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Green Climate Fund feels the heat

 
 

It's just three months since world leaders reached an agreement in Paris to commit billions of dollars towards curbing and adapting to climate change. But the UN body responsible for ensuring the money is spent effectively is facing some critical questions.



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After 60 years of Zika in Asia, why worry?

 
 

Zika has been in Asia and the Pacific for at least 60 years, though its mostly mild symptoms have prompted little cause for concern. But with the World Health Organization declaring a global emergency after an outbreak in Brazil that's been linked to serious birth defects, some countries in the region are taking special precautions.



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Why warships can't solve the refugee crisis

 
 

As NATO deploys warships to the Aegean, anthropologist and author of "Illegality, Inc." Ruben Andersson, of the London School of Economics, offers some alternatives to Europe's failed policy of ever-increasing border security.



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