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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban violently dispersed scattered protests for a second day Thursday amid warnings that Afghanistan's already weakened economy could crumble further without the massive international aid that sustained the toppled Western-backed government.
Programmes bringing together UK science and developing nations will aim to help enable marine habitat recovery
It is the world's third largest carbon emitter, but hasn't set a date for becoming carbon neutral.
Joint NGO declaration: UN Security Council discussion on the protection of humanitarian space Format Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, We welcome this discussion today which is more critical than ever. We hope it will enable the Security Council to take actions, to lead efforts to protect humanitarian space and to firmly react when such space is attacked. Humanitarian needs have never been as high as they are today. The world is on the verge of a hunger pandemic—with conflict, climate and environmental crisis, social inequalities and COVID-19 ravaging the poorest. The humanitarian imperat...
‘Humiliation and discrimination’: Environmental defenders facing ‘unprecedented attacks’ in Latin America Daisy Dunne © AFP via Getty Images A record 264 human rights defenders were killed in Latin America in 2020 - AFP via Getty Images Frontline defenders of the land and natural world in Latin America faced “unprecedented attacks” from states and businesses in 2020, a new report says. A record 264 human rights defenders were killed across the region last year, with more than 40 per cent of these murders linked to disputes over land, indigenous rights and the env...