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UNFPA: Five Things Women and Girls Demand Of The COP28 Climate Summit.

The Climate crisis is not gender neutral.It had a disproportionate impact on women and girls, and gender inequality is at the heart of the matter.

 

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UN Child Rights Committee Throws Weight Behind The Call For Climate Action by Pacific Children

UNIC Canberra Interview: Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ms. Ann Marie Skelton speaks about the Committee's official visit to the Pacific.

 

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Championing the Plight of Small Island States and Other Vulnerable Coastal Regions Impacted By Sea-Level Rise.

UNIC Canberra Interview: H.E Mr. Dennis Francis, President Of The General Assembly, speaks with UNIC Canberra about his official visit to the Pacific and participation at the Pacific Islands Forum.

 

 

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‘Proactive’ messages critical to combat disinformation in Papua New Guinea

Torture, conflict and low COVID-19 vaccination rates have all been the results of increasing levels of disinformation and misinformation in Papua New Guinea, according to the UN Resident Coordinator in the country, Richard Howard.

 

UNESCO Consultations on Misinformation and AI in the Pacific - UNIC Canberra Online Interview

UNIC Canberra discusses with Abel Caine from the UNESCO Pacific Office some of the interesting outcomes of these consultations. Via phone to Fiji UNIC first asked how important overall is it to get across and ahead of some of these issues and challenges.

 

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COP28 in Dubai enters final week, negotiations ramp up on emissions cuts, fossil fuels

After a break, COP28 continues its work on Friday, also the day talks on an outcome text kick into high gear. Negotiators are aiming to agree on how to bolster emissions-cutting targets set by the Paris Agreement and what to do about the future of fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal.

 

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UPDATED: Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday

Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts “nearly impossible”, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.”

 

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COP28: To save the planet, we need a just and fair renewable energy revolution

The key to ensuring that communities – especially the most vulnerable – can leave fossil-fuel based economies behind, is to create space for a just transition to a green economy, clean energy advocates and representatives of indigenous groups argued on Tuesday at COP28.

 

 

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