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Climate Change/Energy Transition – Meeting global climate targets will lead to 8 million more energy jobs worldwide by 2050 (CMCC)

CMCC writes: Over 12 million people work in the coal, oil and natural gas industries today. However, to keep global warming well-below 2°C, a...
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Italy/Soil Erosion – Soil erosion: addressing the hazard through Copernicus data and tools (CMCC)

CMCC writes: Water-induced soil erosion happens when soil becomes detached and is then transported and deposited due to rainfall, runoff, snow melting or irrigation....
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USA – Addressing Impacts of COVID-19 on Children, Families, Educators, and ECE Systems (New America)

Laura Bornfreund and Joe Fretwell write: This summer, state and local leaders are putting plans into action for transitioning into a new school year—after...
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Iceland – If We Can’t Stop Iceland’s Glaciers from Melting, Let’s Replace Them with Forests (New America)

Gabriella Gricius-Abbott writes: Climate change is unsurprisingly impacting humans and wildlife throughout the Arctic—but the land itself is also changing drastically. Take disappearing glaciers in Iceland, for...
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Future Pandemics – What’s Next? Predicting The Frequency and Scale of Future Pandemics (Center for Global Development)

Center for Global Development writes: Amid a pandemic, it is difficult to consider preparing for the next one, especially when there is no certainty...
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India – Delivering Social Assistance during COVID with a “Digital-First” Approach: Lessons from India (Center for Global Development)

Alan Gelb, Anit Mukherjee and Brian Webster write: As the COVID-19 pandemic started to exact a toll on lives and livelihoods in early 2020, countries imposed strict...
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India – Social Assistance and Information in the Initial Phase of the COVID-19 Crisis: Lessons from a Household Survey in India (Center for Global...

Alan Gelb , Anurodh Giri , Anit Mukherjee , Kritika Shukla , Mitul Thapliyal and Brian Webster write: Together with a lockdown and an information campaign, India’s early response to the Covid-19 pandemic included...
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UK – Why the UK Treasury’s Obsession with Targets Is Damaging for Development (Center for Global Development)

Euan Ritchie writes for Center for Global Development: After deciding that the UK can only afford to spend around £10 billion in aid as...
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USA – Power Play: USAID’s Administrator Makes the Case for Global Engagement, More Focus on Effectiveness (Center for Global Development)

Erin Collinson, Sarah Rose write for Center for Global Development: USAID Administrator Samantha Power appeared before House and Senate authorizing committees late last week...
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Gender & Equality – Gender Data Systems: Better Data for All (Center for Global Development)

Mayra Buvinic and Shaida Badiee write: Earlier this month, nearly 50,000 people from civil society organizations, governments, and corporations convened in Paris for the Generation...
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USA – Exploring How the US International Development Finance Corporation Can Support Health Sector Investments: Is the Glass Half Full or Half Empty? (Center...

Julia Kaufman , Janeen Madan Keller and Rachel Silverman write: Health sector investments present an opportunity for the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), under the Biden-Harris administration,...
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India – Has MGNREGS Helped the Rural Economy in 2021? (Centre for Policy Research)

Centre for Policy Research writes: A comparison of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) demand and supply of work between the first...
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Malaysia – SDGs can guide our Covid-19 recovery (ISIS)

Alizan Mahadi writes: Last week, amid the record number of Covid-19 cases, Malaysia presented its progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to the United...
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XCSSET MacOS malware targets Telegram, Google Chrome data and more (Security Affairs)

Pierluigi Paganini writes: XCSSET macOS malware continues to evolve, now it is able to steal login information from multiple apps, including Telegram and Google Chrome go...
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Here is why we are boycotting the UN Food Systems Summit (Al Jazeera)

Elizabeth Mpofu, Edgardo Garcia write: In September this year, the United Nations will host a Global Food Systems Summit in New York. The organisers of...
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The Taliban explained (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The Taliban have won a string of battlefield victories in recent weeks as the United States-led foreign forces are about to complete...
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