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Global distribution of top-priority unburnable conventional oil resources according to their coincidence with areas of outstanding socio-environmental characteristics. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46340-6 In order to limit the increase in global average temperature to 1.5°C, it is essential to drastically reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the atmosphere. This would mean not exploiting…

President Bola Tinubu says his nine month-old administration has attracted $30 billion Direct Foreign Investment commitments to shore up the Nigerian economy. Mr Tinubu said this at the 2023 Leadership Annual Conference and Award on Tuesday in Abuja. The event, with the theme, “An Economy in Distress: The Way Forward,” was organised by the Leadership Group, publishers of Leadership Newspapers. Mr Tinubu, represented by Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said the Nigerian economy is…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Associate Professor of Criminal Law Sjarai Lestrade explored the possibility for a socio-ecocentric criminal justice system. She did so in a theme issue of Delikt & Delinkwent on the possible modernization of the Dutch Penal Code. The theme issue of Delikt & Delinkwent addressed the question of how "modern"…

Sun and Saturn are set for a deep conjunction on February 29, 2024. It is believed that whenever the Sun and Saturn are so close to each other, they bring about profound shifts and transformations in various…

Productivity tools have been on the rise over the last few years, especially after the COVID-19 lockdowns forced everyone to work from home. In today's hustle culture, these tools can help you organize, not only your work but your life too, allowing you to stay ahead of all commitments. And to succeed, staying organized and collaborating with your team is essential to ensure high productivity and output. If you want your team to be productive and perform well, it is very important that everyone is well aware of the…

Apart from sparking widespread protests and renewing conversation around inequalities in the United States, George Floyd’s murder in the spring of 2020 also spurred a slew of promises from Corporate America that they’d do something to address the inequities in the system. But how much has actually been accomplished? Reading our coverage of those months, it feels like the venture capital and startup world was on to something, going by their commitments to start doing something to address the lack of diversity in their…

While substantive AI legislation may still be years away, the industry is moving at light speed and many — including the White House — are worried that it may get carried away. So the Biden administration has collected “voluntary commitments” from 7 of the biggest AI developers to pursue shared safety and transparency goals ahead of a planned Executive Order. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon are the companies taking part in this non-binding agreement, and will send representatives to…

Delta Air Lines misled customers with its sustainability claims, a new class action lawsuit alleges. The suit was filed in California yesterday and seeks damages for any resident who’s been on a Delta flight since it made a big climate commitment back in 2020. That year, the company made a $1 billion pledge to become carbon neutral. Instead of slashing its emissions entirely, the plan relied on carbon credits to offset the airline’s pollution. The credits are supposed to represent tons of carbon dioxide emissions either…

The past year and some months has been rocky for the International Space Station. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent response from the United States and other world powers, Russia’s withdrawal from the ISS seemed imminent. Now, that doesn’t seem to be the case at all, as Russia has reinforced its commitment to the ISS through 2028. Back in 2022, Russia said that it would leave the ISS sometime after 2024. This left NASA and other ISS partners scrambling to figure out who would replace…

Image Source : TWITTER Google employees ask for fair treatment during layoffs, demand five commitments from company CEO Last year in January, Google announced it would lay off 6% of its total workforce, leading to reports of abrupt and insensitive dismissals, even for those on maternity or medical leave. Now, over 1,400 Google employees have sent an open letter to…