06/02/2024
https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/cop27
COP27: Delivering for people and the planet | United Nations
From 6 to 20 November, Heads of State, ministers, and negotiators, along with climate activists, mayors, civil society representatives and CEOs are meeting in the Egyptian coastal city of Sharm el-Sheikh for the largest annual gathering on climate action.
06/02/2024
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/02/climate-terms-you-need-to-know/
10 climate terms you need to know
What is a carbon sink, a just transition and an NDC? Our glossary of commonly-used terms related to the climate crisis will guide you.
02/12/2022
Earth is still 'on the brink of climate catastrophe' after COP27 deal
A fund was agreed at COP27 that will provide poorer countries with financial assistance during climate catastrophes, but some were 'disappointed' by other 'weakened' emissions pledges.
18/06/2022
Latest IPCC Report Stresses Carbon Dioxide Removal, Low-emission Technologies | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s working group on reducing greenhouse gas emissions met to finalize a summary of its latest report, which targets policymakers. Carbon dioxide removal features more prominently in the latest WGIII report than ever before. During the opening and closin...
27/02/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8GwmsLXOx8
Charlie Rose interview with Lee Kuan Yew (Oct 2009)
Charlie Rose interviewed Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew about the new global order -- 23 October 2009
18/07/2021
How to get a grant
How to get a grant
18/07/2021
Queen Nzinga of Ndongo (Angola) was a powerful monarch who successfully kept the Portuguese out of her land for 35 years. In order to fight off Portugal, (who wanted to conquer the area to further the slave trade) Nzinga conquered neighboring kingdoms to expand her territory and aligned herself with the Dutch. Nzinga led her warriors in battle until her sixties and defied numerous assassination attempts to die peacefully in her sleep at 81 in 1663. Nzinga impact was so strong that she prevented the Portuguese from reaching deep into Southwest Africa until her death. Angola would finally be free of Portuguese control centuries later in 1975
02/01/2021
What’ll Happen In The Next Decade? Here Are 9 Predictions For The 2020s
The Uberization of healthcare. A drastic change to higher education in America. An unended global demand for fossil fuels. These are just a few things that the next 10 years could bring.