Good morning, this is Bruno. I am the editor of Geneva Solutions’ Climate section. I am thrilled to be sharing this first edition of the GS Daily Brief, which will cover current and thematic news Monday to Saturday.
I will also be live next week Monday 31 August to discuss our climate coverage with our editorial director Serge Michel as part of a webcast series for our launch.
Today’s features include Marie-Claire Graf, the young Swiss climate activist, the World Overshoot Day (this past Saturday), megafires rage in California and the serious case of Switzerland's carbon emissions. |
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Tens of thousands defy Belarus president and take to the streets.
Defiant protesters have flooded central Minsk again in a sign that even a threat to use the army was not enough to quell the uprising against Belarus’s authoritarian president. State television released a video showing Mr Lukashenko arriving at the presidential palace by helicopter, wearing a flak jacket and carrying an automatic weapon.
The Guardian (EN)
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Geneva-based UN staff fight against pay cuts.
Following a 2016 decision, a 5.2 % pay cut for Geneva-based United Nations staff was introduced. While it has since been cancelled for employees of some agencies, that decision is still valid for others, including the over 1600 employees of the UN Secretariat. Hard to believe: two different courts pronounced opposed decisions in the same matter. The Geneva-based UN staff will now appeal to the UN Appeals Tribunal.
Geneva Solutions (EN)
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