Doha – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has received the 2022 Banking & Finance Law Award from the Islamic Finance News (IFN) as part of the publication’s annual legal awards, with the firm also receiving honorable mentions this year in the Energy & Natural Resources and Fintech categories. Over […]

Countries: Greece, World Source: International Rescue Committee The IRC warns that continued inaction by leaders to ensure safe routes to safety for refugees could lead to more lives lost as winter nears and weather conditions worsen.

FCA holds Conference on agrifood policies (Uniforma)  Oct 7, 2022 Oct 5, 2022 pfowlkes Fri, 10/07/2022 – 12:26 FCA holds Conference on agrifood policies (Uniforma)  FCA holds Conference on agrifood policies (Uniforma)  Latin America Caribbean In the News Food Security Food Systems Environment and Natural Resources Uniforma published an Read […]

Nine days after the storm, the consequences of Hurricane Ian—the deadliest tropical cyclone to strike the United States since Katrina in 2005—are just beginning to emerge. But researchers in the U.S. point to a different storm as they reveal what may be unexpected long-term consequences even for those who are […]

Portland – Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has added David Boyer as an of counsel in the real estate practice. He joins K&L Gates’ Portland office from Dunn Carney LLP.  Boyer focuses his practice on structuring, drafting, and negotiating business and real estate deals, advising individuals and businesses on […]

Country: Haiti Sources: UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti, UN Integrated Office in Haiti In some areas, access to basic services such as treated water, hygiene and sanitation is virtually cut off, reinforcing the conditions conducive to the spread of cholera.

Photo: Pixabay/klassensprecher930 When the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines were raptured in late September, likely as a result of sabotage, large quantities of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, leaked into the Baltic Sea, raising fears of both a environmental catastrophe and a blow to the climate. The two […]

At a symposium convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on agrifood systems transformation in Asia-Pacific, governments, the private sector and other stakeholders are being urged to massively accelerate transformation of their agrifood systems, or risk worsening malnutrition and environmental degradation in the world’s most […]