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平和と安全保障2024年10月30日ソフィー・ブッデンホルン, アダム・デイ国連大学 ...

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Kohei Hayamizu has a bold vision for the future: a city that is in itself an electric power station. A place where all roads, bridges and sidewalks generate electricity from the vibrations produced by ...

Over the past 40 years, the urban population in lower income and fragile countries has increased by an astonishing 326 percent. Continuing population growth and urbanisation are projected to add ...

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Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather ...

There are two sides to every story. But in some cases, society must admit that only one is right. The CAFO Reader: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories delivers a most compelling collection of ...