'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
Researchers from the University of Hawaii, Manoa have discovered startling new evidence that the plastics on land and in the ocean release greenhouse gases as they break down. In this article, scientist Sarah-Jeanne Royer tells us about what she found in the field and why it’s now even more important to break free from plastic. © Sarah-Jeanne Royer
Once again, the summer of 2018 in the Northern Hemisphere has brought us an epidemic of major wildfires.
These burn forests, houses and other structures, displace thousands of people and animals, and cause major disruptions in people’s lives.
The huge burden of simply firefighting has become a year-round task costing billions of dollars, let alone the cost of the destruction.
The smoke veil can extend hundreds or even thousands of miles, affecting air quality and visibility. To many people, it has become very clear that human-induced climate change plays a major role by greatly increasing the risk of wildfire.
Africa was once home to more than 200,000 lions just over a century ago. Now, the continent has just over 20,000.
Cecil the lion is seen at Hwange National Parks in Zimbabwe. | Photo: Reuters | Photo from teleSUR.
Geneva, 10 August 2018 (IOM)* – Between January and July 2018, IOM, the UN Migration Agency, safely returned 10,950 stranded migrants from Libya through its Voluntary Humanitarian Return (VHR) Programme as the number of detainees in the country rose alarmingly.
A migrant mother and child get ready to board IOM’s first VHR charter from Zintan, Libya. File photo: IOM 2018
The majority of the migrants, 9,636, returned home to countries in Central and West Africa on IOM charter flights. A group of 325 people returned to East Africa and the Horn of Africa, and the remainder to North Africa and Asia.
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Nearly 64 million young people are unemployed, and one in four youth are not in employment, education or training.
This is without taking into account underemployment and the challenges of survival in the informal economy, which is the situation of many young people.
The world’s young people need safe spaces – both physical and digital – where they can “freely express their views” and “pursue their dreams” was the core message of United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to mark this year’s International Youth Day.
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