SIX SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS PLEDGE $3Bn GATHERED BY PDT MACRON AT ELYSEE PALACE

TO FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

Responsible Author: Jedi Foster P/O Rahma Sophia Rachdi | Paris, Washington DC, 07/11/2019, 00:33 Time

USPA NEWS - Six sovereign wealth funds together weighing more than 3,000 billion dollars (Norway, New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates), gathered Friday by Emmanuel Macron, have decided to commit to the fight against climate change, announced the Elysee.

In a charter to be presented Friday evening at the Elysee Palace, these heavyweights in global finance, fueled mainly by oil and gas revenues in their country, undertake to encourage the companies in which they invest to integrate the risk of oil. climate change and present public data on their low carbon strategy. Their pledge will be presented at a press conference Friday afternoon in the presence of the Head of State and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg. This initiative is announced the same day as the assessment of the climate plan to be drawn up by Minister for the ecological transition Nicolas Hulot. The Elysee says it wants to "assert the coherence between the national strategy, European and international commitments".

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THE MEXICAN AVOCADO INDUSTRY Places FIRST HISTORIC STONE Of NEW HEADQUARTERS

With U.S. AVOCADO GROWERS AND IMPORTERS

Responsible Author: Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU (Journalists/Directors) | PARIS - MEXICO - MICHOACAN -WASHINGTON, 07/07/2019, 07:17 Time

USPA NEWS - A New Joint Venture between Mexican and U.S. Avocado Growers and Importers has broken ground on Casa APEAM. The Producers and Packers/Exporters of Avocado of Mexico (APEAM) are investing $12 million for the Project, which will house the Corporate Offices of APEAM, the Local Offices of the Mexican Department of Agriculture and Agrarian Development (Sader), the Offices in Mexico of the Department of Agriculture of the United States (USDA), as well as a special Research-And-Development Avocado Orchard, which will be used to improve Production through Technology.

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