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Explainer: Have European countries violated human rights through climate inaction? Climate Change

Explainer: Have European countries violated human rights through climate inaction?

Updated March 24, 2023 at 6:23 PM Published March 24, 2023 at 5:29 PM GENEVA/BRUSSELS – Citizens affected by climate change are suing the governments of more than 30 European countries in three separate cases before the European Court of Human Rights, alleging that state inaction has violated their human…
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March 24, 2023
World Bank and Egypt Agree on a New $7 Billion Five-Year Plan to Support Egypt’s Development Climate Change

World Bank and Egypt Agree on a New $7 Billion Five-Year Plan to Support Egypt’s Development

World Bank and Egypt Agree on a New $7 Billion Five-Year Plan to Support Egypt’s Development A woman shops at a vegetable market in Cairo, Egypt. Photo Credit | Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany The World Bank announced on Wednesday that it has approved a new USD 7 billion (EGP 216…
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March 23, 2023
What’s to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria Climate Change

What’s to fear about warming oceans? Flesh-eating bacteria

Potentially deadly infections from a type of flesh-eating bacterium could significantly increase in the decades ahead as climate change causes oceans to warm and helps the organisms spread into new coastal areas. A study published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports found that infections caused by Vibrio vulnificus along the eastern…
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March 23, 2023