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		<title>Australia Invests $10 Million For Climate Change Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia has announced A$10 million for the Partnership for Market Readiness at the United Nations Climate Change negotiations in Cancun. This investment forms part of the A$599 million for climate change fast-start finance announced by the Australian Government in June this year. Speaking at the climate change talks in Cancun, the Minister for Climate Change [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reporting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Helps Business In England</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New research has found that British businesses voluntarily reporting their greenhouse gas emissions experience benefits such as cost savings, improved green credentials, and better relations with investors and customers. Research found that businesses who measured their emissions were using the results to set targets for reduction and also in a much broader context to influence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Holds Business Roundtable On Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 00:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Business Roundtable on Climate Change will hold its first meeting tomorrow at Parliament House in Canberra, bringing together leaders from across the economy including the mining, transport, manufacturing, energy, retail and finance sectors. The Roundtable will serve as a forum to discuss the future of our economy. It will focus on how we reduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York State To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80% By 2050</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 14:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor David A. Paterson has released the New York State Climate Action Plan, which offers a path to rebuild New York&#8217;s economy and create tens of thousands of jobs by providing a blueprint for reducing greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. By refocusing New York&#8217;s manufacturing infrastructure to support clean energy policies, the State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand And Australia Strengthen Climate Change Partnership</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 01:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Australian and New Zealand Governments have reaffirmed their commitment to working closely together on climate change. Australia’s Minister for Climate Change Greg Combet and New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith met yesterday in Sydney. &#8220;Climate change is a hugely challenging global issue that requires international cooperation,&#8221; the Ministers said. &#8220;We agreed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EU To Co Chair Group On Earth Observations Ministerial Summit In Beijing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vice-President Tajani will co-chair the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Ministerial Summit in Beijing. This major international summit will review progress in the building of a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). GEOSS will provide comprehensive and coordinated earth observations from thousands of instruments worldwide and transform the data they collect into vital information [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Singapore Outlines Growing Market For Carbon Trading</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 02:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speech by Ms Chan Lai Fung, Permanent Secretary (Finance) (Performance), Ministry of Finance and Chairman, Energy Market Authority at the Opening Ceremony of Carbon Forum Asia 2010. Mr Henry Derwent, President and CEO, International Emissions Trading Association Mr Michael Dreyer, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Koelnmesse Mr Edwin Khew, Chairman, Sustainable Energy Association of Singapore Distinguished [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate Change Lawsuit Dropped In Washington State</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 14:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Governor Chris Gregoire issued the following statement on the decision to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the governor’s executive order on climate change: I was delighted, but not surprised to learn that a lawsuit challenging my May 2009 executive order on climate change has been dismissed. The plaintiffs, who were represented by attorneys for the Evergreen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia Picks Members For Business Roundtable On Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government announced today the membership of the new roundtable that has been established to engage the business community on the Government&#8217;s climate change policies. The Roundtable will include business leaders from right across the economy, including major sectors like mining, transport, manufacturing, energy, retail and banking. The Roundtable will also include leading peak bodies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Highlights Importance Of Forests In Fighting Climate Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. forests offset roughly 11 percent of industrial greenhouse gas emissions annually. The USDA Forest Service today released new estimates of the total carbon storage of U.S. forests, highlighting the important role America&#8217;s forests play in the fight against climate change. According to the new data, 41.4 billion metric tons of carbon is currently stored [...]]]></description>
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