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Volcani International Partners and Western Negev Farmers Launch ReGrow Israel Emergency Fund to Rebuild War-Destroyed Agricultural Communities

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星期二, 十二月 12, 2023
Mishkei Herut Beitar, Safety, Food, Biofertilizer, Partner, Farmer, Emergency fund, NGO, Kibbutz, Drug, Agriculture, Renewable energy

WESTERN NEGEV, Israel, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Israel's leading Agricultural NGO, Volcani International Partners and Western Negev Farmers ("Mishkey HaNegev")  launched ReGrow Israel – an Emergency Fund to restore and rebuild farming communities hardest hit by the October 7th terrorist attacks. The initiative seeks to raise $50 million that will be immediately distributed to farmers to address the significant losses:

Key Points: 
  • WESTERN NEGEV, Israel, Dec. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Israel's leading Agricultural NGO, Volcani International Partners and Western Negev Farmers ("Mishkey HaNegev")  launched ReGrow Israel – an Emergency Fund to restore and rebuild farming communities hardest hit by the October 7th terrorist attacks.
  • The Western Negev distributes a substantial portion of staples like potatoes and tomatoes, produce and dairy to the Israeli population.
  • "These pioneering, passionate farmers are already getting creative in finding solutions to use what's left of their land and resources to feed the Israeli population," says Danielle Abraham, CEO, Volcani Partners International.
  • ReGrow Israel has generated support from leaders around the world such as former US Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman who serves as an advisor to the fund.

NaaS and CANGO Jointly Release the "Initiative on Sustainability of Enterprise-Community Integration in the Middle East"

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星期二, 十二月 12, 2023
Carbon, Cloud, Sustainable Development Goals, Social Problems, Research, SGS, White paper, Climate change, Organization, Policy, UN, Social responsibility, Enterprise Community Partners, Network as a service, Senior advisor, Lead, NGO, Communication, Government, Dual carbon battery, Non-governmental organization

In this sense, it is an important task for all countries worldwide to promote enterprise-community integration and development.

Key Points: 
  • In this sense, it is an important task for all countries worldwide to promote enterprise-community integration and development.
  • Known as the first of its kind in China and globally, primarily focusing on industry participation and user behavior analysis within the field of carbon inclusivity.
  • It sheds light on China's practice and reflection of green and low-carbon sustainability in response to the global challenge of climate change.
  • Based on practical experience, green mobility is so far the most extensive scenario of carbon reductions through carbon inclusion in China.

The Inner Circle Acknowledges, Reginald D. Hughes as a Top Pinnacle Healthcare Professional for his contributions to the field of Family Medicine

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星期五, 十二月 8, 2023
Inner circle, School, American Public University System, American Astronomical Society, Operation Crossroads, Family medicine, University, STD, Astronomy, Fever, American Academy, Patient, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Multimedia, Sore throat, Chemical engineering, MPH, NGO, FAAFP, Family, United States Army Reserve, White Plains Hospital, American Public Health Association, Master, Public, Nursing, Medicine, MD, COVID

LAURELTON, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Reginald D. Hughes, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is acknowledged as a Top Pinnacle Healthcare Professional for his contributions to the field of Family Medicine.

Key Points: 
  • LAURELTON, N.Y., Dec. 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Prominently featured in The Inner Circle, Reginald D. Hughes, MD, MPH, FAAFP, is acknowledged as a Top Pinnacle Healthcare Professional for his contributions to the field of Family Medicine.
  • He completed a residency in family medicine and a fellowship in family medicine/obstetrics, both completed at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center in Queens, NY from 1998 to 2001.
  • The doctor also holds an MPH (public health) and a Master's degree in space studies (astronomy) from the American Military University.
  • The doctor noted that family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages.

Relais & Châteaux chefs pledge to stop serving eel with immediate effect to prevent its extinction

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星期二, 十二月 5, 2023
Michelin, Water pollution, Nature, River, Eel, Annual report, IUCN, Biodiversity, NGO, Partnership, Environment, ICES, Press release, International Council, Travel, Threatened species, World Oceans Day, Restaurant, Electron, Hunting, Aquaculture, Mediterranean Sea, Le Relais

PARIS, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The members of Relais & Châteaux's World Culinary Council has voted to immediately remove eel from their own menus and are sending a call to action to the rest of the group's 580 hotels and restaurants to do the same, after its NGO partner Ethic Ocean launched an alert that public authorities must urgently listen to scientists who recommend suspending European eel fishing.

Key Points: 
  • In this context, the 21 Relais & Châteaux chefs elected to the Association's World Culinary Council gathered in October and voted to approve an immediate ban of European eel from its menus.
  • As the world's largest network of chefs, Relais & Châteaux hopes to save this species."
  • Laurent Gardinier said: "We have an acute understanding that Relais & Châteaux, and our very art de vivre, is dependent on nature.
  • To learn more about sustainability at Relais & Châteaux, the Association's annual report with 15 objectives for 2025 and 2030 can be found here:

Relais & Châteaux chefs pledge to stop serving eel with immediate effect to prevent its extinction

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星期二, 十二月 5, 2023
Michelin, Water pollution, Nature, River, Eel, Annual report, IUCN, Biodiversity, NGO, Partnership, Environment, ICES, Press release, International Council, Travel, Threatened species, World Oceans Day, Restaurant, Electron, Hunting, Aquaculture, Mediterranean Sea, Le Relais

PARIS, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The members of Relais & Châteaux's World Culinary Council has voted to immediately remove eel from their own menus and are sending a call to action to the rest of the group's 580 hotels and restaurants to do the same, after its NGO partner Ethic Ocean launched an alert that public authorities must urgently listen to scientists who recommend suspending European eel fishing.

Key Points: 
  • In this context, the 21 Relais & Châteaux chefs elected to the Association's World Culinary Council gathered in October and voted to approve an immediate ban of European eel from its menus.
  • As the world's largest network of chefs, Relais & Châteaux hopes to save this species."
  • Laurent Gardinier said: "We have an acute understanding that Relais & Châteaux, and our very art de vivre, is dependent on nature.
  • To learn more about sustainability at Relais & Châteaux, the Association's annual report with 15 objectives for 2025 and 2030 can be found here:

COP28: Canada Daily Highlights - December 2, 2023

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星期六, 十二月 2, 2023
Compact, Wildfire, Climate change, Government of Canada, European Commission, Flood, Global stocktake, Guilbeault, UN, Climate, Canadian Pavilion, Civil service commission, INC, Nuclear energy, Implementation, Indians of Canada Pavilion, NGO, Least developed countries, Initiative, Renewable energy, Agriculture

This funding will help put least developed countries on a path to climate resilience by 2030.

Key Points: 
  • This funding will help put least developed countries on a path to climate resilience by 2030.
  • Minister Guilbeault addressed the audience at an event in the Canada Pavilion on climate misinformation and political polarization, led by Equiterre.
  • The Government of Canada, alongside Australia, the European Commission, and the United States, jointly launched the Clean Energy Ministerial Battery Storage Initiative to supercharge global battery storage deployment.
  • Ambassador for Climate Change Catherine Stewart represented Canada at the signing of a multilateral declaration , supporting the tripling of global nuclear energy capacity by 2050.

GlobalSat Group Partners with Rivada to bring The OuterNET™ to Latin America

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星期四, 十一月 30, 2023
Globalsat Group, Agriculture, Human, LEO, Software, NGO, Partnership, Government, Life, Architecture, Mobile phone, Computer data storage, Communications satellite

MUNICH and BOCA RATON, Fla., Nov. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Globalsat Group a global provider of mission-critical satellite and wireless connectivity solutions is partnering with Rivada Space Networks to provide access to a unique next-generation data network for customers in the energy, government, NGO, agriculture, utilities and transportation sectors throughout the Americas and beyond.

Key Points: 
  • Globalsat is an industry leader in mobile and other satellite services providing specialized voice, data, M2M/IoT, software, and hardware throughout the Americas since 1999.
  • The increasing demand for resilient connectivity is fast outpacing the current infrastructure used to carry it in terms of latency, bandwidth, speed and security.
  • Globalsat Group will add Rivada's OuterNET™ seamless connectivity to its diverse roster of mission-critical solutions, as an option to ramp up performance and increase customer efficiency.
  • Declan Ganley, CEO, Rivada Space Networks, said: "We are delighted to be working with such an innovative company as Globalsat and honored to be chosen as their enterprise grade LEO operator for Latin America.

COP28: Leading scientists release national data on land carbon critical to Global Stocktake

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星期三, 十一月 29, 2023
Carbon, Forestry, Land use, Tundra, Research, Wildfire, Climate change, INPE, Global stocktake, COP28, Investment, IPCC, NASA, Jurisdiction, Weather, Map, Stock-taking, Machine learning, Health, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University, Satellite, Biodiversity, NGO, Atmosphere, Drought, Government, Radar, Wetland, Television, Agriculture, Renewable energy

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, non-profit CTrees updated its carbon inventory statistics and maps for all forest and non-forest lands in every country around the world. This independent carbon data can now be used by anyone to measure, report, and verify carbon — including countries heading into COP28 negotiations. With 2022 data now available, CTrees' version 2.0 of the free Jurisdictional MRV tool offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive global data on land carbon emission inventories available from any source.

Key Points: 
  • This independent carbon data can now be used by anyone to measure, report, and verify carbon — including countries heading into COP28 negotiations.
  • With 2022 data now available, CTrees' version 2.0 of the free Jurisdictional MRV tool offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive global data on land carbon emission inventories available from any source.
  • The version 2.0 of the tool includes an interactive carbon map and charts with historical data on carbon stocks, emissions, and removals from all vegetation on land —  forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves, savannahs, shrublands, tundra, and more.
  • The data is produced by leading scientists applying peer-reviewed, AI-enabled methodologies in a groundbreaking cloud platform that integrates data from a variety of sources, including satellite imagery from optical and radar satellites, air and space-based lidar, and forest inventory data.

COP28: Leading scientists release national data on land carbon critical to Global Stocktake

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星期三, 十一月 29, 2023
Carbon, Forestry, Land use, Tundra, Research, Wildfire, Climate change, INPE, Global stocktake, COP28, Investment, IPCC, NASA, Jurisdiction, Weather, Map, Stock-taking, Machine learning, Health, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, University, Satellite, Biodiversity, NGO, Atmosphere, Drought, Government, Radar, Wetland, Television, Agriculture, Renewable energy

PASADENA, Calif., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, non-profit CTrees updated its carbon inventory statistics and maps for all forest and non-forest lands in every country around the world. This independent carbon data can now be used by anyone to measure, report, and verify carbon — including countries heading into COP28 negotiations. With 2022 data now available, CTrees' version 2.0 of the free Jurisdictional MRV tool offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive global data on land carbon emission inventories available from any source.

Key Points: 
  • This independent carbon data can now be used by anyone to measure, report, and verify carbon — including countries heading into COP28 negotiations.
  • With 2022 data now available, CTrees' version 2.0 of the free Jurisdictional MRV tool offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive global data on land carbon emission inventories available from any source.
  • The version 2.0 of the tool includes an interactive carbon map and charts with historical data on carbon stocks, emissions, and removals from all vegetation on land —  forests, grasslands, wetlands, mangroves, savannahs, shrublands, tundra, and more.
  • The data is produced by leading scientists applying peer-reviewed, AI-enabled methodologies in a groundbreaking cloud platform that integrates data from a variety of sources, including satellite imagery from optical and radar satellites, air and space-based lidar, and forest inventory data.

Child War Survivor Story of Hope Reaches Ukrainian Children in Poland

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星期二, 十一月 28, 2023
Cosmos, Empowerment, Mental, Community Organized Relief Effort, LCSW, Organization, Hope, Racism, INK, Ink, Book, Learning, Parade, CORE, Trauma, BBB, Mental health, Child, NGO, Survivor, Social work, Face, Entertainment, Tourism, Bird, New York University

We all need a role model--someone who can understand something of what we have been through. This children's story was inspired by real-life events. A child survivor of the Franco-Prussian war, "Dr. J" comes back to today in a time-traveling air balloon to offer children survivors of war hope and coping skills. Dr. Pierre Janet, ("Dr. J as it's easier to say") eventually translated his childhood fears into hope, resilience, and helping the greater good. In reality, he became one of the leading psychologists of all time and his work informs all modern-day trauma treatment.

Key Points: 
  • A child survivor of the Franco-Prussian war, "Dr. J" comes back to today in a time-traveling air balloon to offer children survivors of war hope and coping skills.
  • Dr. Pierre Janet, ("Dr. J as it's easier to say") eventually translated his childhood fears into hope, resilience, and helping the greater good.
  • In BBB Janet and Adler work together to help the children build a community based on mutual respect and kindness.
  • These innovative books and their activities are used as therapeutic tools in her child therapy practice ( https://theempowermentopportunity.com/ ).