Governments, regulatory bodies and development partners must play a pivotal role in creating an enabling environment COMMENT | SEGUN OGUNSANYA | Government and business leaders from across the world are in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, between November 30 and December 12, for COP 28, the latest “Conference of the …
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Read More »Int’l cooperation only way to defeat COVID-19, climate emergency: UN chief
United Nations, USA | XINHUA | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. “International cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, rising inequality and the spreading of …
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United Nations, United States | AFP | Some 60 world leaders convene on Monday for a UN summit on “climate emergency” aimed at reinvigorating the faltering Paris agreement, at a time when mankind is releasing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere than at any time in history. From heat waves to …
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