human rights

The cruel experiments of Israel’s arms industry

The cruel experiments of Israel’s arms industry | The Electronic Intifada

Round the back of Ramallah’s main hospital lies the house of Iyad Haddad, a 52-year-old human rights investigator. His home office is the shopfront of a decrepit building and at first glance it looks like a bric-a-brac shop. But the objects placed out on the tables are not household trinkets. The surfaces are, in fact, cluttered with spent ammunition, tear gas canisters, sponge bullets and shell casings.

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G20 Big pledge to triple renewables

G20 pledge to triple renewables

JOINT DECLARATION: After months of wrangling, the Indian G20 presidency managed to secure a joint leaders’ declaration this week. The text included a pledge to “pursue and encourage efforts” to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030, the Associated Press reported. The global goal, widely understood to mean 11,000 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, is “vital” to keeping 1.5C within reach, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in July. IEA chief Dr Fatih Birol told DeBriefed it was a “good step, but far from enough” (see Spotlight).

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Climate change: 7 ways the world can cope with heatwaves | World Economic Forum

Climate change: 7 ways the world can cope with heatwaves | World Economic Forum

The UN Secretary-General has warned of ‘global boiling’ as parts of Europe have been engulfed in fire and July 2023 looks likely to be the hottest month on record.
Cities around the world are experimenting with cooling techniques and initiatives, including urban greening and naming heatwaves.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Commission on BiodiverCities has helped develop the Heat Action Platform to provide cities with a roadmap and tools to address extreme heat.
July 2023 is set to be the world’s hottest month ever recorded, with the mean global temperature predicted to be at least 0.2°C above the previous warmest month of July 2019.

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Erdan to UN: There is no right of return and never will be

Erdan to UN: There is no right of return and never will be’ | ערוץ 7

Ambassador Erdan referred to UNRWA as the key agency in perpetuating the notion of “Palestinian refugees” and the conflict. Ambassador Erdan said, “Let me be clear: there is no ‘right of return.’ You all know this. The demand of returning millions of descendants of refugees is a demand to obliterate the Jewish people’s right to self- determination, and this will never happen.”

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