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23/06/2019

Human Extinction by 2026? (Part 1 of 3)

Human Wrongs Watch

By Robert J. Burrowes*

A Last Ditch Strategy to Fight for Human Survival. 

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It will occur by 2026 a projected 10 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures | Image from Wall Street International. 
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23 June 2019 (Wall Street International)* –  There is almost unanimous agreement among climate scientists and organizations – that is, 97% of over 10,000 climate scientists and the various scientific organizations engaged in climate science research – that human beings have caused a dramatic increase in the amount of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide released into Earth’s atmosphere since the pre-industrial era and that this is driving the climate catastrophe that continues to unfold1.

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23/06/2019

‘Ensure that Widows Are Not Left Out or Left Behind’ –  International Widow’s Day 

Human Wrongs Watch

On International Widow’s Day, marked on Sunday 22 June 2019, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is asking everyone to reflect on the “economic hardship and increased vulnerability” of these bereaved women and ensure “they are not left out or left behind”. 

UN Women/Ryan Brown | A 38-year-old widow who lost her husband in the Central African Republic war escaped to the Ngam refugee site in the Adamawa region of Cameroon with her five children; one of whom recently died.

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In the “absence of social and legal protection”, he said in his message, “widowed women’s lifetime earnings and savings are often too little to avoid poverty”.

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22/06/2019

Show Your Stripes

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20 June 2019 (WMO)*  — Broadcast meteorologists and climate scientists are uniting on June 21 – the Summer/Winter Solstice – to encourage people around the world to #ShowYourStripes to build awareness of the extent of climate change.

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The campaign is inspired by data visualizations from Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading in the United Kingdom and a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Sixth Assessment Report.

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22/06/2019

New International Labour standard to Combat Violence, Harassment, at Work Agreed

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The Centenary International Labour Conference has adopted a new Convention and Recommendation to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.

Photo album  and video recording  of the session

GENEVA, 21 June 2019 (ILO)* – A new Convention and accompanying Recommendation to combat violence and harassment in the world of work have been adopted by the International Labour Conference  (ILC).

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21/06/2019

Nigeria Turns the Tide on Electronic Waste

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  • The Nigerian Government, the Global Environment Facility and UN Environment have announced a $15-million initiative to kick off a circular electronics system in Nigeria.  
  • Up to 100,000 people work in the informal electronic waste sector in Nigeria, processing half a million tonnes of discarded appliances every year.
  • Safe e-waste recycling has enormous economic potential, with 100 times more gold in a tonne of e-waste than in a tonne of gold ore.
_Computer village, Otigba - Credit - Irene Galan_UN Environment
Irene Galan/UN Environment

Lagos, 19 June 2019 (UN Environment)* – An ambitious new project launched in Lagos today is aiming to reform the electronics sector and put an end to the toxic toll improper management of electronic waste is taking on Nigeria.

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21/06/2019

‘Born A Refugee, I Dream of a Place Called Home’

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By Mohammed Eid*

On World Refugee Day, personal reflections of a young Palestinian from the Gaza Strip

Mohammed Eid* is from Rafah Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip.

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CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, USA, Jun 20 2019 (IPS)* – I am a refugee, born to a refugee family. I was granted that status on the day I came into this world. I was not aware of what had happened before then. I did not fight any battle, I did not threaten anyone. I did not even choose my own race or ethnicity. I just came to this world to find myself a displaced person.

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21/06/2019

Highest Number of People Displaced since World War II – Ethiopia Tops List

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19 June 2019 (Norwegian Refugee Council)*  — Ethiopia has the highest number of new displacements globally, as new figures reveal over 70 million people are on the move worldwide – the highest number ever recorded.
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21/06/2019

Teachers Need More Training to Support Traumatized Refugee and Migrant Students UNESCO on World Refugee Day

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On World Refugee Day, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for more support to fill the gaps in training for teachers on trauma and psychosocial assistance for migrant and refugee students.

UNICEF/UN0248439/Watad | On 1 October 2018 at the Junaina makeshift camp in northern rural Idlib, in the Syrian Arab Republic, girls study in a tent school where a total of 350 children between the ages of 7 and 14 are able to go back to learning.

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21/06/2019

From Tony Blair to Mette Frederiksen

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By Roberto Savio*

21 June 2019 (Other News)* — Social Democrats, who had been steadily disappearing following the crisis of 2008, have been making a small comeback in the last year. Now they are in power in Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Finland and, most recently, in Denmark.

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Roberto Savio

But the statistics are daunting. The recent European elections gave members of the Socialist group 20% of the vote, against 25% in 2014, and the erosion from the 34% achieved in 1989 and 1994 is clear.

The latest success, in Denmark, with 25.9% of the vote, was lower than in 2015. In Finland, they received 17.7% of the vote, just two-tenths more than the Alt-Right.

And in Sweden, Stefan Löfven won his mandate with the lowest vote in decades. In countries like the United Kingdom, Germany, France and Italy, they are becoming irrelevant.

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20/06/2019

The American Dream Is Alive and Well – in China

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By Ellen Brown | Web of Debt – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Home ownership has been called “the quintessential American dream.” Yet today less than 65% of American homes are owner occupied, and more than 50% of the equity in those homes is owned by the banks.

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Ellen Brown

Compare China, where, despite facing one of the most expensive real estate markets in the world, a whopping 90% of families can afford to own their homes.

Over the last decade, American wages have stagnated and U.S. productivity has consistently been outpaced by China’s.

The U.S. government has responded by engaging in a trade war and imposing stiff tariffs in order to penalize China for what the White House deems unfair trade practices.

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