UN appeals for $35 billion to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021 news.un.org A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from CO...

Opinion | Five reasons why Joe Biden faces a world far different from before Trump thestar.com The challenge ahead for U.S. foreign policy will be enormous, and the Biden group is too smart not to realize that....

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World is ‘doubling down’ on fossil fuels despite climate crisis – UN report theguardian.com Production must fall by 6% a year to avoid ‘severe climate disruption’ but Covid-19 funding is supporting increases...

Why some of the world's biggest companies are increasingly worried about water scarcity cnbc.com Major companies from across a range of sectors are increasingly concerned about the cost and availability of the world's ultimate renewable resource: water....

U.K. seeks site for world’s first fusion power station sciencemag.org Spherical Tokamak for Energy Production reactor would be small—key to avoiding astronomical costs...