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CONFERENCE AGREES STEPS TO SAFEGUARD FARM ANIMAL DIVERSITY
CONFERENCE AGREES STEPS TO SAFEGUARD FARM ANIMAL DIVERSITY A recent international conference has agreed an action plan to protect the diversity of farm animals. Civil society groups — meeting in their own alternative forum — also adopted a declaration on protecting livestock diversity, focusing on the perils of global industrial farming. With global human populations,…
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CLIMATE TALKS ON TRACK FOR BALI?
CLIMATE TALKS ON TRACK FOR BALI? A key conference in Bali in December this year — set to launch a process for agreeing on future action to mitigate and adapt to climate change — is drawing closer, sparking political activity that is regularly making headlines around the world. Among developments over the last couple of…
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DESERTIFICATION CONFERENCE ADOPTS ACTION PLAN, FAILS TO AGREE ON FUNDING
DESERTIFICATION CONFERENCE ADOPTS ACTION PLAN, FAILS TO AGREE ON FUNDING Participants at a recent international meeting on desertification agreed on a ten-year action plan, without, however, managing to strike a deal on how to fund its implementation. The issue of trade was discussed in the margins of the meeting, with a focus on the…
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In Brief
OECD QUESTIONS BIOFUELS FIX, CALLS FOR WTO CERTIFICATION A recent report has struck a note of caution with regard to the current biofuels craze. Prepared for an OECD Roundtable on Sustainable Development held from 11-12 September in Paris, the report says biofuels may "offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to heal," citing…
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Events
For a more comprehensive list of events in trade and sustainable development, please refer to ICTSD’s web calendar, http://www.trade-environment.org/page/calendar.htm. Coming up in the next two weeks 17-23 September, Oxford, England: CLIMATE CHANGE: SCIENCE, POLITICS AND THE MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY. Even with the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report making ever clearer…
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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 Malena Sell at msell@ictsd.ch.KEEPING THE LIGHTS ON. By Walt Peterson (Royal Institute of International Affairs, July 2007). This book analyses human energy consumption and the…