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European Union’s Council of Ministers adopted on Monday the new Renewables Energy Regulations to raise the share of renewable energy in the EU’s overall energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030.
EU adopts new rules for renewable energy
BRUSSELS — European Union’s Council of Ministers adopted on Monday the new Renewables Energy Regulations to raise the share of renewable energy in the EU’s overall energy consumption to 42.5% by 2030.The Council said in a statement that EU member states would choose between a binding target of 14.5% reduction of greenhouse gas intensity in transport from the use of renewables by 2030, or a binding share of at least 29% of renewables within the final consumption of energy in the transport sector by 2030.Spanish acting Minister for the Ecological Transition Teresa Ribera said that “this is a great achievement in the framework of the ’Fit for 55’ package, which will help reaching the EU’s climate goal of reducing EU emissions by at least 55% by 2030.”She also added that “It...
October 09, 2023

EU adopts new rules for renewable energy

Claudia Goldin
Harvard professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics 
STOCKHOLM — Claudia Goldin, a professor at Harvard University, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics on Monday for her contribution to advancing the understanding of women in the labor market.The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said Goldin had “provided the first comprehensive account of women’s earnings and labor market participation through the centuries.”"Her research reveals the causes of change, as well as the main sources of the remaining gender gap," the prize-giving body said in a statement.The prestigious award, formally known as the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, is the last of this year's crop of Nobel prizes and is worth 11 million Swedish crowns, or nearly $1 million.Unlike the prizes for physics, chemistry,...
October 09, 2023

Harvard professor Claudia Goldin wins Nobel Prize in economics 

Markus Soeder, Bavaria premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), which won the most votes in Sunday's local election
Bavaria election results a blow to German coalition
BERLIN — A key regional elections on Sunday in Germany conservatives and right-wing populists are celebrating.But the results are a blow for all three parties in Chancellor Olaf Scholz' left-wing-led national coalition. The ramifications will be felt across Germany.A quarter of voters were able to go to the polls in regional elections in two of Germany's largest and wealthiest states, Bavaria and Hesse.In both regions, conservative and right-wing populist parties used the election campaign to bash Olaf Scholz' national government over migration and energy policy. It paid off.In Hesse, according to initial predictions, the conservative incumbent CDU scored 34.5% of the vote, a substantial gain on its solid win last time.The far-right AfD also upped its previous score by a...
October 09, 2023

Bavaria election results a blow to German coalition

UNICEF staff are providing support following the earthquake in Herat province in Afghanistan. — courtesy UNICEF/Rebecca Phwitiko
Afghanistan: Aid efforts rapidly expand as post-quake death toll rises
GENEVA — The death toll from the major earthquake that pummeled western Afghanistan soared over 1,000 overnight as rescue operations continued to fan out over affected villages, UN agencies said on Sunday.“The United Nations and our partners in Afghanistan are coordinating with the de facto authorities to swiftly assess needs and provide emergency assistance,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said.UN agencies, partners, and the de facto authorities continued to mount emergency operations. Initial assessments indicated that the 6.3 magnitude quake that struck 40 kilometers west of Herat on Saturday caused deaths across eight villages, according to the UN humanitarian office (OCHA).By Sunday evening, the agency released a new update showing 1,023 people were reported killed and...
October 08, 2023

Afghanistan: Aid efforts rapidly expand as post-quake death toll rises

A displaced family carrying their belongings in Kandahar, Afghanistan. — courtesy UNOCHA/Sayed Habib Bidel
UN agencies call on Pakistan to protect Afghan refugees
GENEVA — Following Pakistan’s announcement to repatriate Afghan nationals, the UN’s refugee and migration agencies together appealed to Islamabad on Saturday to continue protecting those who sought safety in the country and could be “at imminent risk if forced to return”.Amid a “severe humanitarian crisis”, Afghanistan currently faces several human rights challenges, particularly for women and girls, according to the UN.Pakistan’s new plans would have “serious implications” for all who have been forced to leave the country and may face serious protection risks upon their return, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a joint statement.“The forced repatriation of Afghan nationals has the potential to result in...
October 07, 2023

UN agencies call on Pakistan to protect Afghan refugees

People fleeing Karabakh rest and receive humanitarian aid in Goris, Armenia, close to the border. — courtesy IOM
UN launches urgent appeal to help refugees fleeing Karabakh
GENEVA — The UN and its partners launched on Saturday an emergency response plan to help 136,000 refugees, appealing for $97 million to respond to urgent needs of those who fled the Karabakh region and their hosts in Armenia.“We call upon the international community to urgently support refugees and their hosts,” said Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.“International support is crucial to sustain this welcome and to enable us to respond to immediate needs and to also build upon the resilience of this population.”Following the escalation of hostilities at the end of September, more than 100,000 refugees arrived in Armenia in less than a week.The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, with UN entities and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners, is appealing for emergency...
October 07, 2023

UN launches urgent appeal to help refugees fleeing Karabakh

A firefighter stands behind flames during a wildfire in the Avanta area, near Egnatia Odos motorway, in Alexandroupolis, Thrace, northern Greece. — courtesy  EPA
World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days
LONDON — The world is breaching a key warming threshold at a rate that has scientists concerned, a BBC analysis has found.On about a third of days in 2023, the average global temperature was at least 1.5C higher than pre-industrial levels.Staying below that marker long-term is widely considered crucial to avoid the most damaging impacts of climate change.But 2023 is “on track” to be the hottest year on record, and 2024 could be hotter.“It is a sign that we’re reaching levels we haven’t been before,” says Dr. Melissa Lazenby, from the University of Sussex.This latest finding comes after record September temperatures and a summer of extreme weather events across much of the world.When political leaders gathered in Paris in December 2015, they signed an agreement to keep the...
October 07, 2023

World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days


Supporters of Freie Wähler leader and Bavarian Deputy Premier Hubert Aiwanger applaud at a campaign event in a beer tent. — courtesy Getty Images
Bavaria election: Toxic campaign heralds big vote for Germany’s populists
BERLIN — Voters in Germany’s largest state, Bavaria, choose a new parliament on Sunday, after a very nasty election campaign in which populist upstarts have rattled the status quo.The far-right AfD, tied in second place, is hoping for a big result. Its leaders say they are being physically attacked or threatened.But their opponents accuse them of twisting the truth for political gain, by playing into a narrative of victimization. Either way the debate is unusually toxic.Days before the vote, Tino Chrupalla, the co-leader of the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), was taken to intensive care after feeling unwell during an election rally in Bavaria.The party describes it as a “physical attack” and AfD supporters on social media are convinced that Chrupalla was injected with a...
October 07, 2023

Bavaria election: Toxic campaign heralds big vote for Germany’s populists

Narges Mohammadi
Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO — The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced in Oslo on Friday.Mohammadi, 51, has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. Her name has become synonymous with the battle for human rights in Iran, where nationwide protests broke out last year following the death of Mahsa Amini. Amini was a 22-year-old woman who had been taken into custody by the country's morality police.In awarding the prize to Mohammadi, the Nobel Committee said it “recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who in the preceding year have demonstrated against the theocratic regimes’ policies of...
October 07, 2023

Jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi wins Nobel Peace Prize

SatVu executives unveiled the new imagery to the Prince of Wales on Thursday
HotSat-1: UK spacecraft maps heat variations across Earth
LONDON — A novel UK satellite has returned its first pictures of heat variations across the surface of the Earth.HotSat-1 carries the highest resolution commercial thermal sensor in orbit, enabling it to trace hot and cold features as small as 3.5m across.In the initial imagery, a Chicago train is observed moving through the night and the flame fronts of Canadian wildfires are precisely mapped.London operator SatVu plans to launch seven additional spacecraft.This will increase the volume of data it can acquire but also reduce the time between passes over particular locations, meaning changes in a scene can be detected more rapidly.HotSat-1, with its mid-wave infrared camera, was assembled by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in Guildford and launched in June on a SpaceX rocket...
October 06, 2023

HotSat-1: UK spacecraft maps heat variations across Earth

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