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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
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…we are like dwarfs on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they, and things at a greater distance, not by virtue of any sharpness of sight on our part, or any physical distinction, but because we are carried high and raised up by their giant size...
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Lynn Wagner, Ph.D., Manager, Knowledge Management Projects, IISD Reporting Services |
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We Need Many Strong, United Voices to Combat Climate Change
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Today we join with our brothers and sisters from other islands and polar regions through the Many Strong Voices programme — a network of individuals and communities in the Arctic and SIDS connecting for strategic action on climate change mitigation and adaptation. We reiterate our unequivocal appeal: The world must take action now to stop climate change and address the damage already done. More. |
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Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit environment, culture and human rights advocate, and former political leader, Ronald Jumeau, Seychelles Ambassador for Climate Change and Small Island Developing State Issues |
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Time to Bring Corporate Sustainability to Scale
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Thousands of companies already incorporate environmental and social issues into their agendas. However, most companies simply aren't doing enough. This June's UN Conference on Sustainable Development, commonly known as Rio+20, will be a unique chance to move the corporate sustainability agenda to global scale, but it will require government and business to deliver on a variety of critical fronts. More. |
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Georg Kell, Executive Director, UN Global Compact |
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| Latest News - 2 April 2012 |
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CITES Scientific Committees Meet in Tandem
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30 March 2012: During a series of meetings over 13 days, the CITES scientific committees addressed, inter alia, periodic review, shark issues and collaboration with FAO, NDFs and timber issues. They also recommended that the second IPBES meeting should clarify CITES participation mechanisms in IPBES. More. Photo: L-R: Margarita Clemente, CITES Plants Committee Chair, and Carlos I. Solana, CITES Animals Committee Chair |
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Rotterdam Convention's CRC Adopts Eight Decisions
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23 March 2012: The eighth meeting of the Chemical Review Committee (CRC-8) of the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent (PIC) Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade adopted decisions on, inter alia: dicofol; trichlorfon; pentabromodiphenyl ether (pentaBDE) and pentaBDE commercial mixtures; octabromodiphenyl ether (octaBDE) and octaBDE commercial mixtures; perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonates, perfluorooctanesulfonamides and perfluorooctanesulfonyls; paraquat; and working procedures and policy guidance. More. |
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