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On Wednesday December 7th, 2022 US Rep. Melanie Stansbury calls on the Biden administration to include tribal leaders more when it comes to climate change. Examining the Supreme Court case on race-conscious admissions in colleges and universities with law professor, Dan Lewerenz. Plus, Holly Cook Macarro with a review of …

The Russia invasion of Ukraine has caused a major disruption to global food supplies. Now, the United Nations is warning 2022 could be one of the most food insecure years on record, with millions of people at risk of famine. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3vRLPDt ABC News provides around …

Indian Country Today’s daily newscast On the weekend edition of the ICT Newscast, Sovereignty and climate change are front and center for Indigenous lands. A new children’s book from Red Lake Ojibwe citizens. Follow us on Twitter – https://twitter.com/IndianCountry Follow us on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/IndianCountryToday/ ICT Opinion Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ICTOpinion …

At a news conference outside his home in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides an update on the federal government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. In his remarks, the prime minister announces that eligibility for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) will be extended by eight weeks …

Can we actually adapt to a changing climate that seems like a runaway train? As the world heats up and nature quickly readjusts itself, how can we survive? In this episode, Dr. Stewart J. Cohen discusses how we predict where the climate is headed and how we can reduce its …

During the COVID-19 crisis, government has assumed new powers that no one would claim it has except in an emergency. Will government cease exercising all these powers when the emergency passes? Historically government has almost always increased its power during crisis and then kept some of that power afterward. Will …

DAY ONE of Online Call to Europe IX focused on Climate Justice.The current health pandemic has highlighted the extent human impact is having on natural ecosystems and how interrelated everything is, yet at the same time the consequences of the crisis threaten to derail the European Green Deal. The next …

In this session titled ‘Family Preparedness during COVID-19’, our speaker Pranav Sethi outlines the steps to prepare and protect our homes during the pandemic. Pranav Sethi is a professional who works towards disaster risk reduction and climate change mitigation. He holds Master’s in Disaster Management from Tata Institute for Social …

Climate change and Covid-19 could have something in common: they both may well stem from our treatment of nature. What lessons can we learn from these two crises? As part of the #EarthDayKL2020 April celebrations, Friends of Bukit Kiara president, Ir Dr Kriban GN, spoke on a panel hosted by …

Dr. María Bodí, Head of the ICU of the Hospital Juan XXIII in Tarragona, Spain; shares her experience about: • How have they managed the integration of physicians coming from different departments such as Emergency, Cardiology and Anaesthesiology to help in the ICU? • Why have they implemented a Clinical …