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Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:Overturning three decades of American policy will not be painless
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:The prospect of peace is reshaping markets, in ways both ominous and promising
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:The prospect of peace is reshaping markets, in ways both ominous and promising
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:Many African countries are facing acute economic challenges. As the number of super-rich on the continent grows, so do calls to impose wealth taxes.
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:The US government has scrapped paper straws to go back to plastic. So why are the plastic variety restricted in many countries around the world in the first place?
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:Surveillance footage shows the man standing up and walking away after the incident in Lima.
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:The Southeast Asian trade bloc has invited China and several Arab states to a joint summit in Kuala Lumpur in May. Could a new trade alliances emerge in response to Donald Trump's aggressive tariff policies?
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:Torrential rain has forced more than 1,200 residents to leave their homes.
Published on: March 09, 2025 | Source:Neuroscientists in Israel find signs that the drug helped festival survivors in the attack and the aftermath.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:A scientific study links record-breaking heat in the conflict-hit country to global warming and shows how women and girls are more exposed to health risks and school closures The post Women bear brunt of South Sudanβs heatwave made worse by climate change appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:In Peru, women's lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making The post Advancing womenβs rights and empowerment in climate adaptation appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market has rejected widely used rulebooks for cleaner cooking, which will require projects to switch to more rigorous methods The post Most cookstove carbon credits ruled out of quality scheme in integrity push appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Just Energy Transition Partnerships for South Africa, Indonesia and Vietnam will have to move forward without US backing as Trump walks away from international climate funding The post US withdraws from coal-to-clean JETP deals for developing nations appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The mission was supposed to last 10 days but less then a day after landing, the craft is running out of power.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Since reentering the White House, US president Donald Trump has made sweeping cuts to key scientific institutions. What could it mean for the rest of the world and efforts to combat climate change?
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:From now on, professional tennis players are to receive paid maternity leave. The World Tennis Association calls it a historic innovation β one that was only made possible because Saudi Arabia is funding it.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The US government has ended support for a scheme that taught villagers how to produce honey, mangoes and cleaner cookstoves The post Trumpβs aid cuts make Malawians more vulnerable to climate change appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Linda Loran, a single mother of three, quit an abusive relationship with the help of social media. Now she tells her story on TikTok.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:WHO and Switzerland have announced the renewal of their cooperation strategy for the period 2024-2028. In 2013, Switzerland became the first high-income country in the WHO European Region to pilot a cooperation strategy with WHO (hereafter referred to as the WHO-Switzerland Cooperation Strategy). In 2022, WHO and Switzerland jointly decided to update and renew this cooperation strategy, which was done on 4 March 2025...
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Haemorrhage β severe heavy bleeding β and hypertensive disorders like preeclampsia are the leading causes of maternal deaths globally, according to a new study released today by the World Health Organization (WHO). These conditions were responsible for around 80 000 and 50 000 fatalities respectively in 2020 β the last year for which published estimates are available - highlighting that many women still lack access to...
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Heat waves, storms and floods disrupted the education of hundreds of millions of students in 2024 alone. What can schools do as climate change fuels extreme weather?
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The "climate vulnerable" are often thought to be women and children in the Global South - a stereotype that reinforces existing inequalities and power imbalances The post A tale of two women: What climate vulnerability actually lookslike appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:A male coach leading an elite women's team is an everyday sight, but the opposite is almost never true. Helen Nkwocha, who has broken that convention in soccer, is among the women and coaches who want things to change.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump hosts a cryptocurrency summit at the White House on Friday amid much anticipation about his plans for a national stockpile of digital currencies. Buying bitcoin at all-time highs could be a costly move.
Published on: March 07, 2025 | Source:The video apparently satirising a proposal to "take over" the Gaza Strip was shared by the US president on social media.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:In the US, butterfly populations have dropped by 22% in a decade. A new study shows climate change, habitat loss, and pesticides are driving the decline.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:Coronavirus disease disrupts the ability of lung tissue to repair itself and can lead to debilitating long COVID. Now, researchers have found a drug that could reverse the damage.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:The World Health Organization (WHO) today designated the Digital Ethics Centre at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands as a WHO Collaborating Centre on artificial intelligence (AI) for health governance. AI has the potential to re-shape health care, save lives and improve health and well-being. However, harnessing its benefits for good requires collaboration from stakeholders committed to robust...
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:The government wants to bring the UN climate summit to Africa's most populous city in 2027 but will face competition The post Nigeria bids to host COP32 climate summit in Lagos appeared first on Climate Home News.
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:βEconomic nationalismβ, our predecessors wrote, βis almost an American inventionβ
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:βEconomic nationalismβ, our predecessors wrote, βis almost an American inventionβ
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:The Riyadh International Humanitarian Forum 2025 was a significant event that underscored the continued partnership between WHO and KSrelief, as well as with other international partners to address critical humanitarian health crises. The agreements made during the forum are pivotal in combating diseases like malaria, cholera, and polio, and ensuring better healthcare for displaced populations. The forum also...
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:For decades, officials have promised to raise economic growth. For decades, they have failed
Published on: March 06, 2025 | Source:For decades, officials have promised to raise economic growth. For decades, they have failed
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