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NewsWorld Economic Forum: Disinformation tops global risks while climate extremes threaten earth
The World Economic Forum, which will hold its annual meeting in Switzerland this month, says in the Global Risks Report 2024 that misinformation and disinformation ...
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ClimateUN climate conference signals beginning of the end of fossil fuel era
The United Nations Climate Change Conference in the United Arab Emirates, known as COP28 from November 30 to December 12, 2023 ended with an agreement ...
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NewsUPDATE: Humanitarians fear for the worst in 2024 with 228 million people in need and flattened relief funds
Geneva/New York, December 11 – Humanitarians are facing their biggest challenge not seen in more than 10 years as unequal economic pressure, climate disasters, disease ...
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ClimateUPDATE: UN climate summit opens with agreement on Loss and Damage Fund
Dubai/New York, November 30 – The UN climate summit in the United Arab Emirates opened with a “historic” agreement to help poor and vulnerable countries ...
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NewsEU report calls for Unified Vision for Responsible Sourcing of Mineral Value Chains
Four-year EU-funded project offers roadmaps for key industry sectors: renewable energy, mobility, and electric and electronic equipment, and advice to governments, civil society. Special cases: ...
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EnvironmentNewsSand and Dust Storm Frequency Increasing in Many World Regions, UN Warns
Two billion tons of sand and dust, equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, enter the atmosphere every year. UNCCD experts attribute over ...
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NewsClub de Madrid: Rethinking Social Development for People and Planet
Note: Club de Madrid members are holding their annual policy dialogue 2023 meeting in Brasilia, attended by Brazil’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Indigenous People, Environment ...
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ClimateGovernments plan to produce double the fossil fuels in 2030 than the 1.5°C warming limit allows
Stockholm, 8 November 2023 – A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting ...
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ConflictUN calls for urgent humanitarian ceasefire as death toll reaches 9,770 in Gaza
New York, November 6 – The United Nations said the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Gaza demands an immediate ceasefire one month after the Israeli-Hamas war ...
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TechnologyAI governance should be based on UN Charter and human rights principles, UN says
London/New York, November 2 – Calling the threats posed by artificial intelligence “insidious” and “dangerous,” the UN chief urged the AI Safety Summit in the ...
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NewsUPDATE: UN General Assembly calls for humanitarian truce in Israel-Gaza war
New York, October 27 – The UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly a resolution calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained humanitarian truce” after reports showed ...
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ConflictUPDATE: U.N. fears the worst as Israelis and Palestinians face most difficult moments in 75 years
New York, October 18 – The U.N. Envoy to the Middle East called for an inquiry into the destruction of a hospital in Gaza City ...
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