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How is the biggest ecosystem on Earth faring in the lead up to Rio+20

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medsea-project.eu –

The ocean covers nearly three quarters of the Earth’s surface, contains 96% of its living space, provides around half of the oxygen we breathe and is an increasing source of protein for a rapidly growing world population. It is imperative that international decision-makers understand the enormous role the ocean plays in sustaining life on Earth, and the consequences of a high CO2 world for the ocean and society.In the future many parts of the ocean are likely to experience more than one of more...

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D C on May 15, 2012

No More "Green Capitalism"

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We will save the markets, not the climate. That is how we can summarize the outcome of the 17th Conference of Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) which took place in Durban, South Africa between 28 November and 10 December 2011. With regard to the Green Climate Fund, as a first step, rich countries pledged to contribute up to $ 30 billion in 2012 and 100 billion per year until 2020. In the first place these amounts are insufficient. Further, no source of more...

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D C on May 14, 2012

Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation

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ipcc-wg2.gov –

The character and severity of impacts from climate extremes depend not only on the extremes themselves but also on exposure and vulnerability. In this report, adverse impacts are considered disasters when they produce widespread damage and cause severe alterations in the normal functioning of communities or societies. Climate extremes, exposure, and vulnerability are influenced by a wide range of factors, including anthropogenic climate change, natural climate variability, and socioeconomic more...

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D C on May 10, 2012

Status of The Vehicular Pollution Control Programme In India

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cpcb.nic.in –

The document presents a review of the vehicular emission problems in Indian cities, the various developments that have taken place in the past including the studies conducted for assessment of the air quality in cities, the legislation and standards adopted for the control of vehicle emissions, the role of the various concerned agencies, the steps taken for improvement in the quality of the automotive fuel, the overall impact of these measures and the future strategy to be adopted for vehicular more...

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Sonia Hossain on July 22, 2010

The Effect of Pollution on Labor Supply

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hks.harvard.edu –

Moderate effects of pollution on health may exert an important influence on labor market decisions. The authors exploit exogenous variation in pollution due to the closure of a large refinery in Mexico City to understand how pollution impacts labor supply. The closure led to an 8 percent decline in pollution in the surrounding neighborhoods. It was found that a one percent increase in sulfur dioxide results in a 0.61 percent decrease in the hours worked. The effects do not appear to be driven more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 13, 2012

Policy Interventions to Address Health Impacts Associated with Air Pollution, Unsafe Water Supply and Sanitation, and Hazardous Chemicals

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The purpose of the paper is to review the recent empirical literature relating to the quantification and valuation of the human health impacts of air pollution, hazardous chemicals, and unsafe water and sanitation, and their use in cost-benefit analysis, as an input to environmental policy decision-making. For each of these three environmental hazards, the nature and range of these health impacts are identified. The extent to which these impacts can, and have been, quantified and valued in more...

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Sonia Hossain on May 12, 2012

Scientists Call for Arctic Protections

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pewenvironment.org –

More than 2,000 scientists from 67 countries urged Arctic leaders, in an open letter by the Pew Environment Group, to develop an international fisheries accord that would protect the unregulated waters of the Central Arctic Ocean. New maps show that the loss of permanent sea ice has opened up as much as 40 percent of this pristine region during recent summers, making industrial fishing viable for the first time.The United States adopted a precautionary approach by closing its Arctic waters to more...

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D C on May 01, 2012

Managing the growing impacts of development on fragile coastal and marine ecosystems

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inweh.unu.edu –

The extreme oceanographic and meteorological characteristics that are found in the Gulf have created a unique marine environment with ecosystems that may be resilient to some stressors, but are low in species diversity and particularly sensitive to certain anthropogenic impacts. The unique nature of the Gulf’s coastal habitats and their economic importance to communities has not been well appreciated, and coastal development combined with pollution, habitat destruction, and over exploitation of more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Scaling up environmental entrepreneurship in emerging economies: Framing the discussion

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nextbillion.net –

Although environmental investing and entrepreneurship in emerging markets has undergone a transformation from a nascent concept to a burgeoning market over the past decade, clear challenges to greater growth remain. How do institutions collectively move from a retail approach – each institution supporting companies one by one – to a wholesale approach – truly developing an ecosystem of support for environmental SMEs in emerging economies? In other words, how do we get to scale so that these more...

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D C on February 20, 2012

Pollution glorified

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downtoearth.org.in –

India has been declared the largest country of operation of the IFC (the private investing arm of the World Bank), with a total USD 3.6 billion in financing, spanning 248 projects. Both IFC and World Bank apparently take pride in these projects being "environmentally sustainable".Yet, the reality for Indian projects was found to be quite different, as uncovered by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a Delhi based non-profit. One example is the steel plant in the community of more...

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D C on February 16, 2012

Nature on the market? The World Bank at Rio+20

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brettonwoodsproject.org –

The Bank will showcase new initiatives on oceans and the valuation of ecosystem services at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Brazil in late June, but is attracting criticism from civil society groups for its approach to ‘green growth’. The Bank has also stressed that countries need to create a stable regulatory climate and incentive structure to stimulate private sector innovation in green investment and harness investment from financial markets. It has more...

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D C on April 11, 2012

Green and healthy jobs in transport

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staging.unece.org –

Transport itself is also an important sector of the economy, providing employment for more than 16 million people in the European Union alone and directly contributing 11% to its GDP.There is in fact a new opportunity to reframe the role that transport plays with respect to society, environment and health by focusing on the positive role that “green” transport can play in achieving better health, a cleaner environment, greater social cohesion, better quality of life and economic growth. more...

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D C on April 12, 2012

Show Me the Green - Confluence of Planning, Implementation, and Regulations

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wef.org –

Conference: June 3 - 6, 2012Exhibition: June 4 - 5, 2012The Water Environment Federation (WEF) Collection Systems Committee, in cooperation with the Missouri Water Environment Association, is pleased to announce the Collection Systems 2012 Conference, held in St. Louis Missouri. The conference's technical sessions, workshop, tours and exhibition provided an ideal training and education opportunity for professionals in the industry! more...

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D C on April 23, 2012

Near-term climate protection and clean air benefits: Actions for controlling short-lived climate forcers

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This report addresses the mitigation of short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) and its key role in air pollution reduction, climate protection and sustainable development. SLCFs are substances in the atmosphere that contribute to global warming and have relatively short lifetimes in the atmosphere. The focus is on three SLCFs – black carbon, tropospheric ozone and methane – because reducing them will provide significant benefits through improved air quality and a slowing of near-term climate more...

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D C on April 19, 2012

Building resilience and improving our responses to humanitarian emergencies through innovation and better use of evidence

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dfid.gov.uk –

The predicted impact of climate change, rapid and unplanned urbanisation, and conflict mean that the frequency and severity of crises will increase and affect more people in the future. To prepare for this uncertain future we will need to find innovative ways of working and use the best science to help identify the most effective interventions. But to date there has been relatively little investment to provide this evidence or to promote innovation in a humanitarian system that moves quickly more...

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D C on March 04, 2012

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