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Cities: a 'cause of and solution to' climate change

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Melen, a slum area in the middle of Cameroon’s capital, Yaoundé.

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UN and Red Cross chiefs appeal for end to use of explosive weapons in cities

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Children fleeing the escalating violence in Idlib, Syria, take shelter in an overcrowded camp...

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UNICEF welcomes recent amendment of Indonesia’s Marriage Act

UNICEF welcomes the recent amendment of Indonesia’s Marriage Act (1974) which has raised the age that girls can be married with parental permission from 16 to 19 years to be in line with the age for boys, which is also 19. The age of marriage for both...

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Ozone on track to heal completely in our lifetime, UN environment agency declares on World Day.

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A September 2019 visualization of the ozone layer over the Antarctic pole. The purple and...

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