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G8 agrees to limit global warming; China, India resist by Reuters, 10-07-2009
The G8 agreed on Wednesday to try to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius and cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent, but it failed to persuade China and India to join a bid to halve world emissions.
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Norway to assess climate impact on markets by The Guardian, 03-06-2009
The Norwegian government said on Wednesday it would assess the impact of climate change on financial markets and urged global investors to join forces.
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British supermarkets accused over destruction of Amazon rainforest by The Guardian, 02-06-2009
British supermarkets are driving rapid destruction of the Amazon rainforest by using meat from farms responsible for illegal deforestation, according to a three-year investigation of the global trade in Brazilian cattle products.
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Prince Charles: save rainforests to beat climate change by The Times, 28-05-2009
Any strategy to fight climate change that does not make the preservation of the world’s rainforests its priority is doomed to fail, the Prince of Wales warned yesterday.
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A market in forests? by Reuters, 18-05-2009
Fighters for “No Climate Protection without Forest Protection - last exit Copenhagen ” were in Frankfurt to promote forest conservation ahead of the global climate meeting in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.
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'Green' power plants may burn palm oil by The Independent, 11-05-2009
The operators of Britain's first "biofuel" power plants are considering burning palm oil, which is blamed for causing rainforest destruction in south-east Asia. At least four new power stations are being planned around the UK to burn vegetable oils with the assurance that they will generate less pollution than burning climate-change-causing fossil fuels.
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EU, Congo to protect tropical forest with timber pact by Climat Ark, 11-05-2009
The European Union reached an agreement with the Republic of Congo to halt illegal timber imports to the 27-nation group and label wood that’s harvested with methods that keep tropical forests intact.
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How Britons fuel destruction of the rainforest by The Independent, 04-05-2009
British consumers are fuelling the rising demand for palm oil, speeding up the destruction of rainforests and killing off orangutans.
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Key role of forests 'may be lost' by BBC News, 21-04-2009
Forests' role as massive carbon sinks is "at risk of being lost entirely", top forestry scientists have warned.The International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) says forests are under increasing degrees of stress as a result of climate change.
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'Crunch year' for world's forests by BBC News, 26-03-2009
Efforts to mitigate climate change could be hampered if nations do not agree to protect the world's forests by the end of the year, warn researchers.
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