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Niklas Weins

@niklasweins.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in International Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University 🇨🇳🇧🇷 🌱

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The Nature Conservancy @nature.org · 12/08/2026
Mongolia is a fitting host for the @unccd.bsky.social COP17. Its vast grasslands and herding communities show what's at stake when it comes to healthy land and thriving livelihoods, and what's possible when we invest in both.
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Why the Future of Land Needs Global Action
Hosted in Mongolia, UNCCD COP17 offers an opportunity to advance the partnerships, policies and investment needed to scale proven solutions and strengthen resilience for healthy land for generations.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 02/05/2026
The 17th session of UN Land and Drought's COP17 is scheduled to take place 17 - 28 August. Parties and accredited organizations interested in organizing a side event are invited to submit an application before 15 May. More info: ow.ly/sNTO50YOTU4 .
UNCCD COP17 conference announcement with desert dunes and camel caravan in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, August 2026.
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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · 10/07/2026
Upcoming 📣 In August in Mongolia, negotiators joining @unccd.bsky.social #COP17 will consider a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought What to expect ➡️ enb.iisd.org/convention-c... #COP17Mongolia
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17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD (COP17)
Negotiators at UNCCD COP 17 will consider a wide array of decisions on enhancing efforts to address desertification, land degradation and drought.
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latinometrics @latinometrics.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
🇺🇸 🥊 🇨🇳 China and the US are locked in a quiet, high-stakes scramble for Latin America's critical mineral supply chains ↓
Bar chart comparing mining investments by China and the US in Latin America from 2000 to 2024 across various countries.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A shipment of 15,000 tons of rice donated by the Chinese government to Cuba has arrived at the port of Havana, the island's president said on Sunday.
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Cuba Receives Shipment of Rice Donated by China
A shipment of 15,000 tons of rice donated by the Chinese government to Cuba has arrived at the port of Havana, the island's president said on Sunday. The shipment is the first batch of a promised 60,0...
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Panama is now caught in the middle of a growing U.S.-China clash over control of strategic canal ports. Pedro Armada joins Eric to explain why Beijing’s pressure campaign may be escalating and why Panama’s options are narrowing. Watch - tinyurl.com/3d7sxs8w
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taz @taz.de · 15/04/2026
2024 hat das Deutschlandticket laut Berechnungen circa 2,5 Millionen Tonnen CO2 eingespart. Vor allem für Menschen mit niedrigen Einkommen ist das Ticket wichtig.
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Deutschlandticket ist klimafreundlich: Je­de:r Fünfte nutzt das Fahrkartenabo
2024 hat das Deutschlandticket laut Berechnungen circa 2,5 Millionen Tonnen CO2 eingespart. Vor allem für Menschen mit niedrigen Einkommen ist das Ticket wichtig.
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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"Businesses and other key actors can either lead the way towards a more sustainable global economy or ultimately risk extinction…both of species in nature, but potentially also their own.” - Matt Jones @unepwcmc.bsky.social
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Niklas Weins @niklasweins.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
📑🌏🌱 Back in 2022 I was part of the #GYBNbrasil @yess-network.bsky.social youth delegation to the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #COP15 in Montreal - and our comment paper is finally out!
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Marie-Morgane Rouyer @mariemrouyer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Youth networks act as bridges in environmental governance
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Marie-Morgane Rouyer @mariemrouyer.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨New paper! With representatives from 12 #youth networks we reflect on the roles & achievements of youth networks in #environmentalgovernance, and the barriers they face. Our networks bring together > 1 million youth, engaging from the local to the international level in environmental governance
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The United States accuses China of detaining Panama-flagged vessels following a shift in port control, raising tensions over maritime practices and signaling a new flashpoint in global trade and shipping disputes.
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U.S. Accuses China of Detaining Panama-Flagged Ships
The United States accused China on Thursday of detaining Panama-flagged ships in the Asian country's ports, following a takeover by Panamanian authorities of two ports previously controlled by a Chine...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 23/03/2026
“This is not a war for security. It’s a war for the political economy of fossil fuels – and the people paying the price are Iranian civilians and working‑class communities around the world.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Is China Replacing U.S. Aid in Africa? Not Exactly. Washington is shifting toward trade and strategic deals, while China says its engagement has always focused on infrastructure and development finance. Obert Hodzi and Santino Regilme join us to explain the difference.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 05/03/2026
You know what WON’T get stuck in the Strait of Hormuz? Solar and wind energy
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 07/02/2026
🚨#PlasticsTreaty update 🚨New Chair elected. Greenpeace's message is clear: The world is already #toxic enough. No more delays. No more excuses. It’s time for governments to step up & deliver a strong treaty that cuts plastic production.
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Greenpeace to new Plastics Treaty talks Chair: Restore trust, transparency and ambition - Greenpeace International
"We have lost precious time since negotiations began while the plastics crisis worsens by the day. We urge the new chair to rally world leaders to deliver a strong and effective agreement that puts pe...
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Robert Spaull @rspaull.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Find out more about the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Report ahead of the 9 Feb launch!
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
🫵Missed Meghna Goyal’s ICTA-UAB talk on rising inequality in agri-food value chains? 🌾📈 Watch the full talk now on our YouTube channel! 🎥 youtu.be/rt9YHJbT8ak?... #AgriFood #GlobalInequality #ICTAUAB #ValueChains
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Meghna Goyal: Increasing inequality in agri-food value chains: global trends from 1995-2020
YouTube video by ICTA-UAB
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/12/2025
📢 Join us for Stakeholder Day prior to #IPBES12 in Manchester, UK! 🗓️ 2 February 2026 🖼️ Showcase your IPBES-related projects with a poster! 🌍 Learn more and register for online and in-person participation by 2 January: www.ipbes.net/ipbes12/stakeholder-d…
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Robert Spaull @rspaull.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
"While it is clearly the prerogative of Governments to withdraw from global processes, like those of @ipbes.net, it is important to remember that this does not change the science or the relevance of that science to the lives and livelihoods of people in every community, in every part of the world. 🧪
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
🌱 REAL Project Seminar 🌱 🗣️Join Meghna Goyal, from ICTA-UAB on Jan 13, 3pm: "Increasing inequality in agri-food value chains (1995–2020)" Explore how global trade drives rural-urban value transfers 🌍 💻ONLINE: www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
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TAG Revista @tagrevista.com · 05/01/2026
Wagner Moura e Kleber Mendonça anunciam vencedor do Critics Choice de Melhor Filme e agradecem o prêmio de ‘O Agente Secreto’: “Agora é hora de apresentar a categoria de Melhor Filme… ou, como chamamos no Brasil, Melhor Filme Estrangeiro” 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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nails488.bsky.social @nails488.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Estados Unidos continúa su intento de derrocar la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela | Boletín 45 (2025) | Instituto Tricontinental de Investigación Social thetricontinental.org/es/newslette...
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Estados Unidos continúa su intento de derrocar la Revolución Bolivariana de Venezuela | Boletín 45 (2025)
Con una rápida escalada militar y una narrativa reactivada de la “Guerra contra las Drogas”, el gobierno de Trump parece estar sentando las bases para un ataque contra el pueblo venezolano.
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Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @jcca-gigahamburg.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
🔔 New #OpenAccess Analysis in #JCCA Journal of Current Chinese Affairs @giga-hamburg.de @sagepub.com Harlan et al. call for new approaches to engaging China’s aspiration to become a global environmental leader, while asserting clear expectations and responsibilities. doi.org/10.1177/1868...
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ICTA-UAB @icta-uab.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Estudio internacional alerta: los “proyectos verdes” de petroleras prolongan el modelo del combustible fósil. Dirigido por Marcel Llavero-Pasquina del ICTA-UAB share.google/TOXZqwGrYZ68...
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Estudio internacional alerta: los “proyectos verdes” de petroleras prolongan el modelo del combustible fósil - Noticias Ambientales
Descubre cómo los llamados proyectos verdes de la industria del petróleo prolongan el uso de combustibles fósiles.
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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 23/11/2025
China at the #COP30 closing session: "History will remember the footprint that was left in Belém" "As a developing country, China will continue to promote global climate governance"
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Anika Patel @anikanpatel.carbonbrief.org · 23/11/2025
OUT NOW: All you need to know about COP30, brought to you by @carbonbrief.org Our 20k word explainer breaks down: 🛢️ What happened with the fossil fuel roadmap push? 💰 Who wanted (and got) what on climate finance? 🇨🇳 Did China step up as a climate leader? Find out here ⬇️
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COP30: Key outcomes agreed at the UN climate talks in Belém - Carbon Brief
A voluntary plan to curb fossil fuels, a goal to triple adaptation finance and new...
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Landscape Alliance @landalliance.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
“The Great Green Wall is not only restoring degraded landscapes - it’s strengthening knowledge, collaboration, & impact. It shows what’s possible when strong partnerships come together to create meaningful change for people & the planet.” @elianeubalijoro.bsky.social #WCA2025 #Trees4Resilience
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Cihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
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Meinung: Cihan Celik zu Stadtbild-Debatte: Was Merz in der migrantischen Community auslöst
Mit seinen Worten entfremdet Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Millionen Deutsche mit Migrationsgeschichte von der deutschen Gesellschaft. Für Menschen wie mich ist das eine bestürzende und schmerzvolle Er...
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Signal @signal.org · 03/10/2025
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
There's a really nice explanation (with clear graphics) in this @quantamagazine.bsky.social article of why most molecules in the atmosphere (oxygen & nitrogen) don't act as greenhouse gases, but a lot of the far less numerous ones (like carbon dioxide and methane) do. A great teaching aid :)
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The Quantum Mechanics of Greenhouse Gases | Quanta Magazine
Earth’s radiation can send some molecules spinning or vibrating, which is what makes them greenhouse gases. This infographic explains how relatively few heat-trapping molecules can have a planetary ef...
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
China is pouring billions into Brazil 🇨🇳🇧🇷, from energy to mining to food security. But why now, and what does it mean for both economies? 💰🌎 👉 Watch as Tulio Cariello breaks down the surge in Chinese investment and what’s driving Brazil’s growing importance to Beijing. Watch - tinyurl.com/y4c79udh
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taz @taz.de · 17/08/2025
"Wir möchten höflich darauf hinweisen, dass die taz – im Gegensatz zu Nius – ein journalistisches Medium ist, das nach presseethischen Grundsätzen arbeitet." Das schrieben @uwiworks.bsky.social und @junge.bsky.social vor mehr als einem Jahr. Es scheint dringend erneut erklärt werden zu müssen.
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taz-Chefredaktion schreibt an Christian Lindner
Die taz-Chefinnen zeigen sich „irritiert und ratlos“ über Gleichsetzung der taz mit „Nius“.
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michael mezzatesta @michaelmezz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
world leaders are meeting now to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty. the majority of countries are prepared to cap plastic production. but negotiations are about to collapse — because the US, Russia, and the Gulf States flooded the event with 234 oil industry lobbyists who are disrupting progress.
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
1) This is my top highlight. We found that the global North net-appropriates more than 800 billion hours of labour from the South per year. This occurs because Southern wages are 83–98% lower than Northern wages for work of equal skill in the same sector. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Unequal exchange of labour in the world economy - Nature Communications
Hickel and colleagues find that, in 2021, the economies of the global North net-appropriated 826 billion hours of embodied labour from the global South, across all skill levels and sectors. Unequal ex...
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 01/08/2025
Recycling does not match the scale of the plastic that's being produced. It’s time to turn off the tap. Greenpeace is calling for at least a 75% reduction in plastic production by 2040. #PlasticsTreaty
Picture: aerial view of plastic pollution in landfill. Caption: "We can't recycle our way out of the plastics crisis."
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Yale Environment 360 @yalee360.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
The 8 billion tons of plastic waste on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report. Ahead of international negotiations on a plastics treaty, authors warn that countries urgently need to cut production.
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World Cannot Recycle Its Way Out of Plastics Crisis, Report Warns
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taz @taz.de · 27/07/2025
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche erscheint schon nach kurzer Amtszeit als Fehlbesetzung. Sie bringt selbst die eigenen Reihen gegen sich auf.
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Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche: Im Klassenkampfmodus
Wirtschaftsministerin Katherina Reiche erscheint schon nach kurzer Amtszeit als Fehlbesetzung. Sie bringt selbst die eigenen Reihen gegen sich auf.
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Climate Analytics @climateanalytics.org · 23/07/2025
The International Court of Justice #ICJ found that 1.5°C is the ‘primary goal’ under the Paris Agreement and countries must act on climate with the 'highest ambition' to meet this. Statement from @billhare.bsky.social explains what this means for #climateaction 👇
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ICJ: 1.5°C is ‘primary goal’ under the Paris Agreement and countries…
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued a fundamental set of findings that reinforces the centrality of the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Paris Agreement, and the duty on ...
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POLLEN - Political Ecology Network @pollenetwork.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🚨 Postdoc Opportunity 🚨 Project: Cumulative impact assessment of infrastructure in the Xingu River Basin 🌱🛰️ 🧭 Experience in spatial data & multidisciplinary research 📩 INFO: fapesp.br/bolsas/pd #Postdoc #EnvironmentalScience #SpatialAnalysis #Xingu #LandUseChange
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Bolsa de Pós-Doutorado
Normas para Apresentação e Seleção de Propostas no Programa de Bolsas de Pós-Doutorado Normas vigentes a partir de 01/06/2025. A Bolsa de Pós-Doutorado da...
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Niklas Weins @niklasweins.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Four intense conference days at #ICPP7 are coming to an end - what a wonderfully mixed scholarly rigorous but generous group of people! Looking forward to the next edition and to mature those policy diffusion ideas…
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SGAIN Project @sgain.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Over the next one and half days (24/25th June), Bath will be host to a milestone event, the Conference on China and Global Sustainability Transition, held by the SGAIN Project from the University of Bath.
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 14/05/2025
The recipe for ending the plastic pollution crisis is a process known as circularity. But how can the world embrace it? Ahead of #WorldEnvironmentDay on June 5, this Q&A looks at the role green skills can play in driving real change: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Editora Boitempo @boitempo.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
MUJICA, PRESENTE! ✊🏼 Diagnosticado com câncer, um dos mais importantes líderes da esquerda latino-americana manifestou sua recusa a recorrer a tratamentos invasivos, dizendo: "o guerreiro tem direito ao seu descanso". Prestes a completar 90 anos, nosso guerreiro descansou.
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
In Rio de Janeiro this week, Indonesia made its debut on the BRICS stage—not as an invited guest, but as a full member. Indonesia is no longer on the sidelines of global diplomacy. It is stepping onto the field, not with bravado, but with quiet determination.
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With BRICS Platform, Indonesia Seeks Global South Solidarity
In Rio de Janeiro this week, Indonesia made its debut on the BRICS stage—not as an invited guest, but as a full member. Foreign Minister Sugiono’s presence at the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting mark...
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Shatrinja ★ @shatrinja.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
1/ Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025 „5,2 Millionen Personen müssen in erheblicher materieller Entbehrung leben. Darunter befinden sich etwa 1,1 Million minderjährige Kinder und Jugendliche sowie 1,2 Millionen Vollzeiterwerbstätige.“
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Verschärfung der Armut: Paritätischer Armutsbericht 2025
Der Paritätische Armutsbericht 2025 befasst sich u.a. mit der Verschärfung der Armut im Zuge der Inflation.
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China’s food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday.
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China Further Shifts Agricultural Trade to South America in Tariff Standoff
Halting food and fuel imports from the United States will not negatively affect China's food and energy security, a senior Chinese official said on Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy head of the National De...
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Movimento Sem Terra (MST) @mst.org.br · 10/04/2025
🇧🇷🇨🇳 A parceria entre Brasil e China adquire um significado estratégico: trata-se da construção de alternativas concretas, de um caminho autônomo de desenvolvimento baseado na justiça social, na paz e no respeito mútuo entre as nações. 📲 Leia aqui: mst.org.br/2025/04/09/b...
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Belt and Road Podcast @beltandroadpod.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
📣Episode 1 is Live!📣 Environmental Issues along the Belt and Road: "Manufacturing the Clean Energy Transition" Buzzsprout: www.buzzsprout.com/admin/196316...
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