(RECAST)  Ministers Agree to Enhance UNEP to Battle Environmental Threats
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(RECAST)  Ministers agree to enhance UNEP to battle environmental threats    NAIROBI, Feb.
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5 October 2004 - Law enforcement experts are urging stronger action against poachers or smugglers of endangered species, but warn that many countries lack the ability to fight wildlife crimes, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said today.
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TORONTO (CP) - Ontario's environment minister says the federal government's environment plan doesn't go far enough and that Canada should do more to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Energy ministers agree to increase the share of biofuel used in transport but leave a broader renewables target vague.
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Ministers from the world's top 20 polluting nations gather in Mexico for talks on tackling climate change.
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Scientists and officials strengthened efforts to forestall the extinction of thousands of species and protect the world's habitats in talks in Bangkok, but governments need to work harder to promote conservation, an international environment agency said Thursday.
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BELGRADE, Oct 12 (IPS) - Representatives from 51 countries agreed at a  three-day conference in Belgrade this week to undertake new  environmental improvements to build sustainable development.
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According to news.gov.hk: The Environmental Protection Department has today awarded a consultancy agreement to Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong, to undertake a comprehensive study to draw up a new set of air-quality objectives for Hong Kong and devise a long-term plan for meeting them.
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Governments agree a deal to harness an alternative source of nuclear power which would be clean and abundant.
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A Group of Eight accord on cutting dangerous greenhouse gas emissions has breathed new life into the search for a follow-up accord on global warming spearheaded by the UN.
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Speaking recently at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce, new Environment Minister Stephane Dion seemed to support a more science-based approach to environmental policy-making when he said, &quot;We need better science.
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At least one Russian ministry has signed letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a spokesman said Thursday, in what could be a final step in the lengthy tussle to bring the global pact into force.
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At least one Russian ministry has signed  letters agreeing to Moscow's approval of the Kyoto Protocol, a  spokesman said on Thursday in what could be a final step on the  long road to bringing the global pact into force.
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A compromise deal with the US for a new international climate change agenda was agreed at the UN summit in Bali today
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Central figure needed to coordinate policy A parliamentary committee has recommended that the government appoint a minister specifically to deal with climate change, after its review of government policy revealed that departments are not coordinating properly to deal with the issue.â¦
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High-level climate-change summits this week reveal a supportive environment for action.
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Russia&#39;s Cabinet approved the worldwide Kyoto Protocol on global warming yesterday, clearing the way for implementation of the long-delayed United Nations pact.