Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. It is the largest country in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country by total area. The population of 26 million is highly urbanised and heavily concentrated on the eastern seaboard. Australia's capital is Canberra, and its largest city is Sydney. The country's other major metropolitan areas are Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide. Indigenous Australians inhabited the continent for about 65,000 years prior to the first arrival of Dutch explorers in the early 17th century, who …
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PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 June 2024 English
This report was published in June 2024 by the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland. The Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006; this is the 18th edition …
█ +0.025 +18 23 Albania 0.780 █ -0.011 -6 24 Australia 0.780 █ +0.002 +2 25 Philippines 0.779 █ -0.012 … China 0.737 40 Ukraine 0.737 41 Ireland 0.737 42 Australia 0.736 43 Mongolia 0.736 44 Luxembourg 0.735 45 … 0.991 82 Kyrgyzstan 0.991 83 Armenia 0.991 84 Australia 0.991 85 Georgia 0.991 86 Peru 0.990 87 Uzbekistan* … Serbia 0.438 26 Portugal 0.429 27 France 0.428 28 Australia 0.424 29 Rwanda 0.422 30 Albania 0.419 31 Ethiopia … 0.968 86 Philippines 0.968 87 Kuwait 0.968 88 Australia 0.968 89 Egypt 0.968 90 Belgium 0.968 91 Barbados …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
IQAir, a Switzerland-based company working on air quality technology, released this report on March 19, 2024. It gives an overview of population weighted air quality data for the year 2023 …
Tobago Bahamas Sweden Finland Estonia Puerto Rico Australia New Zealand Bermuda Grenada Iceland Mauritius … 7) 106. Stockholm, Sweden (5.4) 112. Canberra, Australia (3.8) 111. Reykjavik, Iceland (3.9) 47. Colombo …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 19 March 2024 English
Kisan Mazdoor Commission (KMC), an initiative by the Nation for Farmers, is a collaboration of activists and organisations focussing on current challenges faced by primary producers, artisans and rural workers …
import of pulses, oilseeds and wheat from the US, Australia, Canada, and virtual exports of land, water and …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 18 February 2024 English
This paper was published in the open-access scientific journal Heliyon, on February 18, 2024. It was written by Khaiwal Ravindra from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; …
Oliver, A. Phatak, A. Purich, Natural hazards in Australia: heatwaves, Clim. Change 139 (1) (2016) 101–114 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 12 February 2024 English
This is the first ever report on the ‘state of the world’s migratory species’ and was published through collaboration between UNEP-WCMC (UN Environment Programme - World Conservation Monitoring Centre) and …
financial contributions of the Governments of Australia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain … migratory bird. It flies non-stop between Alaska and Australia, a journey of over 13,000 kilometres. Adobe Stock …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 February 2024 English
In their 2024 working paper "Sexist Textbooks," Lee Crawfurd, Christelle Saintis-Miller and Rory Todd, researchers with the Center for Global Development, Washignton D.C., investigate gender bias in textbooks from 34 …
Malaysia, and Pakistan (Islam and Asadullah, 2018), Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Turkey (Lee and Collins … published exclusively by the private sector (Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States). Our … 13. The included countries are: Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Dominica, Ethiopia … coloured in teal. This includes Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Dominica, Ethiopia … Schools have autonomy over textbook choice in Australia, Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, Namibia, South …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English
The 2024 SDG Gender Index by Equal Measures 2030, a coalition of civil society and non-profit organisations, delivers a critical and sobering message on the state of gender equality with …
Singapore 83.3 14 New Zealand 83.0 15 Estonia 82.9 16 Australia 82.6 17 Belgium 82.6 18 Canada 82.4 19 Spain 82 … Costa Rica Rwanda Malaysia Iran Canada Denmark Australia 2015 63.7 2019 65.1 2022 66.1 2024 SDG Gender … Netherlands New Zealand Norway Sweden United Kingdom Australia Finland Germany Luxembourg Singapore Spain 23 …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 November 2023 English
The Emissions Gap Report 2023 was published on November 20, 2023 by the United Nations Environment Programme. It is the 14th edition of the annual UNEP Emissions Gap Report (EGR), …
Republic of Korea), Jared Lewis (Climate Resource, Australia), Swithin Lui (NewClimate Institute, Germany) … of America), Alister Self (Climate Resource, Australia), Kentaro Tamura (Institute for Global Environmental … Malte Meinshausen (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Isabela Schmidt Tagomori (PBL Netherlands … 150% 100% 50% 0% Emission level 2015 Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China EU27 India Indonesia Japan … countries, which include eight members of the G20 (Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Saudi Arabia …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 7 September 2023 English
This report, published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, provides an overview of the Indian government’s policies to combat the problem of single-use plastics (SUPs) and …
Sustainability, “single-use plastic items are those that are made from the polymers of HDPE, LDPE, PET, PS, PP or EPS”.3 Western Australia … Western Australia’s Plan for Plastics, 2023, as accessed at https:// www.wa.gov.au/service/environment/business-and-community-assistance … / western-australias-plan-plastics on March 24, 2023. 5. …
PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 September 2023 English
The 2023 edition of the State of Working India report was published by Centre of Sustainable Development, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, in September 2023. It presents household survey conducted in …
Management, Bangalore, and the University of Western Australia. This was a random household survey in two states …