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Azerbaijan officially chosen to host COP29 in 2024

Azerbaijan officially chosen to host COP29 in 2024 Azerbaijan officially chosen to host COP29 in 2024

Azerbaijan, a major producer of Petroleum, will host in 2024 the Climate Summit COP29, officially announced the presidency of COP28, which is being held in Dubai. “The COP28 Presidency congratulates Azerbaijan for having been chosen to host COP29 next year,” said the Emirati presidency. “We look forward to working together to continue driving climate action, […]

Agriculture is key to food and a solution to the climate crisis, affirms IICA

Agriculture is key to food and a solution to the climate crisis, affirms IICA Agriculture is key to food and a solution to the climate crisis, affirms IICA

The agriculture is a key factor for food safety global and an important part of the solution to the climate crisis, which is why it must be an actor with a strong presence in the climate negotiations, said this Wednesday the director general of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Manuel Otero. Prior […]

White House announces that Harris will go to COP28 after criticism of Biden’s absence

White House announces that Harris will go to COP28 after criticism of Biden’s absence White House announces that Harris will go to COP28 after criticism of Biden’s absence

The White House reported this Wednesday that the vice president of USA., Kamala Harris, will travel to Dubai for the summit of United Nations about climate change, COP28an announcement that came after the criticism that the American president received for being absent, Joe Biden. The White House announced in a statement that Harris will be […]

International organized crime reaches “pandemic” proportions, according to Interpol

International organized crime reaches “pandemic” proportions, according to Interpol International organized crime reaches “pandemic” proportions, according to Interpol

International cooperation and the digitalization of the police are the best antidotes against a “pandemic” overall organized crimewhich increasingly uses new advances such as artificial intelligence (AI) for their criminal activities. This is the vision of Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, a general from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who has presided over Interpol since 2021 and […]

Tensions to save the objective of limiting climate change, one month before COP28

Tensions to save the objective of limiting climate change, one month before COP28 Tensions to save the objective of limiting climate change, one month before COP28

Confronted with the growing effects of global warming Already a concatenation of geopolitical crises, countries work to resolve their differences regarding the fossil fuels and North-South solidarity one month before COP28 in Dubai. Four weeks before the 28th edition of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (November 30 to December 12), which should officially declare […]

ECLAC calls for progress towards “solid” institutionality in Latin America

ECLAC calls for progress towards “solid” institutionality in Latin America ECLAC calls for progress towards “solid” institutionality in Latin America

The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, and the Minister of Social Development of ChiliJaviera Toro, called this Tuesday to move towards a “consolidated and resilient” social institutionality to promote and guarantee economic, social, cultural and environmental rights at the inauguration of the Fifth Meeting […]

Mexico denounces “excessive” firearms trafficking at the UN

Mexico denounces “excessive” firearms trafficking at the UN Mexico denounces “excessive” firearms trafficking at the UN

Mexico this “extremely worried” for him “excessive” increase of illicit firearms traffickingsaid at the UN General Assembly foreign ministerAlicia Bárcena. His country, he said, “assumes in good faith its international commitments to combat drug trafficbut all efforts will be limited if the countries of manufacture and origin of trafficked weapons do not assume their responsibility […]

Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland

Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland

The scientists They have spent decades studying the possibility of obtaining energy through nuclear fusiona process inverse to the fission that occurs in conventional atomic plants, and the Swiss facility that collaborates in these investigations has revealed its secrets to journalists today, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. The Tokamak of the Federal Polytechnic […]

Ghana, first country to adopt a citizen plan to alleviate marine pollution

Ghana, first country to adopt a citizen plan to alleviate marine pollution Ghana, first country to adopt a citizen plan to alleviate marine pollution

Ghana It is the first country in the world to adopt a “citizen science approach” to address the problem of Marine contamination for plastics, in collaboration with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). In a statement published this Tuesday, this institute based in Laxenburg, south of Vienna, summarizes the results of a new […]

Global construction sand extraction nears sustainability limit

Global construction sand extraction nears sustainability limit Global construction sand extraction nears sustainability limit

The first platform to monitor the global extraction of sand, a resource widely used in sectors such as construction, concluded that humans drain between 40,000 and 80,000 million tons of this material per year, a figure that is growing and could become unsustainable, he warned. Today the UN. The platform, called Marine Sand Watch and […]

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