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POLLUTION KILLS AS MANY PEOPLE AS CANCER DOES, UN’S NEW ENVIRONMENT CHIEF WARNS

08/31/2016

30 August 2016 – The new head of the United Nations environment agency today laid out key issues facing the international community on environmental issues, including pollution as well as the linkages among the environment, wars and conflicts, and migration. “The World Health Organisation has estimated that seven million people on the planet are dying from pollution – that is more or less the same number of people dying from cancer,” the Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme…

China-Russia trade corridor pilot caravan launched ahead of TIR implementation

08/26/2016

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Tianjin – The major overland trade route between China, Mongolia and Russia will be tested this week, ahead of the upcoming implementation of the TIR system in China. The 2,200km route will be assessed with a caravan of nine trucks travelling together over seven days, three each from China, Mongolia and Russia. China’s ratification of the UN TIR Convention last month has put a spotlight on this strategic trade route and its potential for regional development as well as…