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• Climate Change Now Harms Daily Life Across the U.S., Major Report Finds

  14-11-2023 14:48 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS ScienceThe effects of climate change now permeate Americans' daily lives with harm that is "already far-reaching and worsening across every region," says a massive government report released Tuesday. The National Climate Assessment, which comes out every 4-5 years, paints a picture of a country warming about 60% faster than the world as a whole—one that regularly gets hit with costly weather disasters while facing even bigger problems in the future.
  
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• Africa Seeks Action Plan on Slavery Reparations at Ghana Conference

  14-11-2023 14:45 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportFinancial reparations are long overdue to Africans and the diaspora as compensation for the enslavement of people of African descent, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said Tuesday on the first day of a conference on how to address such historical injustices. "Surely, this is a matter that the world must confront and can no longer ignore," Akufo-Addo said, launching the four-day reparations conference in the Ghanaian capital Accra.
  
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