The Japanese city of Aomori is billed as the snowiest in the world, with an average of eight meters each year and tunnels carved into the snow so that travelers can use the roads. So it’s no wonder that Aomori is hoping to find a way to convert all that […]

War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  pfowlkes Wed, 12/07/2022 – 15:16 War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  In the News Dec 4, 2022

Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Sources: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UN Children’s Fund, World Food Programme Food insecurity and malnutrition are spreading from the Sahel towards coastal countries due to persistent insecurity, […]

Sydney – Global law firm K&L Gates has further bolstered its corporate and asset management and investment funds practices with the addition of James Lonie, Natalya Hards and Lisa Lautier as partners, based in Sydney. Lonie, Hards and Lautier join K&L Gates from HWL Ebsworth. James Lonie is one of […]

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will lead the Indo-Malaya Critical Forest Biome Integrated Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). This flagship GEF programme will support countries in conserving globally critical intact forest landscapes through interventions inside […]

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) announced that its landmark social security program will take effect in the new year, with federal government and private sector employees required to subscribe to unemployment insurance from 1 January 2023. The program was announced in May 2022 and the legislative framework […]