Maps Mania: Introducing the Global Building Atlas. “The Global Building Atlas is a new global, high-resolution 3D dataset of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings. Developed by a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) the Global Building Atlas provides broad coverage of areas historically missing from digital maps, including much of Africa, South America, and rural areas […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/05/maps-mania-introducing-the-global-building-atlas/
Africa: Ntshavheni Hails Historic G20 Consensus That Places Africa At the Centre: [SAnews.gov.za] Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has described the first day of the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg as a "very successful" opening that delivered a landmark declaration prioritising Africa and the developing world. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPQwvK #Africa #G20Summit #Johannesburg #DevelopingWorld #Leadership
Saturday, November 15, 2025
Battle of Pokrovsk: How Russia broke into the city and what's next -- Russia plans to import 12,000 North Koreans to work in its massive Shahed drone plant -- Suspicious drone sightings reported at key French gunpowder factory -- Russian military vessel spotted near Hawaii, US Coast Guard says ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/11/saturday-november-15-2025/
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library: International AV archives conference showcases UH, Hawaiʻi expertise . “The theme of this year’s IASA-SEAPAVAA conference was ‘A Loss of Place,’ focusing on how climate change transforms landscapes and challenges cultural identities. Participants were invited to present on topics that addressed preserving climate-impacted media and explored the […]
In The Quarterly Journal of #Economics, ‘The #DevelopingWorld is
Poorer than We Thought, But No Less Successful in the Fight Against
#Poverty’ (2010) Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion revealed that 98% of the reduction of poverty in the world from 1981-2005 was in #China .
CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security: Unequal internet: Study highlights differences between websites from developing and developed countries. “CISPA researcher Masudul Bhuiyan from CISPA Faculty Dr. Cristian-Alexander Staicu’s team explored whether security and data privacy differences can be found on websites as well. His study of 200,000 websites from 20 developing and developed […]
International Fund for Agricultural Development: IFAD launches RemitSCOPE: a free global data platform to capture and facilitate remittances for rural development . “As migration continues to increase worldwide due to the record number of active conflicts, economic instability, and climate change, RemitSCOPE.org seeks to improve access to digital remittances, reduce transfer costs and […]
#Azerbaijan has announced a $1bn fund to invest in #ClimateAction projects in the #DevelopingWorld, to help #VulnerableNations build resilience to #ClimateChange risks, including #floods and #droughts.
This was announced as a prelude to the UN Climate Change Conference #COP29 – being held in November this year – by COP29 President-Designate Mukhtar Babayev at a news conference on Friday.
The #Climate #Finance #ActionFund #CFAF will be capitalised with contributions from #FossilFuel producing countries and companies across #oil, #gas and #coal, and Azerbaijan will be a founding contributor, he said.
https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1846748
#Geopolitics #Environmental #EcoJustice #EcoFinance #ClimateFunding #ClimateCrisis #GlobalSouth #EnvironmentalAction
Microplastic Human Dietary Uptake from 1990 to 2018 Grew across 109 Major Developing and Industrialized Countries but Can Be Halved by Plastic Debris Removal
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https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c00010 <-- shared paper #1
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s12403-022-00470-8 <-- shared paper #2
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[By some estimates, we ingest about a credit card's worth of plastic every single week (link #2), but this very much varies by location (link #1)]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #publichealth #microplastics #MP #water #hydrology #freshwater #marine #watersecurity #waterresources #humanimpacts #plastic #industrialdevelopment #diet #ingestion #humanuptake #healthimpacts #developingworld #coast #coastline #plasticpollution #pollution #foodchain #ecosystems #foodweb #habitat #model #modeling #SDGs #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #cleanwater #sanitation #debris #healthrisk #risk #hazard #saltwater #watertreatment #solidwaste #wastemanagement #mitigation #physiochemical #pathological #biochemical
#MichaelAndTeene-116:
"The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it." - #Aristotle
While the world assumed #IMF/#WB programs only control the #DevelopingWorld, said programs actually enslaved the #DevelopedWorld, e.g. the #US?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/un-represents-governments-world-may-bell-atri-represent-teene-zahid-tkgpf/
#MichaelAndTeene-105:
Assuming the #US #stockmarket crash is (partly) the result of a depletion of #WallStreet credibility before the world, may #IMF & #WorldBank policies in the #DevelopingWorld be a contributing factor, as their HQs are in #washingtondc?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/un-represents-governments-world-may-bell-atri-represent-teene-zahid-k6kif/
Part 71:
2 men fight in front of a gun shop; one leaves; the other buys a gun from the gun shop owner (a witness) & shoots his opponent; the gun shop owner is guilty of complicity.
Costly fuel leads to death/damage in the #DevelopingWorld; are @OPECSecretariat, @GECF_News liable?
"Here is a simple moral proposition. No one in #America, or anywhere in the world, should die or suffer unnecessarily because they cannot afford a #PrescriptionDrug which, in many cases, costs a few cents or a few dollars to manufacture." - Senator Bernie Sanders
Poor people in the #DevelopingWorld have a right to #medicine | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/20/poor-people-in-the-developing-world-have-a-right-to-medicine?utm_source=press.coop
The significance of #DevelopedWorld T-bonds, e.g. #Japan, was reliability, as opposed to the volatility of #DevelopingWorld T-bonds.
If that is no longer the case, how about bonds with double-digit returns:
#Egypt 6mnths=19.4%
#Argentina 1yr=26.2%
#Ukraine 1yr=18.1%
#CoolICanWait
#GreatDepression2024-27:
Top clothing brands share drop (5 years):
@hm=-9.79%
@marksandspencer=-13.22%
@LeviStraussCo=40.14%
@PVHCorp=-43.44%
@GapInc=-61.65%
Is the @IMFNews ignoring falling #DevelopedWorld purchasing power, & the 85.54% of mankind living in the #DevelopingWorld?
#GreatDepression2024-24:
Seemingly as part of its "new vision & mission", the @WorldBank recommends #Islamabad create a "Council Of Ministers" as a panacea to #Pakistani (& #DevelopingWorld) issues. How may said Council impact #Islamabad's Special Investment Facilitation Council?
#GreatDepression2024-14:
Given, #European governments have begun floating retail bonds via #European banks, e.g. @BNPParibas, @SocieteGenerale, @bancosantander, @deutschebank, @Hsbc, etc:-
Why may the #DevelopingWorld need the @IMFNews if the citizens can be trusted moneylenders?
#2024HoldingCompanyRisk issue (Part 1):
#DevelopingWorld nations reportedly float bonds through:-
@JPMorgan
@Citibank
@StanChart
@creditsuisse
@ubs
May @IMFNews "crackdowns" in the #Pakistani power/gas sector negate @federalreserve/@ecb plans to protect related holding companies?
Make a difference this #holiday season with #gifts that matter. This company donates 50% of their profit to build #toilets in the #DevelopingWorld https://us.whogivesacrap.org/pages/our-impact
