| UN meeting to address food crisis |
Key United Nations development agencies are meeting in Switzerland to try to develop solutions to ease the escalating global food crisis. Led by secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, officials want to mitigate the impact of the steep rise in staple food prices and prevent food shortages worsening. The World Food Programme (WFP) says an extra 100 million people cannot afford enough food because of higher prices. Food has become increasingly expensive, triggering unrest in several countries. // Read More // |  |
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| Posted By Tony Lowes on 29/04/2008 ( Reads : 1606 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| States "still failing on global green treaties" |
Many countries are failing to implement international environmental treaties, environmentalists have warned ahead of a meeting of the UN's environment programme (Unep) in Monaco this week. The meeting will discuss environmental challenges outlined by Unep last year including climate change and biodiversity loss. These challenges are addressed by global agreements but implementation remains patchy, according to a global ranking published by the British NGO Stakeholder forum for a sustainable future. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By Tony Lowes on 18/02/2008 ( Reads : 1735 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| World agrees road-map to post-2012 climate pact |
| World governments agreed a negotiating framework to decide a new global climate policy by 2009 at the UN climate conference in Bali, Indonesia on Saturday. The Bali road-map commits all developed countries to quantified greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and says "deep cuts" will be needed. Developing countries will commit to "appropriate mitigation actions". Upon the insistence of the US, the road-map suggests no concrete emission reduction targets. But a footnote makes reference to documents from the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) which say reductions of up to 40 per cent by 2020 are needed to head off dangerous climate change. // Read More // |  |
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| Posted By Tony Lowes on 17/12/2007 ( Reads : 1777 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Russia to Reject Pact on Climate, Putin Aide Says |
| The official, Andrei N. Illarionov, said in remarks to reporters and in a subsequent interview that President Vladimir V. Putin had told a group of European businessmen on Tuesday that the treaty, known as the Kyoto Protocol,
ran counter to Russia's national interests. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 03/12/2003 ( Reads : 1890 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| WTO talks will fail if rules are not reformed - Fischler |
| EU Agriculture Commissioner Mr Franz Fischler warned yesterday there was no
point in restarting the current round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks
without reforming the rules governing the body - which is still reeling from the
collapse of a crucial WTO ministerial meeting last weekend. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 20/09/2003 ( Reads : 1989 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Walsh not about to concede anything in Cancun |
| Concessions in the world trade talks needing further reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) "should not and would not be given", the Minister for Agriculture and Food said yesterday.
Before his departure for the WTO negotiations in Canc??n, Mexico, yesterday, Mr Walsh said this was his bottom line for the talks between representatives of the 146 WTO members.
He added that the importance of agriculture in the overall WTO context was well understood. Some partners making excessive demands on agriculture were not prepared to reciprocate elsewhere, however. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 10/09/2003 ( Reads : 1957 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Canc??n trade summit to sideline green issues |
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Rows over agricultural subsidies likely to dominate major world trade liberalisation talks
With the clock ticking down to the major world trade liberalisation summit in Canc??n, Mexico on 10-14 September, it is increasingly clear that environmental issues will take a low profile despite lobbying by the EU and other countries. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 06/09/2003 ( Reads : 2377 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| World sustainability crisis prediction debunked |
| The world is not approaching a massive sustainability meltdown as
predicted by green group WWF, according to a recent review of the NGO's latest "living planet" report by Denmark's Environmental assessment institute. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By the editors on 25/09/2002 ( Reads : 2318 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Wallstr??m upbeat on world summit outcome |
| The EU "can be satisfied" with the outcome of the world sustainability
summit in Johannesburg earlier this month, European environment
commissioner Margot Wallstr??m claimed today. Speaking at a meeting
organised by the Centre for European policy studies, Ms Wallstr??m said
the summit had added a new momentum to the cause of sustainable
development - even if the EU had not won all its demands for concrete
targets and timetables. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 11/09/2002 ( Reads : 2201 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Sinnott in battle to halt toxic waste plan |
| DISABLED rights campaigner, Kathy Sinnott, is leading a battle to prevent the construction of a €100m toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 07/09/2002 ( Reads : 2255 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Johannesburg action plan in brief |
| INTRODUCTION: Based on the principles agreed at the Rio Earth summit,
this plan sets out concrete actions and measures for achieving
sustainable development, noting that good governance nationally and
internationally is essential. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 05/09/2002 ( Reads : 2039 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| IFA rejects An Taisce attack on agriculture at UN summit |
| IFA Environmental Chairman Francis Fanning, representing IFA as part of the official Irish delegation attending the UN summit on sustainable development in Johannesburg, has rejected an attack on Irish agriculture by An Taisce. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 04/09/2002 ( Reads : 2106 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Assessment of the successes and failures of the summit |
| The Earth Summit ends today after 10 days of exhausting and, at times, tortuous negotiation. Here, Paul Brown examines the successes and failures in tackling problem areas. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 04/09/2002 ( Reads : 2024 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Lobbyists angered by Earth Summit deal |
| Delegates representing more than 190 countries struck a deal at the Earth Summit here late last night that was immediately denounced by environmental and development groups as "little more than a travesty". Frank McDonald reports from Johannesburg. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 03/09/2002 ( Reads : 2109 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| World summit still split over "crunch" issues |
| Little progress was made on Thursday and Friday on finalising the
Johannesburg summit action plan, as delegates failed to bridge gaps
over a series of contentious issues. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 30/08/2002 ( Reads : 2093 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Level the playing field - Rich countries should slash their agricultural subsidi |
| Lobsters and moral outrage have been on the menu at the Earth Summit. Western nations have preached the gospel of free trade for so long that their citizens would be forgiven for thinking that it is a reality. Yet the West presides over a raft of subsidies and tariffs that keep prices high and cut farmers in developing countries out of markets.
It is time to end this hypocrisy. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 28/08/2002 ( Reads : 2040 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Summit deals to restore fish stocks |
| JOHANNESBURG: A plan to restore the world's heavily depleted fish stocks by 2015 was agreed by 189 nations at the earth summit yesterday, the first major breakthrough in the negotiations. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 28/08/2002 ( Reads : 2023 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Angry IFA rejects An Taisce attack on 'dumping' |
| THE IFA and An Taisce have clashed at the Earth Summit in Johannesbourg over claims by An Taisce that Ireland is deliberately dumping produce on world markets and undermining farming in developing countries. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 27/08/2002 ( Reads : 2191 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| NGOs say business interests hijacking summit |
| Accusations that big business is hijacking the earth summit and pushing its own agenda of free trade and privatisation in developing countries overshadowed the first official day of the conference yesterday. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 27/08/2002 ( Reads : 1979 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
| Pollution claims overly gloomy: IBEC |
| IRISH business yesterday accused Earth Summit Ireland of scaremongering by painting an overly gloomy picture of the country's environmental record. // Read More // | |
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| Posted By The Editors on 26/08/2002 ( Reads : 2037 ) | Comments (0) | World Summit |
