WASHINGTON – In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed in stark ways.
Carbon dioxide emissions are up 60 percent. Global temperature is up six-tenths of a degree. Population is up 1.7 billion people. Sea level is up 3 inches. Extreme weather in the United States is up 30 percent. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are down 4.9 trillion tons of ice.
Diplomats began talks Monday at a United Nations global warming conference in Lima, Peru, to pave the way for an international treaty they hope to forge next year.
To see how much the globe has changed since the first such international conference in 1992, The Associated Press scoured databases from around the world. –Associated Press
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“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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