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Ecology Pictures sur Twitter : "Rich nations urged to lead emission cuts. Rich nations urged to lead emission cuts. A native Peruvian walks in the surroundings of the UN COP20 and CMP10 venue in Lima on Monday.

Rich nations urged to lead emission cuts

The climate talks are held from December 1 to 12 in the capital of Peru. Photo: AFP Developed countries must not pass the buck when it comes to shouldering their fair share of the burden of cutting carbon emissions, China's foreign ministry said ahead of a crucial climate change summit in Lima, Peru. While analysts said that the recent China-US climate deal will do much to push the agenda at the UN Climate Change Conference, which kicked off Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying urged the Lima meeting to specify what should be included in "intended nationally determined contributions," meaning that the details of the amount of carbon emissions each country should cut should be clearly specified. Delegates attend the opening plenary session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) in Lima, capital of Peru, Dec. 2, 2014.

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Imports Contribute to Year-Round Fresh Fruit Availability

(FTS-356-01) 20 pp, December 2013 This report analyzes the monthly shipment patterns of both aggregated fresh fruits and five major imported fresh fruits—grapes, avocados, oranges, strawberries, and apples. The seasonal relationships between imports and domestic products are found to be complementary. Errata: On January 9, 2014, Table 2 on page 15 was revised to correct errors in the labeling of rows in the table. Innovation.

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Online marketing. Micro-entrepreneurship. Gesundheit. Social entrepreneurship. From Utility to Amenity: Greening the Alleys of Los Angeles. This article is part of an ongoing collaboration with Grist, the web's home for environmental news, commentary and humor.

From Utility to Amenity: Greening the Alleys of Los Angeles

They're all over the city, but you'd hardly know it. Across Los Angeles, the city's alleyways account for more than 900 linear miles of pavement. If you put them all together, the city's alleys would make up about 3 square miles – about half the size of L.A.'s Griffith Park, twice the size of New York's Central Park, or the equivalent of about 400 Wal-Marts (not including parking). They're peppered throughout the city, in neighborhoods, commercial zones, downtown, and L.A.' "In many, many parts of the city, absolutely nothing happens in these places. A typical alleyway in South Los Angeles. By their nature, alleyways are utilitarian spaces. Wolch and the Center for Sustainable Cities are leading the push, rallying for the creation of a Green Alleys Subcommittee of L.A.' Precedents and Potential It's an idea taking root all over North America.

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SCD is based on a consideration of the relationship between economic factors and other community elements such as housing, education, the natural environment, health, accessibility and the arts. SCD has emerged as a compelling alternative to conventional approaches to development: a participatory, holistic and inclusive process that leads to positive, concrete changes in communities by creating employment, reducing poverty, restoring the health of the natural environment, stabilizing local economies, and increasing community control. The SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD), formerly the Community Economic Development Centre, was founded in 1989 and is part of the Faculty of Environment.

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