Country: World Sources: Save the Children, UN Children’s Fund A new handbook provides comprehensive guidance on the Paris Principles for child protection specialists and government officials working to prevent the recruitment of children by armed actors.

On 1 December 2022, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a major new regulatory component of the Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS) to recognize electricity produced from biomass and used to fuel electric vehicles (the Proposed eRINs Rule).1 Industry participants have waited on the Proposed eRINs Rule for several years, […]

Seeking solutions for the costs and challenges of food insecurity (The Teller Window)  pfowlkes Fri, 12/09/2022 – 12:10 Seeking solutions for the costs and challenges of food insecurity (The Teller Window)  In the News Dec 8, 2022

Countries: Eritrea, Ethiopia Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR has sent 61 trucks into Tigray, carrying 2,400 tons of much-needed relief, including medicine, shelter materials, blankets and household items, and a tanker carrying 20,000 litres of fuel.

Photo: Pixabay/eliasfalla The world has changed significantly since people began cultivating food. In many ways, we’ve become more connected as humans — we know what’s happening in other parts of the world and have more access to information than ever. However, we’ve become more disconnected in other ways since people […]

International travelers have been flocking back to the popular resort island of Bali as the Covid pandemic subsides, prompting hopes that Indonesia’s battered tourism industry is on the road to recovery.

Tracy Lawless, government affairs counselor in the Pittsburgh and Harrisburg offices of K&L Gates, has been appointed to the Transition Advisory Committee for Health and Human Services assembled by Pennsylvania Governor-Elect Josh Shapiro and Lieutenant Governor-Elect Austin Davis.  Lawless will serve the health care section of the Committee for Health […]

The Japanese city of Aomori is billed as the snowiest in the world, with an average of eight meters each year and tunnels carved into the snow so that travelers can use the roads. So it’s no wonder that Aomori is hoping to find a way to convert all that […]

War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  pfowlkes Wed, 12/07/2022 – 15:16 War and adverse weather set to keep food prices high (Financial Times)  In the News Dec 4, 2022