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5 August Aug 2016 1218 05 August 2016 We all share the same dreams
60% of EU citizens see discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity as widespread. This is why the EU Commission has launched a new campaign: We All Share the Same Dreams.
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4 August Aug 2016 1351 04 August 2016 EU steps up aid for Boko Haram affected regions as humanitarian crisis worsens
The European Commission is providing additional humanitarian assistance to help address the worsening situation in the Lake Chad region.
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3 August Aug 2016 1402 03 August 2016 How your home can save our planet
Positive Energy Homes are zero energy homes that are so efficient they produce more energy than they consume, leaving you with extra energy to use in other ways such as powering your mobile devices, power tools or even your electric car.
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3 August Aug 2016 1001 03 August 2016 This new initiative is helping disaster-affected communities
People's lives across the planet are increasingly disrupted by disaster. From manmade to natural disasters, the planet is seeing more conflict and global warming. This is why the European Commission have launched a new initiative: EU Aid Volunteers.
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2 August Aug 2016 1108 02 August 2016 The village sustaining itself
Our El Nino summer is proving more than ever that climate change is a reality. Our planet is already overburdened, and by the year 2050 we will have reached critical levels. But when a problem presents itself, the human spirit of innovation shows the best of itself. Regen's entirely self-sustainable village project is proving just that.
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1 August Aug 2016 1511 01 August 2016 Land rights are human rights
Land and property rights affect all of us. More than half the world’s population lives in property limbo, unable to prove their legal rights to the land that provides them with a means of survival. In many countries, women are not allowed to own - or inherit - land at all. Widowed or abandoned, women and children are left homeless - and the cycle of poverty continues.
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27 July Jul 2016 1406 27 July 2016 EU banks funding illegal deforestation
In the developed world, we enjoy the luxury of choice and unending supply when it comes to food. The problem is the palm oil, cocoa, soy, beef, leather, biofuels and other agricultural products that fill our lives and stomachs are coming from lands that have been illegally cleared, and are accelerating the destruction of our planet.
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26 July Jul 2016 1011 26 July 2016 Erasmus program no longer a certainty for UK
Active for over 30 years across 27 countries, the Erasmus has enriched over 2 million Europeans' lives with cultural and academic exchange. However, following Brexit, the Erasmus scheme’s UK future is no longer certain.
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19 July Jul 2016 1441 19 July 2016 El Niño is changing our children's future
El Niño, through drought, floods and sometimes both, is causing food insecurity, increased food prices, death of livestock and economic slow-down. The most affected? Children.