North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. However, Greenland, because it is on the North American Tectonic Plate, is often included as part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about …

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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 …

the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean North America Southern Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Europe Global the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean North America Southern Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Europe Note the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean North America Southern Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Europe Source in both countries. In Health and Survival, North America bridges 96.9% of its gender gap in 2024, a


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 …

overall and, along with those in Africa and North America, are experiencing the fastest declines (Figure species in general, with the exception of North America and Oceania (Figure 2.6). While CMS-listed lines; Africa n=438; Asia n=622; Europe n=481; North America n=235; Oceania n=212; South & Central America Africa n=704; Asia n=1,011; Europe n=784; North America n=675; Oceania n=505; South & Central America Index of species survival Africa Asia Europe North America Oceania South & Central America & the Caribbean


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English

Since the year 2020, the five richest men in the world have doubled their fortunes. During the same period, almost five billion people have become poorer. Published by Oxfam International, …

assets under management, 56% are domiciled in North America, 24% in Europe and 18% in Asia.229 A lot of


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 January 2024 English

Becoming a Young Farmer with the subtitle Young People’s Pathways into Farming: Canada, China, India and Indonesia is a collection of research papers published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2024 and …

surround it have been studied in detail in Europe, North America, and other late capitalist regions (Cassidy


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 August 2023 English

The State of India’s Birds (SoIB) is a periodic, national-level examination of the distribution range and abundance trends of Indian birds that aids in formulating conservation plans. The SoIB last …

there are nearly one-third fewer birds in North America than there were in 1970—which translates into


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 June 2023 English

Asia and the Pacific, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America, Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.By reviewing the progress towards gender equality over the

Europe (76.3%) surpasses the parity level in North America (75%) this year to rank first of eight geographic geographic regions. Closely behind Europe and North America is Latin America and the Caribbean, with 74 parity in 67 years. – Just behind Europe, North America ranks second, having closed 75% of the gap gender parity since last year. After Europe and North America, the region has the third-highest level of the Pacific Latin America and the Caribbean North America Southern Asia Sub-Saharan Africa Europe Global


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 1 April 2023 English

This report was published by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in April 2023. It is the seventh edition of UNODC’s biennial Global Report on Trafficking in …

from 2019 to 2020 by sex 26% 38% 22% 41% 3% North America Female victims detected Male victims detected America 46% reduction South Asia 56% reduction North America Central and South-Eastern Europe Western South-Eastern Europe Eastern Europe and Central Asia North America Central America and the Caribbean South America SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA WESTERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE NORTH AMERICA �ain forms of e�p�oitation and profi�e of detected Americas are aggregated in three subregions: North America, Central America and the Caribbean, and South


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 20 March 2023 English

Released on March 20, 2023, the Climate Change 2023: Synthesis Report concludes the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was …

increasingly driving displacement in Africa, Asia, North America (high confidence), and Central and South America


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 30 January 2023 English

The World Inequality Lab, a research organisation based in Paris, released this report on January 30, 2023. It was authored by Lucas Chancel and Philipp Bothe from the Paris School …

pared with the rich countries. For in- stance, North America and Europe cre- ated half of all accumulated greenhouse gases already emitted. Together, North America and Europe account for half of all historical but remain within reach of the Paris targets. North America is a noticeable outlier with emission lev- els els of the bottom half of the population in North America are comparable to those of the European middle Africa. The carbon footprint of the top 10% in North America is by far the largest in the world, exceeding


PARI: The CounterMedia Trust · 16 January 2023 English

This report was published by Oxfam International, UK, on January 16, 2023. It was written by Martin-Brehm Christensen, Christian Hallum, Alex Maitland, Quentin Parrinello and Chiara Putaturo –researchers working with …

billionaires still live in the global north, in North America or Europe.161 The wealth of these nations,


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