Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief — Global Issues

Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says UN chief — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The two-day event brought together hundreds of youth from some 165 countries with a shared goal: protecting the Ocean.   I am inspired by the energy & commitment of the young climate activists I met today at the @UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon. Youth of the world: We need your…

says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — Global Issues

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In 2014, Mr. Forte started Red Diamond Compost, a biotech business that focuses on research, development, and the commercialization of organic and biologic soil treatment and crop protection solutions made primarily from organic environmental hazards, such as sargassum seaweed. Mr. Forte is recognized as a national and regional expert in…

says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — Global Issues

The Barbadian entrepreneur turning sargassum into money — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

In 2014, Mr. Forte started Red Diamond Compost, a biotech business that focuses on research, development, and commercialization of organic and biologic soil treatment and crop protection solutions made primarily organic environmental hazards, such as sargassum seaweed. Mr. Forte is recognized as a national and regional expert in the field…

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

Indigenous Communities Want Stake in the New Deal to Protect Nature — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The recent eviction debacle involving the Maasai community in the Loliondo division in Tanzania’s northern Ngorongoro District has elevated indigenous people’s concerns about losing their ancestral lands under the ‘30by30’ plan in the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Bradford Zak/Unsplash by Busani Bafana (bulawayo, zimbabwe) Thursday, June 23, 2022 Inter Press…

says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — Global Issues

Safe in the sun? UN launches new app to help beat skin cancer — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

The SunSmart Global UV App, is the collective brainchild of the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Five-day forecast “The SunSmart Global UV App provides five-day UV and weather forecasts at searchable locations”, said Carla Drysdale,…

says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — Global Issues

Ocean literacy and unlocking a revolution in ocean science solutions — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

As a part of this push, the UN Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is asking the world to join the revolution to unlock innovative ocean science solutions. UN News spoke to experts within and outside the UN system to reveal the importance of ocean literacy. Empowering people to take…

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

Who Should Be the Next UN Climate Change Head? — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa addresses the Bonn Climate Change Conference. Her second, three-year term as head of UNFCCC ends in July. Opinion by Felix Dodds, Chris Spence (new york) Monday, June 20, 2022 Inter Press Service NEW YORK, Jun 20 (IPS) – With Patricia Espinosa due to step…

says Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka — Global Issues

‘Surprise’ early heatwave in Europe, harbinger of things to come — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the intense heatwave made its way from North Africa. The UN agency explained that an Atlantic low-pressure system between the Azores and Madeira is fuelling the warm front, pushing it towards western Europe. 10 degrees above normal And although it’s only mid-June, temperatures in…