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A new survey from the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute reveals that Hoosiers are more concerned about a future disease outbreak than they were before 2020. The Hoosier Life Survey 2.0 is part of a comprehensive effort by IU researchers to gauge Indiana residents' environmenta
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Africa: Before COP26, Rich Nations Must Meet Climate Finance Promise
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Developing countries need clarity and confidence now that the $100 billion a year pledged to help them tackle climate change will be delivered
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Uhuru's Sh54bn jobs plan
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Center For Climate Change Action Aims To Stop Warning And Start Solving
The recent United Nations report on climate change led to a slew of scary headlines and lots of hand wringing across the world. While tsk-tsking at the rapid global warming that the report predicts won’t do much to change this burning reality, a new interdisciplinary action center established at
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Africa: How Widespread Deforestation in Africa Risks Our Climate Future
Press Release - Africa's forest cover is on a steady decline, weakening the ability of the continent's ecosystems to withstand climate change.
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Source: allAfrica.com
Africa Has Prospect for Opportunities in Next 10 Years - VP
[This Day] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the next 10 years offers great opportunities for Africa's socio-economic transformation anchored on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
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Purdue Northwest to host second annual Environmental Science summer camp | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Purdue University Northwest (PNW) will host its second Environmental Science summer camp from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. CDT June 28 to July 2. Open to rising high school students, the camp will again take students into the field with visits to Gabis Arboretum at Purdue Northwest, the Munster landfill, loc
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Earth Today | Small islands lobby for inclusive climate talks
WITH THE staging of the 26th international climate talks only months away, stakeholders from the global South are agitating for rich nations to pull out the stops to ensure inclusivity at the event, while also safeguarding the credibility of the...
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Gambia to Enjoy Uninterrupted Electricity Supply in October
[The Point] The Gambia is set to enjoy uninterrupted electricity supply for the first time since the nation gained its independence, officials of The Gambia River Basin Organisation (OMVG) say, as contractors and engineers in Soma and other places are set to complete their work in October 2021.
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Uganda: Smallholder Farmers Key to Economic Transformation
[Monitor] I had the opportunity, last week, to read the essay authored by the former President of Ghana John Kufuor, about the big potential smallholder farmers have to transform the economies of the African continent.
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Grassroots climate action spreading in Kenya - The Kenya News
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Africa: UNEP Steps Up Work On Zoonotics, Protecting Environment to Reduce Pandemic Risks
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Climate action narratives need improvements - NewsDay Zimbabwe
ANY talk about climate change is not complete without making reference to climate action. Climate action is the engine that drives climate change adaptation and mitigation. The success of climate action is measured by climate proofing, while the failure to implement climate action can be referred
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Jamaica preparing National Adaptation Plan
The Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change is in the process of developing Jamaica's first National Adaptation Plan (NAP). Portfolio Minister, Pearnel Charles Jr. said that during this financial year, Jamaica...
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Rwanda: Total Adoption of Electric Vehicles to Cost $900 Million
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South Africa: President - Tackling Climate Change a National Priority
[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa says transitioning to a low emissions economy offers new opportunities for development.
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Biden to storm-ravaged La.: ‘We’re going to have your back’ - Los Angeles Sentinel
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Renewed call for new funding model - Barbados Today
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Growth & Jobs | We can’t build and expect water to come – experts
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The UK is Malawi’s key partner in tackling climate change – Mkaka | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
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Central Africa: UN, Aid Agencies Cite Unprecedented Humanitarian Needs in Sahel
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Kenya: World Bank Lends Kenya $43m for Locusts Fight
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