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Register and join Commonwealth Secretariat’s webinar on building climate resilience in the Commonwealth through sustainable land management (SLM). The event will bring together government officials, experts, researchers, global financial institutions, private sector and civil society stakeholders to discuss best practices in SLM to ensure climate resilience in Africa.

Read the original article here: https://thecommonwealth.org/media/event/event-enhancing-coordination-sustainable-land-management-increased-climate-resilience

Australia’s Paige Greco grabs first gold at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Greco took gold in record-breaking fashion in track cycling’s C1-C3 class 3,000m individual pursuit. Greco was born with cerebral palsy but is used to pocketing gold – her first Paralympic medal comes after she won three gold medals on the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Cup circuit.

Read the original article here: https://www.firstpost.com/sports/tokyo-paralympics-2020-australias-paige-greco-grabs-first-gold-at-the-games-9911491.html

Tonga vaccinates about 43% of the eligible population (aged 18 years and above), and the remaining had received their first dose of the vaccine.  The Ministry of Health is expecting to receive more vaccines and aims to fully vaccinate 70 percent of the population by the end of this year.

Read the full article here: https://matangitonga.to/2021/08/24/tonga-fully-vaccinates-43-eligible-people-over-18