
FISHBIO Launches New Website to Improve Study of the Mekong River Across Borders
March 6, 2013 01:32 PM - FISHBIO
Chico, CA – As part of efforts to improve communication, coordination, and collaboration among researchers in Southeast Asia’s Lower Mekong Basin, the research and consulting company FISHBIO has launched a new website to build and support the Mekong Fish Network.
Every year hundreds of people die because of the ivory trade, together with tens of thousands of elephants.
If You Buy Ivory, You Kill People.
March 6, 2013 12:30 PM - Elephant Advocacy League
CITES Meeting – Bangkok - Rangers lose their lives, leaving behind orphans and broken families. Poachers and terrorists groups even kill conservationists and villagers. Local people are lured into crime by the hope of money and they get killed. It’s time for ivory buyers and traders to face the facts:
By buying ivory they become accessories to murder.
Landmark Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants Celebrates First Anniversary
Coalition taking fast action to reduce black carbon, HFCs, and methane
February 19, 2013 05:44 PM - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Nairobi, Kenya – The Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (CCAC) celebrates its first anniversary tomorrow. Launched by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with an initial group of six country partners and the United Nations Environment Programme, the Coalition has quickly grown to 55 partners, including 27 countries, the European Commission, as well as the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and eighteen NGOs.
Resource Recycling Systems Welcomes Susan Graff to their Management Team
February 19, 2013 02:09 PM - Resource Recycling Systems
Ann Arbor, MI - Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) is pleased to announce the addition of Susan Graff as a new Principal and Vice President of Global Corporate Sustainability. Susan will join Anne Johnson, our recognized thought leader in sustainable packaging, to grow our Global Corporate Sustainability practice. RRS’s investment in this sector shows its commitment to this growing field that is estimated to be worth at least $300 million in 2013.
DAVID BELLAMY ANNUAL LECTURE LAUNCH AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE
February 13, 2013 06:04 PM - Burns Bog Conservation Society
DELTA, B.C. - David Bellamy OBE, the famous British broadcaster and naturalist and honorary chair of the Burns Bog Conservation Society, is celebrating his 80th birthday with the launch of an honorary lecture series.
Reducing Black Carbon, HFCs, Methane Key to Protecting Arctic in Near-Term,
Say Arctic Ministers
Sea ice loss and permafrost melt are self-amplifying feedbacks causing further warming
Arctic Ministers urge “urgent action” to avoid irreversible global impacts
February 7, 2013 09:38 AM - Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development
Washington, DC. – Arctic Environment Ministers are calling for “urgent action” to reduce black carbon, methane, and HFCs in order to help protect the Arctic and reduce the risk of setting off self-amplifying feedback mechanisms that accelerate warming and lead to irreversible impacts. The Ministers’ call to action is presented in the Chair’s conclusions released today at the end of the two-day meeting in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden.