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International Day of Clean Air for blue skies showcases global effort to combat air pollution.

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'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like

Nairobi, 7 September 2023 – The world today marked the fourth International Day of Clean Air for blue skies with calls to build multistakeholder partnerships, bolster investment and embrace our shared responsibility to address air pollution. Over 99 per cent of people on Earth breathe polluted air, which causes an estimated 6.7 million premature deaths a year and serious health impacts.

Invasive pests are increasingly getting out of hand -- and we're paying the price.

The Africa Climate Week 2023 (ACW) welcomes policymakers, practitioners, business and civil society representatives in Nairobi, in parallel to the Africa Climate Summit on 4-6 September, both hosted by the Government of Kenya. As the world grapples with the urgent challenges posed by climate change, ACW will address this pressing crisis through cooperation and forward-thinking initiatives to drive transformative change. ACW will also build momentum towards positive and impactful outcomes...

With major drivers of change set to worsen. increases of invasive alien species and their negative impacts are likely to intensify.

Mr Osinbajo says, “You don’t tell a country that has tremendous fossil fuel resources to one day just switch to renewable energy, no.”

BULAWAYO AND BONN, Sep 04 (IPS) - Mango farmer Eufria Nyadome used to earn USD 60 from selling a 20-litre bucket of fresh mangoes and now can barely make USD 20 even though her mango trees are giving a good yield. She is throwing away buckets of rotten mangoes.

Discover the urgent need for CPR companies in the UK to act against plastic pollution and explore strategies for reducing plastic packaging.