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Investments in Inuit housing insufficient to tackle human rights abuses: watchdog

Investments in Inuit housing insufficient to tackle human rights abuses: watchdog

From a family living for seven years in a condemned house that was meant to be temporary, to people with disabilities needing to be transported in and out of their bathrooms, Canada’s housing advocate said while touring several communities this fall Inuit that she got a glimpse of the dire living conditions that many have …

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Experts urgently warn of the need to tackle the planet's biodiversity loss

Experts urgently warn of the need to tackle the planet’s biodiversity loss

Despite efforts to mitigate biodiversity loss, global species extinction continues to accelerate at an unprecedented rate, climate experts have warned ahead of the world’s largest gathering of environment ministers on biodiversity . “The biggest challenge to biodiversity, of course, is climate change (and, in the ocean, its evil twin, ocean acidification),” said Robin Craig, professor …

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