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WWF and Toyota form global partnership, join forces on Living Asian Forest Project; a focus on rubber

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The agreement went into effect on 1 July 2016. The project will take place in WWF priority places Borneo (Kalimantan) and Sumatra in Indonesia. Toyota will donate US$1 million to the Living Asian Forest Project in 2016 and will continue its support for a total of five years.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Global GHG emissions continue to be dominated by fossil carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, which however show a slowdown trend since 2012, and were stalled for the third year in a row in 2016. Emissions are increasing in other developing countries: 6% for Indonesia and Malaysia; 9% for Pakistan and 12% for the Philippines.

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New report finds global CO2 vehicle emission reduction measures falter; dropping diesels, increasing SUVs

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China saw new registrations of LDVs increase 17% per year in the period 2005 to 2017 while India saw an increase of 9% and Indonesia 7%. —more than triple the improvement rate between 2016 and 2017. In contrast, the improvement of fuel use per kilometer in emerging economies accelerated to 2.3%.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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—Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. Resilience will become a watch word in the boardroom—to policy responses as well as to the climate. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. nuclear war, radical climate change before 2050). —PwC report.

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Watery, Peaceful, Wild: The Call of the Mangroves

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Instead, on a kayak tour with Serlon St Jago, a guide from the Curaçao Rif Mangrove Park , we were learning about the country’s mangrove restoration, and the vital role mangrove habitats play in coastal resilience, protection for marine and bird species, and fighting the effects of climate change.

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