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Winter Sports Enthusiasts Call for Action on Climate Change
People who love winter sports like skiing and snowboarding know there’s something special about being out in the cold. “We find things in deep winter…
25,000 refugees in unsettled Tigray region receive urgent UN food supplies
Some 25,000 Eritrean refugees, sheltering in two camps in the unsettled Tigray region of Ethiopia, have received desperately needed food aid for the first…
Europe’s Climate Plans Challenged by Looming Decommissioning of Nuclear Plants
Dozens of Europe’s aging nuclear power plants will be decommissioned in the coming decade or two, forcing the continent to find new energy sources…
Planet-warming trend continues: 2020 closes hottest decade on record – UN weather agency
As 2020 draws to a close, it leaves in its wake the warmest decade on record and one of the three hottest years ever measured,…
World must be ready for the next pandemic, UN says on first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
The United Nations is commemorating the first International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on Sunday, underscoring the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and…
Sustainability Research Gets Boost from DC Microgrid at U of T Engineering
Researchers and students at the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering now have access to commercial-scale solar arrays and energy storage facilities – with the…
Young Champions of the Earth: trashing barriers to boost recycling in Kuwait
An electrical engineer from Kuwait is being recognized by the United Nations for her success in raising the environmental importance and economic value of recycling…
Similar factors cause health disparities in cancer, COVID-19
Implementing policies and strategies to eliminate racial disparities could improve outcomes for both diseases. Income level, employment, housing location, medical insurance, education, tobacco and alcohol…
Brexit: the Commission proposes the creation of a Brexit Adjustment Reserve
The European Commission has put forward today its proposal for a Brexit Adjustment Reserve, as agreed by the European Council in July, to help counter…
Relief, but little certainty, as EU-UK agree historic trade deal
Four and a half years after the 2016 Brexit referendum, the British Government and the EU Commission agreed Thursday a historic trade and security deal…
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