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Biodiversity

Food trade takes a mixed stance on new genetic engineering in EU

So far, GMO-free agriculture in Germany and Europe has been a success story: fields have been largely free of GM crops for years, and […]

01/31/2022 / SixDegrees

Sustainable Business

A new range of social innovators and business leaders awarded by Schwab Foundation

From a Brazilian entrepreneur using hip-hop to turn Favela youth away from crime, a Dutch nurse revolutionizing home healthcare and a park ranger turned […]

01/18/2022 / SixDegrees

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Sustainable Business

NOAA Report Shows 310 Climate-Linked Disasters Cost US Over $2 Trillion Since 1980

Brett Wilkins This report underscores the reality of how the climate crisis is already affecting people’s lives and the economy As new statistics published Monday […]

01/11/2022 / SixDegrees

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Climate

A testimony of water challenges in south-east Asia

Nextblue Urban growth, temperature rise and melting glaciers threaten river deltas around the world. South-east Asia – from India to China – in particular […]

01/09/2022 / SixDegrees

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Aid

New German Government to have super ministry for both climate and economic affairs

The three-way coalition set to assume power under chancellor-in-spe Olaf Scholz further prioritizes the environmental and digital sectors while maintaining traditional German economic strengths […]

11/24/2021 / SixDegrees

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