This playground just outside the Slovak capital, Bratislava, was sealed off to stop people spreading the virus. Similar measures were in place in cities and towns across Europe. Credit: Ed Holt/IPS By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Apr 17 2020 (IPS) United Nations Secretary General António Guterres on Thursday pleaded with global leaders and families to ensure
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17 April 2020
Global Leaders Must Prioritise Children’s Wellbeing amid Coronavirus Pandemic – UN
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16 April 2020
Brightening clouds and coral larvae: study picks best Great Barrier Reef rescue ideas
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Australian government to back 43 concepts in ambitious $150m research and development program Brightening clouds with salt crystals and deploying slicks of coral larvae to try and limit the impacts of global heating on the Great Barrier Reef are among more than 40 concepts being backed by the Australian government in an ambitious $150m research
15 April 2020
No Space for Social Distancing in Rohingya Refugee Camps
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Mohammad Rafique (right) and other refugee children gathered at the Rohingya market in Kutupalong camp to sell vegetables he brought earlier from a local market in this photo dated Mar. 11, 2020. This was two weeks before Bangladesh went into a nationwide lockdown in an attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Credit: Rafiqul
14 April 2020
India’s Liberal Abortion Law, Nullified by Social Stigma
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Sex workers in Chennai give a thumps up to India’s liberalised abortion law. Many sex workers are living with HIV and face discrimination and stigma in accessing safe abortions. Credit: Stella Paul/IPS By Stella PaulNEW DEHLI, Apr 14 2020 (IPS) Arti Zodpe is from the Tamasha (folk dance-drama) theatre in Sangli, in India’s Maharashtra state.
14 April 2020
Water in estuaries along NSW coast has warmed by more than 2C, study finds
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Scientists say the rapid change could have negative effects on fisheries and aquaculture, and impact coastal vegetation Water in estuaries along 1,100km of Australia’s south-east coast warmed by more than 2C between 2007 and 2019, a new study finds. The rapid change could have negative effects on fisheries and aquaculture, as well as impact coastal
13 April 2020
Americans with lower incomes more worried about coronavirus, study finds
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People who made less than $50,000 per year were 10 percentage points more concerned about threat posed by infectious disease Americans with lower incomes and less education were more like to say the spread of infectious disease was a major threat to the US, according to a Pew Research Center survey released Monday. Nearly all
13 April 2020
Q&A: How to #BeActive during COVID-19 Lockdown
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Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the United Nations Department of Global Communications, says that its important for people to remain active during the coronavirus lockdown, not only physically, but mentally also. Courtesy: Maher Nasser By Samira SadequeUNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 2020 (IPS) Growing up in Ramallah in Palestine, Maher Nasser, Director of Outreach Division at the
13 April 2020
The Guardian view on the climate and coronavirus: global warnings | Editorial
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Steep falls in emissions have been the pandemic’s immediate effect. But what’s needed is a green recovery Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage So far, discussions of a coronavirus exit strategy have mainly focused on the steps that could bring an end to the lockdown. In the short term, both in the
12 April 2020
Bioenergy, the Ugly Duckling of Mexico’s Energy Transition
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Two women fill sacks of charcoal made in mud igloos in the small town of San Juan Evangelista Analco in the mountains of the state of Oaxaca in southwestern Mexico. A group of women from this Zapotec indigenous village created a charcoal company in 2017, to take advantage of the wood that the community logs
11 April 2020
Radical Uncertainty: Video Recordings
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Although future events have been cancelled due to coronavirus, several talks about Radical Uncertainty have been recorded. The discussion and questions at LSE, moderated by Tim Besley, is a good general overview of the book. The discussion by John at the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment focusses on the implications of the book for