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Denmark Issues Warning as Climate Talks Near
Just six weeks before climate negotiators descend on Copenhagen to try to hammer out a global deal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Denmark’s prime minister gave a frank and surprisingly pessimistic assessment of the meeting’s prospects. “We do not think it will be possible to decide all the finer details for a legally binding regime” at…
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Delhi Conference Sees Some Progress toward Tech Package in a Climate Deal
Climate change technology plays an essential role in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and in addressing the effects of climate change. Increasing developing countries’ access to that technology has been at the heart of global climate change negotiations. However discussions on technology transfer, as on other key issues such as mitigation commitments and finance, have…
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GE Calls for Stand-Alone Deal on Environmental Goods and Services
General Electric, the iconic US-based multinational technology and services conglomerate, is calling for governments to cut tariffs and other barriers to trade in environmental goods and services in order to help combat climate change. WTO members should strike an ‘environmental goods and services agreement’ (EGSA) without waiting for a broader a deal in the long-running Doha…
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India, China Ink Deal to Cooperate on Climate Change
One month before a high-profile climate change conference in Copenhagen, as global leaders position themselves to be seen as problem solvers and not makers, China and India signed a bilateral agreement pledging partnership to tackle climate change. The agreement promises continued coordination at international climate meetings and seeks to broaden joint research and development into emissions-reducing…
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Environmental Group Disputes Effectiveness of REDD Project
A major private-sector project to reduce carbon emissions through forest management in Bolivia is a ‘scam’, environmental group Greenpeace said in a report released earlier this month. The NGO claims that the environmental and social benefits of the initiative have been grossly oversold, although the project sponsors - along with some other green groups -…
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Brazil Moves to Restrict Foreigners’ Land Purchases in the Amazon
In an effort to combat ‘biopiracy’ and regulate the Amazon rainforest’s occupation by foreigners, the Brazilian House of Representatives approved on 13 October a bill that restricts the purchase of land in the region by non-Brazilians. The proposed legislation imposes two conditions for foreigners to acquire rural property in the Amazon region: the property must not…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events for the trade and environment community visit the BioRes online calendar, http://ictsd.net/news/biores/events/. Coming up in the next two weeks (30 October - 13 November) 2-4 November, Lisbon, Portugal. OCEAN POWER: ACCELERATING INNOVATION IN OCEAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS. Ocean energy technologies are still in their infancy in comparison to other alternative…
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Resources
If you have a relevant resource (books, papers, bulletins, etc.) you would like to see announced in this section, please forward a copy for review by the Bridges staff to Andrew Aziz at aaziz@ictsd.ch. HOW WOULD A TRADE DEAL ON SUGAR AFFECT EXPORTING AND IMPORTING COUNTRIES? By Amani Elobeid (Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Iowa…