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Aluminum Association makes policy recommendations to Biden administration
In a presidential policy brief, the association says it supports a recycling infrastructure fund and well-designed container deposit programs to increase consumer recycling. The Aluminum…
Why Projects to Adapt to Climate Change Backfire
Many internationally-funded projects aimed at combating the impacts of climate change can make things worse – by reinforcing, redistributing or creating new sources of vulnerability…
Healthier world means ‘safer America’ Tedros stresses, as UN-led vaccine initiative announces deal for 40 million doses
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday announced the signing of an advance purchase agreement securing up to 40 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID…
Climate Change Puts Hundreds of Coastal Airports at Risk of Flooding
Even a modest sea level rise, triggered by increasing global temperatures, would place 100 airports below mean sea level by 2100, a new study has…
Promoting food systems transformation in the Mediterranean towards 2030
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) and the Union for the Mediterranean…
Harnessing potential of social media: New partnership between UNESCO and EU
UNESCO and the European Union are launching a new project entitled ‘Social Media for Peace’ to strengthen the resilience of civil society to potential harmful…
Guterres hails entry into force of treaty banning nuclear weapons
The first multilateral nuclear disarmament treaty in more than two decades, came into force just after midnight on Friday, hailed by the UN Secretary-General as…
Digital Agriculture Connects Dots For Crop Improvement
Texas A&M AgriLife researchers are using drones, big data and other high-tech methods for agricultural enhancement. Crop production is getting a boost thanks to high-tech…
Commission welcomes agreement on additional financial support for the most deprived under REACT-EU
The European Parliament has voted through the political agreement reached by the co-legislators on the Commission’s proposal to provide more funds to support the most…
Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to re-join WHO
The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by President Joe Biden that the United States will re-engage with the World Health Organization (WHO)…
EU welcomes Biden’s United States back to ’rules-based international order’
The European Union welcomed the inauguration of Joe Biden Wednesday as an opportunity for Europe to strengthen EU-US ties and tackle common challenges and threats…
UN agencies supporting mammoth India COVID-19 vaccine rollout
India has begun what is the world’s biggest COVID vaccination campaign so far, deploying hundreds of thousands of health workers, with the training and support…
Closed Loop releases report on reusable packaging systems
Bringing Reusable Packaging Systems to Life details ways forward for durable reusable packaging systems that reduce the need for single-use packaging. Center for the Circular…
Brunt Breaking Up with Antarctica this Year?
A crack on the Antarctic ice shelf grew dramatically in late 2020 into 2021. Two years after the Brunt Ice Shelf seemed poised to produce…
Kenya prepares for regional training workshops on the protection of underwater cultural heritage
A Japan Funds-in-Trust to UNESCO project has provided diving equipment to the National Museums of Kenya’s Department of Coastal Archaeology in preparation for two regional…
Eliminating microplastics in wastewater directly at the source
A research team from the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) has developed a process for the electrolytic treatment of wastewater that degrades microplastics…
Violent attempt at UN Capitol to ‘overturn’ election, shocking and incendiary: independent UN experts
A group of independent UN rights experts released a statement on Monday condemning the violent storming of the United States Capitol building in Washington DC…
EU steps up WTO complaint over Indonesia steel
The EU on Friday requested the establishment of a WTO panel to seek the elimination of unlawful export restrictions imposed by Indonesia on raw materials…
Red and Green Snow Algae Increase Snowmelt in the Antarctic Peninsula
New research investigates the impacts of red and green algae on albedo and radiative forcing in Antarctica. Red and green algae that grow on snow…
Air travel down 60 per cent, as airline industry losses top $370 billion: ICAO
A new report from the UN’s air transportation agency confirms there was a “dramatic” fall in international air travel due to COVID-19, of around 60…
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