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“When funding flows, ambition grows”: the COP30 call to action
At every negotiating table and in every diplomatic statement is a harsh truth shared by nations on the front lines of the climate crisis: without finance, there is no path…
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“When funding flows, ambition grows”: the COP30 call to action
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Indigenous protesters block entrance to COP30, demand action from Brazilian government
The Munduruku, who live primarily in the Amazon states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Pará, are demanding an end to projects and extractive activities that threaten indigenous territories, particularly in…
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Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 pregnancies: what you need to know
This Friday, for World Diabetes Daythe UN highlights the impact of the disease on pregnancy, in line with this year's global theme, managing diabetes “across the lifespan”. The organization also…
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COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, warns WHO as philanthropists pledge $300 million for solutions
THE special report on health and climate changepublished by the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the Brazilian government, warn that one in 12 hospitals could face climate-related closures.…
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Healing the Hidden Wounds of Childbirth
For women like Farhiya, 38, from rural Beletweyne, the consequences can be devastating: a painful obstetric fistula, a hole in the birth canal that left her incontinent, isolated and cut…
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Spain’s First Blue Carbon Project: Andalucía Sets Climate Benchmark
What is Blue Carbon and Why Is It Important? Blue carbon refers to the carbon captured and stored by oceanic and coastal ecosystems such as tidal marshes and seagrass meadows.…
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Synthetic biology to supercharge photosynthesis in crops
[ad_1] Nanoscale compartments – called encapsulins – have been designed to target plants’ biggest bottleneck: efficiently using Rubisco protein. [ad_2] Source link
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Von der Leyen Presses Belgium to Unlock €140B Ukraine Loan
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is meeting Belgian Prime Minister Bart de Wever in Brussels to break a deadlock over a €140 billion Ukraine loan backed by frozen…
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Infiltration of Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Bible studies by Russian FSB spies
Two 74-year-old JW sentenced to three years in prison and immediately detained. Nowadays, 175 JWs are behind bars in Russia On 12 November, a Russian court imprisoned two 74-year-old men—Valeriy…
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Scotland’s WhatsApp Scandal and FOI Reform
Industrial-scale message deletion puts transparency to the test Scotland is confronting a major test of its transparency framework. Revelations that senior officials deleted WhatsApp messages during the COVID-19 pandemic have…