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Middle East Green Initiative: ‘pathbreaking work’ to protect the planet
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Environment

Middle East Green Initiative: ‘pathbreaking work’ to protect the planet

The Middle East Green Initiative launch in Saudi Arabia on Monday was hailed by the UN’s deputy chief as a valuable commitment and strategic vision, to transition regional economies away…

25 October 2021 · 4 min read

Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border 
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Europe

Conditions worsen for stranded migrants along Belarus-EU border 

At least eight people have died along the border between Belarus and the European Union, where multiple groups of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants have been stranded for weeks in increasingly dire conditions. The UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, appealed for…

22 October 2021 · 3 min read

Portuguese beaches lead the way during UN, EU clean-up campaign 
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Europe

Portuguese beaches lead the way during UN, EU clean-up campaign 

In recent months, some 260 different clean-up operations have been undertaken across, aimed at protecting life under the sea, with the UN and European Union’s #EUBeachCleanUp campaign, managing to remove…

15 October 2021 · 3 min read

Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’ 
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Europe

Recent Kosovo-Serbia tensions could ‘unravel steady but fragile progress’ 

Tensions over vehicle licence plates and anti-smuggling operations, between authorities in Kosovo and Serbia, in recent weeks, may contribute to unravelling “steady but fragile progress made in rebuilding trust among communities” in Kosovo and Serbia.  

15 October 2021 · 3 min read

With clock ticking, sustainable transport key to Global Goals
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Environment

With clock ticking, sustainable transport key to Global Goals

From electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, new and emerging technologies along with innovative policy changes, are critical for combating climate change. But to be effective, they…

12 October 2021 · 3 min read

Food Hero: Cultivating women farmers in Georgia
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Europe

Food Hero: Cultivating women farmers in Georgia

A farmer in the central European country, Georgia, has been sharing her lifetime of knowledge with other women farmers in the region, saying that “there is nothing in agriculture that…

10 October 2021 · 3 min read

Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish
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Environment

Decade of climate breakdown saw 14 per cent of coral reefs vanish

Between 2009 and 2018, the continuous rise in sea temperature cost the world 14 per cent of its coral reefs – that’s more than the size of Australia’s reefs combined…

5 October 2021 · 4 min read

France focuses on responsibility and solidarity in the face of global challenges
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Europe

France focuses on responsibility and solidarity in the face of global challenges

In his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian upheld multilateralism as the key to overcoming global challenges including conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. 

27 September 2021 · 3 min read