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SUNS # 9070 Tuesday 18 February 2020
 
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Agriculture : Chair suggests incremental outcomes on SSM & PSH at MC12 (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
The chair of the Doha agriculture negotiations envisages outcomes on the mandated issues of special safeguard mechanism (SSM) for developing countries and the permanent solution for public stockholding purposes (PSH) to largely remain incremental at the WTO's 12th ministerial conference (MC12) in Nur Sultan, Kazakhstan, in June.

UN : That mobile game that'll generate climate solutions from players (PRIV)
(IPS, New York)
The United Nations Development Programme is leading a climate change effort that might finally address concerns many advocates have: bridging the gap between people and governments.

Africa : From cocoa to chocolate, made with love (PRIV)
(IPS, Bulawayo)
A premium chocolate maker in Sao Tome and Principe is on a drive to promote the taste for "made in Africa" chocolate, and tap into a $100 billion global indulgence associated with Valentine's Day.

Opinion : Amplifying voices of climate activists of colour (PRIV)
(IPS, Illinois)
Recently, the Associated Press cropped out Ugandan climate change activist Vanessa Nakate from a photo at the World Economic Forum. The remaining activists in the photo, including Greta Thunberg, were all white.


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