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Environment
Researchers highlight inequalities for young people at UN climate change summit
Credit: Rustamli Studio Today, young people from all over the world can participate in the United Nations’ major climate conference. But inequality and bureaucracy make this impossible for many. This is the conclusion of a study conducted at Linköping University in Sweden. One of the researchers behind the study says the United Nations needs to invest more money in youth…
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UN summit approves fund to share the benefits of sequenced genetic data from nature
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain On Saturday, the United Nations Summit on Nature in Colombia agreed to create a fund to share the benefits of genetic data sequenced digitally from animals and plants with the communities from which it originates. Such data, many of which come from species found in poor countries, are used particularly in medicines and cosmetics, and can…
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Biology
Have we learned any lessons from the new coronavirus infection? UN summit considers plans for a healthy planet and humanity
Animals like bats can carry viruses that can be harmful to humans. The coronavirus and Ebola outbreaks have highlighted the harm posed to humans when we interfere too much with nature and come into contact with animals carrying unknown pathogens. At the COP16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia, experts and activists told world leaders that an estimated 7 million lives…
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Environment
UN biodiversity summit ‘very good progress’: officials
Susana Mohamad (C), Colombian Minister of the Environment and President of COP16, reported that “very good progress has been made” in the UN biodiversity consultations. UN talks on how to “halt and reverse” species declines by 2030 have made “very good progress” as a summit in Colombia reaches the halfway point, officials said Friday. The 16th Conference of the Parties…
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