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Environment RSS FeedsICC hails G8 pledge to halve emissions - ICC welcomed a historic statement by the G8 group of industrial nations today to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and calling on all major economies to commit to meaningful mitigation actions in the international agreement to be negotiated by the end of next year....Feed Source: www.iccwbo.org Carbon trading after 2012 envisioned - ICC peered into the future of carbon trading here during the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting of Subsidiary Bodies.... ICC panel explores trade-climate change links - The most important multilateral negotiations with wide-ranging impact on the world economy are going on simultaneously: to agree on a global framework to address climate change, and the Doha Round of multilateral trade talks. To explore the links between these interrelated issues, trade and climate change, ICC hosted a side event at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) last week in Bonn.... ICC holds sectoral workshop at UNFCCC - It was standing room only at the ICC side event Friday on sectoral approaches to climate change, held during the meeting of subsidiary bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). And those who couldn?t, watched - on UNFCC?s webcast.... ICC promotes business-government collaboration at G8 energy ministers meeting - World business stands ready to work closely with governments to find comprehensive and viable solutions for rising energy prices and demand for energy, ICC said in a letter to energy ministers who will be attending a G8 meeting in Aomori, Japan from 7 to 8 June.... Deadline extended for World Business and Development Awards - The deadline to submit nominations for the 2008 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has been extended from 30 May to 15 June 2008.... ICC promotes collaboration with governments at G8 environment ministers meeting - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has put forward a series of practical proposals to address environmental concerns through cooperative actions between governments and the private sector in a letter to environment ministers attending the G8 environment ministers meeting, 24-26 May in Kobe, Japan.... World business urges multiple solutions to increase agricultural productivity, while protecting biodiversity - As the search intensifies for ways to tame soaring food prices, the International Chamber of Commerce is urging COP-9 negotiators to consider multiple solutions as the most effective way to spread sustainable agricultural practices needed to feed a growing world population.... ICC: Access and benefit sharing must embrace business diversity - An international regime on access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources must consider the wide variety of ways business sectors use these resources, the International Chamber of Commerce said today, speaking at the 9th Conference of the Parties (COP-9) of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) Convention for Biological Diversity (CBD).... ICC steps up business engagement in COP-9 biodiversity negotiations - As the ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) opens here today, world business is committed to help create an international framework, supple enough to safeguard biodiversity and promote its sustainable use, the International Chamber of Commerce said.... ICC reaffirms its support to trade and development at UN conference - A few hours before the opening of the meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which took place from 20-25 April in Accra, Ghana, a select number of senior business and government delegates met in closed quarters to discuss the current global challenges facing the world. The food crisis, the rise of new forms of investment protectionism, climate change, the Millennium Development Goals and the emergence of the new South, were the key topics of discussion. ... 2008 World Business and Development Awards launched - ICC, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2008 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The awards recognize the contribution of the private sector to help achieve the MDGs through their core business.... ICC offers sectoral solutions at Bangkok climate change talks - ICC addressed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bangkok this week, delivering a presentation on sectoral strategies as a possible path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.... Biological diversity task force gets new leadership - Annik Dollacker, Head, International Affairs/Sustainability, Bayer Crop Science, and Michael Hauser, International Policy Director, Monsanto, have been appointed as the new co-chairs of ICC?s Task Force on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) under the ICC Environment and Energy Commission. ... Economy key to reaching climate goals, ICC tells UNEP - ICC led a prominent business delegation to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 10th Special Session of the Governing Council/ Global Ministerial Environment Forum and Global Civil Society Forum.... Global business ?deeply satisfied? with historic climate agreement - International business has commended the news that world leaders adopted a plan on Saturday for negotiating a new global warming pact by 2009.... Nobel laureate at ICC briefing presses for greater business input to IPCC - Rajendra Pachauri, who collected the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of a UN panel of climate scientists that shared the award with former US Vice President Al Gore, called on business to become more involved in the panel?s work at an ICC business briefing during the UN climate change conference here today.... Business presents strong, united front in official statement to UNFCCC - The business community continued to present a strong and united front today at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting in an official statement delivered to the plenary session. ... ICC launches paper on sectoral approaches to climate change - The launch of an ICC discussion paper and a panel on sectoral approaches to climate change drew more than 100 participants on the penultimate day of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meeting, as scores more watched via a webcast on the UNFCCC?s website. ... ICC event at climate change conference examines technology - A panel of experts debated ways to bridge the gap between the demand for low-carbon technologies and the lack of supply of such commercially available technologies in the energy sector during a side event at the UN climate change conference in Bali today.... Global business calls for new climate change framework - The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) brought together approximately 350 leaders from companies, governments, inter-governmental and non-governmental organizations today to review the issues at stake during the UN Climate Change Conference and to suggest ways forward.... Getting down to the business of climate change in Bali - Writing in the Indonesian newspaper The Jakarta Post, on the occasion of the UNFCCC in Bali, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce Guy Sebban outlined four practical issues that must top the agenda.... Business pays tribute to outgoing UN NGO liaison officer in Bali - Business representatives attending the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bali were up to a bit of mischief on Thursday when they called for a meeting with Barbara Black, NGO liaison officer for the UNFCCC, to purportedly discuss the myriad of technical problems with the rooms for their side events.... Business urges UN negotiators to create long-term climate change framework - As the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting kicked off in Bali on Monday, business made a strong plea to the negotiators representing more than 190 countries to design a global framework with the long term horizon top of mind.... ICC mobilizes for Bali climate change meeting - ICC?s Commission on Environment and Energy met in Monte Carlo last week to finalize preparations before the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Bali next month. Prince Albert II of Monaco attended the gathering, which was hosted by ICC Monaco.... Copyright © 2008, The Veggie Lady - Free Organic Gardening Advice. All Rights Reserved. |