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The Beijing Declaration: 30 years of progress
Journals from the Nature Portfolio wish to celebrate the achievements that have been made since the Beijing declaration for women's rights, emphasize areas where progress is needed and bring to the fore ideas offering a path forward.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2024
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 has been awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”.
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Climate Change and Human Health
Climate change is profoundly impacting human health, with direct and indirect effects on physical, mental and social health.
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Air pollution and global solutions
Air pollution is a leading environmental risk to public health globally.
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Global Stocktake
At the forthcoming COP28, we will see the conclusion of the first Global Stocktake.
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Soils in Food Systems
Soils are vital for food production, biodiversity conservation, and climate regulation.
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Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals
The year 2023 marks the mid-point of the 15-year period envisaged to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, targets for global development adopted in September 2015 by all United Nations Member States.
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Climate change and human behaviour
Anthropogenic climate change is a scientific fact. Without immediate action, we are unlikely to meet the target goal of minimizing global warming to 1.5° C. This collection highlights the importance of human behaviour in climate action, mitigation and adaptation.
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Plastics in the environment
Plastic is ubiquitous in our lives and the environment.
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Tree Phenology
Shifts in the timing of tree life events, including springtime emergence of leaves and blossoms, and the colouring and loss of leaves in autumn, are some of the most directly visible impacts of climate change.
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Water in a Changing Climate
Access to water is crucial for human survival, and also plays a role in climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Cities and climate change