Press Release: THE Impact Rankings 2020: results announced ( by Ellie Bothwell)

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The Sustainable Development Goals are really key for universities. The 2nd edition of the Times Higher Education’s pioneering Impact Rankings confirms that universities from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, UK and Italy are the best. This year the ranking was expanded and made more holistic to include more SDGs

Oxford Foundry COVID-19 Action Plan

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The Ventures enabler and accelerator of University of Oxford's Saïd Business School is scaling up its work to support new ventures that can be rapidly scaled up to fight covid 19.

Payment Getaways In Nepal

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During these days of lock down, technologies enabling e-payments can be really become useful. Let's review the principal e-payment platform in the country.

New Zealand off track in terms of reductions of emissions: only minimal progress

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In 2018, New Zealand's gross greenhouse gas emissions were 78.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent - a 24 percent increase in emissions compared to 1990

Indigenous Populations in the Amazon are suffering from coronavirus and illegal logging practice ( from Green Peace International)

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Diego Gonzaga, a content editor for Greenpeace International based in San Francisco, US writes about how covid has already reached the indigenous population of the Amazon in Brazil that are also suffering from the negative consequences of fires smoke induced by illegal loggers.

Qatar: Migrant workers illegally expelled during COVID-19 pandemic

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Qatari authorities rounded up and expelled dozens of migrant workers after telling them they were being taken to be tested for COVID-19, Amnesty International has learned.

Open Letter by the Executive Secretary of UNITED NATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE on COVID-19

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"In unison with the UN family, while addressing the COVID-19 crisis, UN Climate Change continues its important work. Climate change and COVID-19 are not the same, but what is, is the concept of humanity working towards a common goal for the benefit of all people" says Patricia Espinosa of Mexico, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

PRESS RELEASE: ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa Announces COVID-19 Response Package Is to Triple to $20 Billion

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ADB tripled the size of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic to $20 billion and approved measures to streamline its operations for quicker and more flexible delivery of assistance.

World Day for Safety and Health at Work, Protect workers both now and after lockdowns ease, ILO

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The International Labour Organization warns that without adequate safeguards for returning workers there could be a second wave of the virus.

Secretary-General's remarks to Petersberg Climate Dialogue [as delivered]

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" I am asking all countries to prepare enhanced national climate action plans, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), and strategies to reach net zero emissions by 2050" these are the words of Secretary António Guterres at the prestigious Petersperg climate summit, germany

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