Climate change less likely to be seen as an emergency in poor nationsPeople living in the poorest countries are less likely to see climate change as an emergency, according to a U.N. survey of 1.2 million people across 50 nations |
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Bill Gates sees 6-8 month lag for poor countries to get COVID-19 shotsThe Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has so far committed some $1.75 billion to the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic |
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Heavy industry, transport sectors to align on net-zero climate plansThe Mission Possible Partnership commits companies to work with competitors, investors, suppliers and buyers to devise 'climate action agreements' by 2024 to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 |
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Programmes tackling extreme poverty reach nearly 92 mln peopleCOVID-19 pandemic is expected to push more than 100 million more people into extreme poverty |
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Vaccine rollout a 'war against time' for Amazon indigenous groupsMost countries in the Amazon Basin do not have vaccine plans that specifically include indigenous people |
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Lives cut short: Domestic abuse victims honoured with unfinished portraitsBritish artist Holly Ringrose draws murdered women for one minute of each year they lived |
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Forgotten but not gone: COVID-19 focus poses new risks to 'invisible' leprosy sufferersLeprosy is one of the neglected tropical diseases that still affect millions of people in poor, marginalised communities around the world |
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Aid workers warn on COVID-19 in camps for Mozambique cyclone victimsCrowded centres for people left destitute by Cyclone Eloise in Mozambique are creating the perfect conditions for COVID-19 to spread |
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'Democratize the mountains': Chileans demand green space for allA citizen-led movement aims to create a huge new park that is easy to reach from the capital and protects 80 sq km of glaciers |
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As COVID-19 fuels youth unemployment, Nigeria doles out jobsNearly 14 million young people are out of work in Nigeria, where oil wealth has enriched a small elite but failed to create jobs during the pandemic |
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