Eliminating the practice of crop burning – global issues
Saturday 21 August 2021 UN News Across the world, people are preparing to make their way through the so-called “smog season,” when farmers burn their...
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Pollution Challenge Facing the “Dragon Jewels” in Vietnam – Global Issues
Waste in Ha Long Bay, an area known as Dragon Jewels, is mainly generated from local tourism and fishing industries. So far, 1,000 tons of...
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World Bank Looks to Trains in Argentina’s Battle on Climate – Global Issues
A view of the Retiro Central Hall, one of the four main stations in Buenos Aires, which receives passengers from the municipalities of the northern...
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Why the world can’t wait for fair and transparent food systems – global issues
UNFSS hopes to change how food is produced, packaged and distributed to tackle food insecurity and waste. Credit: Alison Kentish by Alison Kentish (Russo, Dominica)...
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Can island nations survive the climate crisis? global issues
Despite the dramatic decline in global economic activity during COVID-19 During the pandemic, the amount of harmful greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere increased in...
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UN Secretary-General – Global Issues
There is no way to achieve this goal without the leadership of the G-20. In a statement, the Secretary-General urged that this signal is sorely...
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Cameroon’s displaced, caught on fish – global issues
They learned how to raise fish in ponds hundreds of miles from the sea, in an area where crops, animal husbandry and artisanal fishing in...
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The pursuit of sustainability in global food systems – global issues
Margarita Lysenkova. credit: GR Opinion by Margarita Lysenkova (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Thursday 15 July 2021 Interpress service AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Jul 15 (IPS) – The writer is...
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Biodiversity and your health
Biodiversity, in short, is all life on Earth. It’s all kinds of animals and plants, how they coexist within our ecosystems, and the benefits we...
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A question of survival in the world of epidemics – global issues
Opinion Guillaume Baggio – Mansur Kader – Vladimir Smakhtin (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) Thursday 01 July 2021 Interpress service HAMILTON, Ontario, Canada, July 1 (IPS) –...