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Need To Tackle Impact of Likely Electric Car Battery Production Boom: UN

ApaNa June 28, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD, to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to…

Sustainable Innovation in Plastics and Packaging

ApaNa April 28, 2020

As the perception of plastic has shifted from a wonder material to a public scourge, the forces of opportunity present leaders with a chance to drive positive societal change that makes business sense. PA Consulting’s report on Innovation for Sustainability: Solving the…

How Microplastics Are Transporting from Land to Sea

ApaNa April 23, 2020

University of Manchester A collaborative research project between the Universities of Manchester, Utrecht, and Durham, and the National Oceanography Centre has revealed for the first time how submarine sediment avalanches can transport microplastics from land into the deep ocean. The study also…

Community Health Workers Matter More Now

ApaNa April 9, 2020

By Jessica Daly, Director of Medtronics Foundation Source: Devex As the world races to halt the spread and impact of COVID-19, gaps in health systems are coming into stark relief. Particularly vulnerable are those in underserved and low-resource communities, across low- medium- and…

The Caribbean’s Battle Against Coronavirus – Recommend

ApaNa April 4, 2020

The Caribbean’s Battle Against Coronavirus Though there have not yet been any confirmed cases of the Coronavirus in much of the Caribbean, the islands are taking precaution due to the global outbreak of the disease. Here’s what you need to know to…

Circular Economy: A Tannery Makes Leather from Billy Goats | The Guardian

ApaNa April 4, 2020

Jack Millington walks past two huge industrial-style wooden tanning drums, through a door into the well-insulated drying room. Here, at 35C, amid the whirring of the dehumidifier and one small electric heater, hides from billy goats are stretched out on racks to…

Entrepreneurialism Is Desperately Needed

ApaNa April 2, 2020

By Project Syndicate Capitalism is facing at least three major crises. A pandemic-induced health crisis has rapidly ignited an economic crisis with yet unknown consequences for financial stability, and all of this is playing out against the backdrop of a climate crisis…

G20 Pledges $5 trillion to Address Debt Burden of Low-Income Countries

ApaNa April 1, 2020

Finance ministers and governors of central banks of the G20 member states have agreed to deliver a roadmap to address the debt burden of low-income countries and deliver aid to emerging markets in response to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis. Following a virtual…

UNCTAD Seeks $2.5 trillion COVID-19 Crisis Package for Developing Countries

ApaNa April 1, 2020

UNCTAD As the COVID-19 virus spreads to over 203 countries, home to over two-thirds of the world’s population excluding China, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is seeking a $2.5 trillion coronavirus crisis package for developing countries including the…

COVID-19: Policy Responses Needed for the Caribbean

ApaNa April 1, 2020

By Justin Ram, Economist Linkedin Governments around the world are in the midst of trying to contain the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak. Governments around the world have taken steps to reduce the rate of infection and morbidity associated with the virus…