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Controversial release of genetically engineered mosquitoes delayed
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has reportedly delayed its planned release of genetically engineered mosquitoes — which would have been the first-ever such release in the U.S. — until l…
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Aprovechamiento de la financiación privada: Lecciones para la eficacia del clima y el desarrollo
Private finance is motivated by profit first and foremost. It is thus difficult to drive private investment towards poorer countries, where there is generally higher risk
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Stop corporate tax abuse – fund climate solutions and other public needs: The Cut Unjustified Tax Loopholes Act, S. 2075
Cracking down on corporate tax dodgers is key to coming up with the funds to pay for essential domestic and international public needs, including assistance for developing countries to address climate…
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NGO Letter to Governments Financing Climate Investment Funds
117 groups call for World Bank CIFs to sunset, independent evaluation of CIFs, support for UN Green Climate Fund
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Green Scissors 2012
Green Scissors 2012 identifies wasteful and environmentally harmful programs that could cost taxpayers almost $700 billion over the next decade.
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The Green Climate Fund’s No-Objection Procedure and Private Finance: Lessons Learned from Existing Institutions
The purpose of the no-objection procedure is two-fold: (i) to facilitate genuine country ownership and (ii) to ensure that the people living within a country, particularly individuals and communities…
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The silver lining to a terribly dark cloud — the Green Climate Fund and Durban
There have been lots of “d” words used to describe the Durban climate talks that recently ended in South Africa —
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Floridians face genetically engineered mosquito threat
A private firm is planning to release potentially harmful genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as early as January, endangering human health and the environment in what would become…
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Consumer safety groups file first lawsuit on risks of nanotechnology
San Francisco, Calif. — Concerned by the growing body of scientific reports cautioning against the unregulated use of nanotechnology in consumer products, a coalition of nonprofit consumer safety…
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Corn ethanol infrastructure: A bad Christmas gift from Congress
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it’s final round of funding earlier this week, and once again put the interest of corporate polluters before the environment or taxpaye…