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Collaborative Climate Action

New 07/05/2021 – by Monika Zimmermann

Aspiration enhancing cooperation

Governments at all levels must cooperate to achieve climate goals

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Minorities

New 04/05/2021 – by Boro Baski

An Indian Adivasi community is divided by scripts

Santal development is hindered by too many options to write in Santali

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USA

New 02/05/2021 – by Katie Cashman

Scaling up the USA’s climate ambitions

US President Joe Biden is eager to reassert his country’s leadership, including in the response to global warming

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Continental Free Trade Area

New 29/04/2021 – by Christoph Kannengießer

A milestone for African trade

The African Continental Free Trade Area raises hopes that many trade barriers will gradually come down

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UNDP

New 27/04/2021 – by Achim Steiner, Hans Dembowski

After Covid-19 pandemic, "build forward better"

UNDP Administrator Steiner discusses progress on transition to prosperous low-carbon economies

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SIDS

New 23/04/2021 – by Kavydass Ramano, Katja Dombrowski

Mauritian minister warns: “It is a matter of life and death”

Small island developing states are hardly responsible for climate change but most affected

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Climate impacts

21/04/2021 – by Saleemul Huq, Hans Dembowski

To prevent death and destruction, accept climate science

Bangladeshi climate expert spells out expectations for next global summit on global warming

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Decarbonisation

20/04/2021 – by Katja Dombrowski

A carbon tax should promote redistribution

Redistribution is essential to the success of energy-price reforms in developing countries

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Global Fund for Social Protection

16/04/2021 – by Markus Kaltenborn, Laura Kreft

Social security for all

A Global Fund for Social Protection to help low-income countries finance basic social security

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Training

14/04/2021 – by Laura Hinze

Preventing teacher violence

Training programme to curb teacher violence as an educational practice

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Educational practices

13/04/2021 – by Laura Hinze

The dire consequences of school violence

Teacher violence has a negative impact on students' mental health and academic performance

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