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IUCN Welcomes Decision by UN Convention Against Organized Crime to Negotiate Protocol on Crimes That Affect the Environment
The new protocol offers an opportunity to strengthen international cooperation against transnational environmental crime and connect conservation objectives with criminal justice.
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- Environment
- Region
- Global
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Analysis: The New Nonprofit Visibility Gap
AI is narrowing the pathways available to donors for finding nonprofits worthy of support. Nonprofits and the social sector must act to ensure that donors can make fully informed decisions.
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- Investing
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Analysis: Profits and Investment Appear to Be Aligning More Closely as the International Taxation Landscape Evolves
Tax competition can attract profits and investment and boost innovation, but the overall gains are often offset by diminished government budgets and negative short-term spillovers if the tax cuts are financed through debt.
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- Finance, Investing, Technology
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- Global
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World Bank Group Launches First Digital Strategy to Expand Access and Create Jobs
The strategy addresses four priorities: expanding connectivity; making devices and data more affordable; strengthening digital services and skills; and helping countries build the foundations to benefit from artificial intelligence.
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- Technology
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Report: AI Models Cost More When You Don’t Use English
Some languages require far more tokens for AI models to process, raising costs and reducing context for the people who use them.
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- Technology
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ADB Accelerates Nature Finance at COP17 with New Bond, Incubator, and Tracking Report
The initiatives, announced at the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Yerevan, seek to expand private investment in protecting ecosystems that support billions of lives.
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- Environment, Investing
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Analysis: College for All
University of the People offers quality higher education online for free to anyone anywhere in the world.
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- Education, Technology
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Research: Policy Roadmaps Point the Way to Impact Economy Development in Peru, Central America, and Zambia
The findings provide policymakers opportunities to mobilise private capital towards national priorities – supporting inclusive growth, job creation, climate resilience and micro, small, and medium enterprises.
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- Investing
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