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Climate Change is Endangering the Hajj Piligrims
Saudi Arabia
heatwaves
climate change
Hajj
July 31, 2024
by Hanan Zaffar
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The ancient farming technique navigating climate change
Tunisia
Sustainable Agriculture
climate change
food security
biodiversity
October 27, 2023
by Bob Koigi
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India's Thirst for Change: Navigating a sustainable water future
India
access to water
Irrigation
agriculture
world food day
October 17, 2023
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Canada’s Halifax is Showing the World how to Tackle Climate Change
Canada
Halifax
Halifact
climate resilience
October 15, 2023
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On the frontline of climate change, Pakistan needs green politics
Pakistan
elections
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The aftermath of Hong Kong's teacher flight
Hong Kong
education
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China
September 02, 2023
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The Brazilian women driving agricultural change
Brazil
sustainable farming
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August 17, 2023
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The gendered aspects of climate change impacts and adaptation
climate change
climate action
gender equality
Reproductive Rights
August 14, 2023
by Kathleen Mogelgaard
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Young Canadians are suing the Government for Climate Change
Canada
climate litigation
climate change
June 25, 2023
by Karan Anand
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Climate change is causing fatal heatwaves in India
India
heatwave
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environment
June 24, 2023
by Hanan Zaffar
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Russia forces Ukrainians in occupied regions to change citizenship
Russia
Ukraine
Russia Ukraine War
citizenship
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June 01, 2023
by Katarzyna Rybarczyk
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Why agricultural innovation is cause for cautious optimism on climate change
food security
climate action
Sustainable Agriculture
COP28
May 12, 2023
by Claudia Sadoff
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Indigenous people lead Canada’s fight against climate change
indigenous people
climate change
climate crisis
environment
biodiversity
Canada
April 30, 2023
by Karan Anand
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To face climate change, Pakistan must act to protect environment
Pakistan
climate change
climate action
environment
March 12, 2023
by Shadi Khan Saif
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Fighting for change, one death row inmate at a time
Pakistan
death penalty
capital punishment
Mental health
January 04, 2023
by Samia Qaiyum
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Environmental policy must be integral to local governance
climate change
climate action
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Bangladesh
greenwashing
December 09, 2022
by Shadi Khan Saif
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Climate change could stoke nationalism in developing countries
Afghanistan
Pakistan
global north
climate colonialism
environment
climate crisis
COP27
November 11, 2022
by Shadi Khan Saif
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We must not marginalise religion in the global response to climate change
COP27
climate change
religion
climate action
climate justice
November 07, 2022
by James Walters, Hanane Benadi
OPED
Italy’s new government threatens EU refugee policy
Italy
Georgia Meloni
Brothers of Italy
immigration
refugees
October 17, 2022
by Francesco Ferasin
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Mysterious fish die-off sparks calls for change
Poland
Germany
water pollution
fishing
October 07, 2022
by Robert Bociaga
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Climate change threatens to destabilise African countries
Africa
climate change
climate action
food security
Sustainable Development
climate resilience
environment
human rights
September 19, 2022
by Bob Koigi
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Why US gun laws are not an exclusively American problem
gun control
USA
Mexico
Canada
crime
September 06, 2022
by Lucien Formichella
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Deep sea mining debacle reveals an urgent need for change
deep sea mining
opinion
ocean pollution
mass extinction
Sustainable Development
August 26, 2022
by Steve Trent
OPED
Why indigenous people should lead the fight against climate change
indigenous people
climate action
climate change
COP 26
India
August 09, 2022
by Bindu Gopal Rao
Dossier
:
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Surviving climate change in Kashmir
Kashmir
droughts
farming
climate change
Sustainable Agriculture
July 17, 2022
by Sajad Hameed, Malik Nisar
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"Change is possible": Ramping up Kazakhstan's climate response
kazakhstan
climate change
renewable energy
coal power plants
June 30, 2022
by Magdalena Rojo
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The hidden costs of China’s Dynamic Zero-Covid policy
China
COVID-19
Coronavirus
freedom of speech
censorship
April 13, 2022
by Stella Chen
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Could Earth’s digital twin help solve climate change?
climate change
Europe
climate action
GIS technology
April 03, 2022
by Abby Klinkenberg
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Protect groundwater from the threat of climate change
groundwater
global-warming
water scarcity
climate crisis
sustainable consumption
March 19, 2022
by Bob Koigi
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Climate change spells trouble for Kashmiri farmers
farming
climate change
drought
Kashmir
February 24, 2022
by Sameer Mushtaq, Suhail Bhat
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Constitutional policy reforms polarise Cubans
Cuba
democracy
election
LGBTQ
women's rights
family rights
February 15, 2022
by Ellen Nemitz
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Disaster-hit city goes green to tackle climate change
climate change
Mozambique
green city
Cyclone Idai
Sustainable Development
February 06, 2022
by Bob Koigi
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Zambia's free education policy raises hope and suspicion
education
child rights
Zambia
Africa
February 04, 2022
by Cyril Zenda
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China's climate litigation policy must change
China
climate crisis
environmental ustice
NGO
freedom of expression
February 03, 2022
by Sasha Kong
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Kazakhstan protests offer a chance for change or violence
kazakhstan
protests
freedom of expression
authoritarianism
oil
January 05, 2022
by Andrew Getto
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Contested policy could help save South Africa's endangered wildlife
Africa
wildlife
conservation
biodiversity
rhino
indigenous rights
January 04, 2022
by Cyril Zenda
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Floods ravage Nigeria's farms, and there is more to it than climate change
Africa
climate change
climate action
floods
December 24, 2021
by Ekpali Saint
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A new era in EU cannabis policy?
Malta
cannabis
Europe
EU
Marijuana
deregulation
December 19, 2021
by Abby Klinkenberg
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What is nuclear energy and can it help stop climate change?
Nuclear energy
divestment
fossil fuels
climate action
climate change
green energy
New Energy Technologies
Sustainable Development
renewable energy
November 09, 2021
by Gerardo Bandera
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Policy can advance chemical safety and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
2030 Agenda
Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations
toxic chemicals
October 21, 2021
by Anna-Lara Stehn
OPED
Climate policy is at the center of German coalition talks
climate policy
Germany
coalition government
Green party
climate action
October 10, 2021
by Abby Klinkenberg
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Will ‘No-Jab No-Job’ Policy tackle vaccine hesitancy in Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe
COVID-19 coronavirus
COVID vaccine
Delta variant
September 03, 2021
by Cyril Zenda
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UN climate change report demands immediate action
climate change
climate crisis
conservation
environment
August 16, 2021
by Bob Koigi
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Treatment of Afghan refugees highlights inhumane asylum policy in Russia
Russia
Afghanistan
refugees
August 11, 2021
by Andrew Getto
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IBM embraces emerging technologies to tackle climate change
climate crisis
carbon capture
IBM
Artificial intelligence
August 02, 2021
by Bob Koigi
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"Do not come”: Biden's migration policy for Latin America
USA
migration
Joe Biden
Kamala Harris
Latin America
June 15, 2021
by Ellen Nemitz
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EJF combines frontline voices and expert research in climate policy roadmap
Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF)
Op Ed
climate justice
climate refugees
sea level rise
May 31, 2021
by Steve Trent
OPED
Castro family step down in Cuba, but little change is expected
Raul Castro
democracy
Cuba
April 27, 2021
by Ellen Nemitz
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Afghanistan offers global solutions to climate change
Afghanistan
renewable energy
climate crisis
Earth Day 2021
April 23, 2021
by Shadi Khan Saif
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Railways in the time of climate change
climate action
railway
Sustainable Development
Scotland
April 21, 2021
by Emanuela Barbiroglio
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Valuing food can help fix climate change
food security
conservation
sustainable farming
climate action
April 05, 2021
by Emma Chow
OPED
20 years after Bosch’s hanging, change is slow to come in Botswana
death penalty
Botswana
human rights
South Africa
social media
March 17, 2021
by Cyril Zenda
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How to fundamentally change the textile industry
textile industry
fashion industry
pollution
climate crisis
conservation
February 22, 2021
by Nora Sophie Griefahn, Tim Janßen
OPED
A thundering wake-up call for climate change deniers
Pakistan
India
climate crisis
renewable energies
fossil fuel
climate action
February 12, 2021
by Shadi Khan Saif
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Could one email of a sexually abused child change a curriculum?
child abuse
sexual violence
victim shaming
rape
December 28, 2020
by Katarina Panić
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Trump and GOP risk American democracy
Donald Trump
US electionss
Republican Party
social media
authoritarianism
democracy
November 13, 2020
by Yair Oded
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The gender agenda in the climate change debate
climate change
Sub-Saharan Africa
Women empowerment
November 09, 2020
by Bob Koigi
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Change
climate change
environment
human rights
Africa
Europe
October 16, 2020
by Ama Lorenz, Corinna Robertz, Murat Suner
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How Barrett’s confirmation threatens American democracy
Amy Coney Barrett
Donald Trump
Supreme Court
2020 elections
democracy
justice
abortion
October 15, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Global heritage sites under climate change threat
climate change
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
August 31, 2020
by Bob Koigi
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Climate change could help determine U.S. elections
climate change
2020 presidential race
Trump Administration
environmental activism
elections
August 27, 2020
by Yair Oded
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All-female Afghan Robotics Team aims to change how people think about their country
robotics
landmines
COVID-19
August 26, 2020
by Shadi Khan Saif
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How a Green New Deal could change Europe
EU
Green New Deal
democracy
Capitalism
climate crisis
climate action
European Commission
Green New Deal for Europe
economic crisis
Coronavirus
July 28, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Bosnian migration policy: From warm welcoming to forced deportation
Coronavirus
EU
migration
refugees
asylum seekers
COVID-19
June 09, 2020
by Katarina Panić
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Planting trees one-by-one in fight against climate change
climate change
Coronavirus
COVID-19
environment
Pakistan
tree planting
reforestation
Global Climate Risk Index
flood
heatwave
agriculture
economy
Green Stimulus
Civilian Conservation Corps
unemployment
conservation
green agenda
greenhouse gasses
10 Billion Trees
monoculture
nuclear power
coal industry
indigenous plants
May 25, 2020
by Shadi Khan Saif
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COVID-19 effects on climate change
climate change
COVID-19
Coronavirus
environment
recycling
Waste Management
May 11, 2020
by
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American democracy at risk during COVID-19
USA
COVID-19
Coronavirus
democracy
Donald Trump
elections
racism
African-Americans
US Supreme Court
April 16, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Lawsuits as weapons against climate change
climate change
environment
NGO „Urgenda"
Dennis van Berkel
April 14, 2020
by Frank Odenthal
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Corona, Capitalism and Policy Failure
Capitalism
Democracy At Work
COVID-19
Coronavirus
democracy
Richard D. Wolff
human rights
socialism
April 09, 2020
by Richard D. Wolff
OPED
The difference between global warming and climate change
climate change
environment
global-warming
April 07, 2020
by Ama Lorenz
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U.S. gov’t makes climate change denial official
USA
climate crisis
global wwarming
climate research
Climate Change Denial
carbon dioxide
March 04, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Delta Airlines: we’re going carbon neutral!
USA
Delta Airlines
environment
environmental damage
climate crisis
aviation
carbon emissions
February 20, 2020
by Yair Oded
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Dry February - a Czech campaign that aims to change drinking habits
Czech Republic
Dry February
alcohol consumption
February 11, 2020
by Magdalena Rojo
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Amazon workers protest company’s climate policy
Amazon
protest
USA
climate crisis
oil companies
environmental protection
tech giants
January 30, 2020
by Yair Oded
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The American left is divided on abortion
NGO
planned parenthood
abortion
USA
Reproductive Rights
December 26, 2019
by Yair Oded
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What Are Human Causes Of Climate Change?
climate change
environment
December 17, 2019
by Murat Suner
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Story
Climate change in the Arctic
climate change
environment
Arctica
December 08, 2019
by Ama Lorenz
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UN Climate Change Conference: #TimeForAction?
Cop25
Madrid
climate change
environment
NABU
Oxfam
#TimeForAction
December 06, 2019
by Frank Odenthal
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Story
The moderate voices for change in Iran
Iran
human rights
democracy
November 24, 2019
by Shadi Khan Saif
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American company finances destruction of the Amazon
Brazil
Amazon
Jair Bolsonaro
wildfire
Blackstone
August 29, 2019
by Yair Oded
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The Sámi's fight against climate change
August 09, 2019
by
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Could digital clothing help stop climate change?
digital-clothing
climate change
fashion
July 23, 2019
by Yair Oded
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The diplomatic spat that might change world politics
UK
USA
Brexit
Johnson
Kim Darroch
July 12, 2019
by Gurmeet Singh
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Betting on Africa’s youth dividend to tackle climate change
Africa
climate change
July 01, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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Is NY State the new champion of climate policy?
Green New Deal
USA
climate change
environment
June 12, 2019
by Yair Oded
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Climate change therapy: a flying shame
environment
climate change
June 04, 2019
by
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Tackle climate change, not migration
Central America
climate change
environment
migration
refugees
May 21, 2019
by Magdalena Rojo
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Does refugees’ self-reliance policy really work?
Kenya
Dada Camp Kenya
small business
refugees
May 13, 2019
by Bob Koigi
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George H. W. Bush: an American saint or a flawed leader?
United States of America
history
HIV/AIDS
war crimes
December 06, 2018
by Yair Oded
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Climate Change accelerates California fires
climate change
wildfires
California
November 21, 2018
by Yair Oded
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Germany Should Build Its Foreign Policy on the Respect of Human Rights
Bahrain
human rights
November 12, 2018
by Said Yousif Almuhafdha
OPED
Climate change gathering captures Africa aspirations
climate change
environment
Africa
1.5°C target
Paris Agreement
October 15, 2018
by Bob Koigi
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California Governor names climate change culprit
carbon
electricity
California
climate change
September 13, 2018
by Yair Oded
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Are we witnessing a North American Brexit in the making?
Brexit
Nafta
Canada
USA
free trade
August 30, 2018
by Yair Oded
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Snubbing the foreign policy that shapes internal affairs
foreign policy
Islamabad
Pakistan
August 27, 2018
by Shadi Khan Saif
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American LGBTQ families are under attack
LGBTQ
USA
civil rights
August 08, 2018
by Yair Oded
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#PlasticsStrategy, can we change our plastic habits by 2030?
Frans Timmermans
Agenda 2030
#PlasticsStrategy
February 09, 2018
by Shira Jeczmien
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Iran’s protesters need unity and clarity for change to come
human rights
Islamic
Tehran
Hassan Rouhani
January 04, 2018
by Shira Jeczmien
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Oppressed and depressed. Afghan women long for positive change
Afghanistan
women's rights
Kabul
indigenous
Emanzipation
November 26, 2017
by Shadi Khan Saif
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Equador's Yasuni National Park - A milestone in the fight against climate change?
biodiversity
climate change
Ecuador
Rafael Correa
rainforest
Yasuni National Park
Yasuni-ITT Initiative
August 29, 2017
by Frank Odenthal
Dossier
:
Chapter
How the loss of mangrove forests increase Bangladesh's vulnerability to climate change
biodiversity
Cameroon
Climate Risk Index
climate change
German international Cooperation (GIZ)
Oemar Idoe
Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem
August 29, 2017
by Frank Odenthal
Dossier
:
Chapter
What climate change looks like in today's African agriculture
Burkina Faso
climate change
European Geoscience Union (EGU)
August 29, 2017
by Frank Odenthal
Dossier
:
Chapter
Climate Change
climate change
August 29, 2017
by Frank Odenthal, Murat Suner, Ama Lorenz
Dossier
EU aid policy conditioned to control migration
Agenda 2030
European Consensus on Development
migration
June 13, 2017
by Maria João Morais
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Standing up to climate change denial at the White House
climate change
Donald Trump
Paris climate agreement
June 06, 2017
by Maria João Morais
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Pakistan announces “stick & carrot” policy for Afghan refugees
Afghan refugees
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Taliban
May 12, 2017
by Shadi Khan Saif
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An Inca’s trick against the impact of climate change
climate change
Huacapunco
Inca
PACC
February 08, 2017
by Pablo Pérez Álvarez
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Story
Deep-rooted corruption mars prospects for change in Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Marshall plan
December 09, 2016
by Shadi Khan Saif
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ISIS claims train attack in Germany. Why shouldn't we change tack?
July 20, 2016
by Vanessa Ellingham
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Development at the expense of climate change?
African Union
climate change
renewable energy
June 21, 2016
by Israel Bionyi
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New images of coral bleaching demonstrate climate change devastation
climate change
coral bleaching
global-warming
Maldives
June 01, 2016
by Vanessa Ellingham
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Two refugees set themselves alight in protest at Australia's detention policy
asylum seekers
Australia
Manus Island
Nauru
refugees
May 04, 2016
by Vanessa Ellingham
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Is Cameroon ready for a climate change?
Cameroon farmer
carbon emissions
deforestation
International Forestry Research
Kyoto Protocol
December 05, 2015
by Israel Bionyi
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The Change is Economic, Not Ideological
November 25, 2015
by Itai Lahat
Dossier
:
Chapter
Could Australia’s "Stop The Boats" policy work in Europe?
amnesty international
asylum seekers
Australia
boat-people
Cambodia
immigration
Julie Bishop
mandatory detention
Manus Island
migration
Nauru
Operation Sovereign Borders
Pacific Solution
Papua New Guinea
refugees
stop the boats
Tampa
Tony Abbot
September 22, 2015
by Vanessa Ellingham
Dossier
:
Chapter
A change isn't gonna come, it's here now
asylum seekers
Austria
Berlin
Europe
Germany
Hungary
refugees
volunteers
September 09, 2015
by Vanessa Ellingham
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Change the Game
code sustainable
Global Gaming Initiative
Malaria
outbreak responder
November 13, 2014
by Murat Suner
Dossier
:
Chapter
Why climate refugees are the hot potato of immigration policy
asylum seekers
climate migration
climate refugees
immigration
Kiribati
New Zealand
refugees
Tuvalu
November 10, 2014
by Vanessa Ellingham
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Why is fighting climate change in Cameroon so difficult?
Cameroon
Central African Republic
climate change
environment
greenhouse gas
IPCC
NGO
REDD
UNICEF
September 19, 2014
by Israel Bionyi
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Story
Putting a price on climate change
July 28, 2014
by Itai Lahat
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Story
Why Kiribatian farmer, Ioane Teitiota, declared himself to be the world’s first ever Climate change refugee
climate change
Kiribati Island
climate refugees
May 15, 2014
by Itai Lahat
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Story
Climate change: Politics, academia and the media
arctic vortex
climate change
global-warming
James Hansen
michael mann
February 13, 2014
by Jonathan Lutes
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Story
'Ugly Fruits' want to change the way we think about vegetables.
fruit
Green Economy
ugly fruit
vegetables
September 25, 2013
by Itai Lahat
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Story
Auction of Native American sacred objects goes ahead, despite legal challenge
culture
France
indigenous tribes
Native Americans
USA
April 13, 2013
by FairPlanet Editorial Team
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Change You Can Play: Outbreak Responder
Africa
donation
epidemic
hospital
humanitarian aid
infections
Kenya
Malaria
medicine
March 21, 2013
by Code Sustainable
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Game Change Rio – The challenge continues
European Innovative Games Award
Game Change Rio
Rio +20 conference
UNCSD Rio+20
February 26, 2013
by Code Sustainable
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Story
ONE WOMAN RAPED EVERY 22 MINUTES: Can a Culture of Sexual Violence Ever Change in India?
Asia
education
gang rape
human rights
India
rape
sexual abuse
sexual harassement
women
women's rights
January 23, 2013
by Jack Bicker
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Hurricane Sandy and climate change
Barack Obama
climate change
election
Hurricane Sandy
Mitt Romney
president
storm
USA
November 07, 2012
by Jonathan Lutes
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Story
Welcome to coal world: Australia's unprogressive energy policy
Australia
carbon
climate change
coal
global-warming
great barrier reef
Greenpeace
mine
September 27, 2012
by FairPlanet Editorial Team
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