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Biodiversity summit to focus on profit sharing from DNA sequences
Negotiators released new U.N. proposals to share revenues from drugs, cosmetics, and agricultural biotechnology.
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Negotiators released new U.N. proposals to share revenues from drugs, cosmetics, and agricultural biotechnology.
The expert report identifies Thai and Chinese banks as the main providers of financial support for Myanmar's junta.
The outgoing Dutch prime minister is tipped to replace Jens Stoltenberg, who will step aside at a summit next month.
Some pointed to a recent landmark human rights ruling on climate change as a potential use for a Global Plastics Treaty.
Environmentalists said they were disappointed the treaty talks did not address plastic production measures.
The charity has distributed more than 43 million meals in Gaza, where it accounts for 62% of all international NGO aid.
The chair of the talks called for optimism despite divisions among plastic-producing nations and those urging restraints.
This year and next mark the countdown to a 2025 deadline for governments to strengthen their carbon-cutting plans.
At least 200 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza — more than 95% Palestinians – since the outbreak of war.
WHO's chief warned that 'a torrent of mis- and disinformation' affects pandemic treaty negotiations restarting this week.
Several top donors including Australia, Sweden, Canada, and the E.U. resumed funding contingent on agency reforms.
Nine staff were immediately identified and terminated. Two were still being identified; one was confirmed dead.
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A handful of fossil fuel producers show no interest in a strong, restrictive and legally binding instrument for plastic pollution.
Oil and plastic producing nations and lobbyists sought more emphasis on recycling instead of production cuts.
Government plans would blow past limits needed to limit warming to 1.5° Celsius above pre-industrial levels.