http://www.mail.com/people/33152-achim-steiner.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/33152-achim-steiner.html http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html GENEVA (AP) — A summit on chemicals and hazardous wastes ended Friday with an agreement to globally phase out a widely used flame retardant and to accept stricter requirements for disclosing information about exports of four other chemicals. But participants fell short in their efforts to require more information and consent among nations trading in a con... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:52:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2076448-nations-agree-to-chemical-ban-export-controls.html 2013-05-10T19:52:25Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2071118-un-predicts-boom-trade-green-products.html GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s environment agency says the global market for low-carbon and environment-friendly goods and services is projected to almost triple to $2.2 trillion by 2020. The U.N. Environment Program says trade in organic food and beverages is likely to reach $105 billion by 2015, up from $62.9 billion in 2011. Seafood farmed according to certi... Wed, 08 May 2013 12:15:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2071118-un-predicts-boom-trade-green-products.html 2013-05-08T12:15:23Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1927966-thailands-prime-minister-vows-to-ivory-trade.html BANGKOK (AP) — Facing the possibility of sanctions, Thailand's prime minister vowed for the first time to work toward ending her country's trade in ivory. But she gave no timeline for implementing a domestic ban, and conservationists warned that the unprecedented slaughter of elephants in Africa would continue until she does. Thailand's internal ivory tra... Mon, 04 Mar 2013 00:57:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1927966-thailands-prime-minister-vows-to-ivory-trade.html 2013-03-04T00:57:01Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1831610-than-140-nations-adopt-treaty-to-cut-mercury.html GENEVA (AP) — A new and legally binding international treaty to reduce harmful emissions of mercury was adopted Saturday by more than 140 nations, capping four years of difficult negotiations but stopping short of some of the tougher measures that proponents had envisioned. The new accord aims to cut mercury pollution from mining, utility plants and a hos... Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1831610-than-140-nations-adopt-treaty-to-cut-mercury.html 2013-01-19T14:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810814-un-finds-rising-mercury-emissions-treaty.html GENEVA (AP) — Mercury pollution in the top layer of the world's oceans has doubled in the past century, part of a man-made problem that will require international cooperation to fix, the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday. The report by the U.N. Environment Program showed for the first time that hundreds of tons of mercury have leaked from the soil i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 10:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1810814-un-finds-rising-mercury-emissions-treaty.html 2013-01-10T10:28:00Z