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Brussels / News Aktuell - Eight million smokers worldwide die from a smoking-related disease every year. ...

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United Kingdom (UK)-based sociologist and an avid advocate for tobacco harm reduction, Gerry Stimson, has advised African countries whose economies heavily depend on tobacco production to quickly diversify away from the industry. Stimson gave the caution on Wednesday in response to a question from journalists who sought his opinion on African countries whose economies have, […]

Energy Undersecretary and spokesman Felix William Fuentebella (file photo) GLASGOW - The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has underscored the need for strict government monitoring and guidance in climate adaptation planning because of their implications on national security and economic rights during the plenary session of the Group of 77 (G-77) and China Meeting. The plenary forms part of the preparations running up to the two-week United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (C...

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President Mnangagwa, who had a busy schedule yesterday, meeting a number of leaders in a major boost to the engagement and re-engagement

Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. believes that the ongoing climate change conference in Glasgow is the world's "last-ditch effort" to come up with climate solutions to save the planet. Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. (PCOO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) "This is the wor

COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the world’s governments attempt to deal with climate

By Richard Hodgkins for The Conversation COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, is the latest in a series of meetings through which the world’s governments attempt to deal with climate change. COP stands for “Conference of the Parties”: these 197 parties are the United Nations member countries, plus a few small non-UN member countries and the European Union, all of whom

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 16th G20 Leaders Summit via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 31, 2021.Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 16th G20 Leaders Summit via video link in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 31, 2021.