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COP27 Climate Summit: Some Key Statistics on Risk and Investment Trends
As Egypt hosts the most important sustainability event of the year, COP27, the Middle Eastern country is pushing hard on making the summit about decarbonization implementation as opposed to climate commitments. However, given the weak global economy, high inflation, and geopolitical instability, we should not expect many breakthroughs coming out of this year's summit. The over 100 countries participating will be negotiating the establishment of the Damage and Loss Fund (a fund to finance damage and losses suffered by most vulnerable countries), as well as the $ 100 billion yearly investment commitment for developing countries to address their climate adaptation and mitigation priorities. Nobody expects much progress on either front given the limited political capital of the largest polluting countries as well as the weak budget space to fill the climate financing gap.
By Andrea Zanon4 years ago in Earth
Neanderthals possibly extinct because of sex, not violence
There is a small amount of evidence suggesting Neanderthals did not inherit human genes, despite the fact that about 2% of the genomes of all living humans outside of Africa come from Neanderthals. According to a recent study, the number of Neanderthals who may have reproduced sexually with one another decreased as a result of possible interbreeding with our forebears. Their final demise would have resulted from that.
By Alex Hermes4 years ago in Earth
Heart of water
The sea surrounding Alon was serene and silent. He had never been out this far on his own before. Past the rocky shores of his father’s island and beyond the Weir Woods and Waters that surrounded the dragon’s magical domain. His father, the water dragon called Unok had forbidden him from leaving the small mystical island that lay at the heart of the island chain of Talamar. But that had been years ago when he was just a toddler only freshly discovered by the ancient dragon at the shrine on Dragon isle. Alon was fifteen now, a man nearly grown. Surely the time had come for him to branch out and explore? After all, it was from the large fertile island of Kara Atun that his people had come. From the very shores of the land just before him that his parents had left long ago to offer Alon as tribute and heir to his father, The Dragon of the Waves.
By Clayton James4 years ago in Earth
Hunt For Habitable Ocean Worlds Beyond Our Solar System
The hunt for habitable ocean worlds outside our solar system has several goals and many different scientific objectives. One of those goals is to search for biosignatures, which could indicate a past or present presence of life on another world. Currently, robotic missions are being considered to look for biosignatures on outer planets. In 2004, NASA formed the Outer Planets Assessment Group to determine scientific priorities and pathways for exploration of the outer solar system.
By antoniowestley4 years ago in Earth
The Cocaine Hippos of Puerto Triunfo
Pablo Escobar, to the disdain of many a Colombian, is one of the most internationally well-known historical figures of the country. The infamous drug lord, who became the wealthiest criminal in history, plagued Colombia for nearly 20 years.
By Olivia L. Dobbs4 years ago in Earth
