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| A few hours before the opening of the meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, which took place from 20-25 April in Accra, Ghana, a select number of senior business and government delegates met in closed quarters to discuss the current global challenges facing the world. The food crisis, the rise of new forms of investment protectionism, climate change, the Millennium Development Goals and the emergence of the new South, were the key topics of discussion. |
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2008 World Business and Development Awards launched
ICC, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) are pleased to open nominations for the 2008 World Business and Development Awards in support of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The awards recognize the contribution of the private sector to help achieve the MDGs through their core business. |
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Biological diversity task force gets new leadership
Annik Dollacker, Head, International Affairs/Sustainability, Bayer Crop Science, and Michael Hauser, International Policy Director, Monsanto, have been appointed as the new co-chairs of ICC’s Task Force on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) under the ICC Environment and Energy Commission. |
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Nobel laureate at ICC briefing presses for greater business input to IPCC
Rajendra Pachauri, who collected the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of a UN panel of climate scientists that shared the award with former US Vice President Al Gore, called on business to become more involved in the panel’s work at an ICC business briefing during the UN climate change conference here today. |
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