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The new Africa Institute in UAE will highlight open air design

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Dedicated to the advanced study, research and documentation of Africa and the African diaspora in the Arab world, the Africa Institute in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates recently commissioned Adjaye Associates to design a new 343,175-square-foot campus. The campus is scheduled for completion by 2023.

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Global Briefing: In-person COP15 biodiversity talks braced for delay to 2022

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The crucial COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, which had been set to take place in October is now facing yet another delay, with Covid-19 concerns now likely to now push back the critical nature talks into early 2022, according to reports. South Africa calls for global climate adaptation target.

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Clare Shine as new director

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A billingual French speaker, she has since 2012 been vice-president and chief program officer at Salzburg Global Seminar, an international social enterprise which aims to challenge current and future leaders to push for a 'creative, just and sustainable world'. She was also the Financial Times' theatre critic in France from 2001-2011. "As

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership appoints Claire Shine as new director

Business Green

A billingual French speaker, she has since 2012 been vice-president and chief program officer at Salzburg Global Seminar, an international social enterprise which aims to challenge current and future leaders to push for a 'creative, just and sustainable world'. She was also the Financial Times' theatre critic in France from 2001-2011. "As

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What Jeremy Leggett did next: The British solar pioneer turning his hand to 'ethically profitable' rewilding

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Highlands Rewilding's plan is to turn the two estates into biodiverse carbon sinks through "ethically profitable land management", with the close involvement of the local communities, with hopes of then expanding the model to further lands across the region. "And So that's my aspiration."

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