Only half of young people able to identify correct definition of climate change – UNICEF, Gallup
Unicef.org
Findings highlight urgent need to protect and invest in children, including in climate education, in decisions at COP28
06 December 2023
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NEW YORK/DUBAI, 7 December 2023 – Most children and young people say they have heard of climate change but only half understand what it is, according to a new UNICEF-Gallup poll, as world leaders gather at this year’s COP28.
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Since November, more than 1,500 refugees have arrived in Indonesia’s Aceh province, triggering anger among the locals.
Published On 10 Dec 202310 Dec 2023
Over 300 Rohingya refugees have arrived on the coast of Aceh province in Indonesia after weeks of drifting across the sea from Bangladesh.
The emaciated survivors – children, women and men – told of running out of supplies and of fearing death at sea as they landed on the unwelcoming shores of the villages of Pidie and Aceh Besar in the pre-dawn hours of Sunday morning.
“The boat was sinking. We had no food or water left,” told Shahidul Islam, a 34-year-old survivor, saying he had left from a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
A group of 180 refugees arrived by boat at 3am local time (20:00 GMT on Saturday) on a beach in the Pidie regency of Aceh province.
The second boat carrying 135 refugees landed in neighbouring Aceh Besar regency hours later after being adrift at sea for more than a month, while a third boat is missing.
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‘Heated’ debate on fossil fuels as COP28 winds down
By Editor On Dec 11, 2023 Last updated Dec 11, 2023
By Vishani Ragobeer in Dubai
Fossils fuels- the main contributor to the climate crisis- were always going to be the hot topic at this year’s global climate talks in Dubai, COP28, with sweltering temperatures making 2023 the hottest year on record. But as the end of the conference draws nearer with a new draft agreement released, fiery debates have taken over the conference.
On Monday night (Dubai time), a new text for the Global Stocktake (GST) was released after negotiators from Guyana and other countries spent days hammering out how best to satisfy everyone.
The GST is a global inventory of sorts that shows how climate goals are unfolding. And the draft text said countries (called Parties) were called upon to take several actions that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Those emissions include carbon dioxide, a harmful gas produced when fossil fuels like oil and diesel are burnt. When that gas is produced, it goes into the atmosphere and leads to global warming.
And countries were told that they could take actions ranging from tripling renewable energy use (that is, using more environmentally-friendly energy sources like solar energy or hydropower) to reduce both the production and use of fossil fuels in a “just orderly and equitable” manner.
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Giáo dục cho trẻ dân tộc thiểu số: Bất cập và cản trở
Trong bối cảnh các nguồn lực tài chính ở vùng dân tộc thiểu số rất hạn hẹp, nguồn lực tự nhiên ngày càng suy kiệt thì cơ hội vươn lên với từng cá nhân, từng gia đình, cơ hội phát triển với các vùng dân tộc thiểu số nằm ở nguồn lực con người. Tuy nhiên, trẻ em ở vùng trũng về giáo dục này khó có cơ hội vươn lên, nếu chính sách giáo dục cho vùng dân tộc thiểu số chưa thay đổi cách tiếp cận.
Tỷ lệ trẻ không đi học ở các DTTS Khmer, Mông và các dân tộc ít người khác cao gấp 4-7 lần so với trẻ thuộc nhóm người Kinh – Hoa, Tày, Thái, Mường, Nùng. Ảnh: Shutter
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In the southern city of Khan Younis, Israeli bombs and tanks are pushing people out. They have been told to flee elsewhere for safety. But civilians say there are no safe places left in Gaza.
Argentina: Ông Milei và chủ nghĩa tự do tuyệt đối
TƯỜNG ANH – 10/12/2023 15:28 GMT+7
TTCT – Cuộc bầu cử vừa qua ở Argentina đưa một vị tổng thống theo chủ nghĩa tự do cá nhân tuyệt đối lên nắm quyền. Cuộc đảo chiều này liệu có định hình lại đất nước nhiều vấn đề ở Nam Mỹ và ảnh hưởng đến trật tự thế giới?
Ông Javier Milei và chiếc cưa máy thương hiệu. Ảnh: Reuters
Ngày 19-11, Đảng Tự do của Javier Milei giành chiến thắng ở vòng hai cuộc bầu cử tổng thống Argentina. Milei trở thành tổng thống theo chủ nghĩa tự do tuyệt đối đầu tiên trên thế giới.
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SÁNG ÁNH – 10/12/2023 15:26 GMT+7
TTCT – Thế giới toàn cầu, Giáng sinh dần phai nhạt màu sắc nghi lễ tôn giáo, mà được ăn mừng ở khắp nơi, như một hình thức văn hóa và tiêu thụ, có tính phong trào và thời trang.
Thánh Nicolas, tức ông già Noel, là giám mục thành Myra vào thế kỷ thứ 4, hiện là Demre ở Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ. Nhà thờ nguyên thủy của giám mục không còn nữa, nhà thờ này được xây trên nền cũ nhưng 200 năm sau. Ảnh: Đỗ Kh.
Climate change adaptation commitments so far lacking at COP28
World Dec 8, 2023 6:13 PM EST
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As United Nations climate talks enter their second week, negotiators who are largely focused on how to curb climate change have another thing on their plates: how to adapt to the warming that’s already here.
Discussions for what’s known as the Global Goal on Adaptation — a commitment made in the 2015 Paris Agreement to ramp up the world’s capacity to cope with climate-fueled extreme weather — are being overshadowed by negotiations on how the world is going to slash the use of fossil fuels, causing frustration among some climate campaigners in the most vulnerable countries.
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Officials and activists from climate-vulnerable nations are pushing for more money to help them deal with scorching temperatures, punishing droughts and deluges and strengthening storms made worse by global warming. Major fossil fuel-emitting countries need to pay vulnerable, developing countries being battered by these events, experts and officials say, to help them avoid catastrophic humanitarian and economic losses.
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VNN – December 05, 2023 – 10:09
Coastal EZs have contributed significantly to the region’s socio-economic development but there exist limitations which must be tackled comprehensively to make coastal EZs a driving force for the regional development.
A view of Dung Quất Economic Zone. There are 19 coastal EZs in Việt Nam, 11 of which are in the central part of the country. — VNA/VNS Photo Danh Lam
HÀ NỘI — Coastal economic zones need breakthrough policies to attract investment and promote their role in accelerating socio-economic development.
Statistics from the Ministry of Planning and Investment show that there are 19 coastal EZs in Việt Nam, 11 of which are in the central part of the country.
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December 7, 2023 Elie Podeh
History teaches us that wars, unfortunate as they are, can sometimes create opportunities for major changes that were previously unthinkable, improbable, or impossible. World War I, World War II, the First Gulf War, and many other conflagrations led to formidable political, military, and economic changes. Some of these conflicts and their immediate consequences laid the ground for future wars (like the punitive Versailles peace treaty following World War I), but others gave rise to peaceful arrangements (like the multilateral political and economic institutions as well as security alliance systems that emerged after World War II). The history of the Arab-Israeli conflict is no different. Indeed, all the major Israeli-Arab wars, as well as the many violent Israeli-Palestinian clashes, offered opportunities for change. Some were seized; others were squandered.
When a chain of circumstances produces a favorable opportunity, a liminal period is created, which makes it possible to achieve a breakthrough in a deadlocked conflict. The opportunity may arise from a military or political event that significantly affects the status quo. Particularly when this event causes a traumatic experience affecting both leadership and society, the likelihood of significant change occurring increases. If this moment — or opportunity — is not seized, it is likely to disappear.
While war is still raging in Gaza following Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel, it nonetheless arguably offers an opportunity for a profound shift in the modalities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which looked unlikely in the period preceding the war. Based on analysis of several examples from the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, one can assert that in order to seize the opportunity, both sides will need legitimate leaderships that enjoy international support and are willing and determined to make concessions and build trust.
Opportunities seized
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WHAT IS R2P?
The Responsibility to Protect populations from genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing has emerged as an important global principle since the adoption of the UN World Summit Outcome Document in 2005.
Responsibility to Protect
The Responsibility to Protect – known as R2P – is an international norm that seeks to ensure that the international community never again fails to halt the mass atrocity crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The concept emerged in response to the failure of the international community to adequately respond to mass atrocities committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. The International Committee on Intervention and State Sovereignty developed the concept of R2P during 2001.
The Responsibility to Protect was unanimously adopted in 2005 at the UN World Summit, the largest gathering of Heads of State and Government in history. It is articulated in paragraphs 138 and 139 of the World Summit Outcome Document:
World Summit Outcome Document
STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA
9 December 2023
Manila, Philippines
The National Task Force West Philippine Sea (NTFWPS) vehemently condemns the illegal and aggressive actions carried out by the Chinese Coast Guard and Chinese Maritime Militia against the civilian Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) vessels Datu Sanday, Datu Bankaw, and Datu Tamblot today during a regular BFAR humanitarian and support mission of providing oil subsidy and grocery packs to over 30 Filipino fishing vessels near Bajo De Masinloc in the West Philippine Sea. As of this reporting the mission is on-going. Tiếp tục đọc “STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL TASK FORCE FOR THE WEST PHILIPPINE SEA”
What were the death tolls from pandemics in history?
Pandemics have killed millions of people throughout history. How many deaths were caused by different pandemics, and how have researchers estimated their death tolls?
By: Saloni Dattani December 7, 2023
COVID-19 has brought the reality of pandemics to the forefront of public consciousness. But pandemics have afflicted humanity for millennia. Time and again, people faced outbreaks of diseases – including influenza, cholera, bubonic plague, smallpox, and measles – that spread far and caused death and devastation.
Our ancestors were largely powerless against these diseases and unable to evaluate their true toll on the population. Without good record-keeping of the number of cases and deaths, the impact of outbreaks was underrecognized or even forgotten. The result is that we tend to underestimate the frequency and severity of pandemics in history.
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CVD 