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☆ Princess Eugenie and former UK PM Theresa May on tackling modern slavery
  + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPrincess Eugenie and former UK PM Theresa May on tackling modern slaveryPrincess Eugenie, co-founder of the Anti-Slavery Collective, and Theresa May, chair of the Global Commission for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and former U.K. prime minister, talk about their shared mission to combat modern slavery and human trafficking
Persons: Eugenie, Theresa May Organizations: Global Commission, Modern
☆ HRH Princess Eugenie and former UK PM Theresa May discuss tackling modern slavery
  + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Tania Bryer | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailHRH Princess Eugenie and former UK PM Theresa May discuss tackling modern slaveryTania Bryer talks to HRH Princess Eugenie, co-founder of The Anti-Slavery Collective and Theresa May, chair of the Global Commission for Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking and former U.K. prime minister, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Tania asked them about their shared mission to combat modern slavery and human trafficking which has been estimated to affect fifty million people worldwide.
Persons: Eugenie, Theresa, Tania Bryer, Princess Eugenie, Theresa May, Tania Organizations: Global Commission, Modern, Economic Locations: Davos
☆ IMF and World Bank Are Urged to Boost Funding for African Nations Facing Conflict and Climate Change
  + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Associated Press | Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com   time to read: +7 min
It comes amid criticism that the lending institutions are not taking climate change and the vulnerabilities of poor countries enough into account in their funding decisions. Dysfunctional because the system as a whole is too slow to respond to new challenges, such as climate change. Lee pointed to an IMF program that launched last year to help poor countries address problems like climate change. “The national policy to address climate change is lax — little or no focus is on climate change and the nexus between climate change and conflict in the Sahel is underappreciated,” Hassan said. “Go beyond the conflict itself to start prioritizing climate change as the root cause of the problem affecting these countries."
Persons: ”, William Ruto, Akinwumi Adesina, Moussa Faki, Patrick Verkooijen, Daniel Lee, Lee, Rwanda —, Carlos Lopes, It’s, Idayat Hassan, Ibrahim Audi, Femi, Lopes, ” Hassan, “, ” Mimiko, — Organizations: Global, International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank, New York Times, Kenyan, African Development Bank, African Union, IMF, Mandela School of Public, University of Cape, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Africa Climate Summit, International Rescue Committee, AP Locations: ABUJA, Nigeria, Africa, Africa's Sahel, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, Marrakech, Morocco, Rwanda, University of Cape Town , South Africa, Nigeria's, Katsina, Kenya
☆ Fact Check-Panelist did not say WEF would add vaccines to water
  + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
The World Economic Forum (WEF) is not planning to put vaccines in water supplies, contrary to claims in some online posts. A post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, (here) reads: “The WEF wants to vaccinate you through your water now,” and boasts over 11,800 likes. “WEF never made any statement about or is having any plan to add COVID vaccines to the water.’’ He also stressed the Global Commission on the Economics of Water is an organization independent to the WEF. The WEF did not say it would add vaccines to water. A Davos panelist compared global COVID-19 vaccination rates to addressing global water issues.
Persons: Mariana Mazzucato, Yann Zopf, “ WEF, Read Organizations: Economic, Twitter, Facebook, University College London, UCL Institute for Innovation, Global Commission, Reuters Locations: Davos
☆ Singapore economic czar Tharman Shanmugaratnam to run for president
  + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Clement Tan | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Singapore's veteran economic policymaker Tharman Shanmugaratnam has signaled his intention to contest upcoming presidential elections in Singapore that must be held by September this year. Singapore's veteran economic policymaker Tharman Shanmugaratnam is planning to run in the upcoming presidential elections in Singapore that must be held by mid-September. The prime minister is the head of government in Singapore. Among his past global appointments, Shanmugaratnam was the first Asian chair of the International Monetary and Financial Committee, the IMF's key policy forum. He was also Singapore's deputy prime minister from 2011 to 2019, and previously served as finance minister and education minister.
Persons: Shanmugaratnam, Lee Hsien Loong, policymaker Organizations: International Monetary Fund, Party, Singapore Prime, Monetary Authority of, Global Commission, United Nations, International Monetary, Financial Locations: Singapore, Monetary Authority of Singapore
☆ Hurricanes of Data: The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea
  + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Porter Fox | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +35 min
The Tiny Craft Mapping Superstorms at Sea Shortly after dawn on Sept. 30, 2021, Richard Jenkins watched a Category 4 hurricane overrun his life’s work. That August, a sister ship, SD 1031, successfully entered Tropical Storm Henri, but only in its early stages. Hurricane research, modeling and forecasting requires many terabytes of data for every square mile the storm passes through, including vitally important sea-level data from inside a storm. The next day, the depression was upgraded to a tropical storm and officially given the name Sam. And four months later, Tropical Storm Megi killed more than 150, wiped out several villages with landslides and displaced more than a million people.
☆ One-fifth of water pollution comes from textile dyes. But a new material inspired by shellfish could clean it up
  + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
CNN —Every year, the textile industry uses 1.3 trillion gallons of water to dye garments – enough to fill 2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools. Textile wastewater contains toxic chemicals from dyes that pollute the enviornment -- like wastewater released from factories into Dravyavati River, in India (pictured). Noemi Cassanelli/AFP/Getty ImagesThey targeted “anionic dyes,” because there are not many effective methods to remove these types of dye from water. He also hopes to devise solutions for cleaning more than just textile dyes from water. Nashef says that using membrane-based nanomaterials in pre-treatment could cut the energy needed to clean the water.
☆ UN warns 'vampiric overconsumption' is draining world's water
  + stars: | 2023-03-22 | by ( Isla Binnie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
UNITED NATIONS, March 22 (Reuters) - The United Nations opened its first conference on water security in almost half a century on Wednesday with a plea to governments to better manage one of humanity's shared resources. A quarter of the world's population relies on unsafe drinking water while half lacks basic sanitation, the U.N. said. "We are draining humanity's lifeblood through vampiric overconsumption and unsustainable use, and evaporating it through global heating," said U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. But Guterres said it must "result in a bold Water Action Agenda that gives our world's lifeblood the commitment it deserves". The United States quickly responded to Guterres' call.
☆ Water’s big moment risks getting lost in the weeds
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Antony Currie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
The latest is research published last Thursday by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water. The sum, though, is just $140 million, and the U.S. government’s International Development Finance Corporation is pouring in three-quarter of the proceeds. But there is a decent investment case for water without state or supranational support. Without them, water’s big moment risks getting lost in the weeds. Follow @AntonyMCurrie on TwitterCONTEXT NEWSThe United Nations 2023 Water Conference starts on March 22, World Water Day, in New York.
☆ Bill Gates-backed reactor delayed on worries about fuel from Russia
  + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Timothy Gardner | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
The fuel, called high assay low enriched uranium, or HALEU, is enriched up to 20%, much above the up to 5% level today's reactors use. "TerraPower is anticipating a minimum of a two-year delay to being able to bring the Natrium reactor into operation," he said. The Department of Energy (DOE) is looking to downblend some of its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium to help provide fuel for the reactor projects. Levesque said TerraPower will provide a schedule update next year when it knows more about HALEU supply including the availability of DOE material for downblending. Only one company outside Russia, U.S.-based Centrus Energy Corp (LEU.A) is licensed to produce the fuel but it is years away from making commercial amounts.
☆ TerraPower, PacifiCorp to study 5 more advanced nuclear reactors
  + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File PhotoWASHINGTON, Oct 27 (Reuters) - TerraPower LLC, Bill Gates' advanced nuclear reactor company, and power company PacifiCorp said on Thursday they will undertake a study to evaluate deploying up to five additional Natrium reactors in the U.S. West by 2035. The Wyoming Natrium reactor, being developed by TerraPower and GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, will get about half of its funding from the U.S. government. The joint study on the additional reactors will evaluate the potential for advanced reactors to be located near current fossil-fueled generation sites, enabling PacifiCorp to repurpose existing power generation and transmission assets in California, Washington, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho, the companies said. Some nonproliferation experts say the more highly enriched fuel expected to be used by advanced reactors could become an attractive target for militants looking to convert it for use in a crude nuclear weapon. Advanced reactor proponents say the plants are safer and create less waste.
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