Environment

Climate talks refuse to be blown off course by US election surprise

The first week of the UN climate summit in Marrakech was overshadowed by the result of the US presidential election. But it has not been derailed. New leadership and renewed commitment has emerged, which is taking forward the Paris Agreement.

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We cannot accept the declining of rural areas

Exactly 20 years since the first Cork Declaration, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR) organised a joint conference on balanced territorial development under the title "Cork+20: leaving rural areas...

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Drylands are key to global food security, says new IFAD report

A new report launched on 11 November by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) reveals the crucial role the world’s drylands play in buffering the negative impacts of climate change, land degradation and drought.

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New World Bank project to bring Electricity to 2,500 Solomon Islands homes

More than 2,500 homes without electricity access in Solomon Islands will soon be able to afford reliable energy connections under a new project agreed between the World Bank and the Government of Solomon Islands.

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