In collaboration with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), the Cairo International Center for Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping, and Peacebuilding (CCCPA), an Egyptian public agency, hosted the first preparatory meeting to go over the components of a new initiative on climate change and the sustainability of peace.
Ahead of the Climate Change Summit (CCS), an international climate conference that was organized on the 4th and 5th of October 2022 at Bucharest, a study titled “Romanian perspective on the impact brought by climate change” was conducted in August 2022 at the national level by Social Innovation Solutions and IZI data with the aim of understanding the attitude of Romanians towards the topic of climate change in Romania.
Fundația9, an NGO in Bucharest recently launched ‘One Minute Older’, a campaign to raise awareness of the impact plastic has on our lives, through art. One minute older is the winner of a grant from the ‘Climate of Change’ program, a European program run by a consortium that brings together 23 countries and 26 partner organizations and financed by the European Commission's Development Education and Awareness Program (DEAR).
Bucharest is hosting the Climate Change Summit (CCS), an international climate conference on the 4th and 5th of October 2022 organized by the ‘BRD – Groupe Société Générale’, a Romanian Bank, and ‘Social Innovation Solutions’, an organization active in the fields of sustainability, social impact, and innovation.
Throughout history, Egyptian monarchs, citizens, and tourists have been drawn to Alexandria's beautiful Qaitbay Citadel, but rising sea levels threaten to flood it and cause it to vanish by the year 2100.
Following a comment made by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson while attending the COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, a feeling of unease pervaded Egypt. He said, “When the temperature rises only 4 degrees, we will say goodbye to entire cities, which are Miami, Alexandria, and Shanghai, they will all sink underwater.”
In a world projected to be devastated due to climate change if we do not do enough about it, cycling has found renewed importance. Studies have shown that switching from car in cities to cycling even just one day a week can reduce your carbon footprint by about half a ton of CO₂ over a year.
The 8th Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP8) to the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) was held between 26-30 September 2022 in Budapest, Hungary under the theme “Strengthening Flyway Conservation in a Changing World”.
As per the data released by the officials, the death toll in Florida, USA from Cyclone Ian has risen to 47. Heavy destruction is being seen everywhere due to Hurricane Ian in Florida. Hurricane Ian also remains at risk for parts of eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia. People's homes have been completely destroyed due to the huge devastation caused by Hurricane Ian. On Pine Island, the largest barrier island on Florida's Gulf Coast, houses have all been torn apart and boats are seen on the streets.
As part of the ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation recently set up an e-waste collection center on its premises with the goals of ensuring responsible e-waste disposal and raising awareness among the public.
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Technology is a useful servant, but a dangerous master, it was rightly said. Electronic devices have grown into an inevitable part of our daily lives.