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    When the fate of half our planet is being discussed, it’s too important to shut out civil society

    Over 100 governments claim to back ocean protection and almost five million people globally are demanding urgent action to tackle the ocean crisis. But...
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    Governance

    Global trade likely to be subdued in 2022, after record $28.5 trillion in 2021

    Global trade reached a record high in 2021, but it is expected to slow this year for many reasons including continuing delays in global...
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    Animals and wildlife

    Noise pollution, wildfires and disruptive timing of life cycles looming environmental threats: UN report

    The Frontiers Report speaks of a ‘triple planetary crisis’ comprising of urban noise, wildfires and disturbed biological life cycle timings among other looming environmental...
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    E-governance

    What will a UNDP digital strategy to achieve the SDGs look like?

    Aimed at ensuring an equitable digital future and with the experience of managing a range of development solutions from communities of practice, UNDP announced...
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    Agriculture

    Peasants marginalized by big farmers

    Changing inequalities in farmland ownership and cultivation have reduced the smallholder or peasant share of food production. ‘Land grabs’, new laws and policies have...
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    Civil society

    Nation state or state-sponsored group behind ICRC cyber-attack?

    A month has passed since the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) determined that servers hosting personal data belonging to more than 515,000...
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    Governance

    ‘Our common agenda’: Guterres’ open door to corporate capture of the UN

    UN member states need to reject multistake-holderism that reinforces the role of problematic exclusive membership clubs (OECD, G20 etc) and enables corporate capture of...
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    Agriculture

    The costs of invasive species

    The damage from invasive species costs ten times more than prevention, says a study. Losses, summing up to trillions of dollars, hit agriculture, forestry,...
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    Cox’s Bazar Beach Faces Existential Threat from Erosion and Unplanned Development

    The crisis is not abstract. It is visible in the receding shoreline, the displaced geobags, the flattened dunes and the anxious voices of residents who have watched the beach shrink year after year.
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    Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
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    Cox’s Bazar Beach Faces Existential Threat from Erosion and Unplanned Development

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    Sri Lanka Economic Summit to Focus on Sustaining Growth Momentum and Building Shock Resilience

    Officials and business leaders are expected to debate practical steps to embed resilience so that future shocks – whether climatic, geopolitical or external – do not erase hard-won gains.
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