“We came to Stockholm 50 years after the UN Conference on the Human Environment knowing that something must change. Knowing that, if we do not change, the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, will only accelerate,” said Inger Andersen, Secretary-General of Stockholm+50,…
Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Friday, June 03, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 03 (IPS) – Developing countries are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they have had to face the COVID-19 crisis, the food crisis, the energy crisis, the…
“It is vital we safeguard the health of its atmosphere, the richness and diversity of life on Earth, its ecosystems and its finite resources. But we are failing to do so,” said the UN chief. “We are asking too much of our planet to maintain ways of life that…
The world population is already using the equivalent of 1.6 Earths to maintain the current way of life. Credit: Mario Osava/IPS by Baher Kamal (madrid) Thursday, June 02, 2022 Inter Press Service MADRID, Jun 02 (IPS) – This article is part of a series to mark World Environment Day June 5As…
Opinion by Kwan Soo-Chen, David McCoy (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Thursday, June 02, 2022 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jun 02 (IPS) – It is increasingly clear that human health and wellbeing are being threatened everywhere because of global warming and environmental damage. Extreme weather events, sea level rise, increasing scarcity…
Opinion by Emily Karanja (nairobi, kenya) Thursday, June 02, 2022 Inter Press Service NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 02 (IPS) – The following article is part of a series to commemorate World Environment Day June 5 The writer is Program Associate, Sustainable Energy Futures Program, Society for International Development (SID)A global transition…
The Iraqi capital of Baghdad covered in a layer of dust during the third dust storm in two months, 24th May 2022. Credit: Zaid Albayati/Oxfam 2022 Opinion by Sally Abi Khalil (beirut, lebanon) Wednesday, June 01, 2022 Inter Press Service The following article is part of a series to commemorate World…
Opinion by Ibrahim Thiaw (bonn, germany) Wednesday, June 01, 2022 Inter Press Service BONN, Germany, Jun 01 (IPS) – The following article is part of a series to commemorate World Environment Day June 5 The writer is United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)Land…
Opinion by Daud Khan (rome) Wednesday, June 01, 2022 Inter Press Service ROME, Jun 01 (IPS) – Developing countries – in Africa, in Asia, in Latin America and in the Middle East – are facing a combination of crises that are unprecedented in recent times. Over the last three years they…
Opinion by Matti Kohonen (london) Tuesday, May 31, 2022 Inter Press Service LONDON, May 31 (IPS) – At this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos which ended last week, the attention of the world’s financial and economic elite was captured by the war in Ukraine whose president Volodimir Zelensky used…
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