Africa: Code Red - UN Calls for Urgent Shift to Planet-Friendly Development

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Africa: Code Red - UN Calls for Urgent Shift to Planet-Friendly Development

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As climate change, biodiversity loss and COVID-19 collide, global report argues humans must start paying back their debt to nature

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In summary The State Water Project's 1960-era infrastructure is aging and needs to be upgraded to meet the climate challenges ahead in California. By Jennifer Pierre, Special to CalMatters Jennifer Pierre is the general manager of the State Water Contractors, jpierre@swc.org. The Delta Conveyance

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Eyewall of climate ‘bomb’ Iota brings catastrophic winds to Central America - Stabroek News

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) - Hurricane Iota began whipping a remote coastal area of Nicaragua with catastrophic winds, storm surges and rain last evening, as the region’s leaders blamed climate change for destruction that is pushing millions closer to

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Central African Republic: Global Community Reacts to CAR Election Outcome

[CAJ News] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- THE international community has appealed for calm and justice to prevail in the Central African Republic (CAR) after Faustin Archange Touadéra was re-elected for a second presidential term.

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Andrew Young named Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations

President Jimmy Carter appoints Andrew Young Ambassador and Chief US Delegate to the United Nations

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THE HUMAN Development Report (HDR) 2020 ‘The next frontier: Human development and the Anthropocene’ has taken into account, for the first time, the pressure countries put on the planet. The experimental index, Planetary pressures-adjusted Human...

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This Day In History - December 7

Today is the 342nd day of 2020. There are 24 days left in the year.TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT2016: Time magazine names US President Donald Trump its Person of the Year.OTHER EVENTS43 BC: Roman statesman and scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero is slain at the order of the Second Triumvirate.1787: Delaware becomes

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Kenya: National Assembly Set to Start Vetting Envoys Nominated By President Kenyatta

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The National Assembly is set to start vetting 15 nominees of President Uhuru Kenyatta for various positions of Ambassador and High Commissioners.

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Earth Today | ‘Climate action now’

LOCAL PUNDITS have added their voices to the call for bold actions to face down climate change, following news that the world is hurtling towards a more than three degrees rise in temperature by the end of the century. This follows the publication...

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Goode, Malvin Russell (1908–1995)

Malvin Russell Goode was the first African American news correspondent for a major television network. Goode was born on February 13, 1908, in White Plains, Virginia, but his family moved to Homestead, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, when he was very young. Goode, the third of four boys and two

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McGann, C. Steven (1951 - )

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Power surrender worthy of debate, says Charles - Dry Harbour row opens window for tribunal to trump ministers in overruling decisions

While disagreeing that the exercise of ministerial power to override decisions of the state environmental regulator casts a shadow over officials’ integrity, Pearnel Charles Jr said that there may be cause to reopen the debate on having an...

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UN reports ongoing fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region | Africanews

The United Nations said Friday fighting is ongoing in several parts of northern Tigray despite victory statements by the Ethiopian federal

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Williams, Bisa (1954- )

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Africa: UN System Works Together to Reduce Environmental Footprint

Press Release - When it comes to the environment, the United Nations and its affiliates are walking the talk, according to a new report.

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Rowan, Carl T. (1925–2000)

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(1950) Ralph Bunche, “Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech"

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Africa: Planet's Life-Support Systems Need Care to Avert 'The Next Wuhan'

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- As climate impacts and the COVID-19 pandemic take their toll, what makes people and nature resilient needs a rethink, Johan Rockstrom says

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Somalia: Opinion - Somali Women's Inclusion in Politics Is Long Overdue

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Somali women are exhausted of not being heard and side-lined at every opportunity, especially when they know that they can pivotal players in the political arena

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Boko Haram kills three vigilantes in northern Cameroon | Africanews

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