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In an unprecedented show of commitment for an environmental cause, DP World and Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH) have joined hands to combat global warming in a Waste Reduction Campaign that will multiply the effect of their individual efforts to curb global greenhouse emissions. An estimated 11.2 billion tonnes of solid waste is collected worldwide every year and its degeneration contributes to about five per cent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.A joint DP World-HPH campaign, which will run from 19 to 21 September, has been established and follows the theme 'Recycling Begins & Ends with You'. The campaign will see employees of DP World and HPH 'reach across the fence' and engage in joint activities in locations around the world where these companies operate terminals within the same port complex such as Laem Chabang (Thailand), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Busan (South Korea) and Buenos Aires (Argentina). The list of joint activities that are being developed include clean-up days at terminals, beaches or other affected areas specific to each locality, food waste disposal and composting efforts, e-waste and battery recycling, office recycling and green transportation to reduce vehicle emissions. Mohammed Sharaf, Group Chief Executive Officer, DP World, said: "We are committed to minimising the impact we have on the environment and maximising the benefits ...

Global Port Operators Join Hands to Combat Global Warming

New IPCC Report on Climate Change

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a report today that says the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans. The world, in many cases, is ill-prepared for risks from a changing climate. The report also concludes that there are opportunities to respond to such risks, though the risks will be difficult to manage with high levels of warming.

Fighting climate change is a real challenge but it's an opportunity for our economy as well. Discover how the new 2030 goals for climate and energy will help make the EU more competitive, secure and sustainable

Produced by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme and Globaia and funded by the UN Foundation for the launch of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report.

Emissions Gap Report 2013 warns for gap between global emissions and 2C warming limit The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warns today that the world's annual greenhouse gas emissions are still much too high to meet the agreed international goal of holding global warming below 2C.''This is yet another call for climate action which shows the world is not getting its act together fast enough.The bad news of the report released today is that current carbon cuts are too slow to prevent dangerous climate change.But the good news is thatwe have options to close the gap although time is running out. And some of them are just a no-brainer:energy efficiency, renewable energy and fossil fuel subsidy reform. The report also shows that developing countries already account forabout 60% of global emissions, which underlines that the world simply cannot fight climate change effectively without all economies committing their fair share'', Connie Hedegaard, European Commission for Climate Action, saidIn its annual Emissions Gap Report, released today, UNEP says that countries' existing emission pledges, if fully implemented, will help reduce emissions to below the business-as-usual level in 2020, but not to a level consistent with the 2C limit, thus leaving a considerable and ...

IPCC Report Launched United Nations officials have called for a global response to combat climate change, following new findings by a scientific panel stating it is "extremely likely" that humans have been the dominant cause of unprecedented global warming since 1950. "The heat is on. Now we must act,"Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a videomessageto the launch of the report of the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC report, released on September 27, 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden, calls global warming "unequivocal," and confirms that there is a 95 per cent probability that most of the warming since 1950 has been caused by human influence. The reportstresses that evidence for this has grown "thanks to more and better observations, an improved understanding of the climate system response and improved climate models." "The IPCC report demonstrates that we must greatly reduce global emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change," said the Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Michel Jarraud. "It also contains important new scientific knowledge that can be used to produce actionable climate information and services for assisting society to adapt to the impacts of climate change." In itsreport, the IPCC notes that ...

IPCC Projections of Temperature

Experts debate global warming issues