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New data from our Global #CoalPlant Tracker is out. A few key trends:
📉 Countries w/coal power under dev't hit a record low — only 33 remain since the Paris Agreement.
📉 New proposals fell below 2 GW in Q3 2025 — 85% below recent averages.
Explore the data ⤵️
globalenergymonitor.org/projects/glo...
A blured portrait photo of a young boy Arne Steinsapir.
20 October 1937 | Norwegian Jewish boy, Arne Willy Steinsapir, was born in Oslo.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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A short video about the first two gas chambers near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU
The image is a black-and-white historical photograph showing a city street scene. People are gathered in small groups. In the foreground, a military truck or cargo vehicle is parked. The background features multi-story buildings, some with damaged or darkened windows, indicating possible war damage.
16 October 1943 | Raid of the Ghetto of Rome. 365 German security & police forces sealed off the area of the ghetto. 1,024 Jewish men, women, and children were arrested. Two days later they were deported to #Auschwitz.
Only 16 of them survived the war.
HPV vaccination drives cervical cancer rates down in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people www.livescience.com/health/cance...
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Infographic showing what percentage of respondents in different EU member states said that they believe that their country has benefitted from EU membership.
According to a recent Eurobarometer survey, the EU is viewed as a place of stability by its citizens, with more than 7 out of 10 respondents saying that their country has benefitted from being a member of the EU.
🔗 Read more: europa.eu/!K8Wqcq
Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
01.10.2025 06:16 — 👍 105 🔁 60 💬 6 📌 15
«Likestillingen gagner også barna. Barn som har fedre mye til stede i det første leveåret, viser mindre utagerende adferd som toåringer. Internasjonale studier peker på bedre emosjonell stabilitet, sterkere relasjoner og høyere trivsel senere i barndommen når fedre har vært hjemme tidlig i livet.»
30.09.2025 18:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Found out about this project on Gardening Australia
Reusing empty city buildings could help solve the housing and homelessness crisis - ABC News share.google/Ccv7cnJtoCIu...
A portrait photo of Robert Schuman, a balding man with glasses, wearing a dark suit and a striped tie, holding papers. Beside him, a quote reads: "World peace cannot be safeguarded without the making of creative efforts proportionate to the dangers which threaten it." The quote is attributed to Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950. The European Commission logo is in the top right corner.
Peace starts with us.
The European Union was created to turn a divided continent into one of dialogue between 🇪🇺 countries, cooperation, and solidarity.
Peace is not just part of our past — it remains our mission.
Today and every day.
#PeaceDay
«Det er to fundamentale årsaker til at mat er dyrt i Norge. De er begge politisk skapt»
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“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
The history of Germany’s Weimar Republic serves as “a reminder that democracy often erodes slowly at first, via the gradual surrender of those entrusted to defend it.”
29.08.2025 18:54 — 👍 548 🔁 232 💬 26 📌 12«Citizens and leaders must defend democratic institutions whenever they are threatened and whatever the scale of the threat»
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«Nordmenn trur på ei verd som ikkje lenger finst» www.panoramanyheter.no/emil-andre-e...
28.08.2025 11:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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- Hva er det som gjør Sylvi så redd at hun vil kaste verdens mest standhaftige klimaaktivist ut av landet?
Gode spørsmål fra Live Nelvik, med en smart test til slutt www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Black and white portrait of a man, featuring a serious expression.
19 August 1879 | Jewish man, David Goldberg, was born in Vilnius (then Russian Empire, today Lithuania). In 1908 he emigrated to Norway.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
48% of infants under 6 months old are exclusively breastfed. Improving breastfeeding rates could save more than 600 000 lives each year.
Investing in #breastfeeding works! Around the world, millions more infants under six months old are now exclusively breastfed:
Here’s a progress scale:
⭐ 2012: 37%
⭐ 2020: 44%
⭐ 2024: 48%
By supporting breastfeeding mums, countries protect health, reduce diseases, and improve survival. 💪
New article published today by my colleague @bjornsamset.bsky.social in Nature Comms: Earth and Environment. Evidence from eight Earth System Models that the reduction in East Asia's (primarily China's) air pollution is consistent with the sharper growth in warming.
14.07.2025 12:49 — 👍 47 🔁 21 💬 3 📌 3"Questioning is the way of learning,"
Encourage your children to ask questions, not to accept existing answers.
«The biggest political divide in this country is no longer between Democrats and Republicans or liberals and conservatives. It is between the informed and the uninformed or misinformed.»
11.07.2025 08:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🔊 From New York’s mayoral race to Jeff Bezos’ wedding party, critics of the economic system abound. But few can agree on solutions. On The Big View podcast, author and investor Ruchir Sharma discuss the problem reut.rs/4koJrdi
08.07.2025 05:46 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0If climate change was a planet killer comet or meteor hurtling towards Earth, we would probable figure out how to save ourselves. But, climate change is a slow death not a sudden one. And, we would rather let the planet die than lift a finger to save it for future generations.
07.07.2025 23:54 — 👍 61 🔁 11 💬 6 📌 2
Black and white portrait of a man wearing a suit and tie.
2 July 1892 | Jewish man Joseph Schechter, was born in Kropyvnytskyi (today Ukraine). A violinist. In Norway from 1919. First violinist of Bergen Symphony Orchestra.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp. He perished there the next month.
Line illustration on a bright green background shows two people engaged in a phone conversation. Headline text reads 'Here's a cheat-sheet on how to build connections.' Text below reads: - Call a loved one - Participate in group activities - Say hello to those around you - Ditch the phone and connect with the person in front of you - Seek help when you feel it's time to dial a professional
Feeling lonely or isolated? You’re #NotAlone.
This week, try one of these:
💙 Call a loved one
💙 Ditch the phone and connect with the person in front of you
💙 Say hello to a neighbour
💙 Join a group activity
And try again next week!
Need more support? It's okay to reach out for professional help.
🎧 NEW episode of the NUPI podcast #TheWorldStage! 'Ukraine’s secret weapon: Civil society at war' with Kate Leschyshyn (Come Back Alive), @oyvinds.bsky.social & John Karlsrud (both NUPI):
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Illustration shows a pregnant woman cared for by a midwife. Text reads 'Trusted partnerships with midwives promote a healthy labour and birth. When midwives provide care, women are involved and empowered each step of the way. Invest in midwifery care.'
Midwives make a difference! 💙
When women receive care from trusted midwives, they’re more likely to have a positive birth experience—choosing their birth position, moving freely during labour, and having their companion by their side.
NEW guidance: bit.ly/4kShgEQ
Thank you to the Norwegian Judges Association / Dommerforeningen for this crowdfunding initiative to support the NHC’s work to document war crimes in #Ukraine💙💛 Together with local partners such as Truth Hounds, we are committed to securing justice for Ukrainians.
www.spleis.no/project/434836 (NORW)
A man wearing a bowler hat with a slight smile in an old-fashioned.
15 June 1887 | A Jewish man, Moritz Arsch, was born in Jēkabpils (today Latvia, then Imperial Russia). In 1904 he emigrated to Norway.
In February 1943 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after selection.
