K&L Gates Recognized in 2023 Chambers Europe Guide

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Chambers and Partners has ranked K&L Gates LLP and 13 of its lawyers as leaders in their fields of practice in the 2023 edition of the Chambers Europe guide. The guide recognizes the firm and its lawyers in 12 categories, with rankings based on thousands of in-depth interviews conducted with […]

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South Sudanese IDPs and refugees call for an end to conflict and climate-fuelled crises

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Countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees South Sudan’s refugee crisis remains the largest in Africa, with 2.3 million people living as refugees in neighbouring countries and an additional 2.2 million people internally displaced.

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Bottled Water Masks World’s Failure to Supply Safe Water for All, Can Slow Sustainable Development: UN

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                                        Needed to provide safe water to roughly 2 billion people without it:                                          an annual investment less than half the US$ 270 billion                                                     now spent each year on bottled water   In brief: * The bottled water industry is helping to mask a crippling world problem: the failure of public systems […]

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‘Biofuels’ from discarded plastics pose health risks

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Photo: Pixabay/Regenwolke0 In an effort to combat the climate crisis, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States had unveiled a biofuels program under the Toxic Substances Control Act that makes it easier to approve petroleum alternatives. Apparently, the meaning of “biofuel” is as flexible as a plastic bag […]

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Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change

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Indigenous Voices from the Frontlines of Climate Change agnes Wed, 03/15/2023 – 23:41 CSQ Issue 47-1 We Are the Voice of Nature March 2023 Read on Issuu Buy a copy Subscribe The following are excerpts from interviews with Indigenous delegates at COP27 conducted by our Indigenous Rights Radio producers. Listen […]

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Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin: FAO mobilizes to safeguard food security and rural livelihoods in Vanuatu

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The Category 4 Tropical Cyclones Judy and Kevin that made landfall over Vanuatu earlier this month have left a trail of destruction in their wake, affecting some 80 percent of the population and causing widespread damage, flooding and power outages. With about three-quarters of the population relying on agriculture, the […]

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Tendering? Be Ready to Identify, Assess and Address Your Modern Slavery Risks

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The Australian Government has uploaded two new resources to its Modern Slavery Register: A model clause for use in tenders (Model Tender Clauses); and An educational video on modern slavery for the cleaning industry. MODERN SLAVERY CLAUSES IN TENDERS The Australian Government has uploaded the Model Tender Clauses for use in […]

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Belarus: A Prison State in Europe

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By Andrew FirminLONDON, Mar 15 2023 (IPS) Last October, Ales Bialiatski was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He was one of three winners, alongside two human rights organisations: Memorial, in Russia, and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. The Nobel Committee recognised the three’s ‘outstanding effort to document war […]

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Cash, COVID, coup, crisis: A pre-pandemic maternal and child cash transfer program had sustained dietary benefits during Myanmar’s ongoing emergency

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Positive health and nutrition results persist even in adverse circumstances.

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UN Malawi calls for urgent action to support people affected by the Tropical Cyclone Freddy

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Country: Malawi Source: UN Resident Coordinator in Malawi Over the past three days, Cyclone Freddy has killed more than 190 people and injured dozens more overstretching the health sector already overwhelmed by the worst cholera outbreak in two decades.

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