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Paul Ruffins - Mixing A Few More Colors Into The Green
EPA-approved dump sites has primarily been in poor Black areas of the deep south. And the tightening of ... s now profitable to export hazardous waste thousands of miles to poor nations in Africa and other parts of the Third World. Now ... and initiatives proposed by white environmentalists discriminate against minorities and the poor. This tactic will continue to succeed as long as these ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
(CDM), contributed to the adaptation fund. In real terms, this means taxing poor nations who are undertaking CDM projects. Why a two per cent levy only on CDM projects ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Climate change leaves poor people, living at the very margins of survival, even more vulnerable. ... . Talk about a Hobson’s choice for the world’s poor nations. Damned if you do. Damned if you don’t. Could ... has moved towards a rule-based system of global governance, where nations agree to take on legally binding commitments based on lengthy discussions, ...
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UNISDR Calendar 2006
Partners in the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction are determined to support nations and communities in disaster prone areas with specific disaster risk reduction strategies and programmes ... which is even greater. Just as in rich nations less people die from these disasters, we need to ensure that poor nations can develop the same educational programmes and institutions ...
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The Heat Is Online
Weather Chiefs: Climate Situation is Critical Red Cross predicts "super catastrophes" from climate change in poor nations US Hit by 42 Billion Dollar-plus Loss Events in 20 Years Extreme Weather Events ...
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Living on Earth: Thirst for Safe Water (Special Series)
And compared to the epidemics of typhoid, dysentery, and cholera that plague many poor nations, here in the US we've pretty much done away with these ancient diseases. But ...
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OneWorld.net / In depth / War & peace / United Nations
Image: © Christophe Boulierac / DPI / United Nations UN Peace Missions Falter in Africa 07.04.2008 UNITED NATIONS, Apr 7 (IPS) - The United Nations remains virtually crippled as two proposed ... . Story link Related topics/regions: [South Asia] [Development] [Aid] Poor Nations Fear Being Sidelined 04.04.2008 Outraged poor nations bearing the brunt of global warming have become increasingly bold ...
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Emerging Nations Join G-8 on Climate Goal
Peace & Democracy > Freedom from Oil > Emerging Nations Join G-8 on Climate Goal Emerging Nations Join G-8 on Climate Goal The ... India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa; and three other major trading nations: Australia, South Korea and Indonesia. The session, organized by President ... the planet. But there is a dispute between rich and poor nations over how to set targets, and who should bear the ...
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Ethanol: A Burden on the Poor
Africa and Southeast Asia in the months ahead. With the prices of some food ... for ethanol, he observed, means the U.S. will ultimately export less grain - further harming poor nations that rely heavily on food imports for their basic sustenance. Brown projected that the 800 ...
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Foreign Affairs - How to Help Poor Countries - Nancy Birdsall, Dani Rodrik, and Arvind Subramanian
Wealthy nations should also push other measures that could be far more rewarding, such as giving the poor more ... assumptions: that wealthy nations can materially shape development in the poor world and that their efforts to do so should consist largely of providing resources to and trading opportunities for poor countries. These ...
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