The Netherlands is not on course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2030. In fact, at this pace, no single country will achieve this. That is one of the conclusions from the sixth national SDG report and ...
Environment
May 25, 2022
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The war in Ukraine is being described as the first social media war, even as "the TikTok war." Memes, tweets, videos and blog posts communicate both vital information and propaganda, potentially changing the course of history. ...
Education
May 24, 2022
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A new report on pandemic learning loss found that high-poverty schools both spent more weeks in remote instruction during 2020–21 and suffered large losses in achievement when they did so. Districts that remained largely ...
Education
May 6, 2022
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Taking away the rights of terrorists to automatic early release from prison threatens their human rights, new analysis argues.
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2022
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The UK government has announced a scheme allowing people to open up their homes to refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine. "Homes for Ukraine" will allow individuals, charities and community groups to take Ukrainians into their ...
Social Sciences
Mar 15, 2022
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People with high levels of trust in government felt more secure in their jobs, had higher employer loyalty and were more likely to go out of their way to help co-workers, according to a recent study.
Social Sciences
Mar 3, 2022
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Fresh emissions targets from Saudi Arabia and Australia—two of the world's largest fossil-fuel producers—are due to arrive just in time for global climate talks in Glasgow. These would commit the two countries to reducing ...
Environment
Oct 26, 2021
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Northwestern University researchers assessing the response to COVID-19 for child care programs in Illinois have found the state's efforts to bolster child care access to first responders while stabilizing the market were ...
Economics & Business
Sep 17, 2021
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The Great Barrier Reef's outlook remains "very poor" despite coral recovery over the past year, Australian government scientists said Monday, just days before a UNESCO ruling on the site's world heritage status.
Ecology
Jul 19, 2021
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Current approaches for planning relocation for potentially millions of people affected by climate change and related risks are "woefully inadequate" and risk worsening societal inequities, experts wrote in a policy perspective ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2021
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