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Environment
How countries define climate action in the Paris Agreement pledge, and why standard forms help assess outcomes
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As the world is working on how it tackles climate change, countries that signed the Paris Agreement outline their commitment to reducing emissions in documents called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). These are the official climate action plans that countries submit to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) every five years, detailing reduction targets…
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Report: Countries need to significantly step up climate adaptation efforts and close fiscal gaps
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As climate impacts intensify, hitting the world’s most vulnerable people hardest, the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP) Adaptation Gap Report 2024: Hell and high water is coming, calls for countries to make commitments. It turns out that climate adaptation efforts need to be dramatically stepped up, starting with Take action on funding at COP29. Global average…
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Science
Research shows how international student mobility can reduce poverty in low- and middle-income countries
Student outmigration and poverty (N = 43 countries). Credit: International Journal of Educational Research (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102458 A new study examining the impact of international student mobility finds that foreign-educated graduates reduce extreme poverty in low- and middle-income countries. The paper, published in the International Journal of Educational Research, uses 20 years of data. Research conducted by Maia Chanccelliani, Associate…
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Poor countries are recycling far more imported plastic than previously thought, but it’s not enough
Total import volume, trade value, and average unit price of plastic waste paid by the top 22 importers from 2013 to 2022. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51923-4 Countries like Malaysia import tons of plastic waste from Europe every year, paying pennies per kilogram. This may seem strange, but Kai Li says it makes sense. “Residents in the Netherlands pay…
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