Environment

IPCC report examines global impacts of climate change

A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) examines how society might reduce future greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the most dangerous changes in climate.

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New EU state aid rules a blow for UK nuclear energy plan

New rules on state aid adopted by the European Commission will make it harder for the UK and other governments to subsidise nuclear energy projects like the new reactors at Hinkley Point, said Greenpeace.

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Sub-Saharan African Countries to Miss UN Sanitation Goal - Study

A new study finds that no sub-Saharan African country will meet the U.N. Millennium Development goal for sanitation, and that many are lagging behind achieving the target for clean drinking water as well.

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UN agency assists record number of Syrians amidst rising fears of drought impact

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Syrians receiving WFP rations.

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