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7 entrepreneurs share their solutions for climate action (Saemoon Yoon, WEF)

As world leaders meet in COP26, we asked tech pioneers their solutions for climate action. Their ideas leverage technology to address issues in...

COP26: Everything to know about the climate change summit on 3 November (Joe Myers, WEF)

This round-up brings you everything you need to know about the COP26 climate summit, climate change and greenhouse gas emissions targets. Top stories:...

Message from Minneapolis: Reform the police but don’t defund them (William A. Galston, Brookings)

On May 25, 2020, a veteran Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in full public view. A bystander’s video of the event triggered nationwide...

The relationship between school closures and female labor force participation during the pandemic (Stephanie Aaronson and Francisca Alba, Brookings)

Public K-12 schools are open now for the academic year, and instruction has returned to full-time in person, despite some disruptions due to outbreaks...

5 lessons from election night 2021 (Elaine Kamarck, Brookings)

On the day after the 2021 off-year elections, Democrats woke up with a bad headache. The victories of 2018 and 2020 seemed like distant...

Urban leaders, influencers, chart new path for world cities (UN News)

Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona joined other urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world on Wednesday, to chart a new path for cities. Urban leaders, influencers,...

Israel settlement expansion ‘tramples’ on human rights law, experts contend (UN News)

Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong condemnation from...

Yemen: Four children killed or maimed a day, as war grinds on (UN News)

At least 8 children have reportedly been killed or injured in escalating violence in Yemen in the past five days. Yemen: Four children killed or...

‘Climate of fear’ prevails for human rights defenders in Afghanistan (UN News)

Human rights defenders in Afghanistan report that they are now enduring a “climate of fear”, threats, and becoming increasingly desperate over conditions in the country, an independent UN expert said on Wednesday. ‘Climate of fear’...

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