IPCC Report 2014

 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued the 2014 report on climate change.

 

The report, titled Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability states the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans and the world is not ready for the impacts of climate change.

 

Download the entire report from here.

 

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More Trade News in Brief – Week 15 (8 – 14 April 2013)

 

* WB – Sector Results Profile

 

The World Bank published some examples of results of its programs in different sectors, please check bellow:

 

Environment: Sector Results Profile

 

Information and Communication Technologies: Results Profile

 

Oceans: Sector Results Profile

 

Climate Change: Sector Results Profile

 

Water Resources Management: Sector Results Profile

 

Water Supply and Sanitation: Sector Results Profile

 

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* BIS – Basel III Implementation

 

The Bank for International Settlements on progress in adoption of the Basel III regulatory reforms

 

Please check the press release and the report.

 

 

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* China and Iceland Sign Free Trade Agreement

 

China and Iceland signed a free trade agreement. Iceland is first in Europe to sign free trade pact with China.

 

For further information please check here and here.

 

More Trade News in Brief – Week 23 (28 May – 3 June 2012)

* South Sudan Becomes 184th ILO Member State

 

25 May 2012, Geneva

 

The Republic of South Sudan accepts the obligations of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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* Online Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal

 

25 May 2012, Rome

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) developed an online data portal to help identifying areas for  increased global food production while maintaining natural resources base and facing the challenge of climate change.

 

The Global Agro-ecological Zones (GAEZ) Portal  seeks to enhance planners’ and decision makers’ capacity to estimate agricultural production potentials and variability under different environmental and management scenarios.

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* Swiss Votes Through Tax Deals

 

 31 May 2012

 

 The Swiss Council of States has agreed on the bilateral tax deals concluded with Germany, the UK and with Austria. The deals aimed at resolving the issue of undeclared and untaxed assets of foreign residents held in Swiss bank accounts.

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* NAFTA Industry Guide

 

Research and Markets has published the report “Apparel Retail – North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide”.

 

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* Revised Chinese VAT Pilot

 

The Beijing office of China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) announced to replace the existing business tax on the country’s service sector with value-added tax (VAT) from July 1^st.