“This year’s terrible floods and droughts in almost all corners of the planet illustrate the critical importance of water to all aspects of society and the environment,” said the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), which includes 56 member States in Europe, North America and Asia. “More than three billion people depend on water that crosses national borders. This makes transboundary water cooperation a crucial foundation for peace, sustainable development and climate action,” insisted UNECE Executive Secretary, Olga Algayerova, at the launch of the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition, during the UN-Water Groundwater Summit in Paris. The decision to form the…
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Americans over the past decade have increasingly tried to elude the effects of the climate crisis by moving away from hurricane zones and areas where summers have grown hotter—only to end up in states where they are at greater risk for facing devastating wildfires.Researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM) published a new study in Frontiers in Human Dynamics on Thursday following the largest-ever nationwide investigation of how the climate crisis and related factors are influencing U.S. migration patterns.Titled “Flocking to Fire,” the study shows that between 2010 and 2020, people most often moved away from areas across the Midwest…
The first interaction many Canadians have with government services today is digital. Older Canadians turn to the internet to understand how to file for Old Age Security or track down a customer service phone number. Parents visit school district websites for information on school closures, schedules and curricula. These digital offerings present an opportunity to enhance the quality of services and improve citizens’ experiences by taking a human-centred design approach. Our research has revealed that governments across the globe are increasingly leveraging technology in immigration and integration processes. As Canadian government services focus on improving the experience of their citizens,…
Maybelline New York’s Super Stay Up to 24HR Hybrid Powder-Foundation is an innovative beauty product that’s said to deliver “the performance of a liquid with the comfort of a powder.” The long-wearing product achieves medium to full coverage and creates a soft-matte finish in 16 shades. The lightweight and comfortable hybrid powder is not just long-lasting but also sweat-resistant, water-resistant and transfer-resistant, plus it helps to avoid concerns like caking and patchiness. This hybrid product is ready to be applied with the included applicator for a more full coverage finish or, alternatively, a brush can be used to achieve a…
Democrats are killing and eating children. Vaccines contain Satan’s DNA. Canada has a new queen who is really an extraterrestrial with special powers. How the self-proclaimed ‘Queen of Canada’ is causing true harm to her subjects It’s difficult for many people to understand how anyone could believe such wild conspiracy theories. But in my view as a philosopher who studies the imagination, the key to understanding online conspiracy theorists is to understand how the line between fantasy and reality can become blurred. Belief or fantasy? Evidence suggests that many people don’t fully believe the wild conspiracy theories they seem to…
IHG is working with VietHarvest to reduce food waste, educate communities on food security and sustainability, and provide meals for the underserved in Vietnam. By supporting VietHarvest’s Food Rescue programme, IHG will prevent food from its growing number of hotels in the country going to waste and use it to feed a range of communities via a charity network starting in and around Hanoi. The commitment is expected to expand to all IHG’s properties in Vietnam, where the company has 15 open hotels and 22 in a growing pipeline. IHG has also pledged funds to enable VietHarvest to expand logistics…
(Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) Periods of catastrophe and anxiety, such as the coronavirus pandemic, have historically led some people to anticipate that the destruction of the world as we know it – the “end times” – is near. This thinking often has a religious component that draws on sacred scripture. In Christianity, for example, these beliefs include expectations that Jesus will return to Earth after or amid a time of great turmoil. This Pew Research Center analysis was conducted as part of a wider study that explores the relationship between Americans’ religious beliefs and their views about the…
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden, with around 96 per cent of all cases and deaths in 2020. As a result of drug resistance, medicines to treat the life-threatening disease become ineffective. Worrying signs Malaria is caused by parasites that are transmitted to humans through the bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. In recent years, there have been reports from the continent of emerging parasite resistance to artemisinin, the core compound of the best available medicines to treat malaria, said WHO. Furthermore, worrying signs indicate parasites in some areas may be…
There are many positive aspects to tourism. Around two billion people travel each year for tourism purposes. Travel and tourism connect people and bring the world closer through shared experiences, cultural awareness and community building. It provides jobs, spurs regional development, and is a key driver for socio-economic progress. However, there is often a downside; Mmany popular destinations are threatened by increasing pollution, environmental hazards, damage to heritage sites and overuse of resources. And that’s without factoring the pollution caused by travel to and from these destinations. So, with that in mind here are some tips that will help you…
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid hit the Earth with the force of 10 billion atomic bombs and changed the course of evolution. The skies darkened and plants stopped photosynthesizing. The plants died, then the animals that fed on them. The food chain collapsed. Over 90 percent of all species vanished. When the dust settled, all dinosaurs except a handful of birds had gone extinct. But this catastrophic event made human evolution possible. The surviving mammals flourished, including little proto-primates that would evolve into us. Imagine the asteroid had missed, and dinosaurs survived. Picture highly-evolved raptors planting their flag on…