North America
North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be described as a northern subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Caribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. However, Greenland, because it is on the North American Tectonic Plate, is often included as part of North America geographically. North America covers an area of about 24,709,000 square kilometers (9,540,000 square miles), about …
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WRI: World Resources Institute · 5 September 2024 English
WRI, alongside its partners, organized a ‘‘high-level stakeholder consultative forum’’ to explore the interventions needed to scale the adoption of productive use of renewable energy in smallholder agricultural sector. The …
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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 26 July 2024 English
transcript. Here is the episode summary: Tyler and Taylor take a walking tour of early history through North America covering the decisions, and ripples of those decisions, that shaped revolution and independence …
Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 22 July 2024 English
rodents. 3. The puzzle as propaganda. 4. Most common South Asian languages in different parts of North America. 5. The surprising rise and staying power of the George Foreman grill. 6. Zachary Brown on whether …
NITI Aayog: National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) · 22 July 2024 English
The economic reforms under way and the economic & institutional reforms on the agenda for the next few years, will sustain growth of per capita GDP at 7% during the …
which is more than the continents of Europe and North America combined. The trends in Artificial intelligence …
World Bank Group · 18 July 2024 English
The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) measures the time container ships spend in port, making it an important point of reference for stakeholders in the global economy. These stakeholders include …
....... 39 Table 4.2 • The CPPI by Region: North America ........................................... … increase in average arrival time was witnessed in North America (USA and Canada) with an average increase in …
SEACEN Research and Training Centre · 18 July 2024 English
The July issue discusses the previous year’s overall trends, latest patterns, and the outlook for the current year, while the December issue focuses on the current year’s quarterly capital flows …
offer EMDE issuers increased access Europe or North America managed some US$51 to finance and reduced reliance …
IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 17 July 2024 English
Before Angola surpassed Nigeria as Africa’s top oil producer in April 2023, Nigeria was Africa’s main oil exporter even before the country gained independence in 1960. Nigeria’s Oil Wealth and …
must import technical know-how from Europe or North America and, growingly, from China. However, it has …
UNDP: United Nations Development Programme · 17 July 2024 English
The 2nd Global Progress Report on SDG16 Indicators represents a unique and pivotal UN inter-agency effort toward supporting the realization of the 2030 Agenda. This report reveals critical trends that, …
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IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 17 July 2024 English
IISD provides insights on aspects of World Trade Organization (WTO) members' plastics that have created friction with trading partners and suggests recommendations for the adoption of such policies in the …
Figure 3). In terms of regional breakdown, North America led the way, with two members targeting 14 policy …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 16 July 2024 English
The Canadian economy appears to have achieved a soft landing: inflation has come down almost to target, while a recession has been avoided, with GDP growth cushioned by surging immigration …
and Europe (31 percent each), followed by North America (21 percent). In Canada, according to the 2021 …
