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NGOs Call out Insurers on Links to Coal
August 07, 2017
A briefing from a coalition of environmental activist organizations calls on insurance companies around the world to help fulfill global targets on limiting climate change by refusing to insure companies that generate a large proportion of their revenues from coal production.
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WHO Links Tobacco with Environmental Degradation
August 07, 2017
Showing the UN agency's focus on eliminating tobacco production and promoting the global environmental agenda, a report from the World Health Organization (WHO) asserts that tobacco waste contains "over 7,000 toxic chemicals that poison the environment" and calls for an increase in tobacco taxes to reduce health and environmental risks.
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Steel CEOs Warn of Impacts of EU Emissions Shift
August 07, 2017
Reuters reports that a letter from CEOs of 76 steel-producing companies to officials of EU institutions and member states warns that sharp changes to the bloc's Emissions Trading System after the year 2020 will increase steel imports and lead to widespread closure of steel factories in Europe.
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UN Report Finds Increasing Climate Litigation
August 07, 2017
The UN Environmental Programme and Columbia Law School have issued a report finding a "proliferation" of lawsuits around the world attempting to persuade judges to force governments and businesses to take action against global warming and recognize the resettlement rights of so-called "climate refugees" fleeing the impacts of the phenomenon.
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Commission Sets Standards on Global Carbon Tax
August 07, 2017
The World Bank has praised recommendations of the economist-led High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices regarding the level of carbon taxation necessary in the coming decades to divert investments away from fossil fuels and toward "climate-friendly" projects to fulfill the targets of the UN's 2015 Paris deal on climate change.
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