By Pablo Vieira SamperWASHINGTON DC, Jun 29 2020 (IPS) Cast your mind back. Six months ago—it seems like a lifetime—the world’s attention was on Madrid. The United Nations was meeting to take stock of international progress in fighting climate change. Headlines were dominated by young people pointing out—rightly—that governments were […]
Read MoreCountry: World Source: World Food Programme WFP is ramping up the number of people it assists to 138 million from a record 97 million in 2019. But sustained funding is urgently required, so WFP is seeking $4.9 billion over the next six months.
Read MoreOn a blue-sky day in May, as the coronavirus raged across the world, the Chinese flag was raised on a remote nation with a total population of 116,000, thousands of miles from Beijing.
Read MoreBack in February, Amazon owner Jeff Bezos – the richest man in the world – made a US$10 billion commitment to fight climate change. Now he’s putting the climate fight in the marquee lights, after Amazon acquired the naming rights for a new sports stadium in Seattle and announced it […]
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Sejak pandemi mencuat, Badan Pengusaha Pemuda Pancasila DKI terus menggalang bantuan sosial bagi warga terdampak corona.
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ANTARA – Banjir yang melanda dua desa di Kabupaten Pulau Taliabu (Maluku Utara) membuat sejumlah warga harus mengungsi. Pihak BPBD setempat melakukan pendataan terhadap ratusan kepala keluarga yang terdampak bencana banjir serta …
Read MoreAs people were being forced to stay home with nationwide lockdowns across much of the world earlier this year to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, our collective carbon footprint started to drop. In April daily global carbon emissions dropped by 17%. That was good news. The trouble is […]
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Minta pemerintah akuntabel dalam penanganan corona, BPK siap audit dana penanganan Covid-19.
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Banjir merendam 14 desa dan dua kelurahan yang tersebar di lima kecamatan di Kabupaten Lamandau, Kalimantan Tengah, akibat meluapnya Sungai Lamandau menyusul hujan deras di daerah setempat dalam beberapa hari …
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Countries: Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic Source: Human Rights Watch A new report documents increasingly difficult obstacles to education the further Syrian refugee children progress in school, with enrollment rates collapsing to just 25 to 30 percent in secondary school.
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