Countries: Greece, World Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR is calling for urgent action to improve conditions and ensure humane solutions for asylum seekers in reception centres in the Aegean islands, including in the new emergency site on Lesvos.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today formalized its partnership with one of Asia’s leading civil society organizations working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger, achieve food security, improve nutrition and promote transformative, sustainable agriculture. The CSO, Asian Partnership for the Development […]

Duke Energy Begins Work on 94 MW Of New Solar Projects On July 27, 2020, Duke Energy Corporation (“Duke Energy”) announced the commencement of construction on two new major utility-scale solar projects in western North Carolina.  One project is a 69-megawatt (“MW”) facility located in Maiden, Catawba County, and the […]

Hong Kong – K&L Gates has advised leading global genetics and diagnostic health testing company Prenetics on its US$15 million financing round. The round was led by Apis Insurtech Fund I, a venture fund managed by Apis Partners LLP, a global investment manager specializing in investments in sustainable early to […]

Oct 7, 2020 – 09:00 am to 10:30 am EDT Africa West Africa Nigeria Webinar Agriculture Production Agricultural Extension Poverty Nutrition Opening new business doors for ag transformation: Youth entrepreneurship in farm value chains and rural development As entrepreneurs, young people can play a major role in the transformation of […]

Country: Yemen Source: World Food Programme More than 20 million people are food-insecure with 13 million requiring WFP aid to meet daily needs. Another three million are at risk of worsening hunger as COVID-19 sweeps unchecked across Yemen.