Climate change poses a health threat through increasing weather disasters and extreme heat, the UN said Thursday, calling for better warning systems that could be weaved into public health policy.
Environment
Nov 2, 2023
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When Wellington carpenter Samuel Parnell began the struggle for an eight-hour working day back in 1840, he could have never foreseen how modern work culture would evolve. But he would no doubt empathize with the challenges ...
Economics & Business
Oct 20, 2023
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A Kenyan court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit challenging a government decision to allow the importation and cultivation of genetically modified crops to help combat its food crisis.
Agriculture
Oct 12, 2023
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Against a backdrop of funding shortages and recruitment issues across the education sector, two education experts argue that equipping leaders with more soft skills will improve mental health and well-being in school staff.
Education
Sep 21, 2023
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The dumping of billions of tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere yearly is already having a devastating impact around the world. This includes widespread flooding and droughts, raging wildfires, ...
Environment
Sep 4, 2023
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Leadership meta-skills should be developed in the public sector, according to Marika Tammeaid's doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland. These skills would serve as an antidote to harmful bureaucratization ...
Economics & Business
May 22, 2023
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Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences, along with a collaborator at Denison University, have developed an innovative new model to assess how the California economy might have fared without economic closures to ...
Economics & Business
Mar 9, 2023
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A new Curtin-led report has found that Australian mining companies have a stronger focus on the physical health and safety of employees compared to employee mental health and well-being, followed by a respectful workplace ...
Economics & Business
Nov 28, 2022
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A study in the Review of Development Economics examines whether a typical developing country should invest more in agriculture or education, and at what stage of development it's optimal to invest more in each of these sectors.
Economics & Business
Oct 5, 2022
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A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by The University of Queensland.
Agriculture
Sep 5, 2022
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