Environment
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Nearly 80% of Australians affected in some way by the bushfires, new survey shows
Last month, the Australian National University contracted with the Social Research Centre (SRC) to survey more than 3,000 Australian adults…
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Protecting migratory species in a rapidly changing world
Many animals – including birds, fish and mammals – migrate along set routes in search of food or breeding grounds. How best to protect them in a…
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In Pakistan, Guterres urges world to step up climate action, praises support to Afghan refugees
ISLAMABAD: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday began a three-day visit to Pakistan, recognizing the country’s decades of “outstanding generosity and solidarity”…
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Collective trauma is real, and could hamper Australian communities’ bushfire recovery
Most of us are probably familiar with the concept of psychological trauma, the impact on an individual’s psyche caused by an…
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Climate crisis: Antarctic continent posts record temperature reading of 18.3°C
Fresh fears of accelerating damage to the planet’s ice sheets and sea level rise have been fuelled by confirmation from the UN’s…
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Climate crisis ‘affecting quality of life and fuelling discontent’
The climate crisis, as well as persistently high inequalities, and rising levels of food insecurity and undernourishment, is affecting the…
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FIRST PERSON: Community helping to heal New Orleans post-Hurricane Katrina
December 26, 2019: The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography…
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Pakistan President Dr. Arif Alvi Chairs 1st meeting of the Federal Task Force on Population
DEC 23, 2019| ISLAMABAD| HANDOUT Chairing the 1st meeting of the Federal Task Force on Population at the Aiwan-e-Sadr, Islamabad…
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Progress made at COP25, despite lack of agreement to increase climate ambition
15 December 2019| Climate Change |UN NEWS Negotiations at the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid finally ended on Sunday, wrapping up…
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Universal Health Coverage will ‘drive progress’ on 2030 Development Agenda
11 December 2019| Health Courtesy: UN News Last September world leaders at the United Nations endorsed an ambitious political declaration on…
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