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UNEP says Methane emissions tracking system proves its worth, but action to plug leaks must accelerate
A high-tech system that identifies major methane leaks has delivered 1,200 notifications to governments and companies over the last two years, yet just one per cent of notifications were responded to ...
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New Study in Science finds four global policies could eliminate plastic waste and carbon emissions by 2050
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Breaking the Cycle of Violence to Save Mothers and Children: Why Ending Gender-Based Violence is Essential for Global Health
Each year, millions of women and children around the world die from preventable causes. Maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH) is a shared global priority, yet we often overlook one of its most ...
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COP29 – A ‘Conference of Polluters’? Activists Condemn Carbon Trading Schemes as “License to Pollute”
At 29 th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), as world leaders gather under the banner of climate action, criticism has reached a fever pitch from climate ...
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UN High-Level Expert Group Chair issues progress report calling urgently for high-integrity net zero transition plans
Catherine McKenna, Chair of the UN’s High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Actors, delivered her “Integrity Matters: The Hard Work is Now” report to the UN ...
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Africa’s Mining Sector Takes Center Stage in Global Just Energy Transition Initiatives
Zimbabwean President, Emmerson Munagagwa has said technology transfer and local critical mining processing are essential to enable Africa to lead in renewable energy value chains. Speaking at a ...
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World Diabetes Awareness Month – A Call to Action for Africa
November is World Diabetes Awareness Month, and World Diabetes Day is marked on 14 November. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes and certain cardiovascular conditions can, in many cases, be ...
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Collaborative mitigation: embedding quality with effective testing
Software is getting better. This means that problems within the code are becoming harder to find. Testing is therefore becoming more challenging and complicated and, as a recent study found, can cause ...
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COP29: Africa Climate Coalition urgent call for climate action and mental health support for resilient communities
The African Coalition of Communities Responsive to Climate Change (ACCRCC) on Wednesday in Baku, Azerbaijan called on the global community to urgently scale up financing to address the intertwined ...
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Key milestones at COP 29 in Baku
At the ongoing 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP 29) one of the landmark achievements of COP 29 is adopting standards under Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement. This development aims to mobilize ...
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New initiative to build a coalition for Non-communicable diseases financing
The World Bank, the Access Accelerated and the African Institute for Development Policy have today launched a transformative initiative to build a coalition of global and local organizations aimed at ...