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British Plastic Waste Is Being Dumped and Burned in Turkey Instead of Being Recycled: Report A Greenpeace investigation uncovered what happens to plastic we think is getting recycled. Why Global Citizens Should Care The UN’s Global Goals include Goal 11 for sustainable cities and communities. That includes a commitment to reducing environmental impact, especially on waste management. Recycling is a big part of that, but many developed countries choose to send their plastic waste abroad instead of processing it themselves. Join our movement and And the latest blow to the country’s sustain...

~ In a teleconference on the evening of April 7, G20 finance ministers and central bank governors agreed on a package of financial support for developing countries.  Behind their move is the increased risk of bankruptcy in countries with fragile economies due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Shaken by currency depreciation, developing countries are becoming further polarized from the United States, China, and other developed countries that are normalizing their economies.  Meanwhile, China has continued to seek priority repayment of debt from developing countries, using the debt to gain ...

Anew program will help provide food to thousands of poor households in the Philippines. During financial crises, we talk about “belt tightening”.

March 15, 2021 The wealthiest countries in the world have blocked the latest effort by poor nations to speed access to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments by temporarily lifting World Trade Organization rules protecting intellectual property. Sponsored by South Africa and India and backed by 57 nations, the waiver proposal under discussion since last autumn would have suspended, for the duration of the pandemic, portions of the TRIPS (Trade Related Protections for Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement covering medical necessities. This would allow developing economies to begin manufacturing me...

Here are the challenges we face in Australia over the next 12 months if we are to ever reduce Covid to a sporadic disease.