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Global Citizen ACTADVOCACY DEMAND EQUITY G7 Summit: What Every Global Citizen Should Know About How Little the G7 Just Delivered The world needs Global Citizens to take action to hold leaders to account, now more than ever. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addresses a media conference during the G7 summit at Castle Elmau in Kruen, Germany, on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. The Group of Seven leading economic powers are concluding their annual gathering on Tuesday. | AP Photo/Martin Meissner By Khanyi Mlaba and Nora Holz June 30, 2022 We’ll be frank: The outcome of the G7 Summit this week was disappointing.  Our hopes were high for this one. We, alongside other activists, campaigners, and Global Citizens from around the world, have been invested in and working towards this meeting of the G7 leaders for months. The Group of 7 may represent just 10% of the world’s population, but the power that this small group has to make meaningful and urgent change affects everyone, everywhere We showed up from

        How climate change fuels farmers/herders clashes, drought, others – NISS boss June 30, 2022 Chizoba Ogbeche    The Commandant, National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Alhaji Ayodele Adeleke, has identified global climate change as likely cause of farmers/herders clashes, drought, loss of farmland; desert encroachment; food insecurity; and migration. Adeleke made the submission, Thursday, at workshop organised for participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC 15) with the theme: The Global Climate Challenge: Prospects and Priorities for Economic Development and Conflict Resolution in Africa. The Commandant, who maintained that the attendant effect of climate change on human lives could not be overemphasized, however, expressed hope that workshop would provide perspectives on the challenges occasioned by climate change, and mitigation approaches. “We are all aware of the Global Climate Change and its Attendant Effects on human lives: loss of farmland;

 2023: Female lawyers, activists to re-introduce gender responsive bills June 30, 2022 Benjamin Samson Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Nigeria says gender advocates will re-introduce gender responsive bills that were rejected by the National Assembly. On March 1, both chambers of the federal parliament- the Senate and House of Representatives, voted against a bill providing for affirmative action for women in political parties’ administration. The lawmakers also voted against the bill to create special seats for women in the national and state assemblies. But the female lawyers and women’s rights activists are not backing down as they seek to re-negotiate the passage of the bills with the forthcoming elections in 2023. Speaking at a dialogue for civil society organisations on gender responsive bills and the 2023 general elections, in Abuja, Lois Auta, said “women must restrategise at the grassroots, so they can compel politic

Plan to tackle violence against women and girls in North Yorkshire The report calls for strengthening support for victims and attempting to tackle the root causes of violence with early intervention A strategy to tackle violence against women and girls has been unveiled by North Yorkshire's police commissioner. The six-point plan calls for strengthening support for victims and attempting to tackle the root causes of violence with early intervention. It has been drawn up in collaboration with the county's police and fire services and local councils. North Yorkshire's Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe said: "For me, this is personal". "Like many women and girls, I have been out at night and worried what was around that dark corner," Ms Metcalfe added. "I have felt the rising panic of not knowing who the footsteps behind me on the street belong to, and I have felt anger at being told that this is not really a problem by those who will ne

UAE Minister highlights nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change at UN meet PortugalUAE Minister highlights nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change at UN meet Portugal Follow Al Arabiya English Published: 30 June ,2022: 11:16 AM GST Updated: 30 June ,2022: 11:27 AM GST The UAE Minister of Climate Change and the Environment Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, participated in the UN Ocean Conference (UNOC), co-hosted by the governments of Portugal and Kenya in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, WAM (Emirates News Agency) reported. Running from June 27 to July 1, UNOC seeks to drive the development of much-needed science-based innovative solutions aimed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action to support the implementation of UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 14: Life Below Water. The conference is running under the theme ‘Scaling up ocean action based on science and innovation for the implementation of Goal 14: Stocktaking, partnerships and solutions.’ Mariam Almhei

N.H. is getting warmer and wetter, says new statewide climate change assessment New Hampshire Public Radio | By Mara Hoplamazian Published June 30, 2022 at 12 NHPR A ten-foot tide in Hampton floods low-lying streets. Heavy rains. Less snow. Up to 60 days of extreme heat, every year by the end of the century. New Hampshire’s 2021 climate assessment, released Wednesday, paints a grim picture of the state’s future, unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced. The report, which was funded by the state’s Department of Environmental Services and conducted by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, shows climate change has made the state hotter and wetter. And the future heat and precipitation projected in the study could have major implications for human health, statewide infrastructure, and ecological systems, researchers said. The study echoes the findings of the state’s last climate assessment, which came out in 2014, said Mary Stampone, New Hampshire’s state climatologist. “What

                VANITY FAIR SUPREME COURT CRIPPLES BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE The court's conservative majority ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, significantly narrowing the agency's regulatory authority. BY ERIC LUTZ JUNE 30, 2022 Image may contain Human Person and Gate The U.S. Supreme Court Building is seen through a temporary security fence on June 23, 2022 in Washington, DC. ANNA MONEYMAKER/GETTY IMAGES The Supreme Court on Friday dealt a dramatic blow to the government’s ability to combat climate change, ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. "Capping carbon dioxide emissions at a level that will force a nationwide transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity may be a sensible 'solution to the crisis of the day,'" Chief Justice