Tag: United Nations
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Lest we forget: The lessons of World War II | Vince Bzdek
At the beginning of “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting,” the great Czech author Milan Kundera tells the story of a cold, snowy day in Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the height of Communist rule. A man named Clementis stood next to Communist Leader Klement Gottwald on a balcony overlooking a crowd. Because of the cold,…
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Aurora City Council narrowly declares housing a human right after tense debate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Aurora City Council passed a resolution in a 6-4 vote Monday night, declaring housing as a human right after a tense debate among council members. In the city council, resolutions are symbolic, announcing support for a movement or issue through not implementing any concrete…
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CU Boulder study says emissions aren’t growing as fast as worst-case predictions
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Research from the University of Colorado Boulder found that emissions aren’t growing nearly as fast as the United Nations’ worst-case climate change projections. The study, published last week by Environmental Research Letters, said the UN’s projections don’t accurately reflect the slowing growth of the global…