IARI WORLD - Page 48

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] ‘Water links us to our neighbour in a way more profound and complex than any other.’ With these words John Thorson wanted to describe water,

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″] The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis like no other. It has caused the worst economic contraction since the Great Depression and has revealed many vulnerabilities and

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2009 and a crucial site during the First World War, the symbolic glacier that stretches across Northeastern Italy

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] According to the definition given by the United Nations, climate refugees are a group of people who have been forcibly displaced, due to a natural

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″ hover_enabled=”0″] The Climate Change Challenge  Today’s most pervasive challenge to the environment – and consequently, to human rights’ protection and sustainable development’s achievement – stems from

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.24.1″ custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”0px||” custom_padding=”0px||”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.5.4″] interviewer: Danilo Mattera, graduated in Political Science and International Relations at the University of Rome 3 external editor for the IARI he deals with defense and security