Türkiye: UN experts call for end to harassment of human rights defenders
Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation to intimidate human rights defenders and to immediately release...
World Bank Group Presents New Fund for Lowering Emissions
Today the World Bank announced a new multi-partner fund that will pool funding from the global community — including donor countries, the private sector...
Why Consider Embracing Your Ancestral Heritage Abroad
While immigration is an emerging trend today, people have been doing it for centuries. Not surprisingly, millions of Americans can trace their roots in...
First Movers Coalition Commits $12 billion to Commercialize Zero-Carbon Tech, Cut Emissions
The World Economic Forum and US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate announced today at COP27 the expansion of a coalition of global companies to...
World’s Leading Agri-Commodity Companies Deliver Roadmap to Reduce Emissions from Land Use Change
Fourteen of the world’s leading agri-commodity companies have today set out a shared roadmap outlining how they will work towards reducing emissions from land-use...
EU strategic partnership with Namibia on sustainable raw materials and renewable hydrogen
Today, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President of Namibia Hage Geingob signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a strategic partnership between the...
Making scents of the past by reproducing historical fragrances
By CALEB DAVIES
Ever since the days of the ancient Greek thinker Aristotle, it has been supposed that there is a hierarchy of the human senses....
Sovereign Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds Set to Grow
The World Bank published the report Sovereign Green, Social and Sustainability Bonds: Unlocking the Potential for Emerging Markets today, based on the result of surveys of...
COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027
With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the details of his plan to ensure everyone on...
Humanitarians call for greater support to prevent famine in Horn of Africa
Greater global solidarity is needed to address the rapidly unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the Horn of Africa, where millions are going hungry due to...