Weekly News-24/1/2023

In 2022, almost no place on Earth was colder than normal. The eighth warmest December ensured that 2022 remained a record-breaking warm year.

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Despite a clear trend of global warming, CO2 emissions were at their highest in 2022.

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China experienced a decrease in population after a gap of 61 years. Birth control, first state-driven and then market-driven, explains China’s population trajectory.

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China’s second-rank in the world economies is one of the direct consequences of depopulation for the country.

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was detained by police on Tuesday at an anti-coal protest in Germany, two days after she was removed from the same site.

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Thousands of protesters have descended on Lützerath, in western Germany, in recent days.

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People are cutting down trees in a famous national park in Congo to survive. Over 200 hectares of forest have been destroyed in Virunga National Park in just two months.

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The world’s oldest known person died aged 118. French nun Lucile Randon, known as Sister Andre, was born in southern France on February 11, 1904, and died in her sleep.

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The 2022 Annual State of Education Report (ASER) found a sharp drop in reading ability.

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