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Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific’s Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks

Vanuatu Twin Cyclones Underscore the Pacific's Vulnerability to Compounding Climate-Disaster Risks

Opinion by Sudip Ranjan Basu, Sanjay Srivastava (bangkok, thailand) Friday, March 10, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Mar 10 (IPS) – Two destructive Category 4 tropical cyclones, Judy and Kevin, and an earthquake of 6.5 magnitude impacted over 80 per cent of the Vanuatu population from 1 to 3 March …

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UN Assembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks

UN Assembly President calls for Apollo 13 ingenuity to navigate flood risks

“This is a challenge that we can master with ingenuity and determination,” said Csaba Kőrösi, calling for science-based solutions and solidarity, as he delivered a keynote speech at the high-level symposium on “Integrated Water Cycle Management in the post-COVID-19 era.” He said when the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were …

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Analysis: Boris Johnson’s wish to pick fights with his old enemies risks making the UK a pariah

Analysis: Boris Johnson's wish to pick fights with his old enemies risks making the UK a pariah

On Monday, Johnson’s foreign secretary, Liz Truss, revealed the long-awaited Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, a piece of legislation that, if passed, would allow the British government to unilaterally override parts of the Brexit deal it agreed with the EU in 2019. Two days later, the EU responded by launching legal …

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UN ‘concerned’ about risks of global hunger due to Ukraine war

UN ‘concerned’ about risks of global hunger due to Ukraine war

As Ukraine war threatens food security globally, UN chief says he’s ‘deeply concerned’ about hunger becoming widespread. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is deeply concerned about hunger becoming widespread as the war in Ukraine threatens food security in different parts of the world. Speaking alongside Austria’s chancellor and …

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