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In this round up of 2025, we share the Special Collections published throughout the year to mark key UN observation days and events.

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The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) took place in Belém, Brazil, bringing together governments and stakeholders for the UN’s annual climate negotiations. This article, provided by LexisNexis UK Practical Guidance, offers a day-by-day overview of the key insights, decisions and developments from the Summit.

This qualitative study investigates how pre-service special education teachers develop Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) self-efficacy, revealing generally low confidence levels influenced by direct and observed experiences with CRT and personal interactions with diversity.
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Drawing on insights from the United Nations 10-Member Group on Science, Technology, and Innovation for the SDGs, Beyond 2030  reviews the framework’s achievements to date and delivers critical insights into how the SDGs can guide global cooperation and decisive local action well beyond 2030.

This study explores the food and nutrition security practices among artisanal and small-scale mining communities in Nigeria, revealing both strengths, such as access to local foods and purchasing power, and significant challenges, including meal skipping, poor water quality, and limited healthcare access. The findings emphasize the need for comprehensive interventions to improve nutrition, healthcare infrastructure, and social protection, which are essential for the well-being and sustainable development of these mining communities.

Observed annually on December 9, International Anti-Corruption Day (IACD) raises global awareness of the urgent need

An estimated 1.3 billion people around the world live with a significant disability - that’s 1 in 6 of us.

This qualitative study explored challenges faced by upper primary mathematics teachers in Rwanda following the switch to English as the medium of instruction.

This article presents a qualitative systematic review on the experiences of students with physical disabilities in inclusive education settings.
This study investigates vocabulary development and lexical integration in children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) who use augmentative or alternative communication (AAC).

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