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When it unveils its first budget, Britain’s Labour government must remember that inaction on aid comes at a price ✍️ Sarah Champion, MP for Rotherham and Chair of the British parliament’s International Development Committee, writes for Context. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eqcauXxp

🇨🇴 Colombia is the world's most dangerous place for environmentalists and the risks they face are in the spotlight at the COP16 summit in Cali. Thousands of delegates to the talks are being protected by more than 10,000 soldiers, police and U.N. guards. "To be an activist is to have a target on your back," said 27-year-old Daniela Soto, an Indigenous community leader who was shot during a 2021 protect. ✍️ Anastasia Moloney reports.     🔗 https://lnkd.in/ej2HHVfs 

Decades of conservation efforts have not prevented dramatic biodiversity loss around the world. ✍️ andré cabette fábio reports. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eyfEpFnW 

COP16 environmentalists want to expand legal rights for rivers and fragile ecosystems to protect a fast-vanishing natural world ✍️  Anastasia Moloney reports    🔗 https://lnkd.in/eXXaVGxp 

The firefighters battling wildfires in the world’s largest wetlands are descendants of enslaved Africans that first set up Brazil's "quilombo" settlements three centuries ago. The country had its largest burnt area of land in over a decade in the first nine months of 2024, according to government data, as the drought exacerbated human-started fires. The Kalunga are recognised for their firefighting techniques, and Brazil's Ministry of Environment has been recruiting them since 2013 to work in the federal fire brigade Prevfogo during the dry season. andré cabette fábio reports: https://lnkd.in/gcXMihBT

At the annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund this month, we will likely hear more commitments to support the world's most climate vulnerable. Yet there is a persistent blind spot in climate finance and action. Mauricio Vazquez, head of policy at ODI's Global Risks and Resilience, and Dr. Hodan Osman Abdi, president of the Development and Reconstruction Bank of Somalia, write for Context. https://lnkd.in/eXXaVGxp

📊 How many Indians die from air pollution every day? Cool-season winds and burning fields unleash an annual scourge of toxic air that kills tens of thousands of Indians a year, say researchers, urging tighter air quality standards to save lives. About 7.2% of all deaths in India are attributable to a daily exposure to small and hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5, according to a July study by The Lancet. This equals about 92 deaths a day in India, which ranks among the world's worst nations when it comes to air pollution. For a full breakdown of the data, read the story by Annie Banerji: https://lnkd.in/ei6zrXmG

🧠 It’s been over a hundred years since scientists discovered how to record the electrical signals from our brains. But recent advances in AI have made it so that these noisy signals are now increasingly intelligible. Brain-reading devices anyone can buy on the internet can decipher your moods, your focus, and in the not so distant future, maybe even the words you are thinking. And they are loosely regulated, if at all. Such advances carry incredible promise for medicine, wellness, and consumer electronics. But they could also usher in a dystopian future where our thoughts are no longer our own. In recent years, a growing group of scientists, lawyers, and ethicists have been trying to come up with a legal framework to steer these innovations in a way that respects fundamental human rights. Will they be able to agree on a way forward - and get politicians onside - before it's too late? 🔗 Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/ekNSmPqs ✍️ Avi Asher-Schapiro

“People might be exploited in a business supply chain, in a shop, by a family member. Slavery really can impact anyone” Jessica Turner from Anti-Slavery International talks to Emma Batha about the continued presence of slavery in the UK. #TC2024

Local officials race to safeguard momentum on environmental justice, inclusive economies, climate action and more    ✍️ Carey Biron reports 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ebYe6hQ4