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EARTH WIRE -- Food tax could tackle climate change and save half a million lives: Study

Taxing food on the basis of planet-warming emissions generated to produce it could boost the fight against climate ...

Biotech Crops Show Continued Growth, Benefits in 2014, Global Plantings Increase by 6 Million Hectares

- In 2014, a record 181.5 million hectares of biotech crops were grown globally, an increase of more than six million ...

Bill and Melinda Gates Release 2015 Annual Letter: "Our Big Bet for the Future"

- Today, Bill and Melinda Gates share their 2015 Annual Letter. "Our Big Bet for the Future" addresses the ...

Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012: WHO

Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the worlds single biggest environmental health risk, ...

Landmark Report Calculates Societal Benefits of Fossil Energy to be at Least 50 Times Greater than Perceived Costs of Ca

- The benefits to society of fossil fuel energy far outweigh the social costs of carbon (SCC) by a magnitude of 50 to ...

Bill and Melinda Gates: Three Myths that Block Progress for the Poor

- Today, Bill and Melinda will share their co-authored 2014 Annual Letter. This year's letter, "Three Myths that Block ...

Indonesia regrets India`s absence at WTO parliament conference

Indonesia has expressed regret over Indias absence at the World Trade Organization (WTO) parliament conference to ...

WTO urges member states` parliaments to use political influence

The World Trade Organizations (WTO) Deputy Director General Karl Brauner has appealed to the parliaments of member ...

UN official calls on concerted effort on disaster reduction

Margareta Wahlstrom, Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations for Disaster Risk ...

NGO: Durban Climate Change Platform Already Collapsing; Reform Needed

-     DOHA—Pro-development group World Growth says the United Nations climate strategy ...

Hatta confirms Indonesia to loan US1 billion to IMF

Chief economic minister Hatta Rajasa has confirmed Indonesia would loan US$1 billion to the International Monetary ...

EU to cut aid to Indonesia in 2014

The European Union will cut aid to Indonesia in the fields of education, good governance, climate change, and trade ...

Govt told to focus on new and renewable energy

The Indonesian government should focus on developing new and renewable energy sources to reduce the country`s ...

World Bank picks Korean-American Kim as president

The World Bank chose Korean-American physician Jim Yong Kim as its next chief Monday in a decision that surprised few ...

Indonesia welcomes Jim Yong Kim as new World Bank president

Indonesia welcomes the election of Jim Yong Kim as the new president of the World Bank to replace Robert Zoellick who ...